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phlandis··on How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers from Taking Over
At the same time couldn't this just make it easier for rogues to fork?
phlandis··on What is it like to be a Product Manager at Dropbox?
Lots of recent bad new from Dropbox. Doesn't sound good for one of YC's first startups.
phlandis··on Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver System
That's great! The kids are playing with it.
phlandis··on Ask HN: How do you deal with getting older?
survive
phlandis··on I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
He clearly wants to build something, just in the process of figuring out what that is exactly. Your comment was a bit snobbish buddy boy.
phlandis··on I'm bored by web dev. Where is the cutting edge of tech and how do I get there?
Look into Machine learning and Neural Networks. If you like python start by checking out pyBrain.
phlandis··on Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next?
yeah urbit.net
phlandis··on Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next?
Hey I'm Phil.
phlandis··on Design Documentaries
50 'Need to know' Design Documentaries that will leave you Breathless!
phlandis··on How Many Programming Technologies Can You Really Master?
Really? A lot of the technologies in the opening paragraph are in relation. If you are building API-centric apps, you will have to have a well rounded understanding of how the technologies relate not just the mastery of each on their own. Maybe that is the intended message?

The main issue is the overuse of the word master, which may imply the 10,000 hour rule. I suppose they do this to ward of amateurs.

phlandis··on Screeps programmable MMO RTS will go public on August 12
This looks awesome.
phlandis··on The problem with programming tutorials
Also include a link to all required materials or better yet put everything they will need in a custom zip file. Including detailed instructions on the install process. We could probably get way more kids into this stuff if better walk-throughs were provided.
phlandis··on Show HN: See which friends work close by in SF
scraping is dirty, this is a much more legitimate approach
phlandis··on 100 Exclusive Photos Inside North Korea – Part 1
These 100 SHOCKING photos from inside North Korea will leave you breathless!
phlandis··on Attention teen dropouts racing to SF: The tech bubble is lying to you
Maybe Some of these boys making the journey have always been social outcasts and never really had a chance at a "normal" social life in college. Maybe getting patted on the head by that angel serves as some form of retribution and they are better off this way. Plenty of time to experience life when you are independently wealthy and only in your mid 20s. Sure as hell beats work slaving until retirement with nothing but your "eventful 20s" to reflect on if you ask me.
phlandis··on YC Fellowship optimal cut-off from 6500 applicants
TLDR: >People I feel are far better at choosing the top 1 out of 3 things. So iteratively apply this by doing a "facemash" of 3 applications side by side, making the selection into a game - good idea
phlandis··on YC Fellowship optimal cut-off from 6500 applicants
Pick those that post in this thread. urbit
phlandis··on Choosing Smalltalk on Porpoise
Who the is against OOP like that? Grow up programming in VB?
phlandis··on Twitter Contest Winning as a Service
They like bots as long as they aren't too obnoxious as they increase their number of users.
phlandis··on Hackathon DevOps 101
I have several sites with them and have never had an issue. How long ago was this?
phlandis··on A year-long web app effort that made absolutely no money
Read the resources on YC. Sounds like too much marketing and not enough focus on product.
phlandis··on Ronda Rousey fights like a statistical outlier
I suppose as programmers there is a tendency to put things into a % more muscle or % more bone mass. As an ex NCAA wrestler and combat sport enthusiast I can tell you far more goes into the equation than simple percentages of strength or bone mass.

Allow me to put this in terms you may better understand. The secret lies in the Y chromosome. This small chromosome contains the instructions for making males. The way the bones and joints are positioned give males equal in weight to a women a distinct strength advantage. Take this into account along with the male hormonal profile which is vastly different.

The most powerful thing is the male hormonal profile. Testosterone allows you to hold more muscle and less fat. It gives men that burst of strength and horizontal punching power that puts them in an entirely different league. I'm sure you are thinking of outliers, but I'm talking about a well developed athletic male, not a couch potato.

Now you see some men that seem more or less masculine and the same goes for women. Rowdy is for sure a more masculine women. I'm sure this is genetic as well as from her training. Her hormonal profile and bone structure is more masculine although in comparison to a male fighter not so much.

phlandis··on Ronda Rousey fights like a statistical outlier
Someone actually understands. I try to explain this to people, but they just don't get it. Not that it matters. It will never happen.
phlandis··on Hackathon DevOps 101
Getting a quick ipage domain and the services they offer is my go to technique.
phlandis··on JavaScript is the C++ of the Web
Oh god no!
phlandis··on The Unemployable Programmer
start up and pump in those 100 hr weeks
phlandis··on The Web We Have to Save
The internet becomes more mainstream and the more average person begins to engage. There will still be places like HN and the DW, just don't expect your article written for HN to get 50 likes and 7 shares.

This just makes me treasure the opinions of those that actually make it to HN.

phlandis··on If we stand still, we go backwards
What a great idea.
phlandis··on JavaScript is the C++ of the Web
At first glance I thought he meant it was the C++ of the web by popularity. This will probably be the typical pattern of widely used programming languages. Adding features until it is time to start from a clean slate a few decades later.