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FlightRadar24 crashes due to surge in users tracking SPAR19(twitter.com)
200 points by jeswin 4y ago|223 comments
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by jeswin 4y ago
I spend some time on macOS every day (as part of work), and wasn't interested in learning mac shortcuts. I mean I tried, but the context switch was kinda difficult after so many years on Linux. This could be useful for folks who wanna
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Show HN: Mimic Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts on macOS(github.com)
2 points by jeswin 4y ago|1 comments
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by jeswin 4y ago
Please try Firefox on mobile if you've been using Chrome on Android. The adblocker makes it faster than Chrome, as well as more pleasing to use. Google refuses to support extensions on Chrome, hence no adblock there - but various Chro
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by jeswin 4y ago
Mostly agree with the author. But just wanted to point out that if we're doing C#/Java style OO patterns in JS (as in the Repository example shown), the value of using JS diminishes to almost nothing. JS works better without class
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by jeswin 4y ago
I am not sure if the article was very convincing. 72 women being promoted to managerial roles for 100 men doesn't quite support "Women developers hoping to move into management have far fewer role models who look like them than th
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India to introduce Right to Repair framework(gadgets360.com)
2 points by jeswin 4y ago|0 comments
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by jeswin 4y ago
For many in the HN audience, this may not be a good buy. You'd need to buy the 16GB + 512GB version since the bundled 256GB SSD is considerably slower than the previous gen as reported by many people. That bumps the price to $1599, whi
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by jeswin 4y ago
Here's what happened: - Nupur Sharma, spokesperson of the governing party (BJP) mocks Prophet Mohammed on National TV saying that he had sex with a 9 year old. She then justifies it saying she was quoting the Hadith (Islamic religious
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by jeswin 4y ago
Aggressively promoting !== barring completely. Both Firefox and Chrome would have appreciated a way to install their browsers on iOS, even if it was harder. Google making their sites function inadequately in other browsers should be illegal
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by jeswin 4y ago
> It's a little sad that Mr. Wheaton felt the need to air his family grievances so publicly. If they were real and he was exploited, why is it unfair to discuss it? Conversation helps - this is how we make progress.
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by jeswin 4y ago
This is a political topic, but posted here since the switch away from Strategic Ambiguity is a historically significant statement. Given the impact Taiwan has on the tech industry, I felt it is not off-topic.
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Biden Says U.S. Would Intervene Militarily If China Invaded Taiwan(wsj.com)
7 points by jeswin 4y ago|3 comments
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by jeswin 4y ago
Scammy how they're spinning it with language used by non-profits/charity: "Learn why your help matters".
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by jeswin 4y ago
> Then it would be better to ditch them completely and position the keyboard nearer to the user. I'll need to carry a palm rest as well then.
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by jeswin 5y ago
> China switching sides and joining the US is what led to the fall of the soviet union. China switching sides is one of the many factors. An important one, but not as important as US/NATO matching and outspending (adjusted per-capit
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by jeswin 5y ago
If anything, the war is showing the weaknesses of democracies. Authoritarian governments can push their agenda without distraction, while most politicians in democracies are fighting a popularity contest. In the race to get elected, politic
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by jeswin 5y ago
> Ory Kratos has several moving parts and getting everything right from the beginning can be challenging That's them overstating it. You could deploy it in couple of hours (in its simplest form).
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by jeswin 5y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE (Anywhere) CredCore is a well-funded early-stage startup based out of New York City building solutions for the $10 trillion US debt sector. Our product suite is primarily targeted at CFOs and Corporate Finance de
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by jeswin 5y ago
CredCore | Programming | Remote | India | Full-Time CredCore is a well-funded early-stage startup based out of New York City building solutions for the $10 trillion US debt sector. Our product suite is primarily targeted at CFOs and Corpora
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by jeswin 5y ago
Here's my experience as a consultant who has worked with several .Net shops: A significant percentage of .Net teams (in more enterprisey companies) have tech teams who haven't seen anything other than Windows. Deploying on Linux g
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by jeswin 5y ago
> You can't kick the BRICS out of SWIFT Why would you need to kick BRICS out of SWIFT? India is a US ally on Quad, South Africa and Brazil aren't allied with Russia either. And at this point, no one is talking about kicking Chi
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by jeswin 5y ago
But we did finally realize that other races aren't inferior. And that women are equals. So I have hope, that some day we would stop taking their lives just for having a good time. Killing them isn't essential for our survival, or
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by jeswin 5y ago
I'm not a Trump fan at all, but one of his major complaints was that Europe isn't allocating enough money to defence. Which is quite a reasonable thing to demand. Primary responsibility to defend Europe should lie with Europe. Th
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by jeswin 5y ago
Google bears huge responsibility for the decline in ethics here. They enabled this very explicitly via features on the App Store for Android. - There's no way to filter ad-free apps, and the app store is loaded with ad-ridden apps. I a
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by jeswin 5y ago
We'll do a Show HN once we have the basics in place (team, discussion forum etc). Thanks for your interest. Good point about browser fingerprinting.
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by jeswin 5y ago
1. I always check the country of origin before buying. I still buy China-made products when there's absolutely no other option, but whenever there's an alternative made anywhere outside China (whether higher priced, or even slight
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by jeswin 5y ago
Here's a skeptic's take on this: - People share privately in group chats. For example, in Whatsapp groups. - Circles were tried by Google, and got nowhere. One of the big lessons was that people don't want to organize friends
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by jeswin 5y ago
I am currently hiring for the India entity (set up as a subsidiary) which handles part of the tech. We're also hiring in the US. So far it's been happening via references, but if you are authorized to work in the US please feel fr
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by jeswin 5y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE (Anywhere) CredCore is a well-funded early-stage startup based out of New York City building solutions for the $10 trillion US debt sector. Our product suite is primarily targeted at CFOs and Corporate Finance de

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