akudha

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   by akudha 4y ago

   I think politicians, especially GOP, are afraid of TikTok. It has been quite successful in mobilizing young voters. That doesn’t mean TikTok is innocent, of course. But it is weird to claim all kinds of privacy issues with it, when American
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   by akudha 4y ago

   Could you share some of those that you follow? Just want to see what is possible
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   by akudha 4y ago

   What kind of startup costs do you have for webtastic? Do you pay for data or scrape it?
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   by akudha 4y ago

   He did. He is passionate about complaining :P
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   by akudha 4y ago

   Do you pay for financial data? I remember searching for financial data APIs for commercial use few years ago, they were quite expensive. Don’t know if it has changed
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   by akudha 4y ago

   lol, what difference would it make? This is like me getting fined 32 cents, it is just a rounding error for Google
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   by akudha 4y ago

   She took money from some despicable characters. She let people in her care suffer "to reach God" but had the best medical care for herself, when she fell sick. Her organization did not keep good records of financial transactions o
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   by akudha 4y ago

   There is this insane book called "Man eaters of Kumaon" by Jim Corbett. It is an old book, but well worth your time. If my memory is right, one of the tigers he goes after had killed hundreds of humans. Insane story
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   Ask HN: Forced to work with tech that you hate? How do you manage?

   3 points by akudha 4y ago|6 comments
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    by akudha 4y ago

    Jeez! The Bloomberg article linked is nuts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon... Assuming the details are correct, this is the guy who is idolized by millions of people? Yikes. Mus
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    by akudha 4y ago

    When visiting U.S for the first time, the thing that strikes you immediately are the sizes. Everything is bigger, much bigger in the U.S. Food portions - you’re left wondering if you ordered one single meal, or one day’s worth. Shopping
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I have a 2011 Air and 2011 W series thinkpad. Air lasted until last year. W520 is still going strong. yeah, Apple computers do last long. But it is ridiculous that you can’t upgrade RAM or hard disk or pretty much anything, after spending T
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    by akudha 4y ago

    This is like saying there are a few engineers who wouldn’t work for Monsanto, Palantir etc for any amount of money. Sure there are, but they are too few to make any meaningful difference. Greed wins, all the time
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I don't know about science fiction authors, but I feel bad for parody sites like The Onion. I guess it all started with 2016 election - when reality is this absurd, how can outlets like The Onion make a living? Slapping at Oscar for a
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I don't understand how anybody who knew anything about the business could think that this was sustainable. Are you talking about Groupon here or the businesses? I'd guess Groupon fully knew what they were doing - they know they
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    by akudha 4y ago

    They increased the shipping charges to 1.49 and the minimum to 15. Other than that, they are ok I guess
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    by akudha 4y ago

    What do you mean by this? The author seems good at what they do, seems to love their craft and enjoys their work. The tragedy here is that AI doesn't need to be better than humans (at least in many cases like art, writing etc). It just
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I have so many ideas for word games etc, but they all would require dictionary usage. How does one get free or affordable access to dictionaries?
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    by akudha 4y ago

    Congrats. Anytime I see someone work on something they truly love, it feels good. It is my dream too. Is it okay to ask, do you pay for the dictionaries you use? The homepage says "translate words and phrases" - do you use some ki
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    by akudha 4y ago

    There is massive mistrust of banks, comcast and a whole lot of other companies and even industries, among the general public. And yet, the same public continues to use their services, even when there are alternatives (at least in some cases
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I don’t have a link to share, but I’d like to thank OP and every comment in this thread. There are some gems here. Of course one can google, but when something is recommended by a human, and is purely based on merit, it is much more trustwo
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I work for a non profit. After two years or letting everyone at home, this month they're forcing people to come to office at least twice a week. Not only that, anyone going to work has to book a desk in advance, otherwise they'll
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I have a beefy machine and fast internet. Yet, JIRA is annoyingly slow. Half the time, pages on my bank’s website take forever to load, or don’t load at all. I don’t have any numbers, just some anecdotal experience like the above. It is not
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    by akudha 4y ago

    There are lots of things that shouldn't be done only for profit - healthcare for example. Food, water. Companies like Nestle do all kinds of unethical, but legal stuff and get away with it. Capitalism is good, but some amount of prin
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    by akudha 4y ago

    I am currently listening to this podcast called City of the rails. Couple of episodes talk about the power of these rail companies. How they treat their employees, how they have insane power over politicians etc. Did you know these companie
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    by akudha 4y ago

    This kinda reminds me of movie ads (previews? Not sure what they’re called). Those two minutes have the best scenes from the 90 minute movie. Then you watch the movie, it ends up being ridiculously bad
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    by akudha 4y ago

    What about EAD card holders?
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    by akudha 4y ago

    Haha. I said I wanted to become an international assassin. It helpfully suggested that I become a private investigator instead, as “the required skills are similar”. Who knew!!
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    by akudha 4y ago

    In one of my previous jobs, my CTO asked me who I thought was the most important person in the company was. I wasn’t sure. He pointed to the lady who was responsible for entering and maintaining data, on which the entire business was built
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    by akudha 4y ago

    You’re saying it requires no special skills, just persistence and hard work. I’d suggest that persistence itself is a skill, which most people lack.