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by akudha 5y ago
I guess at some level I believed that Why should we believe anything any for-profit company says, without verifying (whenever possible)? Drug companies lie all the time, about having to price their drugs absurdly high. Facebook lies all t
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by akudha 5y ago
Economics is a weird subject, even economists get predictions wrong all the time. It is easier to talk about logical subjects like Math or programming, vs something like social issues or economics. I don't know how to have a useful c
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by akudha 5y ago
Except in rich areas probably, they will find a way to still do it, but without disturbing the residents somehow
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Ask HN: One page dashboard Haskell product that was posted here
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by akudha 5y ago
I don't think this is very contrarian. I dunno, the recent increase in rhetoric across the world seems otherwise. Trump, Modi, right wing in Europe etc I didn't mean anything close to centrally planned economy . Countries can c
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by akudha 5y ago
Patriotism is a dumb idea most of the time. For example, seeing people shouting their country names in sports events etc for no reason is just plain weird - it is just sporting event, why not just enjoy the sport, have a beer, have fun and
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by akudha 5y ago
Shouldn't everything created using tax payer money should be released for free - software, research, data collection etc
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by akudha 5y ago
Just curious, what kind of apps do you build with Xojo?
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by akudha 5y ago
People in positions of authority need to be careful with their words. They might not be intentionally misleading, but it is possible that they make a remark without thinking it through and others end up believing. It happened to me. The CTO
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by akudha 5y ago
My first job had advertised flexible work timings - you can come and go as you like, as long as you put in 8 hours. Once I joined, I was told flexi-time means you can come anytime before 9 am and leave anytime after 6 pm. lol
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by akudha 5y ago
I still don't understand how they get around the copyright issues. There are a bunch of lyric sites that put ads on them, always wondered how they are able to not break copyright rules
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Ask HN: Whats with the insane valuation of websites these days?
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Ask HN: Is OAuth the best way to connect to third party services (asana etc.)?
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by akudha 5y ago
This is becoming a problem in farmlands too. Young farmers are unable to buy farmlands, they are forced to lease from huge landowners. It is zero risk investment for these big landowners. Farmers do all the work, put in all the investment l
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by akudha 5y ago
You can refuse service to someone because you don't like the color of their shirt Interesting. Isn't this a loophole? If I am the baker in question, can I refuse to bake the cake citing the shirt color instead of the real reason
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by akudha 5y ago
This is an interesting issue. Lets say all major hosting companies refuse to host this shitty website. Personally I will be okay with it, in this particular case. But what happens if/when the same companies refuse to host something tha
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by akudha 5y ago
What would a perfect documentary film look like? Like many people, I don’t trust most of the media anymore, especially after reading Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent. This includes documentaries. Given the sorry state of the situation, what
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by akudha 5y ago
China also banned feminine-looking male celebrities What kind of insanity is this? This is beyond stupid
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by akudha 5y ago
I just started learning Elixir, Crystal is another language that I want to try at some point. From the first looks of it, it is not going to be that hard to learn (like Haskell or Rust). Lucky framework also seems interesting. I don't
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by akudha 5y ago
Crystal seems very interesting, but how is the ecosystem like? How hard/easy is it to find libraries? Also, it seems like a very small team behind the language. Is longevity an issue?
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by akudha 5y ago
COVID, climate change, religion… these are topics that people are dug in, about their positions. It is hard to sway them. Our energy is better spent on people who are on the fence, because their sources are weak (giving them better logic&#x
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by akudha 5y ago
Why would you want to do this? Isn't there enough spying by government and private for profit companies? Now we want individuals spying on each other? What motive could you possibly have for making a list of people who go for walks?
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by akudha 5y ago
I saw 5 or 6 cops tackle a drunk guy. He was so drunk, barely able to stand, a 10 year old kid could've taken him down. The amount of force used in the most trivial of cases blew my mind. During the occupy wall street protests, I saw t
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by akudha 5y ago
cool, thanks. I briefly spent time learning the basics of blockchain, but I am still having a hard time getting convinced of its adaptation (beyond the greed part of it). Just curious - what project do you work on? If I remember correctly,
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by akudha 5y ago
could you expand on blockchain related stuff? Is it programming or something else (like law related etc)?
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Ask HN: What is the highest consulting rate that you have come across, in tech?
60 points by akudha 5y ago|48 comments
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by akudha 5y ago
Can you give a bit more details, if possible? Do you sell a product? Is it a content site?
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where do they get the data from?
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by akudha 5y ago
I have family in CA. I am concerned about the recall election. As bad as the situation is today, it might get worse if a republican replaces Newsom, which looks like a possibility :(
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by akudha 5y ago
As someone who just started learning Elixir, this comment makes me anxious. I don't think I am going to write some exotic web application or some unique functionality, but at the same time I also don't want to be constantly fighti

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