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by sh87 7y ago
If that were true, the people would have renamed them back 70 years ago when India took back control, just as a symbol of regaining control. They didn't. Failing that, local culture would refer to those cities by those reticent names s
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by sh87 7y ago
I notice that once you're invested, time and effort wise, in doing something one way, and it works, the general unwillingness to learn different or newer ways of doing the same things increases rapidly. Overcoming such prejudice requir
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by sh87 7y ago
Yes very different but my point being, the names were changed and over time people do refer to these cities by their "new" names. Also, in India the colonial reference was the official excuse. In my view, it was purely a show of p
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by sh87 7y ago
I usually send bookmarks to my separate email account. I add excerpts and quotes from the bookmark that I find interesting, also helps with searching. Every few weeks I conduct housekeeping on my email. This moves the good bookmarks over to
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by sh87 7y ago
Well, they could take a leaf from India and just rename the city? Although, politically motivated in India, it works. Eventually Bombay became Mumbai, Bangalore is Bengaluru, Madras is now Chennai and what was known as Allahabad is now Pray
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by sh87 7y ago
Thanks for sharing about Nucor. Learned something new today. I understand Nucor did 3 things differently. First it used scrap metal as input and smaller electric arc furnace for melting. Meant it could set shop near scrap source and sell to
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by sh87 7y ago
Their chief "strategy" officer promises cheap vehicles even if battery prices don’t continue to fall by setting up "microfactories". This reminded me of a project I knew from 2016, whose pitch to management was cheaper r
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by sh87 7y ago
I came here looking for excuses folks spending 200 odd bucks on apple headphones tell themselves... aaaand found it! Seams! Talking about seamless, the 3.5mm jack is far more seamless and robust to me. I wonder how long before they seal tha
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by sh87 7y ago
Instead of chasing to be the best at some one skill, its more rewarding to be great at one skill and good at another semi-related skill.
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by sh87 7y ago
I print a bunch of these (sometimes multiple calendars on a page) and stick them up on the wall. Very useful to separate events / agendas of different classes on separate calendars e.g. birthdays, travel plans, project deadlines, appoi
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by sh87 7y ago
> Social media and blog posts should be passive entertainment You sir hit the nail on the head! I analyzed over all (almost all) my bookmarks, lists, notes, posts and emails from 2018 and 6 months of 2019 only to realize this - its enter
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by sh87 7y ago
Gotcha.
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by sh87 7y ago
I recollect there was a website that did this [1]. Can't vouch for it. Not affiliated. Didn't read more than a couple startups. [1]: https://getautopsy.wixsite.com/failed-startups
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by sh87 7y ago
Fake resumes, fake experience, fake references; common practices among most small tech recruiters and consultancies.
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by sh87 7y ago
> hence is not-ratio-able, or irrational TIL !
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by sh87 7y ago
From the same (only) page that asks for email, company, etc. > Due to requirements of the U.S. government, export compliance is now mandatory when downloading our software. Complete the form to proceed with your download. That's tot
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by sh87 7y ago
I think the content is there, but you could keep the structure without making it too explicit. Something like this should set the tone up for an interview - Hi I'm ... studied business informatics because I'm interested in the int
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by sh87 7y ago
I like this webpage. There are no ads, no popups, did not ask for my email, did not try to send me notifications, did not ask me to register, did not autoplay a video, did not hijack my scroll behavior, on parallax BS, no images of an open
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by sh87 7y ago
Rent a bike from embarcadero. Ride it through golden gate stop by at fisherman's wharf for some clam chowder and Ghirardelis for some dessert. Its a great way to spend a day there.
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by sh87 7y ago
I'm relieved (no really) to know you too find Anki/flashcards being ineffective when the content is not, to steal your word, "atomic". I felt as I was using Anki all wrong. Actually, that's what led me to search all
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by sh87 7y ago
You're right its my job to find solution to problems. I meant to say 'Just Ask' and 'Problems to solve are easiest to find in the world' are very misleading things for a beginner. Just asking won't lead you to
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by sh87 7y ago
I think so too. From their terms [1] > You agree that you will not: > Copy, modify or create derivative works of the Service or any Content; > Copy, manipulate or aggregate any Content (including data) for the purpose of making it
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Ask HN: Spaced repetition – What did you use it for?
19 points by sh87 7y ago|8 comments
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by sh87 7y ago
I had to read through your comment twice to get it. My experience leads me to agree with your idea of letting people talk through their own code. That category of conversations has usually been very rich and telling, much better than one ov
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by sh87 7y ago
My conversation about owning a similar "utility" store with SO came to grinding halt at "We'll talk once you find someone who's actually done this". Well, now I do! Thank you ! Would you please share some detai
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by sh87 7y ago
The "just ask" approach is very tricky. It does not emphasize a critical element : Most people love to rant and complain about things that annoy or bother them. People rarely if ever get to ideas to solve problems or even to descr
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by sh87 7y ago
It would be awesome to have a reference list of examples to demonstrate how twisted headlines from major sources really are. Any come to mind?
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by sh87 7y ago
TLDR; [ email + git(markdown + wiki) + google calendar ] Tried and failed : * emacs(org-mode) * plain text files * markdown files * tiddlywiki/ mediawiki/bunch of other wikis * google keep * one note * notational velocity * anki *
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by sh87 7y ago
I actually learned something today about pathfinding by (re) reading that post for 15 mins. The papers linked make no sense to me. Maybe the paper authors need make abstracts and summaries more approachable.
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by sh87 7y ago
Yes the notion of swappable battery comes from small form factors like phones and toys. For cars, the way to go is wider charger network and scaling the battery capacity (horizontally or vertically).

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