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   by lappet 8y ago

   Can you please provide more examples of Slavic literature? I am only aware of Russian authors. Any idea if the english translation of Witcher by Danusia Stok is good? I am very curious about Slavic culture and recently blogged about "S
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   by lappet 8y ago

   This is very cool. I like the fact that you also have an API @ https://bhagavadgita.io/api/ (I did find a typo there fyi, search for "documenatations"). I think you can add features like a leaderboard and gam
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   by lappet 8y ago

   > Hindustan Time hatetracker I am curious why this was shut down. If you need any volunteers, sign me up. > zomato tracker I was working on something similar to that for San Francisco using SF's OpenData APIs for new businesses :
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   Ask HN: Recommendations for a Ubuntu Laptop

   2 points by lappet 9y ago|3 comments
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   by lappet 9y ago

   Anyone know what TLS 1.3 offers (or fixes) that TLS 1.2 does not?
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   by lappet 9y ago

   One question: doesn't the definition of a Yojana vary a lot, with differences across texts and times? I am also very curious about Ancient Indian math, but I think we should also question how results were calculated. For instance, 108
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   by lappet 9y ago

   I have never heard of this, but knowing the mistrust for the Centre in the Southern states I can believe how it is accepted.
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   by lappet 9y ago

   I don't know how to better put this, but the Economist comes off as very condescending whenever it talks about countries not in the West. India doesn't have a hole where its middle class should be - it is just smaller than what yo
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   by lappet 9y ago

   Interesting you mention that; I am glad there are parts of the US that are like that. I grew up in India, and even the cities have so much non-human life that I miss it incredibly in California, where I am now.
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I published my top 10 here: https://raviramanujam.com/post/blog/2017books.html
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    by lappet 9y ago

    > Lyft invented the UberX category In fact, there was a company called SideCar[1] who popularized the idea of ridesharing before Uber and Lyft. There was a time, maybe 2013 or 2014 when I exclusively used Sidecar until Uber became more p
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I met a driver from Medan in Bali and have been curious to go since. How is Sumatra? Are the people friendly and is it easy to get around?
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    by lappet 9y ago

    Instead of a novel, I am trying to write a short story/essay each day of November. The idea is that I will have 30 different stories at the end of the month :)
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I grew up stealing mangoes in India as a kid. There is something about raw mangoes that makes you want to pluck them immediately.
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    by lappet 9y ago

    Wow, http://zty.pe is really fun!
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I host https://samosasnearme.com/ on Amazon S3 and Lambda. It comes out to 50 cents a month for Route 53 and around $12 a year for the domain. Traffic is pretty low, around 100 visits monthly.
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I am guessing it is because of vote banks. There might be a chance that a good percentage of the people don't want really want the law - but they are moderate/silent. At least, I hope so.
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    by lappet 9y ago

    Wow, I did not know that California is derived from Khalif, even though I am familiar with the term.
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    by lappet 9y ago

    I can share some of the pain Egyptian Arabic speakers seem to have. My mother tongue is Tamil but owing to constant moves I was never able to read/write the language decently, though I can/could speak it. The main reason being tha
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    by lappet 10y ago

    > "Most of the good ideas are obvious, Andreessen says. They just might not work right away" That seems like a gross simplification of the way things usually work. Saying good ideas are obvious sounds a little egoistic, which s
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    by lappet 10y ago

    > These are the same folks who complain about poverty in India anytime ISRO launches a new rocket The Economist has a reputation for being a little parental with India, from what I know. Though this article sounds like pure speculation,
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    by lappet 10y ago

    Hi, this looks very interesting. I signed up at https://llip.io/ , but how do I choose Hindi? I am not able to switch from Korean
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    by lappet 10y ago

    Ok. May I ask what your source of data is? I am using Yelp's API currently.
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    by lappet 10y ago

    hi, I am working on something similar with https://samosasnearme.com . I am unable to sign in to your website using FB.
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    by lappet 10y ago

    I recently created a web app to find restaurants nearby that would serve samosas: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13902445 I am also working on this utility that would let people know when new restaurants open up in th
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    by lappet 10y ago

    The truth of fact, the truth of feeling by Ted Chiang https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_o... This story changed the way I saw writing with the way it portrays it as a tool that can be used
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    by lappet 10y ago

    So I have used wxWidgets in the past with the help of python bindings and enjoyed using it and my end product. I hear electron[1] is picking up these days for cross-platform dev - anyone got experience with it? [1] https://electr
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    by lappet 10y ago

    Sorry :( this uses Yelp's API. What do you use in Sydney?
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    by lappet 10y ago

    I apologize, but this will only work in countries where Yelp has a presence
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    by lappet 10y ago

    Hey there, thanks for trying it out. It uses Yelp's API, so it will work only in countries where Yelp has a presence.