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by samratjp 16y ago
If you think optimal (in your perspective) hand dryers took this long, contrast this against the wheeled luggage, that took quite a long time to catch on ( http://www.travelproluggageblog.com/2010/06/luggage/the-hist... ) as late as 1989! P
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The History Of Rolling Luggage(travelproluggageblog.com)
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by samratjp 16y ago
Wait, does this mean this stops businesses like Airbnb from operating in NYC? Regardless, the whole thing is b.s.
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by samratjp 16y ago
It's more interesting to hear about the trip from both sides of the wall: Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/ct0yz/into_the_lions_d... digg: http://digg.com/tech_news/Reddit_visits_Digg_2
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oops, sorry about that. thanks for catching it :-)
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by samratjp 16y ago
"Does anyone give a shit about your dumb idea?" should be a bumper sticker/everyday growl reminder/alarm sound/first question of the YC app. The graphic from the homepage of www.ABtest.com is also pretty self-explanatory about A/B.
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by samratjp 16y ago
Learning to shut up (both mouth and mind) when it matters - i.e. listening more than I talk. There are no refunds on what you've said.
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by samratjp 16y ago
The R&D approach from the IIT's is a good one, but India, being India, I really wonder how much of that price tag is paying for the political "incentives."
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by samratjp 16y ago
Freemind ( http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ) is awesome. It helps me see patterns and sometimes combine ideas # 132 + 245 together.
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by samratjp 16y ago
Check out this previous post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1449799 And also, I'd highly recommend art of problem solving. http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ Honestly, the best way to discover math is the Hacker's way i.e. find p
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by samratjp 16y ago
Ah, this nails the coffin: "I don't know if New York will ever become Silicon Valley," Flint added. "In some ways, do you want it to become Silicon Valley? The culture here is very different than the culture there." It's funny how the artic
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J. Peterman (From Seinfeld): Selling stories, not just products(37signals.com)
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Keep up the good work guys! Damn, I didn't know you guys had Kelso (to non-That-70s-Show-watchers, Ashton Kutcher plays Kelso and he is an investor in this company) on your side :-) P.S: I came across a boxee app here - http://forums.boxee
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by samratjp 16y ago
This is great news - Metaweb always had pretty good APIs that made a friendly kid in the block. I can see this being immediately useful everywhere for google's offerings. Man, YouTube would be friggin awesome metadata for say music videos o
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by samratjp 16y ago
Good work for an afternoon's effort. The only problem I see is that all these HN add-ons are hard to track for everyone unless if they were on to see this on the front page. What we really need is an Evergreen HN - where one could track suc
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There Will Be No iPhone 4 Recall(techcrunch.com)
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by samratjp 16y ago
Actually I wish I could get growl notifications for the really important ones.
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LucyPhone Waits On Hold for You, Saves You Time and Minutes(lifehacker.com)
1 points by samratjp 16y ago|0 comments
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by samratjp 16y ago
or commit murder (on github obviously)
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How to Create Your Own Customized Ubuntu Live CD(lifehacker.com)
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BP Finally Stops the Oil Leak(news.yahoo.com)
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by samratjp 16y ago
Also try python from your browser (but sadly it's built with silverlight) - www.trypython.org. Chances are if you are starting out coding with python, you could definitely use Google's python class with videos and sample assignment with an
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by samratjp 16y ago
Yup, another maserati problem at hand judging from the prices. But, yeah an ergonomic workstation does make all the difference.
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by samratjp 16y ago
Thanks Couchdb for the comforting thought :-p Man, I didn't know BBC used you - awesome!
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by samratjp 16y ago
Doesn't rescuetime take note of what's running as the most active process anyways? I bet when people were watching the world cup on their rescuetime installed computer, that window is not always active and would have it in the background or
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by samratjp 16y ago
Hey CouchDB, do you have a page of people using you in production?
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DIY keyless remote hacks(filear.com)
2 points by samratjp 16y ago|0 comments
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How Caffeine really works(i.lifehacker.com)
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by samratjp 16y ago
The best analogy in this somewhat lengthy yet useful read (I've found) is that caffeine is like a wood stuck under the brake not a brick on the gas.
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When Did Cheating [on college campuses] Become an Epidemic?(nytimes.com)
9 points by samratjp 16y ago|20 comments

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