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by kartickv 10y ago
This is something I've never understood — why can't those trains operate with fewer coaches, perhaps all the way down to one, in rural areas, or at off-peak times (for metros)?
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by kartickv 10y ago
I'm not convinced that buses don't have the capacity trains do, when you consider that headway between trains is at least 90 seconds. If headway between buses is three seconds, in those 90 seconds, 30 buses can pass by. Assuming a
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by kartickv 10y ago
That may be true historically, but is it not possible to design them in the future with that goal in mind?
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by kartickv 10y ago
Location can be used to update the default, on first run. There's no reason why that has to be the same for US and Indian users. That's the point I was making all along which you haven't understood. Second, can you give me a
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by kartickv 10y ago
You didn't even understand what you're supposedly disagreeing with. The locale settings need to be initialised to something, right? What default value would you choose? Miles for everyone, as Google Maps seems to? Km for everyone?
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by kartickv 10y ago
If that's what you prefer, change the settings. Saying that the majority of Americans (to use your example) should be defaulted to British spelling because of edge cases like yourself is stupid, to use your language. And that's al
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by kartickv 10y ago
On the topic of language, a problem I have in India is that many OSs, apps and sites don't understand that both "color" and "colour" are okay in India. It's more a question of style whether you use the US or Br
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by kartickv 10y ago
I assume "less energy", not "no energy", but in any case, what better alternative would you suggest in a grid with significant amounts of intermittent sources, like 70%?
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by kartickv 10y ago
If you were to turn off the coal supply, wouldn't the boiler quickly lose heat, particularly since we're extracting energy from it? Even if it takes an hour to cool down, since daily and weekly patterns are generally known, can&#x
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by kartickv 10y ago
Some Indians don't have a good command of English, but others do, just not American English. Though this is an academic difference when it comes to working together with an American team. The first time an American said to me, "He
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by kartickv 10y ago
Thought experiment: suppose the US decided to ban people who aren't permanent residents from working in jobs with minimal potential for creativity, and which are rote in nature: taxi and bus drivers, delivery people, gardeners, waiters
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Crypto-Currency Hype Has Gotten Far Ahead of Reality(kartick-log.blogspot.com)
2 points by kartickv 10y ago|0 comments
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by kartickv 10y ago
iMacs support 32GB.
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by kartickv 10y ago
Great point, and the entire Mac lineup needs to be more flexible and configurable to meet customers's needs: - I want to configure a laptop with a 1TB spinning hard disc, so that I get a lot of space without paying $3000. I can get suc
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by kartickv 10y ago
Maybe change the license to one that requires manufacturers provide security patches for three years, except for non-profits? Entities that release only software, like a modding community, would be exempt. Yes, this won't be "open
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by kartickv 10y ago
The article says that some companies have switched to an employee model to ensure workers are available during peak hours. But there are other ways to do that: - Pay workers more during rush hours, and less during other times. This could be
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by kartickv 10y ago
If App Maker takes an order of magnitude less time than writing the software they want, then it can be low-risk. If something takes a long time and may not work, that's when it's risky.
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by kartickv 10y ago
Tablets do a better job for some use cases like drawing, where touch helps. But for other use cases like spreadsheets, a keyboard + mouse + a bigger screen than a tablet are better. It's not right to say that one form factor does a bet
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by kartickv 10y ago
I think it's only a matter of time before phones replace PCs for the majority of users. The hardware is certainly powerful, with 4GB RAM and a fast processor. I remember using a Windows 3.1 machine with a 25Mhz processor and 8MB RAM. I
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Samsung's Dex Turns the Galaxy S8 into a PC(techradar.com)
3 points by kartickv 10y ago|3 comments
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by kartickv 10y ago
How does Night Shift's reddest setting compare with Flux?
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by kartickv 10y ago
You can't compare Symantec with Apple and MS, since Apple and MS are competent. If you think someone might sue Google, on what basis? And Google is more than capable of defending itself. I agree about the time needed to make an orderly
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by kartickv 10y ago
Making your grandpa think everything is right with the bank defeats the whole point of what Google is trying to do.
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by kartickv 10y ago
Pissing off Symantec customers is a necessary evil in this case. It's a sign that the strategy is working.
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by kartickv 10y ago
Great point, but unless a significant fraction of people refuse to install the app because it's too bloated, it doesn't matter at the end of the day — I would still choose Electron over Cocoa.
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by kartickv 10y ago
I agree. Calling it a desktop app only causes confusion, since it contrasts it with a mobile app.
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by kartickv 10y ago
Electron apps are more native than Chrome apps. Electron apps integrate much better with macOS than do Chrome apps: - With a Chrome app, I found that pressing Cmd-Q quits Chrome, not just the Chrome app. - Electron apps have more useful men
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by kartickv 10y ago
That's a great point, but does addressing these finer points take more time than building two separate apps, for Mac and Windows? Or if a service doesn't find it feasible to build two native apps, aren't their users better of
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by kartickv 10y ago
Why not immediately begin treating these connections as plain HTTP? Don't show the padlock or "Secure". Don't fail the connection, so people will still be able to use the site, but don't present it as secure. This w
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by kartickv 10y ago
This affects people from many countries, not just the seven or eight targeted initially. For example, I stay in India, and if I visit the US, I may fly via Dubai. Which means, in turn, that I'm less likely to visit. Why take a 20-hour

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