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by itmag 15y ago
Is it possible to be admitted to a top-tier US university as a non-US resident (I'm Swedish)? How does that work with SATs and stuff then? Also, is it possible to be admitted if one is outside the typical age range of applicants (ie 18-19)?
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by itmag 15y ago
Yeah, exactly. It's not that I'm lazy. It's just that I want to do something meaningful and on my own terms. I have much more value to give to the world than I can express in a 40 hour a week coding job. I crave the three elements of intrin
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by itmag 15y ago
Upvoted for brutal candor. I refuse to be that pessimistic about the future, though. There has to be a way.
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by itmag 15y ago
What I meant to say is that I want to start my own startup in the not so distant future. Sure, I run a magazine.
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by itmag 15y ago
I don't think I'm cut out to have a career per se, it's startups or nothing for me: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3283401 Which got quoted on teh Internetz: http://unicornfree.com/2011/fuck-glory-startups-are-one-long...
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by itmag 15y ago
Tell me about it. I went too far in that direction. Right now I'm trying to learn how to live :)
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by itmag 15y ago
Ah, gotcha. I'm in Sweden, and it's the same here, possibly even worse. I've been reading self-help materials non-stop for the past 5 years. When I introduce this stuff to people my age they just stare at me like I'm an alien. They also see
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by itmag 15y ago
I would go even further than you and say "have a plan by 25" myself. Why dick around and be a fool for longer than is absolutely necessary? :) I am all for learning by making painful mistakes, but one should cut the failure iteration cycle
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by itmag 15y ago
Do I think enterprise software as it is today can be disrupted? Yes, I do. But do I think the enterprise software vendors and developers are clueless? No, absolutely not. Many of them have adopted agile processes and are as fast as any oth
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by itmag 15y ago
15 years??? How the frakking fsck do you guys endure writing boilerplate, filing TPS reports, going to meetings, and listening to PHBs for that damn long? I'm not even 1 year in and I'm already busy executing my plans for freedom (by starti
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by itmag 15y ago
Sounds like you're talking about the general non-sysadmin population of a spanish village in 1400 A.D. Yes, as opposed to 15th century Spanish sys-admin villagers. :)
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by itmag 15y ago
It's probably code-allergy. Most of us have probably worked on enterprise code in some Office Space esque company at some point or another... What I am interested in, however, is ideas on how to disrupt/fix enterprise software via startups.
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by itmag 15y ago
I run a magazine which counts Ross Jeffries (who was in TG) among its contributors. Check it out :) http://interestingtimesmagazine.com Oh, and r/seduction on Reddit is teh shit.
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by itmag 15y ago
Shit, that sounds hard. There's no gentler way in then? I was hoping for ready-made kits running Linux :)
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by itmag 15y ago
Heh, I misread that as "Living a life of douchebaggery" and heartily agreed :)
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by itmag 15y ago
Anyone on HN a quadcopter aficionado? I would like to get into this hobby, and am eager to learn more.
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by itmag 15y ago
Heh, I was just field-testing this earlier assertion of mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3303269 It would be hilarious if this comment gets upvoted while my parent comment gets downvoted :)
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by itmag 15y ago
For those of you who made over a million bucks: did you do two chicks at the same time?
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by itmag 15y ago
Yeah, I guess you're right. So the take-home message is that HN isn't Reddit. One should be a witty smart-alec rather than a funny wise-ass.
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by itmag 15y ago
Isn't it a good thing, though? 'Cause it means you are in demand.
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by itmag 15y ago
"There is also not much stopping you from using PHP, Python, Ruby, or anything else with a REPL as your daily shell" That's a fascinating idea. Know of anyone who does that?
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by itmag 15y ago
"It's easy to change one's mind." Citation needed :)
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by itmag 15y ago
What, do recruiters just call you out of the blue like that in the US?
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by itmag 15y ago
I guess the reasoning for it is that HN shouldn't be Reddit. Then again, I've gotten away with humor many times. Actually, some of my highest karma comments are humorous in nature. Examples: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3301212 ht
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by itmag 15y ago
Women compete on looks, men compete on social status. The latter of which being to some extent fakeable through one's appearance and behavior.
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by itmag 15y ago
Where do we draw the line between adjusting and losing ourselves?
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by itmag 15y ago
Society is supposed to make sense now?
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by itmag 15y ago
"""Not to bring down everything to sexuality, but a sexually pushy woman would be typically labeled a "slut." Which is why a woman will almost never ask a man out.""" Most people seem to prefer atavism when it comes to dating and bedroom ac
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by itmag 15y ago
Devil's advocate: could it have something to do with hardwired differences in the brain?
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by itmag 15y ago
It's called Sweden, buddy. :)

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