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by sharadov 2y ago
Making a cultural change is hard. It worked at MS because Satya could do the hard things - killing the Windows Phone, embracing Open source thus signaling to the employees that there would be a radical shift. Too many companies talk about c
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by sharadov 2y ago
Gamey is both a flavor and texture. Most wild game has more muscle than fat compared to domesticated animals. Hence it's tougher and the gamey flavor is an acquired taste.
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by sharadov 2y ago
I had roasted and spiced wild boar meat once, I expected it to be gamey but it was quite tender. It probably was more to do with how they had cooked it.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Most companies have managed dbs, and they don't hire a DBRE/DBOps person until it's too late. But I agree there are jobs and not many people with the skills.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Thanks for sharing - you were fortunate to have a father who loved you as much as he did.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Thanks for the kind words.
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by sharadov 2y ago
I am so happy that you were able to build that emotional connection. My dad is terminally ill and often I think about what I will miss most when he is no more. And I realized it would be the depth of emotional connection - a person who know
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by sharadov 2y ago
Verizon.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Gave my 11 year old an apple watch, not so that I can track him, but just so that he can call me when he needs me ( there are times when he's at practice and am running late to pick him up or sometimes he just plain loses track of time
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by sharadov 2y ago
I got an Apple watch for my 11-year-old for precisely this reason - he can text, call, and play some games on it. Subscription to cellular is $10/month. And it let me set parental controls on it. No way was I getting him a phone, it&#x
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by sharadov 2y ago
In most places across the world homeownership is a dream. Housing prices are many times the household income. Despite calling it a dream, in America, historically home ownership for the middle class was a given. America has just caught up t
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by sharadov 2y ago
I am 46 and hope to retire at 50. Been active most of my life and plan to do more of it - mountain-biking, racquet sports, skiing, etc. My kids will be in their teens, and I hope to focus more on them and prepare them for life. Get involved
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by sharadov 2y ago
People seeking illegal drugs ( Fentanyl ) stems from the fact that the government went after pill mills and illegal prescriptions, so people started seeking these elsewhere. I would rather people do Heroin than fentanyl which is 10X worse a
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by sharadov 2y ago
There will come a time in our lives towards the end when we most likely will be alone - some of us will be fortunate to have partners or close friends. And when that time comes - the memories you made will be your sole company, so while you
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by sharadov 2y ago
Looks like a shark cutting through the water, incredibly smooth and fast!
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by sharadov 2y ago
His entire genre of writing revolved around chance and coincidence and how big of a hand it played in one's life. I was captivated after reading Leviathan and could not stop till I read his entire pantheon. RIP Paul Auster.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Am guessing they want to become like "wechat"
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by sharadov 2y ago
They have a business api and take a cut of transaction fees on whatsapp pay. And they obviously cross-reference the data with Instagram/FB to sell you stuff.
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by sharadov 2y ago
I was asking GPT some question reg a Postgres feature , it gave me the answer with the caveat that it's knowledgebase hadn't been updated in a year. I went right back to google.
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by sharadov 2y ago
You have no idea of Whatsapp's marketshare in India - all small businesses use Whatsapp for all communication and even take payments. That's a 1.4B population.
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by sharadov 2y ago
True, also they are doing a job. Most of them are only there for a couple of days before they are off on their next flight. Not sure what the schedules are nowadays, but my uncle was an airline pilot with KLM and had a schedule which was 5
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by sharadov 2y ago
You're fortunate that you live in Berlin, what if you lived in a cultural wasteland?
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by sharadov 2y ago
I've always believed that two things will broaden your horizon - travel and reading. If you don't have the means or the time to travel then your next best option is reading.
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by sharadov 2y ago
India has seen an explosion of gin distilleries. Gin is something that I always believed India would do well - given their expertise with herbs and spices. Hopefully, one of the big Indian brands takes an interest and revive these liqueurs.
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by sharadov 2y ago
Bom Shankar! Me and a couple of friends used to host goa trance parties in Austin early 2000s. Fun times!
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by sharadov 3y ago
A PHD is a faster path to a green card as well - especially for people born in China and India where the green card backlog is decades long.
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by sharadov 3y ago
IMO LLMs are going to be enhancers for experienced programmers. Although I worry that a lot of junior programming jobs will simply vanish. Software is facing the same headwinds that a lot of low-level office jobs faced, they were first ship
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by sharadov 3y ago
They've been talking about this for the last 20 years - will see when it really happens. Lack of water, stable electricity and not to say inept Indian bureaucracy and corruption are to blame.
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by sharadov 3y ago
Congrats that's amazing! I know someone who has replaced regular sugar with date sugar, it tastes amazing, especially in deserts with none of the weird aftertaste.
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by sharadov 3y ago
I bought a standing desk here in the Bay area - saw an ad on FB marketplace and went to this warehouse - they had tons of office stuff, got a really nice standing desk for a fraction of the price, this was during covid when lots of offices

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