Austin Vernon
Person on 4 sites
Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts about how physical industries actually work — chemical plants, geothermal drilling, shipyards, thermal…
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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54 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A robotaxi designed around individual trips, rather than an owner's long list of requirements, serves a market significantly larger than any owned car model. (opens korrents.com)
“A robotaxi is serving individual trips rather than a long list of owner requirements. The design can focus on maximizing the number of trips it can profitably do rather than handling edge cases. That market is…”
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Deterministic code in self-driving software looks good in demos but becomes brittle in deployment because of edge cases. (opens korrents.com)
“Tesla, like most others in the space, used a lot of deterministic code that looks good in demos but becomes brittle in deployment because of edge cases.”
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Large military bases close to hostile actors are now obsolete in their current form. (opens korrents.com)
“Large bases anywhere close to hostile actors are now obsolete in their current form.”
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A robotaxi designed around individual trips, rather than an owner's long list of requirements, serves a market significantly larger than any owned car model. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years (opens rcmnd.app)
“Thankfully, my research assistant, GPT-5, found some excerpts of the excellent book "John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years" by Grace Goulder, which I bought and read.”
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The Gold Mine (opens rcmnd.app)
“If you want to know more about this, I'd recommend reading "The Gold Mine" by Michael and Freddy Balle.”
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John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years (opens rcmnd.app)