arvindch

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by arvindch 6y ago
I find it hard to believe that Apple overcharges all of its customers, just to combat the minority of scammers. Just seems so unbalanced... Also, aren't waiting lists usually due to manufacturing latency? Not arbitrary delays that can
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by arvindch 6y ago
Reading the posted website, the app positions itself as privacy-first and blocks 50+ pixel trackers.
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by arvindch 6y ago
I honestly don't think "tossing in 10$ to an index fund", i.e literally pocket change, makes anyone a /capitalist/. This is not an argument in good faith relative to the reality of capitalism we live in.
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by arvindch 6y ago
It's not set by the employee, rather the employer looks at expected income for the year and withholds accordingly. At the end of the financial year, the Tax dept. does a final calculation and if the amount was too high/low, they s
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by arvindch 6y ago
Absolutely amazing application - I found it on HN sometime at the beginning of COVID lockdowns, and it has radically changed my WFH life. Thank you so much :D I use it with 2 disparate non-thunderbolt monitors, one connected into its built-
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by arvindch 6y ago
You reminded me of this old joke: > Two economists walk down a road and they see a twenty dollar bill lying on the side-walk. One of them asks “is that a twenty dollar bill?” Then the other one answers “It can’t be, because someone would
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by arvindch 6y ago
He's now posted a follow-up analysis of LinkedIn Job postings: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1300417952211034112?s=20
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by arvindch 6y ago
It wasn't even an accurate analogy. Compared apples to oranges. Heh.
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Apple Files Patent Covering Interactive Service for Cloud Rendering Gaming(patentlyapple.com)
1 points by arvindch 6y ago|0 comments
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by arvindch 6y ago
IIUC, you're supposed to share the certificate proving it's a version of the waypoint nda, and the text is only on the website, so no one else can change it.
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by arvindch 6y ago
Agreed, I wanted to do astrophotography with a DSLR, but the experience is so bad compared to just using my Pixel's inbuilt mode. Considering that Android was originally aimed at cameras [1], maybe that's something Camera OEMs can
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by arvindch 6y ago
They already are, actually: European researchers retrofit snorkel masks for coronavirus fight - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech-...
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The facts around Zoom and encryption for meetings/webinars(blog.zoom.us)
170 points by arvindch 6y ago|135 comments