thevivekpandey

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by thevivekpandey 10y ago
Does someone know why Google Cloud can afford to be so much cheaper compared to AWS? Are the costs to Amazon for AWS so much higher than the costs to Google for Google Cloud? Why?
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From Python to Java, or not(qgraph.io)
2 points by thevivekpandey 10y ago|0 comments
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Nuclear powered car that can run 300,000 miles without refuelling(foxnews.com)
1 points by thevivekpandey 15y ago|0 comments
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
I would request you to write about this in a separate post.
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
I found this quote very interesting: "scarcity brings clarity" (attributed to Sergey Brin), in the sense that when teams are limited by resources, they tend to concentrate on the most important things and thus become clear in their goals.
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
ok...So I did find these button "awesome", but then I do not claim to have a great eye for design. Can you point me to some buttons which you can classify as "awesome"
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
Funny that their "View Demo" button does not use the buttons that the article is advocating. And ditto for the subscribe button on the right.
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
Good to keep in mind in these times when you start feeling too old at 30: "twenty nine, past my prime; I feel so behind the time"
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
As much as I would have loved to get awed by him going for game changing technologies, it appears that reason behind him relocating to Belize is to escape lawsuits in the US, and his focus is hardly on research. See the link in the wikipedi
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
"So far, the trend has not affected Asia’s two giants, China and India." It is not fair to label a trend as "Asian" when you need to exclude China and India.
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
Note that yahoo does not seem to rely on graph algorithms to do that. To reach from X to Y, where X is not directly connected to Y, they ask X which of their friends might connect them to Y. Have there been any other prominent attempts (bes
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Yahoo and Facebook try to validate six degree separation hypothesis(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by thevivekpandey 15y ago|1 comments
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by thevivekpandey 15y ago
The first step would be for some top companies (Google, Yahoo...) to share the index. That way, there would be some speed up of the internet, and the index would not be open to abuse by arbitrary people/companies.
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A new force of nature may have been found(ca.news.yahoo.com)
4 points by thevivekpandey 16y ago|0 comments
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Hi naada, (I am the lead developer of this application) Thanks for saying "wonderful idea". Too bad that you cannot yet say "wonderful execution"! I have too noted this error a few times. I hope to get back to you in a while, after resol
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Clickable links: http://www.gohachi.com/ http://www.gohachi.com/users/register (Invite code: HN100)
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Since the subprime crisis, I am very wary of derivative trading by investors who do not understand the fundamentals. This whole valuation bonanza may not leave a good taste in the end.
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Facebook Shares get sliced into derivatives(bloomberg.com)
2 points by thevivekpandey 16y ago|1 comments
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
I liked the overall idea. Give the search box a prominent position.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Oh great, I once felt the need of it, but did not it actually existed. I feel though that pure CSS solution would be better, since modifying the colors etc would be easier with pure CSS.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
I plan to stick to python, but learn its functional programming features.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Apart from these, Google has come up with the WebP image format which may make internet significantly faster than what it is today. Furthermore Google hosts jquery files on its servers, which for many people is a godsend. While it is a simp
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Hey, you keep editing your post repeatedly. I posted a reply to your comment, and after a few minutes I saw that your post has been edited in a way that my reply to it was irrelevant. And then, it happened again. Kindly try to avoid this.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
You say: "being profitable is enough for many people" as if being profitable is easier compared to getting acquired. For most web based companies, however, getting acquired is easier.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
As the Indian economy has improved, employability of engineers has improved. As a result, many of the fresh grads and seasoned engineers find it okay to not do a job for some time and try to start on their own. (feeling safe that they can g
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Javascript performance best practices(wiki.forum.nokia.com)
1 points by thevivekpandey 16y ago|0 comments
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
As engineers the only thing we can do is to be prepared that demand for smart programmers may go down. Save the cash for the rainy day. And enjoy the ride till the rainy day.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Thanks. Useful tidbit for me to remember.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Yes, sure.
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by thevivekpandey 16y ago
Chal padee hai ek leher....gaon gaon aur sheher sheher!

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