I remember seeing @boomsupersonic's pitch at YC demo day in 2016 and thinking: No way these guys pull this off. All they had was renderings and a dream.
And here we are: the first supersonic civilian aircraft in the US.
Vertical software investing has been dominated by Private Equity.
They’ve made a killing in the process (just look at Constellation as an example).
More VC’s need to think about jumping into the category, immediately 🧵
Derik M. was on the McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a US Coast Guard in 2017, when he spotted a family of penguins. Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed [source: https://t.co/LxfrmIwKfL] https://t.co/B0L6S6wOqG
"Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have the long-term benefit. 'Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.'"
@naval
This article presents an active ball joint mechanism (ABENICS) enhanced by interactions of spherical gears. The gearbased joint drives three rotational degrees of freedom (RDoF) without slippage [full paper: https://t.co/xgz1WWHJIR] [media: https://t.co/W8XOuVC4qG]