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Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by simplegeek »

adrianscott wrote: post #126

* Graduated university at age 16, Math PhD at age 20 (RPI) * Performed with New York City Ballet * Sang with Placido Domingo * Founding investor in Napster * Credited as a pioneer in social networking, founding pioneering one in 2001, which heavily influenced Friendster which led to myspace, facebook etc. * Acted in Sundance Feature Film competition selection * Now doing next big thing, hehe ;)

You, sir, are an inspiration. Graduated at age 16? Wow. I only managed to drop out twice (undergrad) but some how ended up in graduate school (took my first midterm today (MS CE)).

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by borism »

jpcx01 wrote: post #187
abrown28 wrote: post #168

I've successfully conditioned every manager I've ever worked for to accept rolling in around 10:30 as normal.

Keep pushing it. I've made 1pm now the usual time to expect my arrival.

keep pushing it, I'm working from home 80% of the time.

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by wlievens »

proexploit wrote: post #178
wlievens wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One member of the team I'm in (a freelancer) actually has a bronze olympic medal, so I wouldn't consider it impossible... =-)

Is it real? ;)

I haven't seen the medal, but she's on WP, so it must be true!

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by FreeRadical »

adrianscott wrote: post #126

* Graduated university at age 16, Math PhD at age 20 (RPI) * Performed with New York City Ballet * Sang with Placido Domingo * Founding investor in Napster * Credited as a pioneer in social networking, founding pioneering one in 2001, which heavily influenced Friendster which led to myspace, facebook etc. * Acted in Sundance Feature Film competition selection * Now doing next big thing, hehe ;)

Just out of interest, what was the one in 2001?

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by frankus »

This all sounds kind of lame compared to the other comments, but you asked:

- Converted a car to electric drive when I was 20

- Was a contestant on a reality show pilot that aired on Discovery

- Built a motorized rotisserie out of two old bicycles to cook ~100lb of lamb for my friend's wedding

- Built a weight-controlled electric longboard (3wdm.blogspot.com)

- Built my own Mazda 323 GT-R (not sold in the US) out of imported parts and a US-spec AWD Protege

- Gutted and renovated a 1914 house, including all wiring, plumbing and heating, not to mention stripping eight layers of paint off of every last bit of the original woodwork and windows.

Although countless other people have done it before me, I most proud of the last one. A project like that completely takes over your life. I was working to the point of complete exhaustion on it during every moment that I wasn't at my day job for well over a year.

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by todd3834 »

borism wrote: post #192
jpcx01 wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keep pushing it. I've made 1pm now the usual time to expect my arrival.

keep pushing it, I'm working from home 80% of the time.

keep pushing 100% of the time which now fits in a very nice 4 hour slot

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by huherto »

tonystubblebine wrote: post #134
k0n2ad wrote: post #16

I woke up on time this morning.

I built a personal point scoring system where one of the awards was "waking up on time." So +1 for that. +3 if you floss your teeth tonight.

Interesting. Is it posted somewhere? Can we see it?

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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Post by razerbeans »

* Good friends with the man who was the head of the Missile Intelligence Agency during the Cuban missile crisis. He also worked with Von Braun on the Saturn V rocket. (Interesting story, by the way.)

* Turned down a potential offer to Westpoint.

* Achieved the 99th percentile in Standford Achievement Test every year I took it (5 years), each in different subjects. However, I don't have the grades to support it.

* Touched the Stanley Cup.

* Learned PHP when I was 13. C, C++, Java, etc. came soon after.

* I'm a programmer by trade, but I am going to school for management.

* I've recently become friends with several of my childhood heroes.

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