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Okay, I'll help him humble brag: Bryan is in his last year of high school. Keep building!

You study quantum mechanics in High School in the USA?

We discussed wave functions, probability, fermions/bosons, did calculations for particle in a box, the Schrödinger model, and went just up to deriving the hydrogen atom. Nothing super fancy, but it was one heck of an experience!

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

#33

Okay, I'll help him humble brag: Bryan is in his last year of high school. Keep building!

You study quantum mechanics in High School in the USA?

Some do- He thanks Phillips Exeter at the bottom of the project page, which is a very fancy private highschool, probably the best in the US.

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

#34

Okay, I'll help him humble brag: Bryan is in his last year of high school. Keep building!

This is incredible work for anyone, let alone a high schooler. Seriously impressive!

I hope this turns into something I can buy (maybe a diy kit), in the future!

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I actually spent quite some time trying to build a custom driver for a custom screen for my Framework 13, only to burn the screen driver. Very impressed by what you have done here. Kudos to you on achieving designing and building a whole laptop!

Thank you so much! If you'd like to discuss further, please let me know! My email is in the website. I have a Framework 16 and have tons of ideas. Never got around to it though. (I also burned a few screens, and had 3 as backup haha).

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

#36

Okay, I'll help him humble brag: Bryan is in his last year of high school. Keep building!

This is incredible work for anyone, let alone a high schooler. Seriously impressive! I hope this turns into something I can buy (maybe a diy kit), in the future!

Thanks! I've been considering it (or enough detailed instructions to build one) since starting the project. I need to get a working model first though ;)

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

#38
I'm curious how the USB-C connectors are made to the outside of the enclosure.

What I've found is that it's a bad idea to use USB extension cables; these can introduce bit errors if e.g. you copy large amounts of data (order of terabytes). It's much better to insert a USB drive directly into a carrier board, but this is not always physically possible.

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

#39

Okay, I'll help him humble brag: Bryan is in his last year of high school. Keep building!

You study quantum mechanics in High School in the USA?

Not all high schools but the US has some schools which allow you to take very advanced material / even get a head start on your college credits.

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

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post #38

I'm curious how the USB-C connectors are made to the outside of the enclosure. What I've found is that it's a bad idea to use USB extension cables; these can introduce bit errors if e.g. you copy large amounts of data (order of terabytes). It's much better to insert a USB drive directly into a carrier board, but this is not always physically possible.

It's almost standard to have the USB-C have extra wiggle-room (around 1mm or so). Then, the housing is 1mm past the USB-C connector. That's how the casings are made so that when you stick the connector in, it's flush or nearly so.

I agree with USB extension cables concerns too! The error would increase depending on the quality (impedance, power, etc.)

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