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iconreforged | 11 years ago | on: Lego Universe's Dong Detection Problem

Sounds like a great Kaggle competition to me.

iconreforged | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Python Enthusiast – How to get my foot through the door?

Oh cool. This is extremely interesting to me personally, as a relatively new Python developer.

iconreforged | 11 years ago | on: Some Problems Shouldn't Be Solved

That _was_ a reference to the Voigt-Kampff test, right?

iconreforged | 11 years ago | on: Rejected for a Job at the Container Store

Here's something outrageous that a reader might have missed: An MRI doesn't have to be $6000. The marginal cost of one more MRI is pretty low (they go for under $200 in Japan, and people get them way more frequently), but the price tag quoted to insurance companies is inflated, so that the insurance companies can bargain the hospitals back down. Only the uninsured end up paying a needlessly large sticker price for things like MRIs.

iconreforged | 11 years ago | on: Doing something completely new with my life, need some advice

Do a coding bootcamp. You'll both learn to code and make contacts with a bunch of the right people.

"... I do have an engineering degree, but I wasn't a very stellar engineer, I mostly just gamed the system and got by, graduated with a 3.2 gpa which says a lot about my lack of commitment and focus."

My bet is that you're suffering from imposter syndrome.