How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40

Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by sedatk on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:15PM (#41252566)

When I was visiting India for work back in 2006, I got my name published on The Times of India newspaper. I was reading it while having breakfast at the hotel, and I saw this sports related question, and all you had to do was to send an email with your answer. So, I did that. And apparently, only a few people did it. I got my name printed on the next issue.

We're talking about a national newspaper with a circulation of ~3 million at the time. I still keep the copy of the issue with my name. Sometimes, just showing up can take you to the top 0.0002%. :)

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by shermantanktop on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:40PM (#41252687)

It’s what I tell my kids. Two things will put you ahead of most people doing most things: 1) show up and 2) try.

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by a_t48 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @12:24AM (#41253073)

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by beng-nl on Thursday August 15, 2024 @03:28AM (#41253808)

Or, at the risk of being redundant, but from the wonderful lecture by Richard Hamming, “Luck favors the prepared mind.”

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by ravenravenpl on Thursday August 15, 2024 @08:47AM (#41255307)

I wish someone has taught me that. It really boils down to that most of the time.

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by aneeshnl on Thursday August 15, 2024 @02:11AM (#41253506)

Me and my friend were fans of LinuxForU magazine, now OpenSourceForU. I once wrote a reply or so and it was printed in next edition. Inspired by that, we wrote an article, a simple one. That too was printed in next edition. We got a little money also from it, I think.

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by Cthulhu_ on Thursday August 15, 2024 @05:13AM (#41254250)

This is not to be underestimated; you see these opinion pieces or columns in newspapers and think, "wow these must be like the smartest and most well-known people who passed a rigorous application procedure" etc, but in practice... there's very few people actually willing and able to do these things.

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Re:How I won $2,750 using JavaScript, AI, and a can of WD-40 by trustno2 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @05:39AM (#41254353)

You realize it's true because the same people easily morph their "areas of knowledge" so they can write opinion column about basically anything.

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