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by neilsharma 11y ago
Aside from mattermark daily, I've haven't found a single newsletter that has had consistently good material. Tried several, but kept unsubscribing when they started to feel like spam. I found some of the human-made playlists on 8t
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Thanks for the suggestions -- looking into them now. Clever idea to sign up for a site's weekly email instead of skimming the site. I used to sign up for an HN newsletter that'd only show the top posts. I thought that was an effec
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Ask HN: Best curated newsletters?
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by neilsharma 11y ago
"The Righteous Mind" - Jonathan Haidt. This book helped me understand conservative thinking, made me less heated in my opinions, and provided a convincing framework for me to understand moral arguments "Emperor of All Maladie
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by neilsharma 11y ago
1) "Not over explain it" -- that's really good advice. You don't want to take the "aha" moment away from someone. 2) Thanks for the link! Definitely looking forward to your blog post/postmortem (don't
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by neilsharma 11y ago
I've been using BetterExplained to review concepts I thought I mastered (based on great test scores and grades) but years later realized I had zero intuition on. It has been, by far, the most useful single source of math content I&#x27
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Here are some of the problems my 60-65 year old parents struggle with, despite living in the US for over 30 years and being highly educated: Computers: - Navigating the file system is confusing, esp on a PC with a lot of default folders tha
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Ask HN: How do your parents learn technology?
1 points by neilsharma 11y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: How do you test for analytical skills?
10 points by neilsharma 11y ago|9 comments
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Oh really? I never heard of the Inter-library loan system or Worldcat. The default search system at my county library seems limited to just whatever is in its network of nine local libraries, but I'll check if they have those systems a
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Thanks for the clarification. True, its far from free, and needs the continued support of the citizens to continue to function.
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by neilsharma 11y ago
I recently rediscovered my local library and fell in love. There are several libraries in my county that share a collection of books, and I can request a book available in a different library to be fetched and held for me at the library of
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Historically, I've tended to do poorly in in-person interviews. I felt my critical thinking and problem solving skills plummet to a fraction of what I am capable of. I initially thought that with enough real-world interviewing experien
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by neilsharma 11y ago
Cool. I'd like to see ways to order them. There are many volumes of many universes created over the past several decades. Some way to sort them chronologically, or by character incarnation, would be really helpful for people who want t
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by neilsharma 11y ago
I use Varidesk. Its a ~35 pound adjustable platform you place on top of a normal desk. There are handles on the side so you can easily change the height to a few settings. Specifically, I got the Varidesk Pro Plus 36: http://www.
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by neilsharma 12y ago
That's a great story. "In general I don't do brand loyalty, but I fucking love thorlabs." - I think that sentiment is representative of the vast majority of companies. Brand loyalty is earned when companies go above and
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Ask HN: What is the best customer service experience you've received?
1 points by neilsharma 12y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What companies encourage short work weeks?
15 points by neilsharma 12y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: What is your company's / employer's mission?
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Data Science can mean machine learning, statistics, "data engineering" (the IT side of Big Data), SQL Monkey, data cleaning, data mining, data analytics, data visualization, etc. So its like statistics, except there may not be mat
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Location: South Bay Area, CA Remote: Maybe Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Web (HTML/jQuery/LESS + some Django), Android Prototyping, Pandas/Numpy Resume/CV: linkd.in/1s35US0 Email: neilsharma101 (at) gmail (
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Youtube playlists / individually curated mashups. Youtube is a horrible discovery platform, the audio quality is lousy, and bandwidth is wasted on video. But the sheer volume of content + remixes + covers make it worthwhile. I can&#x27
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by neilsharma 12y ago
As someone interested in doing work-travel soon. I don't want to compete with the thousands of other competent, english-speaking engineers on elance/odesk/vworkers when my current market-rate salary would be 5-6x more. I was
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Hey guys, made this site in 2-3 weeks, just in time for the iPhone 6 launch. Thought it'd be an interesting passive/side income idea, which I know is a popular topic on HN. Apologies if its buggy or doesn't support certain br
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Show HN: CasePlum – Custom-printed iPhone 6 Cases (Passive Income Idea)(caseplum.com)
3 points by neilsharma 12y ago|2 comments
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by neilsharma 12y ago
I love products like these. Slices right through all the promotional noise like "fun drivers," "fast pick-up times," "clean cars," etc and gets right to chase -- price. At the end of the day, they are all taxi
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by neilsharma 12y ago
The numbers here are highly questionable: 1. 3-wheeler "autos" are ubiquitous. Wait times are essentially zero, they are cheaper than taxis, and payment takes maybe a minute at most because the driver is willing to negotiate. 2. M
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Why? Indian banks defaulting? Corruption/theft issues? I haven't tried this method -- just regurgitating advice other's have given me. Always thought it seemed more profitable than keeping money in US banks, and India always
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Another option is to put the money in foreign accounts. I don't know this space at all, but interest rates at consumer banks in India are 9-12%. Even after currency exchange rates, you'd probably make >= 4%/year
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by neilsharma 12y ago
Congrats on finding a job that you like! I got my degree in EE/CS, but have mostly done web dev these past few years. Unlike you, however, I want to do Image Recognition and the like in my day-to-day and largely give up on web dev. I a

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