akudha

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by akudha 2y ago
Not really. There is a big difference between making noise and actually doing something about the power of big tech.
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by akudha 2y ago
Regulation might here - something like minimum mandatory 3 months notice for shutting down the API keys. Considering the average age of our politicians, I doubt they’ll understand what “API” is, much less be willing to take on giant tech co
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by akudha 2y ago
Very cool. Is there a tutorial where we can learn to make such visuals?
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Ask HN: How to tools like animaapp work that convert Figma to code?
1 points by akudha 2y ago|0 comments
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by akudha 2y ago
Another way to do this would be to crowd fund. Instead of 1 person paying 50$ per book (just a random number, I dunno how much it costs) 10 people can pay 5$ each. 11th person onwards can get it for free. You could also get some credits fro
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by akudha 2y ago
I have been a lousy employee, average employee, exceptional employee at various jobs in my life. The one thing that is 100% common in all these jobs? Nobody gave a shit. The only people who cared a tiny bit were my immediate team mates, tha
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by akudha 2y ago
Most orgs need drivers but they interview like mechanics. If I am a driver, I am expected to drive different vehicles. Sure I know to do basic stuff like change tires/oil etc, but I am not going to know how to fix the engine or somethi
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by akudha 2y ago
new adhesive introduced on the straps in August 2019 had been seen under certain circumstances Does it take 5 YEARS to find issues like this? Is it some kind of rare issue? IF this was some other company, I'd give benefit of the doub
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by akudha 2y ago
He thinks tech industry has lost its charm and only making useless products, and has become hostile to users. I agree. In one episode, he talks about Prabhakar Raghavan, who has made a mess of Google search. You might not agree with him all
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by akudha 2y ago
Those interested in postcards, check out this site - https://www.postcrossing.com/ This has been around for many years. Though it is mostly for sending postcards, you can still make penpal friends through the site. I have s
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by akudha 2y ago
Thank you. How does one get into this field? Web dev isn’t that exciting anymore
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Could you please elaborate a bit more? I am your typical web-dev/frontend/backend developer, don't really know much about what is involved in data engineering. Do you mean collecting, cleaning data? Or setting up databases (i
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Because you didn’t hire lobbyists to work on your behalf, didn’t fund elections etc…
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by akudha 2y ago
Why don’t more countries enact laws like this? This makes perfect sense. I don’t want to live with conditions like dementia. I didn’t have a say in my birth, I sure as shit should have a say in my death.
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by akudha 2y ago
Politicians are Haskell programmers Sorry if I am being dumb, why is this a bad thing?
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by akudha 2y ago
Thank you, I am based in US
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Ask HN: Can you recommend an affordable, online CS uni program?
2 points by akudha 2y ago|3 comments
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by akudha 2y ago
I don’t think it will ever be an inconvenience to them. They’ll just hire more people and get more resources from the tax dollars. Plus, they probably enjoy irritating people even if it inconveniences them. Most people probably won’t last l
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by akudha 2y ago
He has money, so he bought it. Free market, capitalism etc etc, I get that part. That said, why does one man need 140 sq miles of land? Unless it is being used for agriculture or some other net benefit to society, doesn’t this sound grotesq
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by akudha 2y ago
Yes, they’re not new. But it is ridiculously easy and cheap today to do propaganda than even 30 years ago. We’re connected to the outrage machine 24/7 now because of internet/social media/smartphones, vs say 1980. God knows w
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by akudha 2y ago
Propaganda, false news etc are as old as time. It was the radio, TV and newspapers before, now it is social media and the internet. The difference now is the speed, cost and scale. It is super cheap to spread crap today than ever. Also it i
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by akudha 2y ago
Wow, 15% broker fee! Didn’t know brokers charge that much
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by akudha 2y ago
This site has tons of economic data https://tradingeconomics.com/ Expensive though Edit: Just remembered this one, Ballmer's side project https://usafacts.org/
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by akudha 2y ago
Bunch of pages on city-data haven't been updated in a while. It is also not nice to look at. My guess is that they had the first mover advantage and never bothered to make the site better. Statista has a ton of info but a lot of it is
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by akudha 2y ago
Work visa extension fees has also increased, more than double.
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by akudha 2y ago
Love your optimism. I wish I was as optimistic as you. My guess is that they’ll fire these employees and not improve their processes. These are highly skilled, highly profitable companies. If they’re not doing something, chances are they
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by akudha 2y ago
What is so special about her voice? They could’ve found a college student with a sweet voice and offered to pay her tuition in exchange for using her voice, no? Or a voice actor? Why be cartoonishly stupid and cartoonishly arsehole and stea
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by akudha 2y ago
It is just nuts. I installed a mobile game couple of days ago, liked it. Paid 4.99 to "remove ads" without realizing that it only removed some ads. They got me. I uninstalled it, 5$ down the toilet. I understand game makers need
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by akudha 2y ago
I play Wordfeud almost every day, and it is the best 3$ (I think it was 3$ at the time I paid for it years ago, not sure what it costs now) I ever spent on an app. So how does Wordfeud get around copyright issues with Hasbro? Do they pay th
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by akudha 2y ago
Don't know how many of big biz leaders are psychopaths, but many of them don't seem to be nice people Elon refusing to pay ex-Twitter employees what they are owed in severance, Zuck wasting Billions of dollars on his shitty Metave

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