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Ask HN: How do you increase your productivity?

Hi HN,I'm a premedical student soon to go off to medical school. I'm rather productive already, but not to the level at which some on these forums are. What do you recommend for increasing your overall productivity (whether the product is your own, someone else's, or simply an idea you've had)Thanks for your time!(I'd like to primarily keep the discussion serious, if at all possible. I...

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Except he wasn't a member of the MIT community. He was a Fellow at Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, but not a student or faculty member at MIT.
Re:Underserved kids learning to code ON PAPER need lab. on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @02:25PM (#6516842)
I find this to be particularly interesting. While I agree, yes, these kids need some form of computers, from what it sounds like, you're choosing to use Mac Mini's. These are pretty high-cost computers, with much cheaper alternatives. Why not use a cheaper alternative?
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Ask HN: What do you want to see in a portfolio?

You've seen endless amounts of Javascript libraries, HTML5 "Next Big Things", end-alls of social networking and aggregate-your-everything's. You've dealt with the brightest young minds who could recite you their textbooks word for word, but couldn't find creativity if it hit them in the face. But what haven't you seen, HN? What is it on a portfolio that truly wants to make you say "You're hired"?

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Re:If Only I Knew This Shit in College on Saturday March 30, 2013 @01:16PM (#5466003)
Ah. Didn't quite catch that. My apologies.
Re:If Only I Knew This Shit in College on Saturday March 30, 2013 @12:43PM (#5465905)
Brainfuck does exist. It's an esoteric programming language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck