Mongoose

An interesting trend in those labeled remarkably intelligent is a tendency toward stymied feeling of self-worth.

Love that one. A grad student friend I work with, whenever he catches me poring over documentation, always tells me to read the code. Such a seemingly simple tip, but so valuable.

I'm a little wary of a point of sale system that could be so easily grabbed and stolen.

I spend the majority of my waking hours sitting, either in lecture or at a computer. I counterbalance the sedentary nature of studying computer science by exercising at least 3 times per week, cooking simple and nutritious meals, and drinking copious amounts of water and tea.

However, I agree with bbgm. Many (if not most) people would prefer the way biology is currently taught. I'd argue that only a minority of hacker-minded kids would benefit from a computational approach.

He basically RT'd Martin Luther King Jr.

The one lucid dream I've had was awesome. I've thought about writing dream-notes upon waking up, but now I think I'll actually try it.

All this verifies is the existence of the silent majority of older, more experienced founders.

Why isn't there a YC-funded space amenity startup?

It's good to see a book like this that for once doesn't list the Microsoft and Apple crews. No offense to Gates, Allen, Woz, et al, but their story is overdocumented. There are many more not-as-frontpage histories to learn about and this book seems to contain a good portion of them.