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by shrikant 13y ago
This thread is ripe for a Slashdot-esque comment: "I think revolution is the only way for@#�%((((#*;;;";!@ NO CARRIER"
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by shrikant 13y ago
This implies he was chucked into prison for refusing to hand over data to the US government, which is misleading at best. He was imprisoned for insider trading, appealed on the basis that a witness's testimony (relating to the data-grab) wa
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by shrikant 13y ago
More details and related HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4329101
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by shrikant 13y ago
Did they ask, and/or meet the requirements? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Vehicles_Ma...
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by shrikant 13y ago
This is the sort of shit that "it's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission" devolves into.
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by shrikant 13y ago
Every principle has its price. EDIT : Thought I'd add a bit more here. An entrepreneurial religious young man had set up a niche little bakery in my area, which was supposedly filled with pensioners and people nearing retirement. This bake
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by shrikant 13y ago
The UK government had a Behavioural Insights Team, also known colloquially as the "Nudge unit". > When the unit advised the HMRC to change the wording on income tax letters, for example, it resulted in an extra £200million being collect
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by shrikant 13y ago
My guess is Indian HNers would expect to be paid reasonably well. Most startups in India (Mumbai and Bangalore, in my experience) pay their engineers quite poorly.
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Atul Chitnis, Ahead of His Time Once More(nextbigwhat.com)
2 points by shrikant 13y ago|0 comments
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by shrikant 13y ago
Atul was one of my biggest gateways into Linux and FOSS in general. I'd venture that he was face of FOSS evangelism in India. Most of what he wrote was firmly opinionated and highly informative. He was also a massively interesting person to
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by shrikant 13y ago
> 3. The tryout project The example in the post actually sounds quite relaxed (environment of candidate's choosing) compared to what I went through in a recent interview for something akin to a data analyst position. I was given an Exce
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by shrikant 13y ago
Yeah, that's really hard to believe. I know some 3rd year associates (meaning they've been coming up the ranks for about ~6 years) in Goldman Sachs who don't make that much.
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by shrikant 13y ago
Camino means road? I always thought it meant "I walk"..
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by shrikant 13y ago
Maybe it's an age thing, but I remember a time I could walk into most major computer stores and have literally no choice but to buy a PC loaded with Windows. The market had been distorted, and this prevented software being about choice and
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Is Coding the New Second Language?(smithsonianmag.com)
3 points by shrikant 13y ago|0 comments
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by shrikant 13y ago
Having conversations documented in emails really saved my keister on multiple occasions. Admittedly on one of those occasions, the effect wasn't immediate -- the manager in question basically rage-quit the conversation. But she put a lot mo
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Why Market Share Matters For Apple's iPhone(businessinsider.com)
1 points by shrikant 13y ago|0 comments
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by shrikant 13y ago
This is what claudius means (screenshots from the latest versions running on Ubuntu 13.04): Firefox: http://i.imgur.com/2yPmm0K.png Chrome: http://i.imgur.com/EXz8wQF.png FWIW, I have the not uncommon affliction of selecting text on art
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by shrikant 13y ago
I actively use a Nokia 100 (as my "family calling" phone - calling and minimal texting -only-). A brand new one cost £18.99, it has a monster battery life, is super light and yet an absolute rock in build quality. I'm sure it has some addit
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Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place(google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk)
1 points by shrikant 13y ago|0 comments
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by shrikant 13y ago
I'm not parent, but I think /r/business and /r/finance on Reddit are quite interesting. They're relatively low-trafficked subreddits that can still maintain centrist (balanced) and informative discussions.
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by shrikant 13y ago
I'm guessing they're typing comments on a mobile keyboard, where the period character and the spacebar are right next to each other. With the sort of keyboard software that doesn't auto-capitalise.
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by shrikant 13y ago
> Tip for American grocery shoppers ... As someone who has tried to hack his way out of unhealthy eating (and succeeded somewhat), I've found that the biggest grocery shopping tip is to go to the store just after a meal.
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by shrikant 13y ago
Why not hate both?
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by shrikant 13y ago
> Why have different features across multiple apps? I love the 'save to pocket' button on Twitter, but it's only available on the desktop version. Twitter on the "desktop" (I assume she means the standard website) has a "Save to Pocket"
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by shrikant 13y ago
I really wouldn't understand such a move. If I had to do a Hangout instead of placing a voice call, this has major unfavourable implications on my telecommunications: 1) I have to ensure that I shower and shave before every such call. 2) As
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Kiera Wilmot, student who caused small explosion, won't face charges(orlandosentinel.com)
366 points by shrikant 13y ago|115 comments
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by shrikant 13y ago
You must be quite the interwebs young'un. People have been parsing comments on geeky forums since forever. I've seen quite a few instances of it on Slashdot. For e.g.: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=89151&cid=771254...
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by shrikant 13y ago
Well bloody hell. I just looked up Imgur on Wikipedia because of your comment, and found out that it's supposed to be pronounced "imager"! Not only did I not know this all this while, I've also been referring to it as "im-goor" in all my co
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by shrikant 13y ago
You sound a lot like me! I posted something similar a year or so back and didn't get too many responses (probably posted it at the wrong time), so I'll take the replies here to apply to me as well :)

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