dotmanish

10 ms·

61.
by dotmanish 8y ago
I stopped using the realtime database once firestore was released in beta. So haven't experienced the downtime you have demonstrated in the status graphs, but Firebase's SLA [1] for realtime database apparently guarantees service
62.
Good sites for quizzers / interesting facts?
1 points by dotmanish 8y ago|1 comments
63.
by dotmanish 8y ago
DOCX is an open XML based format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML Some more information here: https://www.toptal.com/xml/an-informal-introduction-to-docx
64.
Uber Crash: Self-Driving Car Saw but Ignored Woman in Arizona(valuewalk.com)
1 points by dotmanish 8y ago|0 comments
65.
Analysis: Google Shopping Actions(veeqo.com)
1 points by dotmanish 8y ago|0 comments
66.
by dotmanish 8y ago
(I'm not the parent commenter who you replied to, but I think I understood what his/her point was). Taking the shopping cart example: " In a former life, I used to write SQL to extract customer of the week. Basically, select
67.
GDPR – Firebase Data Processing and Security Terms(firebase.google.com)
3 points by dotmanish 8y ago|0 comments
68.
by dotmanish 9y ago
You're good with the name. Don't overthink it now - it sounds business-y alright. If parent's logic were to prevail, no company name would end in 'soft' (since Microsoft) either. Doesn't hold.
69.
by dotmanish 9y ago
I've found https://tradingeconomics.com/ to be a good source for a lot of economic indicators for various countries.
70.
by dotmanish 9y ago
I second this. Via Atlas, SVB does provide accounts for international founders for Delaware C-Corp (incorporated via Atlas only).
71.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Somewhere in the middle, but have you considered a role that combines both non-tech and tech? e.g. Tech Product Management. It requires a lot more though (Design as well), but can provide you with a taste of end-to-end responsibility of lau
72.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Not necessarily a Hackernews alternative, but possibly Stackoverflow work-alike: ResearchGate has multiple forums for Economics. Behavioural Economics is here: https://www.researchgate.net/topic/Behavioural-Economics T
73.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Depends upon what you're hiring for. If you're hiring someone to find potential clients on LinkedIn and market/spam (read "do business development"), then someone already understanding the nuances of LinkedIn will h
74.
How Google Took Over the Classroom (2017)(nytimes.com)
1 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
75.
Walmart Issued Patent for Robot Shopping Cart(thespoon.tech)
2 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
76.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Still a large risk, even though this was authored in 2014. I would be surprised if extensions that "read and change content on all websites you visit" haven't yet been used in some wide-scale account/identity compromise
77.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Extensions can specify if they want read/change access to only one domain (or more). This extension could have specified medium.com alone.
78.
India Budget 2018 busts cryptocurrency party(qz.com)
13 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
79.
Firebase: Streamline Your TypeScript Development of Cloud Functions Code(firebase.googleblog.com)
2 points by dotmanish 9y ago|1 comments
80.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Congrats on launching! Why isn't the pricing non-public? Is it customized for each client / use-case? If yes, can you please brief what factors made it infeasible for making it non-public?
81.
by dotmanish 9y ago
It varies according to the requirements & level of enrichment (+ negotiations). Typically, a couple of thousand dollars for entry levels.
82.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Thanks for clearly answering the privacy + security related questions (I specifically went to the site to search for this - way too many software dealing with your code forget to specify this): "For demo and editor plugins, we store t
83.
by dotmanish 9y ago
The post doesn't mention that the test is / was also active in India. I've used the feature in FB from India.
84.
(2012) Which is better: Many customers at low price-point or few at high price?(blog.asmartbear.com)
1 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
85.
by dotmanish 9y ago
with no privacy policy link or info on how long the documents are stored on the server. Stuff like receipts, etc to be converted to PDF will contain customers' information - not to be put on a site with no info on how it's used.
86.
by dotmanish 9y ago
Interesting. There's jsPDF as well which is similar: https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF
87.
by dotmanish 9y ago
What happens to "Backups" with Firestore? (Firestore console doesn't have a Backups tab)
88.
Weex: Framework for cross-platform mobile UIs(weex.incubator.apache.org)
4 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
89.
21: The first token-based social network(21.co)
2 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments
90.
Microsoft Azure Bringing Blockchain Closer to Real World Use(nasdaq.com)
1 points by dotmanish 9y ago|0 comments

More ›