trekker7

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by trekker7 19y ago
hahah this takes the cake: "Paul Graham originally wrote reddit, in lisp, on the back of a napkin while he was waiting for a coffee. it was so powerful that it had to be rewritten in python just so that ordinary computers could understand i
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by trekker7 19y ago
Interesting. But how do you define "worthwhile", when deciding what to pursue besides happiness?
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by trekker7 19y ago
"I think some people are awake but asleep at their job." - brilliant
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by trekker7 19y ago
World record for consecutive deleted replies?
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by trekker7 19y ago
I'm still glad he posted it, because it's new to me.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Yahoo and Microsoft will trust their data with Google? Besides this problem, I think he is right.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Octopart and Bountii are done really well.
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by trekker7 19y ago
great article. it's kind of funny though, how the majority of the article bashes boredom, and then with the last few lines says 'but wait, boredom may be good, so sometimes you should embrace it.'
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An Entrepreneur's Legacy(inc.com)
17 points by trekker7 19y ago|6 comments
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by trekker7 19y ago
"Michael wasn't as convinced, but he then asked me the question I was dying to hear: "Would you not go back to the employment agency at all, so when we hire you we don't have to pay the fee?" I was in." Seems to me like he didn't state what
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by trekker7 19y ago
Which ones, and how do you tell? I'm genuinely curious.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Kids used to play basketball after school in my neighborhood. Now they're inside logged into Facebook or watching YouTube videos. I guess virtual worlds are the next step.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Some pages are missing... go to http://paulgraham.com/hp.html for the full essay.
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by trekker7 19y ago
How do you guarantee no queues and short wait times when it gets very crowded?
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by trekker7 19y ago
Is this a joke? Would you really feel comfortable with a nuclear reactor in your basement?
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by trekker7 19y ago
you can't fuck with nature, not this much...
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by trekker7 19y ago
Maybe the OLPC project? Check this out: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Getting_involved_in_OLPC I think there are a range of technologies in play here that you can work with, from close-to-the-metal C to application level Python.
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Hacker News IRC chat room?
24 points by trekker7 19y ago|17 comments
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by trekker7 19y ago
WWJBD - What Would James Bond Do. Treat hacking like what it is: a tough, rigorous activity that requires huge amounts of energy and persistence. So whenever you feel like procrastinating, tough it out, clench your teeth, and just start.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Seinfeld
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by trekker7 19y ago
You've got to balance that stuff out dude... if you really only enjoy hacking and don't like hanging out with friends, going to movies, eating out, partying, whatever, then cool. But if you're working long hours just to be competitive, th
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by trekker7 19y ago
Octopart is definitely alive. I emailed them recently and got a prompt response. I'm seeing new features on their site too... it looks really slick.
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by trekker7 19y ago
True hackers code their Web apps in x86 assembly.
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by trekker7 19y ago
This is my favorite post on News.YC so far... I'm really happy to see something like this here. Anybody working on a "do-gooder" startup that they want to share here?
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by trekker7 19y ago
hey this is pretty brilliant! "Recipes 2.0"
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by trekker7 19y ago
leave the guy alone!
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by trekker7 19y ago
Man, I had no idea server-side GUIs had gotten this good... if it ran a little bit faster, it would feel close to a desktop app.
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by trekker7 19y ago
Nice... PG, you should open source parts of News.YC so people can add features to it :-).
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by trekker7 19y ago
For me: Travel a lot and get good at photography, buy a Ferrari and get into amateur racing, start a venture capital firm to fund social entrepreneurs (don't know if this is possible yet), own and run a cool new restaurant, be a director/wr
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by trekker7 19y ago
If the film-maker is serious about the time he spent on this project... this is pretty mind-blowing. I've never, ever heard of someone this passionate about anything.

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