Hacker News: trekker7

New comment by trekker7 in "Tell PG: Cal football game (same day/campus as Startup School) to start @ 1:30"

trekker7 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:48:12 +0000

Also if you take the University Ave. exit off of 80 east, take Hearst to campus instead of University. It's one block to the north.

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?"

trekker7 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:10:13 +0000

http://digitalenterprise.org/models/models.html

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: What to put on a resume for a start up. "

trekker7 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:45:26 +0000

what you've sold in the past, and how much of it.

New comment by trekker7 in "Silicon Valley Circa 1956"

trekker7 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:44:51 +0000

Check out Castro in the 50s: http://www.mv-pa.org/mvcentury/1950s.htm

seemed a lot wider back then

New comment by trekker7 in "Silicon Valley Circa 1956"

trekker7 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:34:43 +0000

"Back then, the Valley lay in the shadow of San Francisco. If you wanted culture, glamor, or riches, you headed to the City."

2/3 things don't change!

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN; How to gain control over frustration? "

trekker7 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:43:21 +0000

http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/89257/200.jpg :-)

New comment by trekker7 in "UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university"

trekker7 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:34:11 +0000

It is, but some things need teachers, or at least slides and tutorials, instead of encyclopedia articles. If I had to learn linear algebra from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_algebra, I wouldn't have gotten nearly as far as I did with Math 54 in college.

New comment by trekker7 in "Tell HN: Monetization Meetup (May 18, 2009) at Googleplex (Bldg #43)"

trekker7 — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:12:12 +0000

I'd love to see more posts like this directly on HN.

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: Fictional books related to startups?"

trekker7 — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:28:40 +0000

Posted at ~1 AM in the Valley... would love for this to be bumped up during the daytime here. Then again the kinds of people who would comment are probably wide awake right now.

Nonfiction, but thought Fire in the Valley was worth mentioning. Pirates of the Silicon Valley is the movie based on it. Antitrust is also good.

New comment by trekker7 in "MiFi: Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed"

trekker7 — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:08:37 +0000

marginal value-add over 3G modem

New comment by trekker7 in "3D Realms shuts down. No Duke Nukem forever"

trekker7 — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:44:35 +0000

I want to believe!

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: Any tips for living cheaply in SF?"

trekker7 — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:33:37 +0000

Live near UC Berkeley instead, and take BART to SF whenever you want.

New comment by trekker7 in "Launching a site on Reddit "

trekker7 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:09:30 +0000

Thought it might be interesting to see how a site is launched on Reddit, in case there are any interesting comparisons to launching on Hacker News.

Launching a site on Reddit

trekker7 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:08:23 +0000

Article URL: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492833

Points: 2

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New comment by trekker7 in "Galaxy has 'billions of Earths'"

trekker7 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:31:06 +0000

Do they believe that only Earth-like planets can support life? Or is it that Earth-like planets are one type of planet that supports life, with many other possibilities? I would think the first assertion to be short-sighted.

New comment by trekker7 in "The Secret to Start-Up Success: Save Customers Money"

trekker7 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:58:52 +0000

yes, unless it's an actual headache, i.e. Tylenol

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: Recommend science experiments and videos for unfortunate school students"

trekker7 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:26:00 +0000

Just a thought in addition to the physics lectures (which are definitely important) - programming, or maybe even simple data entry, is probably the easiest way to earn money during spare time while still gaining knowledge and experience. If these kids could learn how to program and had access to computers with Internet access, I think there could be a way for them to earn some money and gain early job experience. And if the programming/computer lessons are related to physics, you could teach both at the same time.

I know some people would find this controversial since this is a high school classroom and not a vocational/trade school - that the kids need to focus on learning and building a strong educational foundation. But I'm from India and know how bad the situation can get... these kids are probably under a lot of pressure to earn for their families. Besides, I'm guessing there are people in the US with PhDs that are struggling to find jobs in this economy... if one benefit of a strong, pure educational foundation is some guarantee of job security in the future, it certainly isn't always the case.

Can anyone think of realistic ways that kids in this situation could make money by coding, or doing something computer related, on the Web? Amazon Mechanical Turk comes to mind, but I don't know much about it, or if the tasks involved will teach you anything significant.

New comment by trekker7 in "Ask HN: Recommend science experiments and videos for unfortunate school students"

trekker7 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:04:33 +0000

What kinds of computer concepts will you be teaching to the kids (Word/Excel, basic programming, data structures and algorithms)? Do they have access to any computers outside of class, like in an Internet cafe, or even on a cell phone that can be hacked to accept code?

What Bill Joy is worried/excited about [video]

trekker7 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:41:24 +0000

Article URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN2shXeJNz8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392701

Points: 4

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New comment by trekker7 in "California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal"

trekker7 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:39:33 +0000

$199 instead of $399 might be a valid argument, if you were poor and just wanted a phone to talk to people and didn't care about lock-in.