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by siddhant 16y ago
The 404 page on Blippy is worth a mention too - http://blippy.com/404
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by siddhant 16y ago
Submissions should be sent via email to the address: {0xFACEB00C>>2 in decimal}@fb.com (Its right there, below the list of all puzzles.)
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by siddhant 16y ago
Is it considered a deal breaker if interviewees are unable to solve such puzzles during interviews?
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Day in the life of a Googler (Matt Welsh)(matt-welsh.blogspot.com)
121 points by siddhant 16y ago|49 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
Its almost the same here in India. The so called "tech support" has 5 steps they want us to go through, irrespective of anything. 1. Press the "Start" button 2. Click on "run" 3. Type "cmd" and press "enter" 4. Ping router 5. Pi
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Skype goes down(eu.techcrunch.com)
1 points by siddhant 16y ago|1 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
Think its already been posted here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1963028
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by siddhant 16y ago
Absolutely. But a little perspective from someone who's already done that is always helpful.
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by siddhant 16y ago
> Tell HN: It's your fucking life, do what the fuck makes you happy. Yes. But also make it a point to listen to people who've been there (which is exactly how I see these "Tell HN" and the "X isn't worth it in the long run" posts). Do
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by siddhant 16y ago
Isnt $80 a bit too much? Since TextMate sells for $53, and editors which are better than both are basically free. :)
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by siddhant 16y ago
Neat! Do you plan to add the ability to add new links (and add tags to them)? I saw your trunk.ly page ( http://trunk.ly/alexdong/ ), and the first thing that struck me was - besides building a searchable index of all the links that I share
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by siddhant 16y ago
> Once you learn all of Opera's nuances using any other browser feels outdated and not as well thought out for a user From what I feel, the average user doesn't spend much time learning a software's nuances. They just want to use the
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by siddhant 16y ago
Looks the same to me. Is it only for the premium accounts?
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Ask HN: How do GMail/Facebook serve good context sensitive ads?
3 points by siddhant 16y ago|2 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
Here's what different sorting algorithms sound like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8g-iYGHpEA Bubble sort takes the most time. :)
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by siddhant 16y ago
Ah yes. Etacts it is. Thanks!
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by siddhant 16y ago
There is a (YC?) company that analyzes your GMail and tells you which of your friends you haven't been in touch with, in recent times. I'm forgetting the name right now. But we all know that Facebook has an edge over GMail in terms of perso
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by siddhant 16y ago
On page 3, One of the founders of a YC company called 1000Memories.com (it's FB for dead people, only more interesting) says he heard FB can already tell when you're about to break up with someone: certain communication patterns emerge. Y
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by siddhant 16y ago
Yes but all of it is in negative connotation. The replies on the thread are downright insulting. Take this for example - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ej32l/we_are_the_hotma... I think the Hotmail team shouldn't have done this, at
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Smacbook Pro (2006)(steike.com)
1 points by siddhant 16y ago|0 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
Its interesting to see how Facebook keeps on coming up with changes in its UI every now and then. Take one look at Orkut in its current state and you have enough reasons to assume that either they don't have any designer working on it, or e
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From Google to Facebook: The shifting monetization landscape(khaitan.org)
2 points by siddhant 16y ago|0 comments
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Chris Wanstrath (Github) uses this(chris.wanstrath.usesthis.com)
4 points by siddhant 16y ago|0 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
So essentially, its git at work. If you're using svn, then each and every commit of yours gets pushed to the main repository. That, is not feasible if you're working on a big feature. With git, you can just continue working on your local ma
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by siddhant 16y ago
"Why join the navy, when you can come be a pirate like us?" - probably one of the best lines I've heard in a while.
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by siddhant 16y ago
Without a third party plugin, I can only think of Spotlight, which turns out to be good enough.
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Adobe launches Project Rome(rome.adobe.com)
3 points by siddhant 16y ago|0 comments
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by siddhant 16y ago
There's also http://yclist.com
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by siddhant 16y ago
I can smell recursion. :)
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by siddhant 16y ago
The link to the about page is practically invisible - http://littlecosm.com/about

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