purpleostrich

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by purpleostrich 9y ago
I would introduce yourself to her and mention that you thought the previous guy was an idiot and a freak. I would then engage her in a data science topic and ignore the guy.
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
It's hard to say. I'd say any natural interest I had in science was ignored or actively suppressed by my family. I think it's no accident that I did not embrace computers until after I was a financially independent adult. If
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
I just replied. We exist. In my case, I did not get exposed to programming or computers until I was 24 yrs. old, though chance employment.
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
Yes. My obsession with computers, which did not start until after I met some super geeks after college, has COST me tens of thousands of dollars, more if you count rent for my lab and patents. It has cost me thousands of hours of time when
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
I'm getting a Piphone, myself.
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
I would buy that That's a dream
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
Andrew Carnegie
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
What separates the young from the old? Knowledge, wisdom, of how the sausage is made. I suggest that you look around for some legit hackers in their late 60s and older, and get to know them. Older OLD hackers I know are super optimistic, li
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by purpleostrich 9y ago
Who is John Galt?
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by purpleostrich 10y ago
Thank you graycat, for the excellent thoughts and analysis. I doubt you are a VC but maybe you should start your own firm.
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by purpleostrich 10y ago
Even if you DO accomplish something amazing, you then have to figure out how to share it with people who can find it, promote it, or buy it. It's likely they will not understand the amazing thing you have done, and you'll be stuck
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Ask HN: Breakthrough-What's Next?
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