Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — arohann

arohann

HN member
Joined
Thu, May 08, 2008, 12:12 AM UTC
HN karma
14
Public activity
19 items

About arohann

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #7304257

    Articles and blog posts like this disappoint and annoy me. They lack logic and intellectual depth. I sincerely hope young Americans/westerners don't get discouraged by reading such…

  2. comment
    Comment #1766083

    I went to school in India and while there was some mild bullying now and again it was nowhere near as bad as this. I find it surprising how big a problem it is here in the US espec…

  3. comment
    Comment #1765922

    The Arduinos are great. I have two of them. One is a DIY clone called "DorkBoard". Check it out. Also have a look at the MSP430 based LaunchPad kit, its very cheap and available fr…

  4. comment
    Comment #1765319

    Several of our company laptops have been migrated to SSDs and for the most part, people have been pleased with the switch. Also, some file-servers in our datacenter are using SSDs …

  5. comment
    Comment #1765116

    Python. I moved from Java to Python and absolutely love it (this is my short answer)

  6. comment
    Comment #1718091

    The main thing to know is that if you've not dome much regular programming before, it will be fairly hard. Do not give up, it gets easier with practice. Keep at it. Look at some re…

  7. comment
  8. comment
    Comment #1515810

    I think you're worrying too much. Sounds pretty normal to me. Try to keep learning, practice coding problems if you're so inclined or get a hobby. Get out more. Spend more time wit…

  9. comment
    Comment #1429227

    Only fools underestimate their enemies.

  10. comment
    Comment #1402951

    They had a booth at the Bay Area MakerFaire 2010. I played with it and bought me a small sample (expensive). IMO its pretty useful. Think of it as sticky putty that turns into a ha…

  11. comment
  12. comment
    Comment #1224287

    Hi, can you point us to the Henry Baker literature you mentioned? Thanks. Edit : I found his page but am not sure which paper(s) you are specifically referring to.

  13. comment
    Comment #1068728

    Noted and corrected. Funny I made that mistake since I've lived close by in Dubai for a while and have relatives living and working in both Bahrain and Qatar.

  14. comment
    Comment #1068695

    Are you comparing the Qatari legal/punitive system against the US system ? If so, you're either being incredibly naive, incredibly stupid, or just trolling. Anyone with half a brai…

  15. story
    Ask HN: How to go about modelling/simulating prototypes for products

    I have several ideas and want to design some physical products ? How can I go about creating or modeling these without spending money on costly software such as AutoDesk/AutoCad et…

  16. story
    Query: Open source agile project management software ?

    My team is looking for an open source project management tool for agile software development projects. We've found a few (XPlanner, Agilephant) but have found them to either be eit…

  17. story
    Query : Strange hiring behaviour ?

    I recently interviewed with two companies (big name tech and retail+tech). These were for junior programmer/software engg (1-3 years). I was through the technical phone screeners a…

  18. comment
    Comment #184175

    Yes, they have but there are some conditions that have to be met before tehe 2.5 years apply. How do I find startups ? Most job search engines don't classify companies as such.

  19. story
    Ask YC : Do startups hire graduating students on F1 visas ?

    Hi, I'm an CompSciEng grad student (Masters) about to graduate and am considering applying to startups and smaller companies instead of the usual big stalwarts. Question is : do su…