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by navinsylvester 7y ago
I wanted to try chrome os a month or so back with android and linux support enabled but had hell of a time. Google seems to be very restrictive on where they get to run with all goodies. Google chromebook partners weren't even allowing
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Agree that time to market shouldn't be impeded by any unnecessary engineering. But pick a vendor and go all-in can work for netflix'y big companies or ones with static assets on cloud. All cloud providers have their own rough edge
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
May be the non-technical manager thing works for big companies but it might not be the case with the rest. The problem i have seen with most non-technical managers is that they tend to crave for recognition from the tech people they manage
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
With regard to crazy work hours, our platform is used by lot of VFX studios and freelancers. From our frequent interaction with them, we observed that the amount of work hours they put in are really insane. Its the same story but unlike gam
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
I think Wine and Samba played a pivotal role in Linux adoption to those who are in someway tied to Windows land. Of all the memories with Wine, the best one is still how Red Alert 2 worked flawlessly.
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
You can do basic detection via mobile app itself and they are surprisingly good. I know they can't replace dedicated gadgets but for most it should be enough and convenient. On android i use Ultimate EMF Detector PRO and Hidden Camera(
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
No one is appreciating the effort and a different take here. Let me congratulate the author on job well done. There are people who love illustrated explanation and for those these are perfect. This is just meant as a template which others c
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Look forward to the re-write and part II. Can you please provide a glimpse of what you want to address in the re-write.
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Startup Playbook (2015)(playbook.samaltman.com)
640 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|55 comments
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The One Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires(mattermark.com)
3 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|1 comments
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
I am not sure about the feature discussion on slack. Too much chatter happens in slack and important information can totally get lost. Even in the listed conversation one is asking didn't we discuss about it. I think the proper place f
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
OT - on personal front i am not at all interested in wearable or gadgets like echo/home. Not against any advancement in those region but look at the impact smart phones alone has had and now we had to enforce rules like no smartphones
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Like the feature flag approach for all feature rollout(with or without schema change). If the flag is set the new feature kicks in so its easy to do a rollback if need be and we do this all the time. We don't close the feature ticket u
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
It depends on the individual. If you are the kind of person who needs to be around others then a co-working space would be a better option. I work from my home and converted a room as my office space - i believe it's way more productiv
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System talk by Prof. Michael Levin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjD1aLm4Thg
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Web design in 4 minutes(jgthms.com)
8 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|1 comments
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How Technology Is Hijacking Your Mind (2016)(medium.com)
1 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|0 comments
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
That is the subtle point i was trying to make. In most cases talented young people are easily noticed and usually given more credit than due without measuring the overall contribution to productivity. Eventually most with the tag will mello
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Most gifted talent in my experience exhibit these negative traits which impact productivity. If you have a counter point based on your experience - would love to hear that.
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Most talented were a russian(18 year old) and two brits(early 20's) with whom i have worked with. But i would say talent doesn't guarantee more productivity. In fact in most cases it can have adverse effect on productivity. Let me
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How dietary fiber and gut bacteria protect the cardiovascular system(sciencedaily.com)
4 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|0 comments
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Blown away. To me the following(rephrased) stood out: We are currently good at manipulating molecules and cells(machine code/hardware level) but if we understand the algorithms(software level) which control the large scale form and fun
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
I use the following convention to start the subject of commit(posted by someone in a similar HN thread): Add = Create a capability e.g. feature, test, dependency. Cut = Remove a capability e.g. feature, test, dependency. Fix
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
I have used both extensively but i prefer Firefox for the following reasons: lower resource footprint, privacy reasons, better session recovery - to name serious few and these i believe are much more important reasons that to say the drop-d
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Targeted immunotherapy spray gel to fight cancer right after surgery(newsroom.ucla.edu)
2 points by navinsylvester 8y ago|0 comments
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Good set of guidelines and thanks for sharing. But in reality not all projects can afford to go through this routine. The following is what i believe works for most time sensitive projects. It would be better to set a top level vision for t
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
Second that. I was hired via this model. Have also used this approach to hire and this has paid off more than any other approach. A simple 100 line code can be curated and taught by a friend/relative in a very elaborate way. This appro
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
He used to be all that but i don't think its the case off late. But i know his jokes are not for everyone so may be its not for me. Thanks for the clarification and video.
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
With great power comes great responsibility and if that is not the case we need a system to keep it under check.
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by navinsylvester 8y ago
I would love to support independent creators than corporations but wish he didn't hate the country the record label belonged to. Here is couple of lines from his diss track: You tryna dethrone me from spot on number one But you India,

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