ktharavaad

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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Nice app. BUT: 1, It looks a lot like the ( now defunct? ) ycombinator startup http://www.writewith.com/ , which didn't gain any real traction. 2, For general purpose editing task, I find the realtime editor etherpad a lot more useful.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
So they are basically combining google + digg, indexing pages while taking account of user feedback through a recommendation system. Actually... I don't see what the big deal about "realtime search" is and the whole article sounds a little
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Looks very interesting since their technology actually measures brain waves instead of just physical activity. However, the cost of it $400 is a bit expensive.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I thought this is an interesting article since so many of us try to cheat sleep in order to gain more productivity. Perhaps you guys can share some tips on what works for you to get a good night's sleep.
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Trying to hack a good night's sleep(arstechnica.com)
43 points by ktharavaad 17y ago|40 comments
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Well, as they tell you: Girlfriends are expensive, wife even more so. But seriously, why would one of their early investors divest themselves and invest in a competing company? something just doesn't seem right.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I'm jealous of that awesome setup with a 30 inch monitor. I'm even more jealous that he has his girlfriend as his co-founder. Its extremely hard to meet pleasant, smart as well as entrepreneur-minded females in this line of work.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Yes, I know what you mean. The other night I thought I heard gunshots and I wasn't able to sleep for the whole night because I was so afraid. Thanks to everyone for their valuable input. I guess I will look to other options in regards to af
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I really like the tip regarding living in a retirement village since it sounds like a cheap and safe way to live. It sure beats my current choice of living in the ghetto because rent is cheap here. After doing a little research, I found tha
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
IMO good os is a terrible version of Ubuntu, its better to just install ubuntu remix as it is. how about finding a copy of OSX leopard and install it on the T40 to make it a hackintosh?
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
A few things 1, you should put united-states at the top of your country list 2, WHY does everyone use Flex for their audio players, I simply CANNOT understand this. Just use flash and avoid the 200k framework code and the few megs of memory
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
JavaFX fails.. big time! and I say this after spending a few weeks playing with it. Its still tied up to a lot of old Swing components for its underlying functionality. The browser plugin takes FOREVER to load and literally crashes safari o
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
A little bit of googling turned up this: http://www.logoblog.org/wordpress/hungry-restaurant-logos-th... There's also an article a while back which talked about how the Aqua theme in Mac OSX was designed so that it will "make your mouth w
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I don't know if its just me but I think the color scheme and design is very ugly. If its a website about food, you should use some nice and warm colors and design elements which makes me hungry!
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I don't know why people would make web applications that entirely depend on canvas + js instead of using flash because it just shrinks your potential userbase due to the number of IE users out there. In contrast flash player is installed on
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
2. A good way to do fingerprinting would be to use the flash player 10 API which allows you to process local files before uploading them. 3, for mouse scroll, look here: http://hasseg.org/blog/?p=138 Contact me directly if there's anythin
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
NP. upon reading my comments again, I sound quite mean and nasty in my citique, sorry about that, its because I spent the past 10 hours in flex builder =P A few more things that I would like to point out after playing with it a little more.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
A few things off the top of my head after seeing this. About the business model: 1) The interface seems almost like anywhere.fm (albeit less polished), which was bought by Imeem, which itself is rumored in a lot of debt right now. 2) The "s
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I think you might want to take a look at this: http://ffnnkk.org/ Fact is that graphical programming languages are only good for certain kinds of programs which is why they have only gained traction in the data acquisition world ( labview
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
>>> Update: Seems like Wolfram Alpha is having major issues. So they may have taken it back offline.<<< Not anymore.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
While this is pretty cool, I like these alternative web-based services listed below a lot better because they are easier to use: http://www.gliffy.com http://www.lovelycharts.com *i'm not affiliated with them in any way.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Makes me wish there's US equivalent political organization to the pirate party. or is there?
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Pittpatt definitely has the best face-detection algorithm I've seen in any commercial/opensource system. The algorithm they use can be found in these papers: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~hws/ Maybe someday they'll get ported into openCV to repl
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I wonder how they'll handle Tom's existing account which already has hundreds of millions of friends if they fire him.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
>>> create a good user experience <<< >>> User interface is customer service for the computer <<< >>> centralized planning, in contrast with the old culture that let Windows subgro
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
already been posted a while ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=510264
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
I hate software patents, but in this case since its being used against microsoft instead of them using it to bully linux vendors, it makes it a little easier to swallow.
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
1. Establish an independent niche in the market as early in your startup as possible. Avoid the web2.0 startup trap of following hype implementing ideas that are already popular and profitable. Of course social networks are helpful, but jus
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by ktharavaad 17y ago
Decent app, but it just seems buggy and unpolished compared to Balsamiq, you can really tell by some of the little bugs that are in the program ( try sending 2 items to the back multiple times, or switching pages and see your undo history d
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by ktharavaad 18y ago
Programming makes weird because even though I'm not coding, I'm thinking about my code all the time and as a result of that, I rather live in my own head than interact with people around me. However, its also during these times ( not in fro

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