Raymond Russell
@raymondopolis
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investing in hard things in India/US. Formerly @boomsupersonic
SF / Bangalore
Joined January 2011
I google how to wash my sweater and find out I’ve been using nazi detergent
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The fun thing about Waymo is we literally have a Trolley Problem and it turns out there's a whole cohort of midwits that would max(deaths) instead of admitting that technology is useful.
Caltrain pumping Waymo feels icky
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Using the Symphony core for power gen seems so obvious in hindsight—there’s so much AI capital sloshing around rn Boom looked around and figured out how to use these macro forces to pay for the program Tangible, 3D side benefits from the AI race—congrats, Blake!
A new product, a new customer, a new financing! Introducing Superpower: a 42MW natural gas turbine optimized for AI datacenters, built on our supersonic technology. Superpower launches with a 1.21GW order from @CrusoeAI Backstory 🧵👇
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My favorite thing about the world’s prettiest airport is when the check-in agent says “you look like Harry Potter”
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Militaries have an incentive to figure out contrail avoidance for stealth reasons, and maybe that eventually benefits civil aviation, too
Can someone explain to me how the Chinese ‘6th-gen J-50 stealth’ fighter is supposed to be invisible when it leaves a massive white line behind it that you can see from McDonald’s? Am I missing something or did they just spend $2 trillion to lose to a sky marker?
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I spend as much time as I can with Arnav and so should you
If you enjoy obsessively figuring out how protocols, APIs, and machines work under the hood, DM me with your past work You'll work alongside some *excellent* collaborators at @_lagrangepoint over a retreat
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Excited to announce that @arctusaerospace has raised $2.6 million pre-seed round, led by @VersionOneVC and @southpkcommons with follow on from @gradcapital and awesome angels like @balajis @snsf @vivekanandahr @raymondopolis among other awesome folks!
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I've always thought of the Indian e-visa website as a filtering test: if you can survive it, you'll be fine in India
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Here is a list of payment options, but they don't really work that well for foreigners
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You must tell us all countries you've visited in the last 10 years Or we may refuse you entry But you can only tell us max 20 countries
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(1) I love India (2) Anybody who applies for an e-visa to India knows the website is always comically, profoundly, embarrassingly broken It looks like it was written in 2003, kicks you out randomly without saving your work, won't charge your credit card until your nineteenth
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showerthought "wonder if anyone has tried using artillery to put out forest fires" turns out Boeing already patented this
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Does anybody want to go look down on the communist prisoners in the Orangerie, Versailles with me?
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—> Now that SCOTUS has officially declined to revisit same-sex marriage, I’m appealing to the many people who sent me articles & tweets about how Obergefell might be doomed, then scoffed when I responded with sound analysis: Please consider who was correct & who was scaring you
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Louisiana Dept. of Corrections has serious Peter the Great energy
US Supreme Court considers case of Rastafarian man shaved bald in prison
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This is a good sign.
Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities. The support from the space-loving community has
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It is unfortunate that NASA’s team and the broader space community have to endured distractions like this. There are extraordinary opportunities and some risks ahead and so the focus should be on the mission. With many reporters and other interested parties reaching out, I want
In recent weeks, copies of an intriguing policy document have started to spread among space lobbyists on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The plan bears the title “Athena." Why is it appearing now? https://t.co/QTTB45YFx2
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