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by jrbapna 10y ago
Sure, it's possible, however unlikely, that a mistake of this sort fell through the cracks, but I wouldn't place any bets on it
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by jrbapna 10y ago
While the analysis is fine, the conclusion is almost certainly false. At Google's scale, nearly any iteration made on core products is backed by an immense understanding of their end users and a near unlimited supply of user data.
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by jrbapna 10y ago
But it's somewhat probable that they could (given their mission), and that's what makes this risky. And even if they don't do it themselves, I imagine that uber will eventually release an API of sorts, allowing anyone to tap
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Agree with this premise, Users will not necessarily appreciate simplicity over functionality. It's also worth noting that Facebook, Craigslist, Photoshop, etc are not necessarily optimizing their UI for new users, but rather those user
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by jrbapna 11y ago
I don't think it's that simple. There are few more factors at play: For one, the markets are risky. Let's not forget that just a few years ago, bonds which were supposedly rated AAA were nothing but air. The entire economic s
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Was I the only one who assumed the DOJ could unlock the phone for a while now, but instead chose to legally force Apple to do it to set a precedence? This news almost seems like a win for Apple; if there was a good chance that the DOJ would
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Exactly. I've spoken to a number of people at large co's in non tech roles that use it daily. Apparently the feed is great for keeping up with what's going on in your industry, and what your coworkers are reading / likin
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by jrbapna 11y ago
it exists! https://atom.io/packages/ask-stack
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Is there an atom extension for searching stack overflow snippets? if not, let's build one!
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Similar experiences here. GT is very underrated outside of the southeast corridor. I'm hoping this will get better with time.
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Ask HN: What were the most promising YC startups that ultimately failed?
22 points by jrbapna 11y ago|15 comments
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by jrbapna 11y ago
I'm having trouble believing network latency would be the bottleneck here. Just ping google.com and you'll see ~25ms latency which is a lot less than the half second delay described in the article. Now, having the server actually
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by jrbapna 11y ago
I like Wget's option to continue a file download if it gets interrupted. I believe you can achieve the same thing in curl but its not as simple as just setting a flag (-c).
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by jrbapna 11y ago
For a startup still trying to find product-market fit and not building anything intensive (ie mobile games), webview apps are the way to go. Build, test, iterate quickly and fix bugs on the fly.
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Utility isn't necessarily correlated with profitability. Craigslist/wikipedia being obvious examples. Apple's good at making products that people will pay a premium for.
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by jrbapna 11y ago
On the positive side, a quicker upgrade curve helps developers iterate faster, and improves software quality as a whole. Our team is much more effective when we know we only have to support the latest 2-3 releases of our app, and we can sim
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by jrbapna 11y ago
How will this impact page-speed? I recall switching the product pages of an e-comm site, which had up to 50 small images per page, from https to http and the change very significantly increased page load speed for the end user
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by jrbapna 11y ago
as somebody who hasn't been following this at all, can someone please explain all of the hostility toward fb? I get that what fb is offering is far from ideal, but isn't it slightly better than the status quo of no internet for a
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by jrbapna 11y ago
This only applies to the stations, not the actual trains. The great majority of my commute time is spent on the train, not in the station (where you can often get LTE anyway).
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by jrbapna 11y ago
The housing shortage in SF is a citywide problem that goes far beyond airbnb. Removing airbnb listings would barely make a dent in the extreme housing problem that we have in San Francisco. The few times I've used airbnb they were alwa
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Anybody have a link to the actual talk?
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by jrbapna 11y ago
A good workout at the gym could have similar effects and is a much healthier alternative.
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by jrbapna 11y ago
You need to make yourself more vulnerable. You're not relateable to most people because 1) they're slightly intimidated by you: you've accomplished something that they've only ever dreamt of. And 2) you're not on th
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by jrbapna 11y ago
Agreed
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by jrbapna 11y ago
This might be a bit impersonal, but why exactly could this person not get a job? If he/she were previously consulting for over 100k a year, surely this person would have some skills that would make them employable?
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Skype's real time translation(pcworld.com)
1 points by jrbapna 11y ago|0 comments
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by jrbapna 12y ago
What's interesting is that it's very common for wealthy Chinese to invest in / move their families and their money into the States. Just look at places like Seattle, where around one-third of all $1+ homes are purchased by fo
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by jrbapna 12y ago
Not to mention the most popular email and maps
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by jrbapna 13y ago
The big box retailers want this because it will hurt the small, independent online businesses. This has nothing to do with generating more tax revenue, this is about controlling competition.
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Online Sales Tax(cnn.com)
1 points by jrbapna 13y ago|1 comments

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