sinamdar

One of the points mentioned often by @sama is that founders give up too quickly. What advice did you get from your YC Partner on this conundrum of being cockroaches versus shutting down?

Peter Norvig. http://norvig.com

PG referenced/tweeted a quote by someone "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants". That sums things up pretty well.

Shameless Plug here.

Inspired by Peter Norvig's 'How to write a Lisp Interpreter in Python', I created three variants of it along the same lines as the OP. The first is a Simple Lisp Interpreter in Javascript [1]. The second separates Syntactic Analysis from Execution [2]. And the third supports non deterministic computing [3].

[1] https://bitbucket.org/sainamdar/lisp2js

[2] https://bitbucket.org/sainamdar/lisp2js2

[3] https://bitbucket.org/sainamdar/lisp2js2nd

'Reliving experiences' is part of the Exposure Therapy that is used to treat PTSD. I remember watching on NOVA or some science program how virtual reality was being used to treat veterans suffering from PTSD. By reliving a dangerous situation in the VR world, they are able to 'recompile' the program in a safer context than it actually happened.

EDIT: Found the link http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Top_Story/Using_V...

Try out America's Test Kitchen (http://www.americastestkitchen.com/). I find there way of explaining things very easy to understand.

Completely agree. Remember, PG and team wrote Viaweb in Lisp because that is what they were comfortable with. They got acruired by Yahoo because they had the users and the best product in the market. The fact that it was built in Lisp did not deter Yahoo at all.

Stackoverflow is built on .Net and nobody is questioning that now.

It could turn out to be an advantage that the others keep writing you off as 'destined to doom' because you are on the .Net platform.

Shameless Self Promotion. Here are two version of the LISP interpreter in JavaScript that I wrote:

1. Direct port of Peter Norvig's version in Python:

https://bitbucket.org/sainamdar/lisp2js/

2. Separate Syntactic Analysis from Execution:

https://bitbucket.org/sainamdar/lisp2js2/

Here is LISP interpreter in Javascript based on Peter Norvig's interpreter in Python. All constructive criticism is welcome!

My advice is this:

1.Find the most accomplished professors in your department and take courses offered by them. Even though your school may not have a big reputation, some professors may have enough clout to recommend you when applying to Google/FB etc.

2.Keep doing Deliberate Practice. Take the hardest courses. Work on your own projects. Contribute to open source projects.

Nice article. This "Black Team" is sighted as an example in the book 'Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams'.

This link has already been submitted. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865099

I don't agree that the banks should have been allowed to fail in the heat of the crisis. That would have meant that our access to cash would have stopped.

I certainly get the point that, now that things are stable, the governement needs to haul all these failed bank leaders into a room and make them pay back the bonuses earned leading up to the crisis.

Try looking up the corresponding topics in Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Russell and Norvig.

I found reading the two books in parallel very helpful. When I read the SVM chapter in both books in parallel, the whole picture just came together for me. The theory and the implementation side-by-side.

Just finished with:

- (AIMA) Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach

- Javascript : The Good Parts

Starting on:

- Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa

I ususally find myself working in bursts. I have been on the knowledge gathering burst for the past few months. I went all crazy, bought books, read through most of them. Read HN posts etc.

But now I am kind of getting sick of it. I am now at a stage where I don't want to be on HN. And I am shifting into application mode. Now I will be focusing on applying what I have been gaining. Once I get sick of it, I will switch back to gaining mode.

So I would suggest, if you know that you also have a similar pattern (of working in bursts) then just do it until you get sick of it and then shift to application mode.

You need to provide more specifics. Visa for which country? Interview for what? Advice on what?

The only reason I have not flagged this submission is because your account is 66 days old.

I don't agree with your suggestion to give up. What he should really do is "pivot".

Thanks a lot for sharing those. I have found myself in the same position recently. And in order to overcome boredom, I started looking for broken things to fix in the area that I work in. I have been able to find a manual data entry process that goes into our Finance database. Talk about obvious!

I put a proposal together to the management with the $$$ impact ( and it comes to a million dollars!). The amount just broke down all barriers for me. Nobody questions why I am doing this now. I have full liberty on how to execute this. I even got another developer dedicated to work on the project with me.

This is going to be completed for testing in another 3 weeks. We will see how this turns out.

I totally agree with edw519's suggestions and examples. Your initiative will be rewarded.

This is already happening. Some bloggers like ryanwaggoner are openly asking for upvotes by submissions at the end of the blog posts. So, unfortunately, this is something that will always remain broken.

Yes, a blog post would be really appreciated. This is really interesting stuff.

Unrelated to this particular post, but the video on the About Us page is "No longer available due to copyright...".

This is a great service. I will definitely keep in mind when I have to send a fax next time.

"...for an undisclosed sum that someone will probably leak to Kara Swisher in a day or two." I was hoping you would trump the leak and let the cat out of the bag yourself on the exit.

You should ask this question on the following thread and for inclusion into the Unofficial HN FAQ. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1755533

Case in point for this would be Wesabe. Interesting recent article and discussion here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1746832

I wonder why this effect wanes off over future generations. If Immigrant parents are able to instill the value of education, hard work etc. in their children; why are these children unable to instill the same in the future generations? I believe that parents are the first teachers of parenting for their children. So what causes the message to get lost?

In addition, let us remember that Google is a misspelling as well for "Googol".

Thanks a lot! I should have found that on my own! DUH!

Can you provide some links to more details on "left and right channels", "stereo effect" etc.?

There is some great advice already here. But here are a few things to ponder: 1. I say good riddance. Better not to be working at this place. 2. More importantly, things could have been worse for your immigration status if you would have joined this company and they would have eliminated your position then. Now you at least have the option of going back to your current employer without any hassle of visa transfers.