mwhuang2

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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Right, the key difference is that children are below the age of consent. I was just comparing how both were given unfair negative stereotypes for having an orientation different from the norm.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Interesting perspective. I've always thought of pedophilia as being just another orientation, not necessarily tied to sexual abuse. That'd be like assuming a straight male has perverted tendencies towards all women. Homosexuality
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
How much is your rent? I know you don't want to accept money, but I may be able to send a donation.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I recommend the book "Worthless: The Young Person's Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major" by Aaron Clarey for a brutally honest, if exaggerated, take on higher education and employment.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I'm from a Chinese family. Many of my friends and I were raised with this mindset. They went off to attend elite colleges, but I couldn't stomach the endless hoop jumping and toxic achievement culture, so I just did my own thing a
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Good to hear that engineering is less dependent on institutional prestige. As someone who doesn't attend a name-brand university, I hope to be evaluated more for my skills than for the school I went to.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Sure, I'll share. After my rejections, I kind of fell apart during senior year of high school. I was extremely depressed and ended up almost failing all of my classes. In the end, I barely made it to graduation and was more relieved th
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Growing up, it felt like I was raised with the sole purpose of attending an elite college. I took AP classes, did SAT prep, and signed up for all the right extracurriculars, but my heart was never in it, and I couldn't force myself thr
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Wonderful message. I agree 100% with Pichai's stance on diversity.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
It's like a newspaper for techies. The community is also polite and intellectual, and I feel more comfortable here than on other sites.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
It just seems like trouble. I like to keep a low profile and minimize the drama in my life.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I translated a piano score from Haydn using Alda a while back: https://github.com/mwhuang2/Haydn Nice to see new features being added. I might do some more pieces in the future.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Brian Chesky (Airbnb) attended Rhode Island School of Design.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Both my parents were programmers. It was useful because they could help each other with learning and career advancement. Personally, I'd prefer a non-programmer girlfriend. I like variety and I think it's really important to be ex
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Ask HN: How do I stop comparing myself to others?
109 points by mwhuang2 11y ago|72 comments
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I was a student at an SAT prep center during high school and worked there for a year during college. The strategy we recommended for essays was to build a chart with one book, one quote, one historical event, etc. The best choices were broa
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I feel it's too idealistic to think that every passion can be profitable. College students can't all major in Netflix and video games. I've had a number of skilled hobbies over the years, but software engineering is the firs
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Is it really that bad? Social media is just noise to me. Checking online may seem tempting, but almost nothing I see adds any real value to my life.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
They sell a culture/lifestyle rather than just a product.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Extra schooling only delays reality and leads to more debt. What really matters is simple supply and demand - whether people have the skills that others are willing to pay for.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I developed a fixed mindset from a young age because I was constantly told that I was smart, which caused me to expect school to always be easy. When I got to college-level work, I failed hard and had to struggle to reinvent my thinking.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I always disliked those comments. That's just cowardice.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I assumed people would infer my gender from the wording of my post.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I'm a hardcore fan of My Little Pony. Gender stereotypes mean nothing to me.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I applied mostly to Ivies and similarly competitive colleges. They get plenty of applicants with near-perfect test scores and GPAs, so my poor grades made me a subpar candidate.
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
My peers in high school were overachievers who seemed to have everything figured out. I had no idea what I was doing and often had close to failing grades, despite scoring high on standardized tests (2390 SAT + 800 SAT II Math). I got rejec
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
Thanks, just wanted to know if this was worthwhile as opposed to a full-on software engineering internship.
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Ask HN: What is Microsoft ESE?
2 points by mwhuang2 11y ago|2 comments
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
I'd be careful about having that mindset. Studies have shown that people conform to their stereotype e.g. Asian females taking a math test performed better when reminded they were Asian and worse when reminded they were female, because
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by mwhuang2 11y ago
“There’s something in the upbringing that makes Asians shy," At my first internship, people were commenting on how timid I seemed. I was used to obeying my parents and teachers without question; all I did was try to keep my head down a

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