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   by _mocha 3mo ago

   This reminds me of approximately 30 years ago. While dabbling in ham radio, I learned that speakers can work in reverse as microphones, and vice versa.
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   One second to find the 10^9 prime [video](youtube.com)

   1 points by _mocha 4mo ago|0 comments
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   by _mocha 5mo ago

   I'm retired now, but love seeing the new generation tackle age old problems. I built something similar to this (albeit, close sourced) about 12 years ago. It was called "bullet" and was aimed at transferring text based conten
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   by _mocha 9mo ago

   I wouldn’t necessarily agree. I owned a few domains related to my name (e.g., variants of <firstname><lastname>.com), but nothing as obsessive as what Steven Wolfram is known for, and I’ve probably owned them for as long as doma
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   by _mocha 9mo ago

   France bans hijabs in schools, so there's certainly more work left across the pond...
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   by _mocha 10mo ago

   I'm a top 5% contributor to SO with around 300-400 answers (haven't actively answered a question in a while). One of the highlights of my career was seeing people benefit from those answers, post commentary, and update my answers.
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   by _mocha 11mo ago

   This is honestly one of the worst blog posts I've ever read, and probably does a disservice to representing MIT grads (who shaped my entire career 20-30 years ago). Anyways, as someone who was in this space, my 2 pieces of advice are:
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   by _mocha 11mo ago

   I've wanted to do this for the last 7 years and never got around to it. Couldn't be more proud that you put in the grit to bring this to fruition!
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   by _mocha 1y ago

   I'm retired from the industry, and posts like these take me back to the early days of cybersecurity (where people memorized scripts). Talking with my nephews and nieces, I can already tell that many new grads struggle with fundamentals
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    by _mocha 1y ago

    I'm somewhat surprised to see this on the front page of HN. I distinctly remember this material being covered in a single lecture during our freshman CS course 20 years ago. I doubt this would've reached the front page in HN'