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nrmnon Ask HN: Advice for internships

Im from Canada as well (London, Ontario to be specific). Im unsure what to expect, and I highly doubt that any startup companies will be at my universities job fair. Im not very interested in making tons of money, but I want the experience more then anything.

nrmnon Ask HN: Advice for internships

How frictionless was the application process through the "Who's hiring?" post? Was the company nearby where you lived? Or did you work remotely!

Thank you, would you be alright with me contacting you later in the year?

nrmnon Ask HN: Advice for internships

Any advice on what to avoid? Also I feel Im at a slight disadvantage, being from Canada at a non-tech (up to date at least) oriented school.

Thank you, I may reach out to you later in the year if thats alright

nrmnon What Is It Like To Have a Photographic Memory?

Isnt this normal? Being able to recall smells/sounds/etc from places you've been?

nrmnon Paul Dirac's handwritten notes for his PhD, the first ever on quantum mechanics

Yea, dropbox has a 20gb limit on public downloads so the file being ~28mbs means its been downloaded around 700 times.

nrmnon Paul Dirac's handwritten notes for his PhD, the first ever on quantum mechanics

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzwdtDAz5dlwTXVyUzZPQkZQVEk

I hope Google is nicer.

nrmnon Paul Dirac's handwritten notes for his PhD, the first ever on quantum mechanics

Here is a link to the pdf to save anyone from the signup process. Which was painfully long and annoying.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/155545/dirac_1926_disser...

nrmnon Mailbox Is Joining Dropbox

Do you guys hire student interns? (Internationally - Canadian here)

nrmnon Offer HN: Tell me what you need, and I'll program it (for free)

thank you, looking into this now

nrmnon Offer HN: Tell me what you need, and I'll program it (for free)

Do I need to create the function I want to fit? Or would I have to look for a function that looks 'similar' to a plot of my data? So say my data 'looks' like a cubic function, I would need to supply it a blank(missing the coefficients) cubic function?

Also thank you for clearing up the mischaracterization.

nrmnon Offer HN: Tell me what you need, and I'll program it (for free)

Curve matching in javascript. Take a list of data points (x,y) and creates an equation that offers the best fit.

Side question: you will be making the code open source right?

nrmnon Robot Dragonfly

They have the battery life/flight time as follows (assuming this is for the alpha variation)

Hovering Time: 8-10 minutes

Hybrid Flight Time: 25-30 minutes

Image source: http://d2oadd98wnjs7n.cloudfront.net/medias/521391/pictures/...

nrmnon How I made $500k with machine learning and high frequency trading

Could you comment on how your "curve fitting" algorithm worked? Did you end up with an equation for each curve? Im working on something that requires curve fitting and any kind of tip would be helpful.

nrmnon The Best Textbooks on Every Subject

Could anyone make a solid recommendation on a calculus book? Im currently using Calculus a Complete Course by Robert Adams and Chris Essex.

nrmnon How Do You Find New Problems to Solve or Ideas for Products To Work On?

I keep a notebook on my night table with a pen to catalog my ideas as they popup. My ideas usually come as the result of me reflecting on the past day and letting my mind wander. I write everything down, even if it seems highly unlikely to ever come to fruition. I believe this is important as further ideas can be derived that are slightly more 'approachable'. I try my best not to force this process and let it occur organically. The notes are written as a stream-of-consciousness, I sketch and write to my hearts content hoping to capture the idea envisioned in my minds eye.

Validation: I don't validate my ideas as much as I should, this is a personal failing but its something I am working on. I do perform market research on each product and consider the challenges of getting a MVP out to consumers. I recently watched a talk by DHH at Startup School '08[1] which gave me a personal epiphany, sadly this should have been painfully obvious, that you can still do well aiming to satisfy the niche markets, chances are you will not be making the next facebook. While it is nice to dream of being the next big thing, I personally would be ecstatic to have a handful of people paying 5$ a month for a product that solved their problem.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY

nrmnon Csg.js: Constructive Solid Geometry, with rotatable 3D models

Heres what I managed to put together in about half an hour (paste it into the last example): http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=gaEKT6Z2

I like it, just wish you could define the dimensions of a square or should I say a rectangle.