russelldjimmy

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by russelldjimmy 3y ago
Indian product designer here. I’ve worked closely with engineers and product managers, and recently was at a job that required me to collaborate with US teams almost every day. Ask me anything.
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by russelldjimmy 3y ago
Off topic - a pet peeve of mine is seeing humans termed as “irrational”. Please forgive my rant, as it is not personally targeted at you. We only seem “irrational” when we are talking about a narrow view of “rationality”, i.e., as defined b
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I would love that as well!
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
From a different thread on HN about the same topic, some commenters mentioned that the information architecture and navigation required for classical music is different enough from other music to warrant its own app. I would be surprised if
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
My bad. I meant what you wrote.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
> The issue with their charging ports being changed frequently iPhones have consistently had lightning since 2005 MacBooks have had USBC (compatible with all USBC plugs) since 2016 iPads Pro have had USBC (compatible with all USBC plugs)
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
We will not move past the “caste system” (or any other system or “-ism”) till we face our fear of being expelled for non-conformity. This is the root of it every -ism, I believe. This is difficult and will not happen in one or two generatio
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I’m not sure why you are getting downvoted for expressing the issue in clear terms. This is a real issue in India.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I want to share a personal anecdote here. It may be tangential, but I think it’s worth sharing anyway. I live in a cosmopolitan city in India. I am an “upper caste” Hindu. I have been brought up in a relatively liberal environment and have
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
What is the way to genuinely communicate “I will think about it” then?
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
It seems to me that the author spoke about one particular Hindu they met who was not upset by their state of poverty. It’s not clear to me that they claimed that your community is not upset by it, and is not doing anything to fix it. Help m
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Heh. You're right, I did. Yet, I did not have fun. YMMV.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I’m a product designer and I totally bombed this. Never in my career have I been required to know exact hex codes (especially of pure blue - which I have never used thankfully), or exact border radii. This quiz misses the idea that humans p
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I could relate to this article and I’m glad it was written. HN has a strange obsession with demanding “citations” when someone is writing an anecdotal experience. It’s as though anecdotes are immediately dismissed as “false” till they’re ba
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
This happens in India. It’s called a service charge and is usually ~10% of the bill. * Upper-mid to more expensive restaurants usually keep a service charge. * Customers have the right to ask it to be removed. * When there’s no included ser
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
> Outcome should still be proportional to effort and skill however. It seems to me that this is an unsolvable or at least a very hard problem. Ask 10 people about what they think the correct and fair compensation is and you’ll get 10 opi
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
That’s a great perspective I didn’t think of earlier. It seems to me that humans are attracted to a sort of “conceptual perfection”, E.G. the kind of perfection that the equation of a circle describes. It’s fine to use this as a guideline t
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I grew up in Bombay, whose name was changed to Mumbai some time in my childhood. My friends and I still call it Bombay. We use “Mumbai” in more formal contexts, or with people who grew up in a different city. Similarly, I know of people who
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
You should join the Inebriati! https://youtu.be/-Zj50DmBFp0
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
It seems to me that the truth is somewhere in the middle. There are those who are stuck in in unfortunate financial circumstances and are not able to think of happiness and fulfilment as an immediate goal. But then there are those who activ
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Haha wow! Nice to meet you.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Product designer here. Yes, I agree with you. I would also encourage a longer-term view. Having cycled through different design tools, it is my experience that Figma is the best (or least bad, depending on how you see it) tool out there. Th
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I’m reminded of this article when I see a comment like this https://www.riknieu.com/the-gods-on-hackernews/
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
As a non-white person living outside of the US, I am curious about your experience. Would you care to elaborate?
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Thanks for sharing your experience with such honesty. I don’t think you’re an idiot for how you handled the situation. You just didn’t know better and that’s simply unfortunate. It’s amazing that you pulled yourself out of that rut. I’ve no
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Yes, we are in agreement.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
Here’s how I believe it works: 1. A link is posted to HN whose content can easily be made fun of, because it appears bizarre without context. 2. People on HN jump at the opportunity to make fun of said link so they have something to take a
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
I hope you some day will be free of needing to win arguments with strangers on the internet. Peace.
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
If you read OP’s post carefully, you might notice that they are not being dismissive of working for money, but it seems to me your response to the post treats it as though it is (a strawman). To me, the OP’s post is an inquiry into “why” we
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by russelldjimmy 4y ago
“I feel so strongly about this that it MUST be fact!” That’s not how objectivity works, buddy.

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