JohnnyBrown

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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
>brand advocates i.e. Everyone on this thread
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
In fact, he already has. His resume is on the front page of Hacker News
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
I'm not saying that the singularity isn't some kind of "nerd rapture", but it may a bit disingenuous to say computer systems haven't gotten much more sophisticated. Sure, we're still using Von Neumann architecture and transistors, but softw
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Ah, the cycle of revolution and co-option. It will be interesting to watch the original innovators of these incubator programs be replaced by cautious management types, and their institutions become the establishment that gets innovated aro
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Ireland?
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Step one to our very own Dyson Sphere ...
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
This is neat, i intend to use it. I've been thinking recently it would be great if there was "OkCupid for code" and once you have enough data to predict good matches for people <=> projects you could do some interesting things.
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
This. This is why I've been applying to top-notch companies for summer internships. I feel head and shoulders above most people at my school but have no idea how I stack up in the market at large. (it's a public university that would have d
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Way to go man, I'm happy for you. but... Sorry if I don't understand, and I don't mean to sound condescending - but apparently I pay you $15 for: <a href="<%= twitter_url('myName')%>"> <img src="<%=twitter_img('myNa
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
>"for some reason I’m seemingly out on the end of the axis as far as risk-tolerance is concerned" I wonder whether most people would rate themselves above or below average in terms of risk tolerance. Is this something we tend to have a
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
I think the idea is that being a dabbler first is necessary but not sufficient to become a generalist
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Ya Doctorow writes everything under creative commons or some such license. I mentioned it because there's a fictional technology very similar to your app in it
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Used FY9JLX9PR6H6. Thanks. I take it you've read Makers by Cory Doctorow?
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Buzz Aldrin cowrote a novel called "Encounter with Tiber" about the discovery of alien artifacts leading to the first colonies on mars. 11 year old me loved it, FWIW
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Not to mention that the first time you get hit in the face will teach you more about fighting than all the Youtube Muay Thai videos in the world
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
I feel this way sometimes about using Rails. It's not the same thing as visual studio but there is a nagging feeling of dependence that goes along with writing a webapp without knowing how a server works, why all the generated code looks li
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Law school assignment leads to takedown of real website.
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
As a tangent, give the mechanic some credit. The first things I took apart to see how they work (eventually leading me to choose technology as a profession) were lawnmowers, chainsaws and the like. A mechanic's work (the good part at least)
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
The frightening thing is not this particular application, but the broader concepts of (1) extension of an already draconian police power (2) almost entirely brought about by a private profit motive. Capitalism is an evolutionary process and
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
NOLA is New Orleans, LouisianA, usa. Definitely not clear to a global audience
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
I've seen everyone liked the (slightly creepy, I admit) "find girls near me" apps over the last few days, so I made one for my home. I think that whoever scales this type of thing to the whole US or even the biggest n cities could make a de
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Ask Hn: review my weekend project(nolaladies.com)
2 points by JohnnyBrown 16y ago|3 comments
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This is how you write a reverse job application(thejohnnybrown.com)
96 points by JohnnyBrown 16y ago|36 comments
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Wow. He doesn't hate women, he hates geeks.
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Didn't Orville and Wilbur's prototype steer by twisting the wings?
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
Never have I been so forehead-smacking jealous that I didn't think of something first. kudos.
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
I can write Ruby, and I'm a student who's looking to build a portfolio. Check out theJohnnyBrown.com and get in touch with me. It won't be free but I can work with your budget.
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
University officials were banned from using (fossil fuels | artificially hydrogenated lipids | fax machines) for a week. "we just wanted them to see the impact these technologies have on their lives."
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by JohnnyBrown 16y ago
So, is there a way to safeguard against this? I assume when I connect to an exchange server at home it doesn't have root access to my laptop, right?
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Ask HN: Is there a spectrum of difficulty/prestige in programming?
16 points by JohnnyBrown 16y ago|19 comments

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