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by chdir 12y ago
I'm aware of the stuff they are pulling to escape the Enforcement Directorate & foreign investment related laws. Still, from a perception point of view, I feel, as of now, they are the "Amazon of India" more than Amazon.i
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by chdir 12y ago
> Some people are mulling over legal options including a litigation to regulate such e-commerce malpractices Much needed. About time there's some regulation & transparency on pricing & discounts. E-commerce companies need to
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by chdir 12y ago
To some extent, Flipkart.com:India::Amazon.com:USA is more accurate than Amazon.in:India::Amazon.com:USA. Amazon.in is following a purely marketplace model i.e. only 3rd party sellers (which is unlike the Amazon we know in US). Whereas Flip
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by chdir 12y ago
As always, the lawyer wins ;) (hint: avg 52+)
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by chdir 12y ago
FWIW, I submitted this link here because I found your blog post immensely useful. Its an excellent intro for someone wanting to integrate text search on their site in a few hours. I think the title has led a few posters here to believe that
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by chdir 12y ago
Useful insights, thank you. Would love to read a more detailed analysis if you ever feel like writing one.
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by chdir 12y ago
If you've used both FTS in postgres and either ElasticSearch or Solr recently: Objectively, what are some data points when you need to switch over? E.g. more than 'x' values to index, index update time, or perhaps features li
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by chdir 12y ago
What about the cost of running a separate service like ElasticSearch for a small startup. It should be easy to swap out PG text search with a more mature solution later on as you scale.
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by chdir 12y ago
The menu & filtering option can benefit a lot from Facets (or aggregations in ElasticSearch for more advanced options).
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Postgres full text search is good enough(blog.lostpropertyhq.com)
416 points by chdir 12y ago|95 comments
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by chdir 12y ago
That's not my point. They built the logistics to provide good customer experience despite having tonnes of traditional delivery/logistics options available. They didn't do it just because they can, they built it because they
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by chdir 12y ago
Interestingly, this is a problem that Indian e-commerce players tackled early on but probably due to different business dynamics. There's no dearth of courier services but none of them has the mindset of providing A-class customer expe
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by chdir 12y ago
Mom celebrating MoM :) On a serious note: indeed, a proud moment. Quoting from the article: - Look at our rocket scientists, said one tweet, when women working in call centres think that wearing jeans "makes them modern and scientific&
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by chdir 12y ago
That is incredibly annoying and true. Not sure if the current govt's focus includes web startups.
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by chdir 12y ago
Saying HN is for web developers it too myopic. I feel it's about startups/hacking/business. Secondly, the article is less about Indian politics and more about removing politics from business. It's about streamlining manu
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by chdir 12y ago
It's not about the website, it's about an initiative. Strangely, there's too much fixation on the website here, not the business model that would or wouldn't work.
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by chdir 12y ago
I think you are misinterpreting what this website is about. It is part of an initiative, that aims to end license raj and simplify the process of doing business in India. What you have stated is not an unknown. The purpose of this initiativ
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by chdir 12y ago
Summary about the new initiative: - Act as reference point for guiding foreign investors on all aspects of regulatory and policy issues and to assist them in obtaining regulatory clearances - simplify and reduce the burden of compliance on
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by chdir 12y ago
@someperson : Disagree with you again as in the comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7964499 You are making vague assumptions and supporting with unscientific proof. Using phrases like "there is clear la
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by chdir 12y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8359223
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by chdir 12y ago
One to Two?
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by chdir 12y ago
Previous discussion on the budget : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7964261
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by chdir 12y ago
There's an insane amount of cynicism and bitterness in that thread. I had to close the tab after a handful of comments.
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by chdir 12y ago
Hangs on iPad+Chrome after a few levels (the background/banana shows up but no numbers), but otherwise a fun game.
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The Guy Who Interviewed for the CEO's Position at Apple, Google, and Yahoo(businessinsider.in)
1 points by chdir 12y ago|0 comments
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Converting Breath to Speech for the Disabled(googlesciencefair.com)
2 points by chdir 12y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 12y ago
Thanks for the links. But I'm one of those who try to avoid extensions unless absolute necessary. I can't have all these extensions on my mobile devices too. It's possible to write a tiny bookmarklet that just looks for the s
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Ask HN: Mods: Ability to collapse comments thread
3 points by chdir 12y ago|3 comments
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by chdir 12y ago
More than the article, I enjoyed the presentation. The whole design is very intricately woven together with various media elements. I loved the style but at the same time I was slightly annoyed by not being in control (probably the auto cha
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by chdir 12y ago
Slightly related: I wish door handles, taps, bathroom flushes, up/down lift buttons etc. are mostly foot operated everywhere. There's really not much advantage of interacting with all these knobs with your hands.

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