I'm about 220 lbs old. I started at 180 lbs!
I hear that! 240 lbs old and 75% more gray.
For a second I thought you said gravy. Either way, yes!
Poll: How old are you?
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Re: Poll: How old are you?
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah; but those thoughts are now 50 years out of date. That's why old people feel different; they are from another time.
The older I get, the more interested I am in the thoughts of people from another time. I discovered long ago that there is far less continuity of wisdom than young people realize. There is a common assumption among young people that the best ideas of the past are carried forward while the failed ideas are left behind. This is true to some extent, but it is much less true than most young people seem to think. People v…
"The past is a different country."
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was really hoping "making more" would be followed with "love". Money's great too, though. :)
After a certain age, "making more" can't be followed with "love". Or so I've heard. If I am aware of the correct meaning, that is. (Not native.)
40 here, still going strong. 18-22 times a month according to my wife's daily tracker.
Exercise, exercise, exercise.
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#174hahaha. I posted this question few months ago.
Here is the result of my poll:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5536734
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#175People aged 1-20: How did you find HN? HN isn't easily found on search engines (except for the exact keywords "hacker" and "news"). I can't imagine how a 15 year old is stumbling upon Hacker News, other than a mentor or parent referring them.
Stumbled upon HN when I was around 14-15 (took me a while to work up the nerve to make an account)! Had been fairly familiar with ESR's Hacker Manifesto at that point (probably found that at around age 11?), and I think I was searching for something related to that? I've been reading it fairly consistently since. Was and still am a fan of the interesting random links, though I've been enjoying the technical ones a bit more in my "old" age.
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#176An ASCII histogram of HN users ages. Average = ~27
Inspiration cred: mixmax's post (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=517039)
0-10 - 11-15 - 16-20 --------- 21-25 -------------------------------- 26-30 -------------------------------------- 31-35 ------------------------ 36-40 ----------- 41-45 ------ 46-50 --- 51-55 - 56-60 - 61+ -
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#17765. started programming when I was 20 years old.
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#178...what the hell are all these 10-and-under kids doing here?
Skewing the data! ;)
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#179Didn't we have one of these recently? I remember pg commenting how HN can no longer use the honour system as there were too many 0-10 and 61+ entries. pg joked he'd make the fonts larger to be more easily seen.
There's no way that was 2 years ago, was it?! :O
Re: Poll: How old are you?
#180People aged 1-20: How did you find HN? HN isn't easily found on search engines (except for the exact keywords "hacker" and "news"). I can't imagine how a 15 year old is stumbling upon Hacker News, other than a mentor or parent referring them.
15 here. Working as a developer (along with several more experienced, more talented, and smarter developers who are teaching me more than I've ever learned in school). Been hacking for about a year and half. When all your coworkers browse hacker news you notice.