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by vijayr 14y ago
In some ways, software is like law (or accounting) - why do we pay lawyers so much money, even though in many cases we can simply file the paperwork ourselves? Why do we pay someone else to file our taxes, while we can do it ourselves? Be
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by vijayr 14y ago
Robert Lang's work is jaw dropping - Here is his TED talk http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.h...
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Ask HN - any experience with binpress, codecanyon etc?
2 points by vijayr 14y ago|0 comments
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by vijayr 14y ago
All of this is true, it is unethical and illegal. But it is also true, that in cities like San Francisco and NYC (especially SF-Co) rents are absurdly high, and landlords care nothing other than making the most of it. My previous two la
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by vijayr 14y ago
I have a few books too. I am not talking about books though - women seem to have many many things, and they also have many units of the same thing. For example, why does anyone need 10 or 20 pairs of shoes? A female friend of mine has 40
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by vijayr 14y ago
This is very true. Just curious - aren't we all judged every single day, by how much 'useful' or 'productive' we are? At work, among friends, while trying to find a mate..heck, even within families.
907.
by vijayr 14y ago
when my friend moved in with her bf, I took over her apt. First time when I went to see the apt, it seemed small. When I moved in though, it wasn't. I realized she had so much stuff, that it made the apt appear smaller when I saw the fir
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Ask HN - Books that changed your thinking about life, business?
7 points by vijayr 14y ago|4 comments
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by vijayr 14y ago
Is it this bad in Europe and Asia? or just in the US? Almost every day we hear banks doing this, banks doing that - most of it is unethical, and many of it probably illegal, yet nothing seems to be happening to them. This is depressing.
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by vijayr 14y ago
I suppose, like everything in life, there is no "one size fits all" solution to advertising. Just because FB works for someone, it doesn't mean it'll work for everyone else (same for Google, Twitter etc) and vice versa. I wish there was a
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by vijayr 14y ago
adding two more to the list - peace and quiet, and as less meetings as possible
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by vijayr 14y ago
off topic, why is GEICO ad on the front page of BH?
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by vijayr 14y ago
Adding to the list: Singing Dancing Standup comedy Story telling etc. So yeah, saying programming is the only field that we can create something from nothing is just hogwash.
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by vijayr 14y ago
People don't do this in the "offline" world. They have gotten used to the free online services, and seem to think that running websites is not a serious business (unless you are Google or Facebook, and even then - "Google search is free, w
915.
by vijayr 14y ago
Nope, this is not about thought crime. I could have the filthiest, dirtiest thoughts - nobody will complain about that. Problem starts, when I give words to those thoughts. For example, imagine a fat person (or a short person, or a ugly p
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by vijayr 14y ago
1. Adult jokes are fine in a stand up comedy, not everywhere. 2. He targeted only women, if he made jokes targeted at both men and women equally, then this situation may be different. That said, there are enough places where sexist jokes ar
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by vijayr 14y ago
I've asked UPS/Fedex to leave it with my landlord, but they don't (my super is, ahem, "very friendly" person - so he sternly told me it is not "part of his job" to collect a package, if I am not around, even if I request him). This after c
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by vijayr 14y ago
True. But at this point, what exactly does anyone expect them to do? They screwed up, got caught, apologized and finally, paid him. It is very much possible that they wouldn't have paid him, if he didn't go public. It is also possible,
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by vijayr 14y ago
I wish companies thought beyond this "unprofessional" thing - is it not unprofessional for them to withhold the money that rightfully belongs to him (assuming the story is factually correct)? Sadly, so many times people don't come forward
920.
by vijayr 14y ago
Facebook's App Center has a distinct advantage over alternatives: they have much more information on the users of their apps. Also, because ratings are based on real names, they'll have a much easier time preventing ratings spam. Amazon d
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by vijayr 14y ago
Am I missing some inside joke? what exactly is a brogrammer? :(
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by vijayr 14y ago
This. Bruce Lee said the same, about his movements
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by vijayr 14y ago
This book talks about the same thing - http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Work-Jeremy-Rifkin/dp/B000ILZ5... output is consistently increasing, profits are consistently increasing - the only thing that is NOT increasing, is employment numbers.
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by vijayr 14y ago
you might wanna try this one - http://www.graphyourinbox.com/
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by vijayr 14y ago
Haha, this is really funny and cool. irredeemably boring chromosone deficient conglomerate of intellectual constipation that made me laugh out loud. Is the source available somewhere?
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by vijayr 14y ago
This kind of poster makes some sense - if the company is working on a drug for cancer or eradicating world poverty etc. It might make some sense if the organization is a non-profit, saving lives. "sacrifice your weekend for" - makes zero s
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by vijayr 15y ago
by that logic, may be we should hire ex-cons for law enforcement? they'd probably make better cops than 'normal' people?
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by vijayr 15y ago
upvoted for "If you can get away with no coding at all, that's the ideal situation. :-)"
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Ask HN - projects that are crazy creative, like http://www.mta.me?
7 points by vijayr 15y ago|1 comments
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Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm (youtube video)(youtube.com)
1 points by vijayr 15y ago|0 comments

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