Viewing profile — andrewt

hmmm. 1999 2.0?

I was wondering if people on HN could share some 'paradigm changes' in the way they look at the world they've experienced. For example as a student of math, the fundamental way in …

It seems that there is a very strong emphasis on web-startups among the HN community. While I very much value the discussion on HN, I am simply not that interested in web programmi…

I think that the whole idea of asking someone else to explain "where the fun is in coding" is somewhat of an oxymoron. If you cannot find the fun yourself, it is hard to believe th…

I am sure that many of you have been in this situation before. The short story is this: I am an international graduate student at an American University (a very good one). I have e…

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned anything to do with the structure of the internet. Suppose someone takes out all of the root DNS servers or the bgp system breaks down, or someth…

This is something I thought about a lot. I'm currently a grad student at a great school and even though I sometimes get frustrated with classes, I've never regretted it. There is a…