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by tapanjk 4y ago
This was posted before [1] but since we are talking about Rota and the previous post is from a long time ago, it makes sense to bring it up once more. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=53322
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10 Lessons of an MIT Education(math.tamu.edu)
75 points by tapanjk 4y ago|17 comments
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> MS Outlook on the other hand frequently crashes. Maybe there’s a memory leak issue? Off-topic but I need to get this off my chest: Outlook on the web is a much better experience than the native app on the Mac.
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by tapanjk 4y ago
Based on my experience, I agree. The only thing I would like to add is that going low carb does not necessarily have to be extreme (20gms per day or similar). It could be just cutting out high GI foods, or having such food in small quantiti
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by tapanjk 4y ago
For some reason this comment played in my head in Gilfoyle's voice.
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by tapanjk 4y ago
This is true for [probably all] frameworks? If I develop a microservice using Spring Boot, dependencies are inevitable. However, I think the blog post reflects a strong desire of many developers (I am one of them.) Achieving this vision, at
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by tapanjk 4y ago
This has not picked up people's attention. Not sure if this is something folks here do not care about or is it so off-target that people do not think it's worth commenting? I am eager to hear people's views on this topic, esp
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Ask HN: Book bomb for a Software Development Manager joining your company
3 points by tapanjk 4y ago|1 comments
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by tapanjk 4y ago
> Two years old to teens > What to eat: seeds, tofu and semi-skimmed milk If you have kids of this age, please do not do this to them. They need lots of healthy fat and animal protein.
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by tapanjk 4y ago
> Teens are aware that they are going to inherit a pretty terrible world, and are powerless to do anything about it. I don't mean to come across as snarky, but there is a lot to unpack in this statement. First, you inherit something
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by tapanjk 4y ago
> "I don’t do much planning, nor care much about tomorrow. All I care about is that tomorrow will be another day in which I will wake up, get up, exercise and go to work; you need to get busy with the present, not the past or the fu
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by tapanjk 4y ago
> If you want to enjoy short regular walks, perhaps it would help to go out for a very long and hard walk from time to time. Bingo. Adaptation can do wonders for our perception of an activity. How do you adapt? By pushing the limits a li
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by tapanjk 4y ago
Shortcuts for dictionary in MacOS. If you use Spotlight search to look up a word in dictionary, you need to hit down arrow repeatedly to select the word, or click on the word. Instead, you can: - Command + L to jump to the word - Command +
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Amazon Posts First Quarterly Loss Since 2015(wsj.com)
1 points by tapanjk 4y ago|0 comments
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by tapanjk 5y ago
> What do you think? I think so too. This is what I vented on Twitter a few weeks ago (pardon the tone -- in my defense, I don't have many followers): "You keep hearing about the hybrid model, but that is just corporate speak t
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by tapanjk 5y ago
The thing is, you have to produce results when you are remote. In an office, you can get by looking busy. I think the people who insist on going back to the office are the ones who are missing the stage on which they used to perform without
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by tapanjk 5y ago
> but it is absolutely much harder Agree. But the upside is big too. Is learning to ride a bicycle hard? Of course. But once you learn to ride a bicycle, the benefits are immense. That is why people learn to ride a bike in spite of the i
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by tapanjk 5y ago
At work and with people I know, I use: Hi Abc, Else: Hello Mr. Abc,
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by tapanjk 5y ago
Perhaps I do not get it, but a big screen never appealed to me. I think of smart TVs as a big screen with a built-in computer, and a laptop as a computer which has a built-in screen. I always thought the laptop is a better bang for the buck
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by tapanjk 5y ago
Weekly reboot cron kicked in? #joking
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by tapanjk 5y ago
What I found interesting is buried deep -- components that are helping Amazon succeed. Here is the condensed list: - Hire the Right Builders ("people who like to invent, who look at customer experiences, dissect what doesn't work
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Amazon CEO's 2021 letter to shareholders(aboutamazon.com)
4 points by tapanjk 5y ago|1 comments
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by tapanjk 5y ago
Yes, I have. Quite elementary, but I use them daily. - Terminal based Hacker News reader for the lurker [1] - Terminal based Google News reader [2] [1]: https://github.com/tapank/hn [2]: https://github.com&#
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by tapanjk 5y ago
> any other perfectionist here? You decide: https://karecha.com
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by tapanjk 5y ago
Thank you!
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https://karecha.com I do not track traffic to the site. The site exists for me to believe that I am talking to the world. That feels good.
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by tapanjk 5y ago
> Granted, I live a 20 min walk away. The walk in is through a beautiful county park, surrounded by nature. This is likely the reason you love coming into the office. The fresh air, greenery in the park, and the walk that gets your blood
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by tapanjk 7y ago
> Barbara Oakley's book A Mind For Numbers Thank you for the recommendation! I am looking forward to reading the book. It is good know that someone who started off their education assuming they cannot do well in STEM subjects, can
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by tapanjk 7y ago
Github/Gitlab (gh/gl) for source control is [almost] universal in enterprises, but it is quite confusing to me why these enterprises end up not using gh/gl issues for task management and tracking. Both of these now have we
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by tapanjk 7y ago
I see a couple of contributors from Omnition, so obviously, this company is dedicating [some] resources to OpenCensus. But their website [1] says "We're still in stealth." Am wondering if this is what they are up to or ther

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