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by nnain 10y ago
That tweet, omg! Marc Andreessen got hit so hard because of it that he apologized on his Twitter account and said he won't participate on any political discussion about India again. I like his work, but the particular tweet was grotesq
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by nnain 10y ago
Well Local Media channels are viewed/heard much more than NYT or BBC. Thankfully ;)
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by nnain 10y ago
This is not true. Were you in India when FB launched Free Basics? Lot of journalists covered it. AIB channel's video, for instance, actually made it simple for non-tech people to understand. Major TV channels covered it critically.
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by nnain 10y ago
I may also point to a subtle subconscious factor that might be helping Google. Google posted the free WiFi on Railway stations. Indian Railways is huge and celebrated as a backbone to the countries transportation. On the other hand FB'
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by nnain 10y ago
I stay in New Delhi and visit Bangalore often. Don't remember seeing Sundar Pichai on a single public Billboard or Ad. Go on with your fantasy stories!
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by nnain 10y ago
I don't underestimate Amazon at all! Gave it a lot of credit for strategy, vendor management and logistics along with the technology.
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by nnain 10y ago
How does a quick google search give you the name of the responsible person! That's some insider info :)
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by nnain 10y ago
Ah ok, that makes sense. A weakness then that they had to focus on making the merger work and keeping the investors happy, when there were more important things to do.
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by nnain 10y ago
Too much negative commentary. Flipkart also did something interesting that fueled their early growth - they offered 'Cash on Delivery' model, cause many people in India don't use Credit/Debit cards for shopping! I never
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by nnain 10y ago
Wow, thanks for posting this and to the investigative journalist. Now I know whom to blame for all the heartburn that I (and family) had from the continuously fusing bulbs.
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by nnain 10y ago
That's a very convenient excuse: "I thought I was right". Doesn't make a scam any less so. My bigger grudge with Theranos' founder and the likes is their hoax seriously hurts the startup industry culture. Some peopl
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by nnain 10y ago
As a developer in my thirties, I see this more as flexibility and exposure to adopt new technology, instead of sticking with old tech stacks. It's clear that the earlier contractors didn't know enough about user-centered design, r
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by nnain 10y ago
Oh my, waiting for this announcement forever! I was always anxious about the fact that so much data from Indian users had to be hosted outside.
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Why constant learners embrace the 5 Hr rule(inc.com)
4 points by nnain 10y ago|0 comments
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by nnain 10y ago
Time spent at the airport can be more productive though - catch up a few emails/tasks, walk around, shop etc. It's the long sitting flight hours, with constant interruptions that are very irritating.
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by nnain 10y ago
Good read! DW has been the go-to resource whenever I had to decide on a new OS install. The website/favicon/logo et al. have become pretty dated though. It's still on HTML4. What's a general opinion on updating the site
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by nnain 10y ago
hmm, I was hoping to see a working prototype or at least a lab example result at the end.
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by nnain 10y ago
Yeah, Wave created quite a buzz, at least within developers/early-adopters. It was complicated and heavy though. I didn't get fond of its features, for the few weeks that it existed.
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by nnain 10y ago
This is cool. But IMHO the point of the article is about Google losing its first-mover advantage in chat apps due to wrong branding and prediction for GChat, not interoperability.
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by nnain 10y ago
You're mixing GChat with Hangout. GChat was(is) minimal and very useful.
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by nnain 10y ago
Gchat was (and is) wonderful -- minimal and elegant. I never understood why Google was so hell bent upon trying to move the users from Gchat to Hangout. They would have enough data to know the number of times users clicked 'no' to
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by nnain 10y ago
I am all for environment and sustainability, but in case of mosquitoes, even I would draw an exception! You have to be in a tropical country to know how many nights they spoil and how much effort it is, everyday, to keep yourself insulated
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by nnain 11y ago
Keeping the constitution open to changes seems to be an OK idea. India has had 100 amendments to the constitution since just 1950 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_of_the_Cons... .
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by nnain 11y ago
You're right, but I know of a few startup teams that chose Linode, Rackspace etc. at start to account for future 'scalability' concerns. Well the number of users never came and they spent a lot of time just configuring stuff.
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by nnain 11y ago
https://www.openhunt.co just launched! Here are the key differences between them and ProductHunt - https://www.openhunt.co/differences
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“Co-founders making you crazy” – how-to avoid, by Dharmesh Shah(foundertherapy.com)
3 points by nnain 11y ago|0 comments
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by nnain 11y ago
> I’ve decided to wait and see how it evolves ... After more than a year, I still can’t see the value in it. You can't judge programming languages/efficiency/maintainability by observing from the fence. I just completed th
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Uber's Bangalore office vandalized by its drivers over incentives woes(nextbigwhat.com)
1 points by nnain 11y ago|0 comments
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by nnain 11y ago
Same here, I find whole milk delicious and healthy; it's been a big part of our family's diet (we're vegetarian). What I find more ridiculous though is how the food industry sells Whey, Casein and Cheese separately at up-mark
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by nnain 11y ago
What's a good book to learn about the new stuff? Async et al.. I learnt Python from "Dive Into Python 3", but that hasn't been updated for few years now. Any similar book with recent updates?

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