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I'm stoked about the ES6 support.

brosky117on Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

Thanks for making IndieHackers! I visit it all the time for inspiration!

brosky117on Top 1% of Income Earners pay 45% of California's Taxes

I'm not very up to date with tax policy or politics but it sounds reasonable to me that everyone pay a fixed percentage. That or just have a consumption tax. Are there good reasons not to do it that way??

brosky117on Free React.js Fundamentals Course

I've watched both his React and React Native tutorials and loved both of them!

I had the chance to talk with him after a local JS meetup and he was super nice. Can't recommend his stuff more.

brosky117on Winning Hyperloop design revealed by MIT engineers

I think it is funny to hear the objections of all the armchair scientists and commentators. I'm sure glad we have people like you who can see straight to the problems with the Hyperloop that no one has ever thought of. You're right. Let's just give up on this whole idea :|

brosky117on Stop Looking for a Cofounder

Just found Pat's stuff and I also highly recommend it

brosky117on Philanthropy for Hackers

I think this is spot on. And he's backing up what he's saying with his own money. I hope the best for him and everyone he helps.

brosky117on Apple Watch – What can you do with it?

One thing that I've always imagined but haven't heard much in these discussions is the real potential behind the Apple Watch being the near-magical NFC interactions that could be achieved with its position on the body. For example, paying for groceries, opening locked doors, starting cars, etc. I feel that someone would only need to see a Watch user wave their hand and magically do something once before wanting that same "power".

brosky117on Oliver Sacks on learning he has terminal cancer

This was an eloquent and beautiful article that helped me to consider my own mortality. Thanks for sharing.

brosky117on Stripe: Bitcoin

I'm not really into front-end but man...that page was beautifully executed.

brosky117on The Expert in a Year Challenge

I love the idea of becoming an expert at something in an unusually short period of time. I felt like this article was entertaining and enjoyable.

That being said, in regards to the 10,000 hours discussion being had here, I feel like the issue can be summed up as being a classic confusion of correlation and causation. It is obvious that a master will have practiced more than the apprentice but the practice itself is not the sole source of mastery.

brosky117on Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces

Reminds me of anaface.com (where they tell you how attractive you are based off of symmetry).

I'm married so this is just plain entertainment for me but I think there are some genuine use cases for this on the Tinder side of things. Think about it.

If Tinder knew your preferences and was able to analyze the faces of all the users nearest to you, it could make your feed so much more relevant. In the end, Tinder's success is directly proportional to the number of dates it sets up. Basically, the more "attractive" people you encounter in your feed, the more frequently users will engage with and return to the app. I'm biting off an idea that is too big for me to chew but I imagine huge potential here.

brosky117on Screw motivation, what you need is discipline

"Because real life in the real world occasionally requires people do things that nobody in their right mind can be massively enthusiastic about, 'motivation' runs into the insurmountable obstacle of trying to elicit enthusiasm for things that objectively do not merit it."

brosky117on Inside the world of longsword fighting

I'm not the type to be into this kind of thing but that slow-motion kill was sick! He/She caught their opponent wide open AND had the presence of mind to instantly defend. That was legit.

brosky117on Ask HN: What's a day in your life look like?

Yep, Product Hunt :)

brosky117on Ask HN: What's a day in your life look like?

I'm referring more to the culture than anything else. It's a frequent remark at work so I didn't really think much of it.

brosky117on Ask HN: What's a day in your life look like?

I wake up at 6:40 and make my way to work by 7:00.

I work at GoPro so the work is usually pretty relaxed. I spend most of the day working on software issues, browsing HN/PH/Quora, and studying programming languages (Java and Python are my flavors of the month).

I leave for school around 1:30 to make it to 2 o'clock classes. I'm there until 5-7pm.

Make my way home to my beautiful wife and baby girl. Eat, exercise, and hit the books. I try to pull the plug sometime around 9 but I'm usually too interested in whatever I'm studying.

My wife is good about keeping me balanced though so I try to spend as much time as possible with her.

Luckily, I sleep like a champ so I'm always out as soon as my head hits the pillow.

My life is crazy busy right now (I also do some freelance work with SumoMe and am trying to get a side business off the ground) but I totally love it. I just wish I were getting paid more!

brosky117on Day in the Life of a Google Manager

I think he means that when you are in a really good groove, you can be way more productive (and happy to keep working). I don't know about anyone else, but I can definitely relate. This is 100% about your state of mind. Happy code comes from a happy coder :)

brosky117on Day in the Life of a Google Manager

I really enjoyed this article. The grass is always greener, and I get that, but man that sounds like a great way to spend your day! Personally, my daily grind is aimed at one day having a daily grind like this.

I loved the emphasis on family and balance. Timely article for me, I guess.

brosky117on Lars Andersen: a new level of archery [video]

Lars Andersen: a new level of archery

Narrated by the one and only Lars Andersen

brosky117on Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles

What are your thoughts about this? I'll tell you mine.

I just watched Google slowly, painfully, realize that Google Glass isn't commercially viable (in it's current form and to the general public). I can't help but feel that this is a larger, albeit more immersive, version of Google Glass.

I only make this point in regards to any plans for a sci-fi, everyday wearable HUD. There is obviously a great demand for this kind of immersion within the gaming community (although I would argue that Oculus will have market control for the forseeable future).

My opinion is that the kind of augmented reality that we all dream of, that sort of matrix-like constant data download, won't become a reality until someone figures out how to take it (visibly) out of human interaction, i.e. with smart contacts, etc. The current tech is just too intrusive in normal human interaction. My understanding is that this kind of tech is still a long way off.

I'd love to be wrong though!

brosky117on Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what gives?

http://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-programmers-work-60-80-...

http://www.quora.com/How-can-you-inspire-programmers-to-work...