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by somberi 11y ago
Bangalore, India. Many Positions. Full time. This is my sixth monthly post and have hired a couple of great guys from the past posts. Expanding the scope to include Analytics, Data Warehouse, DevOps QA and App developers. Please read on. I
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A good article to read and reflect on - From 5 years ago. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/groupon-clippin... Some points that caught my attention (edited by me) ...Groupon’s got a healthy bu
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Visiting Grandparents' in summer where magically a huge Jackfruit appears for the kids to get their oil-soaked hands dirty, and pluck the bulbs from the innards, and douse them with Ghee (Clarified butter) and eat dozens of them till y
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Is your Boss irrelevant?(theatlantic.com)
2 points by somberi 11y ago|0 comments
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The argument between Vinyl / Cassette / CD / MP3; I file under "narcissim of small differences". As I get older I find that emphasis on mindful listening reveals a richer range of sounds than any music source is abl
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HP to cut 25-30k jobs(bbc.com)
364 points by somberi 11y ago|312 comments
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I suggest Madurai Mani Iyer's renditions if you are looking for expertly rendered (from a puritan's POV) and hugely entertaining introduction. Two sample songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya5fDVfmx_g and https://www
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Bangalore, India. Many Positions. Full time. This is myifth monthly post and have hired a couple of great guys from the past posts. Expanding the scope to include Analytics, Data Warehouse, DevOps and App developers. Please read on. I have
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Quoting from Hesse's Siddhartha about a merchant chiding Siddhartha for a rice-deal he did not complete. "That's all very nice," exclaimed Kamaswami indignantly, "but in fact, you are a merchant after all, one ought
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A physical therapist once told me that you need to to sit and stand as if a string is connected to the middle of your sternum and being pulled skywards. Apparently this is what they teach in Ballet schools. For me it worked well and my bac
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No I did not, yet.
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Hey sent an order your way. All the best. P.S - Sendowl kept spinning at checkout and am not sure if the order went through, but got a payment email from Paypal.
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Mumbai banned plastic bags and ruled that shops levy a 3 rupee surcharge if you wanted a plastic bag. For comparison a cup of tea on the street is 7 rupees. Mumbai during the monsoon season faces 3 months of torrential downpour, and the pl
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In the barren wilderness of near 0% interest, wealth shelters under leafless trees, risking lightning strikes.
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I find this article thoughtful: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21659722-tech-boom-ma... The key is that allegedly "overvalued" companies (like Uber say)are still under private investment which h
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Thumbtack and Sonos?
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I highly recommend "The Silver Spoon", a compendium of 4000 Italian recipes and in Italy it has been popular from the 1950s. After 11 years of translating efforts, it was released in English a few years ago. https://en.
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If anyone could point me towards Speech Recognition in the field of healthcare, would be grateful.
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Please consider that in developing countries, most of the phones (Android, most of them) have precious little memory, users often have to delete apps, in order, to say, take an extra photo.
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Countries where flying is dangerous(economist.com)
35 points by somberi 11y ago|17 comments
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To me a lot of this was similar to how parenting is done in India even today - Carrying the child and having relatives take care of the child etc. Just unbelievable how resource-intensive these tiny things are :)
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The Caveman Guide to Parenting(nautil.us)
33 points by somberi 11y ago|26 comments
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In most cases Choice, is always between two good things. Take one. It does not matter which.
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A side read, but somewhat related. By NY times "The closing of the Canadian Mind". http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/the-closing...
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
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I would like to give a counterpoint to the opinion that Google Maps' quality has dwindled, from a developing nation perspective from having used it in India, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa. Google maps in these countries has easily s
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This is good to know, but not very surprising. NY Taxis are known to refuse rides to outer boroughs. A decade ago, one had to jump into the cab, tell him that the destination is some fancy neighborhood, and then once he flags the meter you
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Jury is out, but it is possible that Capcisin produces anti-depressent-like properties ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22542657 ) Also this answers your question: http://www.theguardian.com/science&#
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@dorsatum - Yes, let us talk. Email me.
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Bangalore, India. Many Positions. Full time. This is my fourth monthly post and have hired a couple of great guys from the past posts. Expanding the scope to include Analytics, Data Warehouse, DevOps and App developers. Please read on. I ha

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