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by jitix 2y ago
All the while there are numerous issues with Firefox on M1. They simply ignore or close them as “works for me” [1] while I personally have encountered at least half of these issues as of last month. IMO they should first focus on being a go
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by jitix 2y ago
IMO for many people a laptop means highly portable, wire free 'desktop' computing experience that you can't get on a tablet. Therefore the comparison for mobility is with a tablet and not a powerful Windows laptop. Plus many
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by jitix 3y ago
Thanks for highlighting that! I think in the new economic cycle we should judge companies in a holistic manner, including the CEO’s personality and character because such things often affect how they provide value or screw over customers.
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by jitix 3y ago
I don’t see the advent of generative art any different than when we moved from paper to photoshop. For those unaware the vast majority of graphic artists start their projects with assets and base images that they themselves don’t create. Wi
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by jitix 3y ago
I went over the list and IMO the omission of any verification center at the airport creates a huge friction in your app's adoption. Just looking at the locations, it's a 2-3hr cab ride in Mumbai/Kolkata between the airports a
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by jitix 3y ago
I 100% agree with you and the ability to scale workforce up and down is a key factor in market competitiveness. But offer rescinding is equivalent of a first responder taking off your tourniquet and simply refusing to put another on, leavin
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by jitix 3y ago
This seems like short term reactive thinking but I'm sure every programmer worth their salt will research "<company x> layoffs/rescind/return to office" before accepting an offer. I recently went through the i
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by jitix 3y ago
This is a general issue across all fields - blindly following other companies or people is never a good idea because you don't know all the internal and external variables that the person/organization was working with. In fact in
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by jitix 3y ago
Having worked at smaller companies (~ 500 people) in different stages (series-A, unicorn and post IPO) I very much like the idea of a lean platform team that defines the interfaces that are used to control interaction between different modu
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by jitix 3y ago
Good point, but in my experience siloed teams (often if different continents) usually don’t standardize on error messages and codes, and a vague message like “Invalid name” doesn’t indicate which layer the message is coming from. From opera
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by jitix 3y ago
You’re both right and wrong. Checked exceptions slow down development, make code ugly and in my theoretical opinion are an anti-pattern that should never be used. However in small to mid sized enterprise software companies with average deve
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by jitix 3y ago
I think ChatGPT and LLM models in general are more suited for "What is xyz" or "How is xyz done" family of questions. Basically a smart search engine. Beyond that it will simply have the output/personality of a pers
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by jitix 3y ago
Exactly! This is a strategy that works even for markets without network effects. It just gets even more amplified (and profitable) when network effects exist. In todays terms the equivalent would be an invite to a closed Gillette page/
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by jitix 3y ago
I understand how the market works and how the Gompertz curve looks for new product lifecycles. I have a (professionally useless) masters degree in that. My question is, what’s your solution? The shareholders/stock market (largely repre
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by jitix 3y ago
Great point, in the 90s people used to spend a fortune (relatively speaking) on taking, sharing and discovering pictures, consuming media and getting their news. Now everyone wants everything for free, but won’t give anything in return. And
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by jitix 3y ago
This is not new, Gillette used to give out free razors to get people used to their ecosystem and get recurring revenue. It’s just more “in your face” now.
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by jitix 3y ago
What you’re saying is only partially correct - Yes, for more exploratory programming for a new product with full US/EU/CANZUK based dev workforce it makes sense to prioritize maintainability. For a company complaining about infras
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by jitix 3y ago
I will probably do too but much less frequently. Apollo increased my reddit engagement, without it mu usage will likely fall back to the occasional scroll 1-2 times a day. Might not be a bad thing tbh
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by jitix 3y ago
Having lived in both the US and Canada I could see the difference very clearly. Poor Canadians have it much better than equally poor Americans. I don’t know what’s the income level that divides better/worse but there are fewer innovati
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by jitix 3y ago
If it somehow happens I hope Apple follows with allowing side loading of (signed) apps as a competitive response. One can only dream..
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by jitix 3y ago
Caste based discrimination is illegal in India, but erstwhile lower castes are given academic and job reservations as a form of socio-economic equity. But as with a lot of government schemes this provision gets abused to some degree and man
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by jitix 3y ago
No government forces you to have kids. If you’re up to the task then do it perfectly and enjoy while doing it; if not don’t bring misery upon yourself, your baby and potentially the society by raising a kid without catering to their emotion
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by jitix 3y ago
So it's a selfish choice that doesn't necessarily take into account the child's wellbeing. I don't know your religious/cultural motivations but maybe don't do something that makes you miserable and severely dis
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by jitix 3y ago
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by jitix 3y ago
Your car, heater, air frier, lawn mower, etc all have the potential to kill you. I’d even argue that the probability of a car killing someone due to technical malfunction or user tinkering is way higher than a farm equipment that operates i
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by jitix 3y ago
This legislation is more akin to allowing you to repair your PC and replace a damaged RAM module. I don’t think any farmer is looking to tinker with the control software, and even if they want they should be able to tinker considering it’s
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by jitix 3y ago
They specifically adapted to survive on that diet due to both group level isolation and individual upbringing (gut bacteria development). Different socio-cultural groups often have different tolerance for common food items.
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by jitix 3y ago
IMO it’s the same thing because I fundamentally see LLMs in the same role as calculators that helps reduce cognitive load by offloading repetitive work. Practically with an LLM the programmer can focus on the creative part (handler function
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by jitix 3y ago
I think product management across the industry needs to take this more seriously. In my personal experience, YouTube and Windows 11 are some recent examples of usability degradation due to unnecessary changes.
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by jitix 4y ago
Interesting. I'll check with our CA then. I've paid a significant amount of these 5% taxes over the past 2 years to ebixcash. They outright reject transfers beyond 700k INR otherwise.

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