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by gowthamgts12 5y ago
"And I think what makes MillionToken a powerful and genius idea as a ex-google, ex-facebook tech lead myself. you know i'm a genius" - https://youtu.be/-pN8jCpEFy0?t=142 god. do people actually fall for this
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Ask HN: How do you deal with bus factor for solo projects?
2 points by gowthamgts12 5y ago|3 comments
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by gowthamgts12 5y ago
I'm seeing this as Google enforcing control towards the platform. Lot of developers were unhappy with this, but when have a big corp listened to developers.
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by gowthamgts12 5y ago
exactly.
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Tell HN: Some DigitalOcean customers' billing details are hacked
4 points by gowthamgts12 5y ago|0 comments
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by gowthamgts12 5y ago
getting 404 on the above link
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
you can stop arguing with him. mostly he belongs to the liberal left.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
I just migrated one of the gaming groups that I'm part of to signal and it works well. if someone pings me on whatsapp i ask them to install signal and some people actually did. but like others said, i still have whatsapp - i just open
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
As others mentioned, no idea who runs this and also DNS queries are slower from Chennai, India. I'm getting 400ms and it's much higher than others (30ms for google dns and 50ms for cloudflare) I think it's located on Germany
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
it's the jio effect. they are offering 3.3 FUP with free subscription to all online services.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
ha ha illaba ACT from Chennai.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
Yes sorry it's 200 Mega Bits per second. edit: the pricing page of ACT for reference - https://www.actcorp.in/broadband/chennai/broadband-plans
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
Yes fair usage policy
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
> Reading this made me realized how cheap Internal data is in Viet Nam. same here in Chennai, India. I'm currently paying 15USD including tax for a 200MBPS connection with 3.3TB FUP. I have never reached my FUP limit. provider is AC
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
when i was looking to buy an oled tv, i never even considered samsung because of this problem. I went with lg c9. ads are there but very very minimal compared to samsung tvs. you'll be thrilled how much data these "smart" tvs
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
tracking!!!
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
created a new issue to track this again: https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/876
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
also applies to android developers as well. they have been struggling for a very long time due to app takedowns without human intervention.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
current monthly charges are around 300eur. totally running 3 servers.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
this is indeed true earlier with C2* series instances. I used to face this problem daily, since I also used NAS. They have deprecated that dedicated box series now and currently using GP1-M which is reliable now.
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
I'm transferring out ~5TB/day and pay no charges for it. I'm using scaleway ( https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/ )
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by gowthamgts12 6y ago
was reading your first blog post ( https://zerodha.tech/blog/hello-world/ ) and amused that your tech team is only 30.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
A possible solution proposed for this problem is to do DNS checks, which is already done by PiHole. So, yes if you have the 3rd party in your filter, it will be blocked.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
This is a common stereotyping to assume. The quality of work you get from outsourcing is directly proportional to the amount you spend. If you need talented people you have to spend more money. It's as simple as that.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
Some people stay in jobs not only for money but for other minor stuff. They continue because they don't want to work alone, keep pushing themselves, keeping a routine, etc.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
Damn, I can agree with you. 35k per year is a hell lot for collaboration software.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
I was forced to use for a customer project around ~8months ago
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
I have used Teams before, but it's not smooth. Had a lot of UX cramps.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
flock.com? Haven't used but it will have features similar to Slack.
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by gowthamgts12 7y ago
Going by your point, shouldn't Amazon be blocked since they are collecting the payment info and charging without any interference from Google? How are donation links being considered to be in violation? Just wondering!

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