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frognumber wrote: post #193

Impressive! Suggestion: It would be nice to include a price list on the article. This project is impressive as heck, but aside from being intellectually out-of-reach for most kids, it would be financially challenging as well. Last I looked, CNC aluminum blocks were well out of the reach of 99.9% of kids (but that was decades ago; perhaps prices went down). For people wanting to follow in those footsteps, it'd be nice…

Looks like the cnc milling was done by a shop - jlccnc.com

So there's probably a price there, but it's probably well under $1k

Price list would be cool to have

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redbell wrote: post #262

I hardly know where to begin! This project is exceptional in every sense—a true masterpiece. Remarkably, its creator is still in high school, yet he’s already demonstrated brilliance beyond his years. The endorsements he’s received, the connections he’s begun to forge, and the incredible opportunities now within his reach are nothing short of extraordinary. As he himself put it, accomplishments like these are only po…

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Post by Palomides »

larodi wrote: post #233
toobulkeh wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just any high school. https://exeter.edu/

...back in the day we had this partner who emigrated from undisclosed_balkan_country to the USA in the 90s. 20 years later his daugther in her teens gets $20k funding from the school principal, for her pet fashion project (not even STEM!). Her school is not even a top one, just a private school somewhere in major USA city. On the contrary, even though we've had top marks in the top math school in the same country, we…

yeah, it's a little bittersweet to see the adulation this is getting; I hope he has success in his academics and career, I got my first computer by dumpster diving parts.

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Post by jamessb »

iooi wrote: post #290

Which high school is teaching quantum mechanics for juniors? Is this like a crazy private school?

> Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school

>...

> Exeter is one of the nation's wealthiest boarding schools, with a financial endowment of $1.6 billion as of June 2024, and houses the world's largest high school library.

>...

>Its list of notable alumni includes U.S. President Franklin Pierce, U.S. Senator Daniel Webster, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and three winners of the Nobel Prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy

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Post by paxcoder »

ActVen wrote: post #216
byran wrote: post #107

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Hey Nirav, super super honored that you saw this! I've always looked up to you guys for inspiration and guidance. Thank you for the offer! Although I probably won't be mass-producing open-source laptops like you (i have a framework 16!), I would love to meet you. Would that be possible?

This is a great example of why people should not be afraid to be bold.

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Post by j_w »

Palomides wrote: post #303
larodi wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...back in the day we had this partner who emigrated from undisclosed_balkan_country to the USA in the 90s. 20 years later his daugther in her teens gets $20k funding from the school principal, for her pet fashion project (not even STEM!). Her school is not even a top one, just a private school somewhere in major USA city. On the contrary, even though we've had top marks in the top math school in the same country, we…

yeah, it's a little bittersweet to see the adulation this is getting; I hope he has success in his academics and career, I got my first computer by dumpster diving parts.

Hits close to home. Apart from what was a family PC (terribly cheap), my main rig for a time was assembled via old junk the computer lab at school was done with but wasn't valuable enough (or fully functional) to say no when I asked if I could have it.

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Post by megous »

ValdikSS wrote: post #203

By the way, you can tune boot times further. My print server board boots in 8 seconds to Debian 12 (bootloader + kernel + userspace). 1. Make sure the bootloader (u-boot) loads the kernel as fast as possible. - Disable automatic Ethernet/USB/other subsystems initialization (you can keep them enabled, just don't activate unless requested in the shell manually by the user) - Tune `distro_bootcmd` command - Make sure th…

Pinebook Pro boots in about 10s to DE and that's RK3399. Pretty sure RK3588 can boot even faster, considering the advantage of PCIe/nvme storage that can run at > 3GiB/s. Software load times stop being a constraint at those speeds.

My Orange Pi 5 Plus boots to sway+firefox already open in about 15s and a lot of it is waiting for net being online.

    7.125s systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

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Post by iooi »

jamessb wrote: post #304
iooi wrote: post #290

Which high school is teaching quantum mechanics for juniors? Is this like a crazy private school?

> Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school >... > Exeter is one of the nation's wealthiest boarding schools, with a financial endowment of $1.6 billion as of June 2024, and houses the world's largest high school library. >... >Its list of notable alumni includes U.S. President Franklin Pierce, U.S. Senator Daniel Webster, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and three winners of the Nobel Prize.…

Thanks, makes sense.

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Post by rozularen »

jmb99 wrote: post #276
rozularen wrote: post #251

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Yeah... Just checked and disclaimer I'm not trying to diminish OP's achievement which is huge but ... https://exeter.edu/admissions/financial-aid/tuition-costs/

Hilarious that there’s a separate sub-$1000 line item for books and supplies. If it’s that expensive, you can’t just throw in some pens and pencils with the tuition?

Yeah lol I was surprised it wasn't included in the 60k$/year tuition.

Also I must say, if I had that much money to spend in my future children education I totally would.

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