sateesh

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by sateesh 2y ago
>> If there is an IDE available that works well out of the box, I'll certainly use whatever automation is available. But often it is broken, incomplete, slow, inaccurate, etc. ... I think you are unduly harsh here. As a longtime
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by sateesh 2y ago
* They need suffer only a moment's guilt, before proceeding fearlessly back into the world. It is not a true repentance if one can wash off their guilt in a moment. True repentance is eternal burn.
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by sateesh 2y ago
But that is the choice he has made. I guess he can very well afford to have a less hectic schedule or to not work too.
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by sateesh 2y ago
True, there will be comments blaming CS for not doing faster rollout. But there would be some comments empathizing with CS viewpoint and pointing out the conflicting compromise between velocity, and correctness. Even now I think the comment
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by sateesh 2y ago
Even if it is a staged rollout why would one do it in 24 hour phases ? It can be a hourly (say) staggered rollout too.
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by sateesh 2y ago
It doesn't matter what kind of update it was: signature, content,etc. Only thing that matters is does the update has a potential to disrupt the user's normal activity (leave alone bricking the host), if yes ensure it either works
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by sateesh 2y ago
Maybe there isn't a switch that says "content version",but from end user perspective it is a new version. Whether it was a content change, or just a fix for typo in documentation (say) the change being pushed is different tha
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by sateesh 2y ago
Disagree with the part where you put onus on customer. As has been mentioned in other HN thread [1], this update was pushed ignoring whatever the settings customer had configured. The original mistake of the customer, if any, was they didn&
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by sateesh 2y ago
Same lesson for enterprise customers as well -- test new distributions on non-production within your IT setup, or have a canary deployment in place before allowing full roll-outs into production fleets. It was mentioned in one of the HN t
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by sateesh 2y ago
But as someone already pointed out, the issue was seen on all kinds of windows hosts. Not just the ones running a specific version, specific update etc.
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by sateesh 2y ago
As a contrary example there is Boris Becker
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by sateesh 3y ago
Ignoring management part, one place where I have found breaking down to be helpful is when I have to work on some thing which I am not terribly motivated todo (say it is boring, lethargy, or it looks too daunting). In such cases I have foun
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by sateesh 3y ago
Seconded and the book is https://man7.org/tlpi/ . One can even reads parts of it digging deep into the area one is trying to understand better.
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by sateesh 3y ago
I do read a lot, but I don't completely agree that reading is an active skill all the time. It also depends on what one is reading. When I am reading a fast paced thriller or page turner , it doesn't feel like a very active skill&
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by sateesh 3y ago
That's your personal opinion, ain't it. I haven't read the books you mentioned, will give a try. War and Peace is there in my reading list since long.
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by sateesh 3y ago
Hillary Mantel's book on Cromwell too are top notch historical fiction.
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by sateesh 3y ago
Not necessarily true, most of the petty transactions cater the inelastic demands (like groceries, daily medication etc. ).
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by sateesh 3y ago
In 2019 it was gaining traction, as the article shows the volume of transactions were around 1 billion per month in March 2019.
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by sateesh 3y ago
Just curious, why you hate QR code system ?
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by sateesh 3y ago
Not op, prior to UPI all these transactions were done using cash, credit card penentration in India was quite low.
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by sateesh 3y ago
What is all the more tragic is, Bangalore gets ample rainfall and stricter implementation of rain water harvesting is one remedial solution. Though local authorities mandate compulsory rainwater harvesting for newer residential construction
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by sateesh 3y ago
It is a good movie. But I feel the story it is based (from Ted Chiang) is superior. Some of the nuances in the story deals with (seeing life as a whole, inadequacy in conveying whole gamut of emotions, concepts in our day to day communicati
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by sateesh 3y ago
One more recent novel that tackles interplay of epidemic, politics around it is "Nights of Plague" by Orhan Pamuk.
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by sateesh 3y ago
That doesn't mean there weren't any 2000 rupee notes in circulation. https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/big-...
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by sateesh 3y ago
Can you be specific about what kind of Cancer incidences is related to the latitude ? In general I don't think there is a good correlation between Cancer incidences and latitude, for example India gets plenty of sunshine year around, b
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by sateesh 4y ago
Agree that "Programming Rust" is a good book. It is thorough and provides good explanation about many trickier aspects of the language. However my biggest peeve about the book is lack of good complete working examples and exercise
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by sateesh 4y ago
Didn't also raise of Linux sped Sun's demise. In early 2000's the private compute farm of the org I was working had a mix of Solaris and Linux machines, with Solaris hosts outnumbering Linux hosts. Within couple of years with
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by sateesh 4y ago
Had to disagree that there aren't high quality posts on perl. For example the articles from perl by MJD https://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/ are top notch. Similarly the articles from Randall Schwartz are quite
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by sateesh 4y ago
What is their propoganda and bias , curious to know.
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by sateesh 4y ago
Any reason why you think so ? I have 8 year old t410 i5, 8 gb and runs Ubuntu 20.04 perfectly fine.So I believe the author to be genuine.

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