Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch

Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Hello9999901 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @06:01PM (#42798448)

We discussed wave functions, probability, fermions/bosons, did calculations for particle in a box, the Schrödinger model, and went just up to deriving the hydrogen atom. Nothing super fancy, but it was one heck of an experience!

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by stackghost on Thursday January 23, 2025 @12:50AM (#42801101)

But did you win the Putnam?

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by dang on Thursday January 23, 2025 @01:20AM (#42801225)

For those who don't know, stackghost is referencing this classic moment on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by throwup238 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:38AM (#42801649)

I wonder how @sanj feels about their moment of fame (they’re still active on HN).

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by dang on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:54AM (#42801749)

As I've pointed out before, his concession at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35350 was both witty and graceful. It's great that he's still active here! and anyway he's done a ton of things that are a lot more important than that bit.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by throwup238 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:55AM (#42801759)

I hope that’s in the highlights :)

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by GardenLetter27 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:43AM (#42802428)

It's really interesting, in the UK I don't think we did (but I later studied Physics at university) - but we did have Further Maths which covered more advanced mathematics.

Also your project is incredible btw, maybe look into robotics too.

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by alias_neo on Thursday January 23, 2025 @01:10PM (#42806362)

> in the UK I don't think we did

Perhaps you didn't go to a high school quite like this one: https://exeter.edu/admissions/financial-aid/tuition-costs/

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Re:Show HN: I Made an Open-Source Laptop from Scratch by Izikiel43 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:31PM (#42807199)

> High school quantum theory

> Nothing super fancy

Yeah, that's college level stuff, it's pretty fancy for high school, you go to a nice place :)

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