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hvo··on Ask HN: I am turning 20 today.Got some advice?(as an entrepreneur or a developer)
First of all,happy birthday to you. My advice to you is to avoid distraction at all cost.When you set goals to achieve something meaningful in life,you will almost always come to face distraction at some point.Distraction can come in different shades and shapes. I encourage you to learn how to separate signal from noise. I wish you well.
hvo··on It’s a Tough Job Market for the Young Without College Degrees
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11671933
hvo··on Ask HN: How can a dummy like me learn algorithms?
Hey, you may not need much maths for this.You just need to be familiar with python and ready to work.It is pretty straightforward http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/pythonds/index...
hvo··on Ask HN: Pick startups for YC to fund
pg said something about the different between grit and stubbornness here http://paulgraham.com/determination.html.
hvo··on People with names that break computers
Yes.I am.
hvo··on People with names that break computers
Haha.I got it right.You did a good job in that interview.BBC should be interviewing you more often. And keep up the good work.
hvo··on People with names that break computers
I am convinced that the programmer interviewed in this article by BBC is the same Patrick McKenzie(patio11).
hvo··on PriceZombie is shutting down
Padmapper was forced to shut down too by Craigslist.When are we going to learn that this type of business model is unsustainable? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4149455
hvo··on PostgreSQL Parallel Aggregate
I just love PostgreSQL.It is an awesome gift in open source community.I just cant believe it is free.Seriously,if you have not tried PostgreSQL before,please find a time to check it out.
hvo··on Ask HN: Who's making $300k to $1m as a cloud engineer?
I agree with this.Paul Graham said almost the same in http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html.
hvo··on A list of PostgreSQL libraries, tools and resources
Yes. Thanks for your great work on this site.Keep up the good work.
hvo··on A list of PostgreSQL libraries, tools and resources
Good work. I am a big fan of PostgreSQL. It has made life easier for me.
hvo··on The 40,000-Mile Volcano
Absolutely amazing!!!
hvo··on Theranos Founder Faces a Test of Technology, and Reputation
If i post an article on Hacker News,it wont make front page.But if someone else posts the very same article many hours later,it will https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10764636

Talk of double standard.

hvo··on A Gift from Congress, to Congress
Congressmen are basically helping themselves.God Bless United States of America
hvo··on Ask HN: Does anyone really love their job?
You may find some answers in pg's essay How To Do What You Love http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
hvo··on Solar Storms Strip Air from Mars, NASA Says
Fascinating
hvo··on Biomedical superstars are signing on with Google
Pg talked about "measurement and leverage."Please see this http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html You don't get paid really well just because you do anything fancy.There is a reason why Larry Page and Sergey Brin dumped PhD for industry.
hvo··on Bill Gates's First Job
The full interview here http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/we-need-...
hvo··on 30 years a sysadmin
It always fascinates me about how things were being doing,back then, with respect to programming languages and system admin.Back then,there was no such things as ansible,chef,puppet,Docker and stuff.Still,System admins were about to get things done.Pretty interesting.
hvo··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)
For real,you can do better than this
hvo··on Postgres – EXPLAIN explained
Thanks for this. I really like postgres community.They are vibrant and you will almost always learn one thing or the other from them.
hvo··on When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup
In other words,head we win,tail you loose,according to Jeff Smith.Sounds like a bully to me.
hvo··on AVG can sell your browsing and search history to advertisers
+1 for your comment. I really can't stand antivirus software.Sometimes no antivirus is better than antivirus software.It is another area of software development that is broken and crying for a fix.Who is ready to up this challenge?
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