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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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montroser wrote: post #70

Byran... This is seriously impressive. You are very blessed to be so capable in so many disciplines -- design, hardware, software, storytelling. It is a massively complicated undertaking, and you executed in style . Nice work, and remember to use your formidable powers for good!

Thank you so much! For certain; goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble and knowledge without goodness is dangerous.

It was a truly difficult undertaking! I was ready to quit at so many moments, but I always think about the final mission of sharing this little piece of knowledge with the world. :)

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

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Post by jogu »

rafram wrote: post #53
rafram wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more possible than you'd think! The options are basically: - Go to a fancy private school like Phillips Exeter - Really luck out and get into a great public STEM magnet school - Homeschool and take private classes / have very smart parents

Oh, or: - Concurrently enroll at a community college (a really great option that I think every country should have)

I tested out of high school and went to community college instead, one of the best decisions of my life.

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Post by mwcampbell »

j3s wrote: post #18

VERY impressive. the laptop looks great. wish you could manufacture and sell the thing, i'd consider one :)

Not to take anything away from this amazing achievement, but if you want a similar open-source laptop, also based on an RK3588, that will actually be manufactured and sold, check out the MNT Reform Next: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next

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Post by jwr »

Congratulations! From someone who does mixed electronics+mechanical design: this is hard. There are moments of desperation where you realize that everything depends on everything else, and there is no way to achieve all of your design goals. You then have to realize that engineering is all about compromises, and move on, compromising — but this is very difficult. It's easy to get bogged down in details and dependencies and never finish the project.

It's very impressive work and it makes me so happy to see real hacker news on HN. This is real hacking.

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

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Post by MegaDeKay »

byran wrote: post #71
montroser wrote: post #70

Byran... This is seriously impressive. You are very blessed to be so capable in so many disciplines -- design, hardware, software, storytelling. It is a massively complicated undertaking, and you executed in style . Nice work, and remember to use your formidable powers for good!

Thank you so much! For certain; goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble and knowledge without goodness is dangerous. It was a truly difficult undertaking! I was ready to quit at so many moments, but I always think about the final mission of sharing this little piece of knowledge with the world. :)

My hat is off to you, good sir. Way off. This is an unbelievable accomplishment, doubly so given that you're still in high school (!!!), triple-so given the time you did it in, quadruple-so given that you did it all yourself, etc etc etc.

I was reading this over thinking "this guy should be working for Framework". It would be a total win-win.

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

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Post by eddywebs »

This is really cool ! Kudos for getting this started. I wonder if initiatives such as one laptop per child could have been effective with this kind of approach. Eitherway I hope this project goes along way as I could see its application not only at home but also in developing nations.
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