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Well, but I do think I'm very fickle and not persistent enough. There was this discussion earlier this year in a couple of threads with scroobal and Porfirio Rubirosa, where I did state that perhaps that folks should just stick to our decision and 破釜沉舟 and just burn the bridges in order to...

Well, I built various pilot scale systems for my masters, and ran them as well, so got some experience from there. Also, I did impress the interviewers quite a bit. My former company builds small-scale treatment systems...container-sized ones (20-40ft). I designed and built around 8 different...

Yah, that's true. I'm not very street-wise. But at the moment, not much opportunity cost for most decisions I make, so not too bad, as long as I learn quickly and do damage control quickly. Cheers, Trout

I think things are a bit harder once you have a wife and kids in tow. I'm a free wandering soul, so if things don't work out in one country, I can always scoot-off to another place, so really, to be frank, I'm a very fair-weather Singaporean - I am particularly choosy about jobs. I got...

Thanks for the heads-up, at least I have some ammo now to negotiate the benefits package next week, and maybe work out an arrangement which will allow me to both siam the downside of Oz residency, and also siam the downsides of SG citizenship... Currently have a tentative plan of acquiring a...

Haha...actually, I'll be spending half my time in Oz for my new job (and half in SG). How expensive is Sydney exactly? Cheers, Trout

This is definitely a problem...But for the younger & single folks, you can always move around if things are not working out in Canada - that's what I did. :) Can always drop back in when conditions change for the better. Cheers, Trout

Musk, from what I heard, is an absolute wheeler-dealer...met someone previously from tesla in may at an event at Orrick, the guy didn't seem to like him very much. Cheers, Trout

http://english.caijing.com.cn/2009-08-20/110227359.html Andy Xie: New Bubble Threatens a V-Shaped Rebound 08-20 08:04 Caijing A growing liquidity bubble that ignores structural facts is the basis for today's happy talk about a comeback for the global economy. By Andy Xie, guest...

Nah, many a heads of VC funds are still very full of themselves while I was there in May-June, or maybe its just that I don't have enough hot air (or fire, sometimes I can't really tell) in my belly like they do. Cheers, Trout

You're right...definitely felt that spirit while I was down there a couple of months back. But while the spirit is still there, it seems the bling bling to fuel the creative drive isn't there anymore. Cheers, Trout

Got this phrase from a girl I know (you can tell she's taiwanese): "女人想过得好一些，还是要走内在男人化，外在女人化的路." Translation (close enough): If women want a good life, they should always empathize a man's perspective, and do things from a lady's perspective. I think the analogy also holds true for men...

Read between the lines pls... Ho Kwon Ping isn't the typical sycophant trying to get into the good books of the inner circle of the PAP. He's been arrested by the ISD and other authorities repeatedly before in the past. I can see a hidden jab at the ruling party in almost every single line...

Was it because he didn't install lights? Wow, that I didn't know. I guess the frugal mentality still persists even after one has made his pile of moolah, though sometimes to one's detriment. Think its built into from the way you grew up. Question is why he built a pool (which must have...

yeah, ai wu pi, wu qie, gu ai dua liap nee. :( Unfortunately, if its that easy, looking for a VC is usually our last resort, haha. The taiwanese folks there seem to be a bit more willing though, but seems to be the hot chinese $$ talking. :) If you threw angel $$ at some folks before...

But really need seed $$ to get things going, unfortunately. :(

No...nothing to do with density, more to do with 2nd law of thermodynamics. 0. 0th law: You're in this casino (since that seems to be the favour around here) called the universe. You realise the casino is as such: 1. 1st law: you cannot win at any table. 2. 2nd law: you always lose when you...

My other partner-in-crime's dad is working at Kleiner-Perkins, and still not very useful in helping us grab $$. Even a MIT(BS)-Stanford(PhD) materials engineering pedigree doesn't seem to work any magic. One thing I got away from that month in SV is that most of the VCs really dunno what they...

For their military application unit, flux rate is: about 1.7 L/hr (capacity 20L) Filter cleaning: Once/week Time to first drink: 30 min. first use, 10 min subsequent uses One 14-fl.oz. (0.4 L) syrup pouch will filter about 16 liters of water. I had a chat with a person who runs a RO EPC...

the sugar and other isotonic salts are in concentrated solution form on the other side of the membrane, not on the side of the pee reservoir...