BrandonM

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by BrandonM 16y ago
I totally agree. I took one typing class in high school for a quarter or so. It taught me the general idea, but I still looked at my hands and did a lot of hunting and pecking, just with more than two fingers. It was when I started college
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Everyone else doing it doesn't make it right.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
That's excellent! So why did you say having a co-founder is the hardest part? Surely there's some way you can help the world doing something that interests the both of you.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I didn't mean to jump into a startup with someone that you've only been in a relationship with for a short time. I was just trying to point out a way of meeting a cofounder that others may not have considered. While it's clearly not a good
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by BrandonM 16y ago
In his article, PG was describing personal qualities, as opposed to external qualities (with something of an exception in the case of the cofounder item). In the case of most personality traits, if you want that trait and actually try you
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> I'm also surprised that none of these points mention marketing - an ability to sell something seems vital in getting a startup going. I agree. One of the best assets for a good founder with tech-skills is a business/marketing founder.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> My definition of a hack is to add value to the an existing system by modifying a property, not changing a zero-sum situation in your favor. That seems like a nice definition of hack, but I don't think it's completely accurate. For exa
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I mainly meant "improve" in terms of conciseness and readability. I didn't see any need for optimization because the snippet runs instantly: $ time python -c "print sum(x for x in xrange(2, 1000) if sum(int(y) for y in str(x)) == 7)"
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> write a program which calculates the sum of all numbers between 1 and 1,000 whose digits sum up to 7 My Python answer: sum(x for x in xrange(2, 1000) if sum(int(y) for y in str(x)) == 7) # 9324 Anyone have improvements on tha
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I liked this like of my troll of your troll
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Ahh, my mistake.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I disagree. See mechanical_fish's comment below: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1811011 In a way, it makes more sense for an elder to get a PhD than someone in his youth.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Wouldn't those delusions also be a source of the emotional rollercoaster ride that pg talks about? It seems to me that an entrepreneur that can keep a level head and realistic expectations will not only have lower highs but higher lows. I w
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> Sure, there are appropriate discussions that can take place over the phone, but in this industry it's usually a good interpersonal vehicle, but a horrendous way of coming to decisions or communicating ideas. I very strongly disagree w
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Two keys: 1. Remember that a lot of other people don't like being on the phone, either, especially during the work day. When your reason for calling has been resolved, it's perfectly acceptable to say, "Well that's all I had, thank you." If
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Oh, I have. It's crazy that I would be intrigued by the idea of spending seven years running, fasting, and generally starving my physical body, especially when I don't particularly have any spiritual reasons for doing it.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> We can't really justify much effort (it's usually large, too) to accommodate 2% of users. I totally understand and agree with this sentiment. I do find it rather ironic, however, that developers today are using the same arguments for
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Thanks for that marathon monks link, it was a great read. Is it weird that I want to do that now?
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by BrandonM 16y ago
There's a lot of dismissive comments out there. The fact this a comment - written to dismiss - is no-longer newsworthy.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I agree for the most part. The main times that naps have been refreshing were when I was hungover and tired from the previous night's activities.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I totally agree with this. I had to make a three hour drive last night, and just a half hour into it I was feeling very tired. I pulled off at the first rest stop, put the seat back, and just laid there relaxing for about ten minutes. I did
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by BrandonM 16y ago
He gives some good advice at the very end: Know your fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, machine architecture, systems) and know several programming languages to the point where you can use them idiomatically. Know some non-computer
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by BrandonM 16y ago
The point of my comment was to reply to his comment which was questioning why he was downvoted. I downvoted neither of his comments.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
Those are good points. I mainly just wanted to put that information out there for anyone who wasn't familiar with how OKCupid works.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I think you also have to take jokers and drunken misclicks into account. I'm willing to bet that the true numbers are significantly lower. Then again, it's pretty bad for anyone in America in 2010 to answer this question incorrectly.
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by BrandonM 16y ago
pics or GTFO ;) (I'm straight, and I normally wouldn't say something like this on HN, but it's sooo perfect right here...)
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by BrandonM 16y ago
> Come on guys, I didn't say that women are dumber than men. I just said that this is the single most convincing piece evidence for that. You're missing the deeper implication that you're cruising around the Internet looking for, and po
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I'm on OKCupid. I've been able to "get any" in other ways. According to the article, the average number of sexual partners for everyone on the site is 6. Personally, I'm using the site because I frequently find myself hanging out with frien
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by BrandonM 16y ago
I've been at numerous parties where I've seen straight women making out with each other... never straight guys. I realize that's not exactly sex, but it's along the path. Edit: Forgot to mention... there's no real reason to lie to a match q
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by BrandonM 16y ago
It's interesting that you selected Spain + France. Texas + California (our 2nd and 3rd biggest states) are only slightly smaller than Spain + France. Alaska (our largest) is bigger than France, Ukraine, and Sweden combined. We have 50 state

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