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   by got2surf 14y ago

   If by chance you're using Ruby on Rails, then http://www.rubygeocoder.com/ is great.
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Very impressive, great work! Hopefully we can look at great, precocious coders like you as an example for teaching others - even if other kids only get to 20% of your coding ability in middle school, it'll be a huge step forward for our edu
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Thanks for the advice! I'll start downloading and playing around with the software - I'll start with Hello World and keep going up from there. I may end up PMing you later on with more specific questions if that's ok. Thanks again!
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Unfortunately I'm a college pre-freshman without a couple grand free :P but I'll look into the Microchip PIC, thanks!
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   How Can I Learn Microcontroller/Device Programming ASAP?

   2 points by got2surf 14y ago|5 comments
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   I'm commenting as a high school senior who has a few start up plans and is still going to college this fall. First off, I take fault with the entire "college is overpriced" deal - that's only without financial aid. Harvard costs 60k sticker
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Yep, works now. Haha I may be reading into the Harry Potter metaphor a bit too much, but I've always thought about myself as a Slytherin. Sure, I wanted to be Gryffindor, but I always felt like more of an impostor within Gryffindor than a
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Thanks for the reply! I do want to do a startup eventually, but I may also want to go into banking or finance (I've been working at a hedge fund locally and like the types of problems they can solve algorithmically). And thanks for the Quor
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   by got2surf 14y ago

   Very good point, and I actually should have thought about that a little more. I loved the culture and town of both - Stanford's campus is just amazing, but I could also see myself fitting in really well at Harvard, especially with all the s
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    Ask HN: Am I Making a Mistake in Choosing Harvard over Stanford?

    1 points by got2surf 14y ago|9 comments
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    by got2surf 14y ago

    The thing a lot of tech people don't understand (including a few of the commenters here) is how important Instagram is in friend circles that aren't ours :P I've never even felt the need to use Instagram, but two friends of mine (17 and 1
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    I think my opinion is also a bit biased - I've met far more liberal arts types of folks than MIT grads. But the MIT folks I have met are some of the smartest
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Well, I find MIT a little "too tech focused" for my liking - while I love taking CS/math/engineering courses, I feel like I'll miss out on other areas by going to MIT. I guess it has more to do with the diversity of interests of other stude
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Hmm, that's true, but it may differ by field. For example Goldman recruits much more heavily at Harvard than Stanford, but small startups recruit more at Stanford. I think my problem is I don't know what I want to do yet - still split betwe
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Thanks for your help - it's definitely a tough question to answer. While I love CS and I'm sure I'll do something CS-related, I'm concerned that tech firms will look down on a Harvard CS degree as compared to a Stanford CS degree. I already
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    I'd definitely like to intern - my plan is to do 1 internship at a big company (Google, FB, etc, which would be doable from Harvard or Stanford) and then at a small company (which would be easier from Stanford) and finally at a finance firm
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    Ask HN: Harvard or Stanford undergrad for Computer Science?

    2 points by got2surf 15y ago|11 comments
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    I know some people will say this isn't related to HN at all, but it's social media. It's an experiment to see if we can share something at an incredible scale, and this is the tangible result, the real-world benefit, of the technology that
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    "Kony 2012" - A Social Media Experiment Worth Sharing(youtube.com)

    4 points by got2surf 15y ago|1 comments
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    Author Identification - Surprisingly Accurate, Sometimes(onthemedia.org)

    1 points by got2surf 15y ago|0 comments
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    6dollarshirts ( http://www.6dollarshirts.com/t-shirts/ ) is a pretty nerdy brand, and has some good designs.
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    I submitted this, and definitely wasn't paid by YT/YC/Mercedes to do so :P
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Probably not completely fair but... have you visited Orlando recently? Literally no public transport at all (ok, there's Lynx, but that's too nightmarish to really include). Sure, Orlando's not as large a metropolitan area, but with the amo
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    I agree completely, it's not "really" environmentally invisible, and a shift towards mass transit would be much more environmentally friendly. I visited family in London this summer, and I was amazed by the efficiency of mass transit. Here
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    Mercedes uses LEDs and a Camera to make "invisible car" for marketing(youtu.be)

    447 points by got2surf 15y ago|93 comments
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I also liked the disclaimer that "Wired News has been unable to confirm some sources for a number of stories written by this author." That's gotta be an awkward conversation with your editors :P
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    My dad was a Bell alum, and I agree completely. It's rare to have this convergence of genius, creativity, and perhaps most importantly money - but when it happens, society is forever improved.
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    My dad worked at Bell Labs in the 80s, and he's always telling me about the quality of the experience there. I'm not sure if it was the politics, or the people, but he said there was an Apple or Google-like quality of innovation and inspira
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Interesting thought, we can think about this as an extension of group polarization theory in psychology ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_polarization ). In group polarization, belonging to a group with specific views will actually expan
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    by got2surf 15y ago

    Interesting, is this intentional? I know since they switched over to the new interface (with the various search options along the top of the window) they've been trying to get people to embrace the new layout. Maybe they're trying to force