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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Wow! This is seriously cool. Speaking of augmenting our sensory capabilities, has there ever been any work done on making hearing a voluntary sense? Always-on hearing had some evolutionary advantage in the past but it may be an interesting
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
The Moral Animal - by Robert Wright It delves into evolutionary psychology to explain human morality. I especially liked the discussion on monogamy (the parental investment theory). A few more recommendations:- Godel, Escher, Bach Human Kno
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Yodlee MoneyCenter was a surprising discovery for me. Sure, I had head of them because of Mint, but I didn't know that they supported most Indian banks. I've been using them for some time and quite satisfied with it.
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
"The constant streaming in of the thoughts of others must confine and suppress our own, and indeed in the long run paralyze the power of thought. Therefore, ceaseless reading and study directly injures the mine." - Schopenhauer
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
I think the article made it clear that IPv4 is running out of addresses DESPITE using NAT heavily. As far as reclaiming large A blocks is concerned, I read somewhere that we are exhausting addresses equivalent to an A-class block in 5 weeks
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
If we broadcast or even recorded the talks, the speakers would clam up. How about anonymizing it by removing the names of the startups/founders before publishing ?
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Same here. That would have been the first officially supported way of reading kindle store books on linux, for example.
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
But it doesn't cost Intel more to produce the high-end chip. In fact, maintaining two fabrication lines will cost more than producing a single chip and disabling the premium features. So I don't think "artificially increasing prices" applie
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
This is a great comment. Thank you. In startups, typically the founders have to play the product manager role - their biggest responsibility being converting the ad-hoc complaints/feature requests into a workable product roadmap. PMs must h
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Yes, and Yes. I quoted the risk-free rate to give an idea about the economy and its risk-level. Equity market here can be expected to give decent returns (~15%). I'm not sure about the citizenship requirements but the equity markets should
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
How about India? Indian economy has bounced back some time ago. Here is sensex over last 5 years. http://in.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=^BSESN&t=5y&l=on&... Risk-free return rate is still at around 8%: http://www.bajajcapital.com/gs
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Not just that. You also end up with the knowledge that those 2 paths were actually dead-ends. It's important to know solutions that will NOT work.
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
I have been thinking about this for a while. Not the app, but the fact that book summaries would be really useful. Most books tend to be too verbose. Care to elaborate a little on your idea for the app?
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Behavior Modification for Developers(insideria.com)
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Make a system to reward yourself for actually executing your plans. Buy yourself a treat or the gadget you always wanted when (and ONLY when) you have successfully exercised every day for 30 days in a row. Enjoy 15 minutes on HackerNews AFT
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Surprisingly, there is very little discussion happening on this topic on Indian tech forums like pluggd.in or medianama.com. Overall, the Indian government's main concern is about the impact on the generic pharmaceuticals industry. I hope o
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
I did my MBA internship with a startup (15 employees) by helping them find some channel partners in south-east asia. This was a startup where the product was out and sales team was being expanded. Overall, I agree that there is very little
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
I loved the idea and immediately sat down to make my own template. Here is an attempt: http://nileshtrivedi.com/ubuntu-1004-on-dell-vostro-1520.htm... I haven't got around to add a navigation section yet.
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
We actually started building such a product for India where the problem complexity is much smaller (only about 20 prominent airports, majority travel by train where prices are static, only availability varies with time). Availability of dat
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
As long as the recruiters keep believing that "management is a universal function that can be applied directly to any industry", students can hardly be blamed for it.
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by nileshtrivedi 16y ago
Good point. Although, I have to add that the trend has already reversed. Most IITians now consider IIMs beneath them. "Only mediocre crowd goes to IIMs" says a recent fresh graduate from IIT Kharagpur. The reason is that IIT grads are now a
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
<i>I'm the opposite. I was born and brought up in India...</i> Lest anyone draw any unwarranted inferences here, it's not impossible in India to have an environment where everyone simply speaks the truth. I have myself as an
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
A good shortcut I use is for calculating cumulative interest / growth. x% growth followed by y% growth is equal to a growth of (x+y).xy % overall. Eg. 6% followed by 8% growth is 14.48% overall growth. You can easily extend this to account
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
Congrats to the Sinatra team! I have used sinatra in a bunch of projects ( http://brandpeek.com is one example) and it's a delightful little framework.
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
< form method="patch" > should take care of it.
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
This could be implemented beautifully if the form tag accepts a parameter "patch", which would, when set to true, only send the fields and values which were actually modified by the user and not the whole bunch of fields in the edit form.
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
Have to agree with you. I am based in India and yet, I myself wouldn't settle for anything less than $15 / hr. $2/hr in US is just crazy.
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
I am looking for a UI developer as intern in Mumbai, India. Skills required are graphics design, photoshop, HTML, CSS and javascript. Connect with me on LinkedIn.
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by nileshtrivedi 17y ago
There is also http://dailystamp.r09.railsrumble.com/ from Rails Rumble.