nikhilalmeida

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by nikhilalmeida 14y ago
agree. Also the time spent on researching about getting the best, is orders of magnitude more than the time lost worrying about a 'reasonably good' item.
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by nikhilalmeida 14y ago
+1 ted. A feature request right here.
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
The problem with organically grown neighborhoods is that it is difficult to build efficient public transportation that connect them, hence I was going for planned ones. More than half the cities population will live in the satellite areas,
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Thanks for the resources. Good analogy with software engineering. I would say that deciding the layout and large infrastructure would be analogous to selecting the technology stack. Allowing the buildings and neighborhoods to evolve would b
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
the major reason was to keep the city structure simple and repeatable, so as to reduce learning. This is one of the issues I found when my parents (even friends) visited NYC, the subway maps were too intimidating.
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
The center radius can be quite large say 8 miles. I currently live 3 miles from LAX and never hear a plane. But yes another idea would be to have most of the warehouses towards the center, which will make distribution easier.
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Thanks for this. I have just drawn what I felt from a traffic congestion avoidance perspective. I should give it a thought from an environmental perspective also and try to re-iterate on the design. Thanks for the feedback.
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City Layout Design: A programmer's perspective(thedissectionroom.com)
68 points by nikhilalmeida 15y ago|54 comments
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
This site is a prime example of it. Its UI is pretty crappy looking, but does provide a pretty good experience.
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Piracy is also a culture(techcrunch.com)
2 points by nikhilalmeida 15y ago|0 comments
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Amazing SOPA Numbers(act.fightforthefuture.org)
2 points by nikhilalmeida 15y ago|0 comments
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The music industry needs to learn how to innovate(quora.com)
2 points by nikhilalmeida 15y ago|0 comments
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Yes truly we tend to overestimate the our body's abilities. I remember reading an article of a young and successful executive at Adobe India who prided himself at being very fit (used to run marathons) and also being able to make do with ju
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Very impressive.
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Would the media industry ever understand what "Innovation rather than legislation" ever mean? I have added my thoughts on how the media industry can foster innovation. Would love the community to contribute with their pain points they feel
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Help the Media Industry Innovate rather than legislate #SOPA(thedissectionroom.com)
2 points by nikhilalmeida 15y ago|1 comments
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Great post. Anything to get programmers traveling a lot more. We need to get out there and see the real world, a world other than silicon valley, understand problems and spot potential opportunities. Only by making peoples lives easier by s
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by nikhilalmeida 15y ago
I agree with you. Thousands of people use google to search for critical information and loss of that for a day would cause losses in the tune of millions of dollars (if not billions) for a number of companies. I dont think that can be justi
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by nikhilalmeida 16y ago
Awesomesauce.... This makes it much more likely that I will take the plunge...
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Live Feed of YC Q&A With Alexis and Harj in NY(justin.tv)
20 points by nikhilalmeida 16y ago|0 comments
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by nikhilalmeida 16y ago
Both video are undoubtedly nice, but I would still prefer the first one as it gets to the point without beating around the bush. But the slides still seem to run a little too fast. You would want to slow it down a notch. The live demo parts