someotheridiot

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   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   I'm still lurking around, don't have time to contribute much here anymore :)
2. 32.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   https://rebrickable.com - A LEGO database that shows you which sets you can build from your existing collection, also includes thousands of fan-submitted designs. Although at the moment it is far from passive (probably spend mor
3. 33.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   I'm a dba but do a lot of automation and build self service websites for internal use. My side project is http://rebrickable.com which will calculate what LEGO sets and custom fan creations you can build by reusing your exi
4. 34.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   I have no interest in food, so no :)
5. 35.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   https://rebrickable.com - A LEGO database that shows you which sets you can build from your existing collection, also includes thousands of fan-submitted designs.
6. 36.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   I'd also like to see a storage server - one with more storage than usual, without the necessary increase in cpu/memory/price.
7. 37.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   http://rebrickable.com - Figure out what new cool stuff you can build with your old LEGO collection.
8. 38.▲
   by someotheridiot 11y ago

   http://rebrickable.com - Figure out what new cool stuff you can build with your old LEGO collection.
9. 39.▲
   by someotheridiot 12y ago

   Well if the interviewers would stop asking the same stupid questions over and over again he might get a chance to say something different. I felt this interview was a completely wasted opportunity by NGT.
10. 40.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    I've been doing that for 3+ years now. If you truly enjoy what you are doing in your side project it can work. If not, perhaps you are just doing it for the money?
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    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    Wife and 2 kids with full time job here, trying to build a side project currently worth approx $1-2k/month. If you're not prepared to spend the hard hours to build it up, you're not going to succeed. Suck it up if you believe
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    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    I cringe at the "I wrote a web scraping program to go through the Brickset database". Brickset and Rebrickable both have awesome APIs that can provide all this data in an easily digestible format.
13. 43.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    Thanks for the link, I built this site :)
14. 44.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    http://rebrickable.com - using your existing LEGO collection, find other stuff you can build. Thousands of custom designs with building instructions and parts lists.
15. 45.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    They can't maintain orbit at Mach 5, it's just not fast enough. IIRC you need Mach 25 for LEO.
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    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    http://rebrickable.com - a tool to show you what LEGO sets you can build with the parts you have. It has a large collection of fan made creations, all with building instructions.
17. 47.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    I'm white and married to a Vietnamese. The different culture in her family is a big attraction to me, so much more interesting than boring same old.
18. 48.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    I'm in a similar position. I have a day job and a family with two young kids. I get home and am exhausted but push through as late as I can every single night to build up my side business. The month over month growth and promise of fut
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    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    Correct, that's what it is doing. It is a very fast and surprisingly strong way of evaluating the position. Of course stronger engines do a hell of a lot more than this and gives weightings based on the positions of other pieces, but m
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    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    $2500 for Dec/2013 (close enough to 2014) http://rebrickable.com - reuse your LEGO pieces to build other cool stuff. Not exactly passive yet, but maybe one day.
21. 51.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    Wow, that's awesome. I'm trying to learn how to write web apps with Python and 2 mins with this has taught me more than hours of django tutorials!
22. 52.▲
    by someotheridiot 12y ago

    LEGO + databases = A lot of fun :) http://rebrickable.com
23. 53.▲
    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    Thanks for the encouraging words ;) Still not up, 5+hrs outage so far... EDIT: it was up, but the network interface was messed up for some reason. Rebooted again and its ok now.
24. 54.▲
    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    Mine was rebooted 2hrs ago but still cant access it.
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    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    I've worked almost 15 years in various IT roles, building up my skills (technical and otherwise). In my spare time (when I had it), I would also dabble in side projects. Some made money, most didn't. Eventually a side project star
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    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    Rebrickable ( http://rebrickable.com ) shows you what you can build with your existing LEGO collection, including hundreds of fan contributed designs. Not truly passive as I work on it every day.
27. 57.▲
    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    That was my first thought - "he just ripped off Scott!"
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    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    I run http://rebrickable.com and have built it up mostly via making it so awesome all my users drive the traffic for me :)
29. 59.▲
    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    Thanks, it's a lot of fun too :)
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    by someotheridiot 13y ago

    http://rebrickable.com - a LEGO database that does some number crunching and tells you what you can build by combining parts from all your sets. Lots of user submitted content that is also searched and can be built, everything w