akudha

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by akudha 4y ago
Dictionaries are one of those things that should be free, at least the digital version. This is 2022 - shouldn't governments pay the dictionary creators using tax payer money and make the digital version available for free, to anyone f
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by akudha 4y ago
lol. I should have said real positive impact. I thought it was implied, though.
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by akudha 4y ago
Is it legal to strip DRM, even if it is for personal use?
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by akudha 4y ago
It would be nice to read an article on blockchain projects that are actually used in the real world and have real impact on human life. Assuming such projects exist. By now, most people have a healthy skepticism of blockchain projects. All
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Ask HN: Courses explaining well-written codebases?
113 points by akudha 4y ago|24 comments
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by akudha 4y ago
Erin Brokovich's case against PG&E & Hinkley(2), or Jan Schlittchmanns case vs WR Grace and Beatrice Foods Are these exceptions? I wonder how many individuals (without money) have taken on mega corporations only to have their
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by akudha 4y ago
Capterra? Is that site really that useful practically?
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by akudha 4y ago
I was looking at some human language learning material. One of the exercises in it was to rearrange jumbled words into a meaningful sentence. That got me thinking, what sort of exercises can we borrow from human language learning to learn p
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by akudha 4y ago
How is it fair to only compare raw salary numbers? There is nearly zero safety net in the U.S. Two weeks paid leave at best, you're expected to work long hours, healthcare is a mess... Compared to Western Europe, where there is affor
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by akudha 4y ago
Any good company The keyword here is good . Even then, this isn’t largely true. It is quite hard to convince companies to hire for a skill that you already don’t have experience in. In most cases, there are gatekeepers - those lovely rec
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by akudha 4y ago
Could you share some more details? What kind of project is it? Did/do you hire your team who already knew Elixir, or did they learn on the job?
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Ask HN: What is the job market like for niche languages (Nim, Crystal)?
149 points by akudha 4y ago|266 comments
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by akudha 4y ago
In my job, we are supposed to completely finish our sprint tasks, no exceptions. This has led to the team being ultra conservative in picking up tasks, to the point that our productivity is down the drain. But if you see our numbers, they
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by akudha 4y ago
Unless there is some compelling reason (that you haven’t shared) for you to stay, just leave. Find another job. Life is too short to put up with shit like this. Or to stay and fix the problem. Maybe let them know politely the reason when yo
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by akudha 4y ago
How is this practical? especially for a tiny project like this?
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by akudha 4y ago
more people then ever More people than ever maybe, but that is a tiny fraction of the number of cars, at least in the U.S. It is like saying more people than ever are turning vegetarian/vegan. Yes, it is true, but it is still a minis
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by akudha 4y ago
I totally feel the amount of work comment, though I tried something totally different. I tried juicing - it was a ton of fun (I “cheated” by having more fruit juices than vegetables). I had more energy, thought clearly, slept better etc. S
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by akudha 4y ago
Wow. I don't understand this - this plane was diverted to a US airport, just to arrest the executive? Was he a U.S citizen living in some other country? If not, was he arrested because the company had customers/users on U.S soil?
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Ask HN: Lesser known educational/entertainment video site worth subscribing to?
3 points by akudha 4y ago|8 comments
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by akudha 4y ago
I only gave source hut as an example. Maybe there are other projects like source hut that you might like, but are not ethically challenged like GitHub, that you might support? The larger point still stands though. Instead of consumers simpl
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by akudha 4y ago
That is why I said "wherever possible". If your team is going to quit their jobs (I doubt it) because they will only deal with a web based issue tracking, then sure, go for GitHub. The point I am trying to make here is - by defaul
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by akudha 4y ago
As a rule of thumb, it is a good idea to support smaller and indie companies than mega corporations, IMHO - even if those mega corporations aren't doing anything that is ethically dubious. That is doubtful, as it is likely not possible
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by akudha 4y ago
more energy to achieve things What things though? It is mostly materialistic, isn't it? We are more comfortable than ever. We can talk to a person on the other side of the planet anytime we want. Yet, we don't know our neighbors
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by akudha 4y ago
What I would like is to not hear about Meta (Zuck, Sheryl …), at all. Even if they suddenly become the world’s nicest/honest company overnight, it would not be enough. They’ve already caused irreversible damage, both in the U.S and abr
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by akudha 4y ago
the feds could have done it themselves Let them do it themselves then. Usually “if I don’t do it, someone else will” is an ethically dubious excuse, though it is a good way to make money I suppose
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by akudha 4y ago
Wow, that is quite a collection. What kind of work do you do? One thing I am wondering is how much these certificates cost. For example, quickly glancing through your OSCP link says the minimum is $1499, it is not cheap! Thank you for menti
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by akudha 4y ago
If you have medical issues for anyone in your family, think a million times before moving to the United States. Unless you have very good health insurance, you’re fucked, financially. Other things like infrastructure, political polarization
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Ask HN: Any certification that is worth it? Legitimately helped your career?
349 points by akudha 4y ago|424 comments
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by akudha 4y ago
lol. You’re assuming they’ll enforce the law truthfully (however stupid the law itself is). If they arrest some foreigners at random, claiming they broke some law, what are you going to do? Maybe they’ll think twice about messing with Ameri
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by akudha 4y ago
I wonder if it is possible to teach the average Joe about the functions of the government, world economy etc through games. With real data. This might also be a good way to learn the policy positions of various politicians, think tanks etc.

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