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by raghava 6y ago
"Before" is dated 2019. All the diff is to be atrributed to this blast? Am I missing anything obvious here?
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by raghava 6y ago
Same deal here in India. Maybe Trump administration got inspired by the theater that happened around TikTok here in India, and the political undertones. TikTok had some of the rad and most creative memes that splendidly ridiculed the failur
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by raghava 6y ago
The average man always wants cheaper goods and services, even if that is the result of misery/suffering of some people, few of which will be known to him. In a resource-constrained, cut-throat competetive economy where everything is se
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by raghava 6y ago
Cause, they ... can? Why would a nation choose to go to the moon, or build something otherworldy?
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by raghava 6y ago
Jeff Bezos himself isn't spared from Jio tax[1], what chance does a measly entrepreneur stand against Ambani and Jio! [1] https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/23/amazon-reportedly-in-talks...
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by raghava 6y ago
Not judging, IMO but MAGAF* can really afford to pump money into enhancing RISC-V - individually or via a consortium, and stand to benefit together, while developing the whole ecosystem too. The early days of Apple and MS were sorta on thes
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by raghava 6y ago
> Yes, they are 100% lying about this. Any time you see an article about skills shortage, it's complete bullshit. It is cheap for them to create the illusion of a skills shortage via articles and blog spam. What they really want is
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by raghava 6y ago
> 1. (c) Yup, that's the most sensible option but the fitment really depends on the context. > 2. IMHO, more thought is definitely needed, in case you want to avoid expert beginners subscribing and cancelling it after a couple of
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by raghava 6y ago
Exactly. BlinGyUI on the streets, POSIX under the sheets - is what many really want.
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by raghava 6y ago
I have seen this problem very closely across multiple firms and environments. Just a few points that I would request you to dig further. 1. Quick immutable envs aren't so much of a problem for B2C apps. Particularly for B2B apps, it&#x
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by raghava 6y ago
Year of "virtualized Linux on Desktops!" - growing strong since 2010, powered by Docker, k8s and Cloud.
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by raghava 6y ago
Posting an archive.org link since the original is a "sarkaari"* website (which typically has a guaranteed downtime - instead of uptime) *govt
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Manual on Jacquard Hand Loom Weaver (Frame Loom) (2007) [pdf](web.archive.org)
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by raghava 6y ago
Mere "Ideas" are useless.
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by raghava 6y ago
I have understood over years that, below listed things typically lead to "grand success" or "cults" [ tech or otherwise - but then, eveyrthing is "tech" now anyway!] 1. Enterprise readiness (in order of precede
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by raghava 6y ago
> unless they find a way to deal with this issue. Cheap human labour from impoverished parts of Asia and Africa is one very possible option. The supply chains are already there. I personally know a few people from villages in South Indi
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by raghava 6y ago
They also enjoy getting OSS to work for MS later. MS understands very well that Cloud and SaaS is the future. And in B2B, which is their forte, MS Servers don't have much of a play. Hence, their focus is on getting that working for the
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by raghava 6y ago
Maybe they'll "borrow ideas" or "get inspired" by things like LinuxFx etc. https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxfxdevil/ https://b00merang.weebly.com/windows-10.html Leve
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by raghava 6y ago
Before a human reads it, a machine will read it. It is 2020, every other HR who wants to squeeze out a little more time for themselves (may be to use it to browse insta/whatsapp/FB) would end up using some shit "AI/ML to
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by raghava 6y ago
And the struggle with xf86config to somehow get the UI working. Ah, memories!
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by raghava 6y ago
HAProxy - traffic shaping { load-balancing, req-throttling, health-checks } nginx - { static file serving, good proxy for python/ruby apps, req manipulation with advanced scripting capabilities via lua engine through open-resty [mirror
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by raghava 6y ago
This is so neat! Thanks for this!
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by raghava 6y ago
This problem of such a mad job description arises because of the disconnect between the hiring manager and the recruiters/sourcers (often aided by extremely broken tech). Hiring Manager: I need a person with 10+ years of exp Sourcer&#x
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by raghava 6y ago
> I love working with people who care about this stuff. Yes, absolutely. However, when orgs start using that against the individual to drive down pay or eke out more from the person, is when that show starts becoming to cliched and downr
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by raghava 6y ago
Over the years, I have grown too weary of techniques/methods (that involve things like whiteboarding to prove one's worth as an algoninja) and a 2 hourish interview. I have found good succes with the following approaches. Being in
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by raghava 6y ago
Nobody every asks "so, how many sales gigs do you do on the sides, during weekends?" or "oh, how many teams do you lead/mentors, during the weekends?" All this BS "weekend-extra-open-source-labour-tax" mus
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by raghava 6y ago
Imagine, biases like "good formatting => better; no typos => better; social profiles => better;" etc being put within an AI/ML based resume parser, with an intent to mimic human behaviour of sourcing a resume out of
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by raghava 6y ago
> I never leave a job unless I have a job. This is actually solved by this approach. Nobody needs to quit, a week's leave/vacation is good enough for the trial period. Or, am I missing anything?
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by raghava 6y ago
IMO, if a company is very serious about hiring for the role, they must offer a 1 week trial period (PAID!). The candidates get a fair idea about the kinda muck they might be getting themselves into. The team(s) get an idea as to what kinda
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by raghava 6y ago
As I have said in a comment below, it sorta became a way to signal being hip-n-cool, while actually being totally otherwise. Most cheapo shops which won't pay FAANG salaries but still want near-FAANG-quality-engineers end up using this

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