brianmckenzie

I've had two different Porsches, a Cayman S and a Macan. Neither gave me a day of trouble. You just have to do all the maintenance, which is obviously expensive.

Catch-22 was hard for me simply because it was too dark to handle at the point in life when I tried to read it, although it is quite funny in places. It isn't 'hard to read' though.

I couldn't put 100 Years of Solitude down once I picked it up, and I don't understand why it's on the list as opposed to Gravity's Rainbow or something along those lines.

Schindler's List is a fantastic film, but it's also the kind of film most people only want to watch once. That might explain it.

There were two (hardware) additives synths, both from Kawai - the K5 and the K5000 series. I have the K5000S, and it is relatively difficult to program.

It sounds like nothing else out there, don't think I'll ever get rid of it.

Many Coldfusion developers use it, can't imagine many others do but perhaps I'm wrong.

I tried this out earlier today, and it's great but one thing confused me a little - your system seems to choose a home price for me based on income and savings. In the real estate market where I live this results in twice the house I would want/need. It also screws up the tax and rent/own calculations, I would think.

Is there some way I can set the max home price?

This is really impressive for three months, and the little charts on her skills page are funny!

Hi there!

I also live in St. Louis (moved here about a year ago after six years in SF), and I'm quite fond of thinking. Shoot me an email if you want to meet up sometime, if nothing else I can probably introduce you to at least one other person here who is into quantum mechanics.

Watch out though. Lots of people lie about being eagle scouts, and you can't verify it without having their troop # and contacting BSA headquarters.

Hey, congratulations. I'm also in St. Louis so I joined your meetup group.

Another interesting thing to do is play back image data as audio. I used to use this for wild sound effects in tracks I was making about 15 years ago. Never did get to the point where I could play around in photoshop to deliberately create sounds, but I suppose one could if you made a study of it.

IANAL, but at first glance it would be 5 years federal, 6 years for Washington state. In practice they probably wouldn't let him into the US.

I don't know if this is still the case, but Catholics were the single largest religious group at the University of Chicago when I was there in the late 90's.

The yellow pages can still be useful in some situations, although like you I mostly use them to start the BBQ. I'm playing devil's advocate here...

- You're in a metro area with lower-than-average internet uptake. There will still be a lot of businesses you can't find (easily) without the yellow pages.

- If you're searching for a business where net presence is not a big differentiator, their yellow page ad may well give you more information than google would. My favorite guitar store barely exists, as far as google is concerned.

- You're stranded in the middle of nowhere and you don't have a smartphone. If there's gas station nearby the yellow pages are the best way to find a mechanic/locksmith/etc. This has happened to me.

Very good point. I was in much the same boat as the OP. There is a lot of respect out there for people who've worked their way through school.

Be careful not to emphasize it too much though, lest it seem like you're making excuses. Maybe the person considering you for a job did the same thing.

Out of curiosity, how many HNers write on Wikipedia? I do it every so once in awhile, but only only on a few topics I'm intimately familiar with, or to fix obvious vandalism.

Yeah, I was also quite skeptical of that part - he was somehow able to track down a parachute, a perfect replica of the jewels, and an outlaw pilot all in the space of 24 hours? All this when he was on vacation in a foreign country with his girlfriend and her family?

I Am a Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter

Having known Jessica for several years - she is the real deal, and she can handle the pressure. Some people are just made to do this kind of thing.

Ha! I had the exact same experience, although I don't remember how many shares I bought. Buying those shares turned out to be a great idea, too.

You ask a really good question.

I have failed w/two different startups, one very recent. The first time it was great for my career in monetary terms. The second - I don't know what will happen, but I don't regret doing it.

Working on a failed startup is draining. Your whole life is tied up in it, and if the company fails it seems like a phantom limb for awhile.

To directly answer your question - past entrepreneurship should be a big plus to any company worth working for.

You know you want to try something else, why not another startup?

The TI-82 was the first model I ever saw it on, in the early 90's. Considering that the most readily available way to distribute the game was an audio cable, there were probably several versions from several authors floating around. A few kids at my high school wrote their own versions.

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