silentguy

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by silentguy 5y ago
I see mac apps available for download here: https://httpie.io/download . Web app is in private beta.
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by silentguy 5y ago
The cost of ad placement depends on the SEO match of the website. It will cost competitor more for the same ad. It's not as blatant. The ethics of ad is murky. How do you think a search company should make money? Subscription?
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by silentguy 5y ago
Did you read the attached paper? Where did you find the 0.1% number and what do you mean by it? Do you mean that the sample size was 0.1% of Indian population? And, do you know what the minimum sample size should be for such study? Here is
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by silentguy 5y ago
And, QoL too. Bangalore has salaries comparable to US median salaries for the same role if you are doing PPP. But if you include QoL, the balance tilts to the US locations.
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by silentguy 5y ago
I think this could be driven by personalization of internet content. It started with the innocuous idea of presenting only the information you need. And, it turned into a system of echo chambers where your world view would be limited to ce
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by silentguy 5y ago
Do you mind sharing how you managed to overcome your depression? I would be interested in reading that.
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by silentguy 5y ago
What's WMI? Google search says https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmi-st... but I doubt you were talking about that.
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by silentguy 5y ago
I think you can achieve most of the fish features in zsh with the help of plugins. The most compelling feature of fish was history substring search. You type something, press up button and you get a command in history with that substring. I
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by silentguy 5y ago
I started using zsh with oh-my-zsh as it made me realize how powerful, ergonomic and productive my shell could be. I was annoyed by the slowness. I thought of moving to barebones zsh with the few plugins. My colleague suggested that I used
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by silentguy 6y ago
This is pure speculation. Why would she think she could pretend to be Harvard professor and not found out?
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by silentguy 6y ago
And, Manhattan Project was the codename of DirectX. Relevant comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25431199
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by silentguy 6y ago
This is a false argument. Muslims were majority in Kashmir before the exodus of Hindus. Your wiki link states that 300,000 to 600,000 Hindus left Kashmir due to the targeted violence. Muslims were in majority even if you include a Hindu maj
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by silentguy 6y ago
Which songs are you talking about? I would like to listen to them.
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by silentguy 6y ago
I loved it. It helped me understand the nitty gritty of containers. You can download it for free too: https://gumroad.com/l/containers-zine/buyonegiveone There is an official option to either pay or get it for fre
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by silentguy 6y ago
I use zsh fuzzy search as my poor man's command bookmarking tool. Any command I want to bookmark, I add `#b <description>` at the end. This way I can get the command with a description and get all the commands using `#b`.
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by silentguy 6y ago
I have been using copyq and that is fantastic.
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by silentguy 6y ago
Only limitation of spectacle is lack of spaces support. You can't create spaces in spectacle. But I use it as my WM and have been very happy with it's simplicity and reliability.
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by silentguy 6y ago
I started with OMZ but later moved to prezto due to speed issues. It has same plugins but it is faster.
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by silentguy 6y ago
I have been using Karabiner to use vim bindings within OS. CAPS + h/j/k/l... to move up/down... . It's easier than moving your hand to direction keys.
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by silentguy 6y ago
I have been using surfingkeys after using vimium for a while. It has way more features (can use it on pdf page tabs too) and you can customize it endlessly with simple javascript. It also has vim binding for editing text in browser. Highly
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by silentguy 7y ago
I don't know why are downvoted and flagged. Here is similar opinion from genocide expert. [Preparation for a genocide under way in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton]( https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/preparation-genocid
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Preparation for a Genocide Under Way in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton(sabrangindia.in)
4 points by silentguy 7y ago|0 comments
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by silentguy 7y ago
Once NRC is applied, anyone who can not prove citizenship with documents dating back to 1971, will be treated as illegal immigrant. And, only Muslim illegal immigrants can't get citizenship. > Israel also has laws for accepting pers
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by silentguy 7y ago
To make things clearer: > Pakistan, Non-Muslim population fell from 23% to 3%. Mainly because Bangladesh was separated from Pakistan. > Why segregation based on religion? India is a secular country. Why is there any mention of religio
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by silentguy 7y ago
Sequence of events: * Indigenous people of Assam complain about illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. * BJP (party in power) promises to deport illegal immigrants * NRC (National Registry of Citizenship) law is brought to identify and deport
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by silentguy 7y ago
I don't think government IT cell people are lurking here. I believe the sickening comments are coming from real people who have fallen for Hindutva propaganda. It is sad that a section of educated Indian has such regressive views.
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by silentguy 7y ago
Why can't open source app developer have companion donation app like many freemium android apps do?
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by silentguy 7y ago
If you use vimium or similar browser extensions for mouse-free access, they have keybinding for paging. It's not perfect, but it's still better than nothing.
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by silentguy 7y ago
> If LinkedIn doesn't want automated access to their data because it is too much of a load on their servers, then they should be required to ban ALL automated access, including Google's bots. Of course they want Google's b
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by silentguy 7y ago
Helium balloon would be a better option. Release it with other end tied to your backpack.

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