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by gautamnarula 11y ago
With regard to SSN, the real issue is that it is used as both an identifier and as an authenticator. It's fine as an identifier, but authenticating with a number that anyone can steal (and yet, perversely, is difficult to replace with
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
One issue for these startups could be that their facing competition with deep, VC-lined pockets. I actually faced this to some extent with a bootstrapped startup I ran--we were sort of competing against a startup with millions in VC funding
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I'm from the Atlanta suburbs, and Comcast has been terrible here. 300GB data cap (as mentioned in the article), and they've been steadily jacking up the price (now $70 a month) for unimpressive (30 MBPS) speeds. For people who don
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
Isn't PG's life story along these lines? IIRC, he'd program for a while, quit to paint for a bit, then go back to programming when he ran out of money. I think he started Viaweb in his early thirties, which he sold to Yahoo a
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I've been pretty happy with Charged (www.char.gd). Nicely summarized articles on the tech news for that week, with links to the originals and links for further reading.
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I suffered a moderate-to-severe back injury while surfing when I was 19. It wasn't debilitating, but it regularly affected my quality of life and was healing very, very slowly (at the rate it was going, it probably would've taken
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
Very few people devote 4-8 hours a day to chess. In fact, if you're willing to devote just three hours per week to target training, you'll quickly improve relative to others. The important thing is to divorce your enjoyment of the
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
Glad you found it useful! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on the post and I'll get to it as soon as I can.
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I don't know of the specific tutorial you're mentioning, but a good way to avoid memorized opponents is to play the London System as white, and a kingside fianchetto system as black. In both cases you can play the same moves again
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
For those who already know how to play chess but want to get better (preferably quickly with minimal, targeted training), I wrote a guide called "How to Get Good at Chess, Fast" that hit #2 on HN: http://www.gautamnarul
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I recently met someone who traveled to Detroit regularly for work. He said downtown Detroit was terrifying--no cars at all to be seen, and only homeless people around him. He chose to stay in his hotel most of the time, because he feared fo
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
PG, thanks for writing about this and bringing both this case and the death penalty to readers' attention. Richard Glossip's case is similar in many ways to Troy Davis[1]. You may recognize that name--in 2011, when he was executed
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
Don't move to Georgia (I assume when considering Georgia you meant Atlanta or suburb of Atlanta). Pros: Low cost of living, lots of space relative to other places, people are probably friendlier than they are in NJ. Cons: Traffic is ab
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
I hung out with Ritesh for a while two years ago when we were both finalists for the Thiel Fellowship. I found him very impressive even back then, and he was just a really genuine and nice guy. I'm happy to hear he and OYO are doing so
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
A good approach would be to use Elo ratings from chess in a similar fashion to how Mark Zuckerberg used Elo ratings for Facemash when he was at Harvard. Assign each application a rating of 1000. Randomly select two applications and show the
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by gautamnarula 11y ago
> Universities are usually teaching Ruby and Rails in their web programming courses (at least in US). I wish this were the case. As an undergraduate in 2013, I took an intro web programming class where we were taught using Java and J2EE.
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Ask HN: What new startups will be enabled by gigabit Internet connections?
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
I didn't follow the program exactly, but it was influential in my training (and quick improvement) during my teen years. It's a shame you stopped playing. I'm sure it would've been interesting to see how the program woul
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
Unrelated, but are you the same Michael de la Maza who wrote Rapid Chess Improvement?
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
I haven't! Thanks for letting me know about it. Hopefully it works just as they say. Unfortunately the site is down right now.
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
Skylines looks promising, but I'm still reserving judgement. It's a shame that EA completely botched the new Sim City. I wish EA would port Sim City 4 to Windows 7/8/10. I would pay good money for that. As it is, I can&#
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Rails vs. Django: an in-depth technical comparison (2014)(bernardopires.com)
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
I actually created a site for hosting text (that looked pretty) that doesn't require signup and is very minimal and clean: http://www.millisay.com Right now it doesn't support any markdown or image embedding mainly bec
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Show HN: MilliSay, instantly and anonymously share short essays and stories(millisay.com)
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by gautamnarula 12y ago
This is fantastic advice, thanks. Unfortunately, I can't really afford a "bargain" deal of even a few thousand dollars. Still, I'll keep this in mind. Also, a lesson for everyone out there: I was about to buy the .co of
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Ask HN: What's the best way to buy a claimed domain name?
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Test Driven Development with Python(chimera.labs.oreilly.com)
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Magnus Carlsen Is More Than an Odds-On Favorite to Win World Chess Championship(fivethirtyeight.com)
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The Law-School Scam(theatlantic.com)
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Imagining a Better Facebook (Feb 2014)(gautamnarula.com)
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