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by vijayr 12y ago
Oh okay, cool :) Congrats!
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by vijayr 12y ago
Interesting. Do you plan to turn this into a business? Also, any idea where I can get the pamphlet?
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by vijayr 12y ago
Yes, some other example http://aggdata.com (scraping, not open data) http://www.zip-codes.com/products.asp (open data)
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Ask HN: Examples of businesses built on open data?
3 points by vijayr 12y ago|6 comments
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by vijayr 12y ago
If someone with a typical web dev background (knows how to handle databases like oracle or MySQL, but nothing about tools like Hadoop etc), could you recommend a course/book to start big data with? Also, with so much to learn, how does
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by vijayr 12y ago
you are using "bank of america" in the url - no trademark problems?
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by vijayr 12y ago
Doesn't seem to be, I just checked
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by vijayr 12y ago
I did some research on this few months ago. The rules and regulations are different from state to state, city to city. One of the tiny house builders I spoke to, told me that when a client comes to him, they often don't know the rules
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Ask HN: What to learn in 2015? What are you planning to learn?
3 points by vijayr 12y ago|2 comments
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by vijayr 12y ago
This is good advice for any relationship, not just friendship - including jobs, business, dating etc
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by vijayr 12y ago
Anyone has recommendations for a FF phone, in the U.S? I looked into them 6 months ago, couldn't find a good one for daily use - will gladly give up my iPhone for a decent FF phone
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by vijayr 12y ago
I don't understand - why would someone order this? shock value? curiosity? annoying others (sending it to friends etc)?
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by vijayr 12y ago
If one gives their DNA voluntarily (for a particular case) and they are cleared of any wrong doing, is their DNA information still kept on file by law enforcement?
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by vijayr 12y ago
Oh - I wasn't talking about unit test cases, should've been clear. I was talking about UI testing, UAT etc. Do you have those? If yes, how do you manage them?
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Ask HN: What tools do you use to manage your test cases?
1 points by vijayr 12y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Any deals on learning this holiday?
6 points by vijayr 12y ago|3 comments
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by vijayr 12y ago
this is a much more serious project, not a side project. I know she has a developer who worked on it for months. She has a few customers (I believe, who prepaid) - she's looking for new customers, so if someone can help her with that,
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Ask HN: Where to sell a product/codebase (almost developed)?
6 points by vijayr 12y ago|3 comments
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by vijayr 12y ago
One thing to do is take our business elsewhere - support credit unions instead of banks like Chase, support farmer's markets instead of big food chains and so on. One could argue that "normal" people might not be able to mak
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Ask HN: Real world examples of graph db usage?
9 points by vijayr 12y ago|3 comments
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by vijayr 12y ago
Eat less meat. The animal food industry consumes too much resources and pollutes the environment way too much.
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by vijayr 12y ago
This is similar to patent trolls, no? Both don't produce anything worthwhile, buy from others and use it to intimidate others (except patent trolls do it themselves in the open, whereas he sells it to people who'll probably use it
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by vijayr 12y ago
Another thing that feels so wrong - people who save lives (doctors, cops, EMTs etc), people who shape the next generation (teachers) etc make a pittance compared to sports persons, people who make shitty music etc Something is so wrong ab
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by vijayr 12y ago
This isn't a problem just on yelp, I've found useless reviews on other sites like Amazon too. Customer buys wrong product (even though the product description is crystal clear) and writes bad/stupid reviews (instead of simpl
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by vijayr 12y ago
From the article : “The question I always asked was how does someone end up in that situation?” her best friend said. “And the answer — from having witnessed it — is, gradually.” Just like every privacy issue, every human rights abuse, ab
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by vijayr 12y ago
This documentary is about Aisha (tiny orphan elephant, who barely made it to 6 months) and Daphne Sheldrick http://video.pbs.org/video/2365284372/ Daphne's efforts to save these amazing animals started with A
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by vijayr 12y ago
One thing to try - type the comment in the comment box, but don't actually push the add comment button, as in, don't post it. Do this for a few days, and the urge to comment will decrease (It worked for me)
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by vijayr 12y ago
Nice idea. Can I suggest another idea? Take JSON files, and convert them into MySQL, postgres etc insert/update scripts. There is a need for this. For example, I run this hobby site http://kivatools.com that imports tons
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by vijayr 12y ago
I don't get it either. I'd rather watch a "real" sports person playing and training than a video game session.
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by vijayr 12y ago
Those millions of people want google to scrape and harvest, in the hope that they will rank higher etc etc. If an unknown person tries to scrape, he/she will promptly get banned by those very same people (Google wouldn't like so

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