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Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by cbmamolo »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #275
byran wrote: post #263

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Thank you redbell! It truly means a lot. I'm incredibly grateful of the reception and the support from everyone. HN <3

I'll just echo the amazement and congratulations of all the other comments. I do have a question though - your post stated "The hardest class I’ve taken so far was quantum mechanics in my junior spring term." Kudos to your educational system that allowed you to take quantum mechanics as a junior in high school - it looks like it clearly provided you a framework that allowed you to excel. Without giving away your priv…

He goes to Phillips Exeter Academy, where Zuckerberg once matriculated. Students' voices are heard through the Harkness method of teaching. There is plenty of opportunity for students to grow curricularly (e.g.,dynamic chaos theory in math, senior projects, though not required ...) and extra-curricularly (e.g. competition robotics, physics, bio,chem clubs, etc ...) which may not be a norm in most public or even private schools.

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Post by koverstreet »

makerdiety wrote: post #284
koverstreet wrote: post #282

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Discipline and obligation refer to things that materially matter to the people around us, and to society - not rote memorization of pointless facts. And intelligence is just as much about identifying and applying effort towards useful goals - your "if you're so smart" is anything but.

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I think that's a poor way of framing it.

If the work is genuinely worthwhile, and the people who do it are respected, there will be people to do it.

Teaching people to suffer through work without any apparent reason - that's something capitalist society wants, not liberal democracy.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by cshaw03833 »

Let's go! I'm so proud of you, Byran!! Imagine your teacher gets hit in the eye with a bottle cap, the contents of the drink fry your laptop, and you just build your own. This may not have been the motivation, but I'm honored at your resiliency, lol. You never cease to amaze me! Keep going!

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Post by makerdiety »

koverstreet wrote: post #292
makerdiety wrote: post #284

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I think that's a poor way of framing it. If the work is genuinely worthwhile, and the people who do it are respected, there will be people to do it. Teaching people to suffer through work without any apparent reason - that's something capitalist society wants, not liberal democracy.

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Post by dang »

makerdiety wrote: post #270
httpz wrote: post #165

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I sometimes wonder how many talented engineers top colleges are rejecting because they were busy working on real engineering projects like this than academics and test scores.

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Would you please stop taking threads on flamewar tangents? Your comments in this thread have been inflammatory and offtopic. That's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by makerdiety »

dang wrote: post #295
makerdiety wrote: post #270

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Would you please stop taking threads on flamewar tangents? Your comments in this thread have been inflammatory and offtopic. That's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Well, sincerely, my objective here is to spark thought provoking discussion, which should lead to personal cognitive improvements. But I must admit that it's kinda not my fault that the format I chose is really provocative.

edit: And doesn't that defeat the purpose of a nerd-rich forum like Hacker News? The stifling of creativity and abstract thoughts? I came here to socialize and find bright minds, no offense.

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Post by dang »

makerdiety wrote: post #294
koverstreet wrote: post #292

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I think that's a poor way of framing it. If the work is genuinely worthwhile, and the people who do it are respected, there will be people to do it. Teaching people to suffer through work without any apparent reason - that's something capitalist society wants, not liberal democracy.

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Please stop.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42807938

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by dang »

makerdiety wrote: post #296
dang wrote: post #295

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Would you please stop taking threads on flamewar tangents? Your comments in this thread have been inflammatory and offtopic. That's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Well, sincerely, my objective here is to spark thought provoking discussion, which should lead to personal cognitive improvements. But I must admit that it's kinda not my fault that the format I chose is really provocative. edit: And doesn't that defeat the purpose of a nerd-rich forum like Hacker News? The stifling of creativity and abstract thoughts? I came here to socialize and find bright minds, no offense.

I'm not worried about whose fault it is, I just need you to stop posting like this to Hacker News. As I said, it's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. And it's particularly dismaying to see in a thread such as this one.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by dang »

dishsoap wrote: post #285

What in the world, almost half of the comments here spelled his name wrong.

You're right! I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out and I'm sure most readers didn't either.

Hopefully Byran doesn't mind that glitch in this otherwise rapturous and justly triumphant reception :)

I feel like this thread is helping HN to reorganize itself around its proper purpose.

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Post by hn_acc1 »

underdeserver wrote: post #224
helboi4 wrote: post #182

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Yeah I did some crazy things when I was in school. Had so much time.

We all had time... Almost none of us built a laptop

Yeah, but TBF.. in my early teens, my "internet" consisted of a 300 baud modem hooked up to an Atari 800xl (my 2nd computer - the TI 99-4/A was "obsolete"), my "manual" was a 6502 assembly book I borrowed and typed out and a binder full of photocopied notes called "De Re Atari" that I picked up at a garage sale or something. My later teens, some of my time in was spent debugging early Watcom SQL software and working on an educational software app in FoxPro, as well as studying computer engineering (and still working on the side in FoxPro).
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