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by nkoren 2799 days ago
Yeah he's a good egg. I'm sure it'll keep going as long as he does. His startup actually grew out of those articles -- which were basically supposed to be his retirement hobby -- and now it employs 20 people! I'm really proud of what he's accomplished.
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That's great news. I came into contact with your father's work with vacuum tube audio. I always admired his solid engineering approach without mysticism.
Wow, what a cool guy. I know we don't do AMAs on here but it'd be amazing to get HN to pick his brains for a bit.
We don't do them often, but there have been at least a couple of AMAs on here.

Alan Kay https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851 Michael Siebel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13895362 Ny AG Eric Schneiderman https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15853374 Scott Aaronson https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17425377 Sam Altman (he's done a few) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12593689

I've put this proposition to my dad and it sounds like he's up for it! Might do so tomorrow.