Causalien | 9 years ago | on: Test flight held for small jet modeled after Miyazaki anime
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Causalien | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?
There was no magic pill for me. My first 6 months was miserable, it was an adventure, sight seeing and meeting fellow travelers awt hostels was still something I wanted to do. I ended up very lonely at the end of 6 months and didn't make any friends.
After that is when I mentally stopped thinking about traveling and seeing the world. I just exist and tried as hard as possible to listen to that voice inside. I went for crazy experiences that I only hear in passing. That hermit in a jungle that someone talked about in passing? I went and visited him. The cult with promise of salvation? Yeah that too.
Then I got too many friends. The experience didn't just transform what existed in me. I am literally a different person. But I had to leg go of the notion that I am just traveling and that I am going back later.
Causalien | 11 years ago | on: How can an introvert Asian engineer like me make friends?
You know those people who can just strike up conversation with anyone? Yeah, It took me 6 months of travel. I suggest you take a gap year to travel. Hostels are the best place to practice social interaction and even if you bomb it, there is always a new group tomorrow.
believe me when I say, it is not your language skill that is lacking. You just aren't interesting enough and haven't tested out the way to converse with people effortlessly yet. As an engineer, do a trial and error if... else if ....
I know this because I met a south Korean with broken english who learned English within one year of travelling. He was the centrr of attention and he talked to everyone. The feeling was, it's just talk. Don't make such a big deal out of it. Some people are assholes and you move on.
Causalien | 12 years ago | on: How startups should die
Or compare this to the moral obligation to repay your investor vs that of the user's data.
Causalien | 12 years ago | on: How startups should die
Causalien | 12 years ago | on: Soylent Subterfuge: When a Bad Joke Turns into a Business
I mean c'mon, that gruel looks disgusting and the thing already tasts disgusting.
Causalien | 12 years ago | on: How multi-lingual children learn languages
If you learned two languages since birth you develop two language sites. I read somewhere that the Wernicke's area is divided into two if you do this as well. Perhaps auditory memories are triggered based on language as well. You think and have internal dialogues in different languages which triggers completely different memories. This explains why one might lose one language, but keep the other one.
Whereas, for learning languages later in life, a person tends to translate the new language into the main language. The internal dialogue is always in the form of the main language. The memories are one contiguous experience based on one language. Often, when self examining during meditations, it is hard to make out what language is used. This explains why a brain problem will wipe out sections of speaking ability across all languages because they are all eventually translated from the main language.
Like people who started with C, we tend to think in C and see how new languages add on to C and just remembers the new rules of the new language relative to C instead of having a completely new life experience from ground up of learning the new programming language.
In short: Bane said: "I was born in darkness, you simply adapted"
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Has anyone refused to work in a typical 9-5 job?
In a traditional Corp, my boss will probably think I am lazy. As I come in late(which they see) and leave late (which they don't see).I also tend to put my feet up on my table and close my eyes when thinking about a programming problem really deeply.
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: IFTTT raises $7M from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA and Lerer
I use them to backup all my social media onto my wordpress blog which in turn is a record of everything that happens to me in my life.
Cheap quick scraper for a few websites to monitor items that I want to buy and get cellphone notification the moment they are posted.
It's a good glue.
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: Dispatch Simplifies Teamwork with Evernote
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: Skills Don’t Pay the Bills
Moving on, with CNC automation, you need experience in both industry to understand how to program a CNC machine. With full automation becoming the trend, I see a huge lack of skilled workers who can fit this wold. Afterall, why would you go into manufacturing of metals if you understand computers.
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: Apple’s stock price falls to lowest point in six months
If you are buying based on PE, good luck.
Yes I put my money where my mouth is. Sold AAPL, bought TSLA.
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: 42Floors Raises $5M, Expands Office Search Site To New York
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: 42Floors Raises $5M, Expands Office Search Site To New York
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: 42Floors Raises $5M, Expands Office Search Site To New York
Causalien | 13 years ago | on: In deep with Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Causalien | 14 years ago | on: Instagram is "worth" more than the New York Times
It'd be awesome to be able to leave my pet with other fellow pet owners. I'd be willing to take pets in my house as well to keep my cat company.
Causalien | 14 years ago | on: With EveryArt (YC W12) you don't have to be afraid of commissioning art
Causalien | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Raspberry Pi Startup Ideas
Have not thought about how to implement it yet, but it's the first weird idea that poped up.
Causalien | 14 years ago | on: The day Apple won the Flash fight
With the recent news of unity for flash, the whole thing is about to embark on a new adventure.
or lake skader in Montenegro.
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