For posterity I would like to underline 3 of the top 5 comments on HN[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=247

For posterity I would like to underline 3 of the top 5 comments on HN[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706414 > What a crock of shit. I understand the whole worship of individualism, but this is just taking it absurdly far. Look at Schwarzenegger, and how frequently he keeps saying that he only got to where he is because of help from other people - nothing that you do is ever only your own accomplishment. And then on the other side you have a 13 year old kid who says he was the only one involved in design and production(!!!) of this device - give me a break. He might be super bright, but somehow this kind of article grinds my gears like nothing else. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24706132 > Whenever I see a young success story like this, I get even more curious about the parents, which should be a whole nother article imho. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24705954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24705954 > Youngest? Maybe, but the slickness of those pictures tells me that the real achievement comes from the parents who...nurtured...his inclinations. IMO David Hahn's reactor is still more impressive. Kids these days can't even make a DIY superfund site properly... 1. hacker (definition): Someone who is brilliantly persistent in solving technical problems, whether these involve golfing, fighting orcs, or programming. Hacker is a neutral term, morally speaking.