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by vmurthy 7y ago
I just came to write this :-). Here’s the link for anyone interested https://www.amazon.in/Bottle-Lies-Inside-Story-Generic-ebook...
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by vmurthy 7y ago
> My 2015 MBP is affected by the battery recall and they want 2-3 weeks to send it off If you really have to understand the pain, the laptops are banned in Indian flights (domestic and international)[1]. Imagine a company issued laptop n
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by vmurthy 7y ago
There's a wonderful book out there called "Different" by Professor Youngme Moon [1] which details a few cases like what you said. Her book is about how companies can be different One case that comes to mind is Ikea with this
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by vmurthy 7y ago
I can't help but notice that these kind of blogs should be recommended reading for CS/engineering students as well and not just to people who are already working. The way an issue is to be analyzed (this post is a great example
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by vmurthy 7y ago
Back when I was studying for a cybersecurity course, I had the pleasure of reading a few posts on the Cloudflare blog. There are about 88 pages(!) of blogs at blog.cloudflare.com A few recent ones might pique your curiosity https:/&#
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by vmurthy 7y ago
For the curious, here's the link: https://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-guide-to-e...
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Kalid , Your post on the magic of “e” still remains etched in my memory. Kudos to what you are doing :-). Nice book, too!
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by vmurthy 7y ago
I'm not sure this relates entirely to tech but (to me at-least) it's a way of thinking better: Algorithms to live by [0] - I am an engineer by training and product manager. I am always on the lookout to improve my knowledge of com
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by vmurthy 7y ago
> Is hiring these candidates common in the US outside of the usual startup circles? I’m afraid I don’t know :-). I’m from India this isn’t common here. Yet.
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by vmurthy 7y ago
It has always intrigued me how even great ideas like the theory of evolution were thought of by more than one person. I always reasoned that the spread of knowledge by books to begin with and then the tele* media( graph , gram , phone etc)
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by vmurthy 7y ago
One possible upside: Not all jobs are advertised and maybe Juno/Lambda have worked up agreements with recruiters. Also,think about it from a recruiter point of view: Would you as recruiter rather pore through hundreds of resumes from p
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by vmurthy 7y ago
This piqued my interest. Can you please explain how? From what I understand, Juul/vape products don't contain tar which is supposedly the worst offender in a cigarette. Is that what you meant?
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by vmurthy 7y ago
> The startup operates a coding bootcamp, expected to do $3 million in revenue by the end of 2019. Similar to Lamda School, they offer income-share agreements, but “the similarities stops there, I'm interested in learning how this c
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by vmurthy 7y ago
> I suspect there is a lot of cognitive dissonance involved Edit : Some more context I find it fascinating what people do to get rid of the dissonance. In India, we have a heavily regulated tobacco industry. In a debate , I remember some
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by vmurthy 7y ago
I do love the technical parts of the discussion here but do allow a slightly different perspective: You say it is for a client and you (presumably) can bill the client for this extra service. That being the case, aren't you better off
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by vmurthy 7y ago
As a total newbie to UX (I used to be a middleware/back-end developer :-P), I read this article differently. The article mentioned a list of things NOT to do which has its own uses. Let me give you some context: I currently work as a
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by vmurthy 7y ago
Add HSR Layout to that list , too. I’ve started using a combination of Bounce( two wheeler point-to-point rental ) for <2km travel , public transport for longer distance travel and cabs as the last option.
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by vmurthy 7y ago
Imagine if Netflix says it won't expense content :-) . That's one of the hundreds of analogies I have read about this creative accounting practice.
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by vmurthy 7y ago
Not OP but here's one way: Softbank invests in Uber India pushing up automobile demand[1]. Indian drivers buy cars manufactured by Maruti Suzuki (54% market share [2]). Maruti Suzuki is a JV between an Indian company (Maruti) and Suzuk
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The most interesting part of this article is the term "Community Adjusted EBITDA". It's not a term invented by the Prof but something used by WeWork. I remember Warren Buffett/Charlie Munger calling EBIDTA as bulls* earn
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by vmurthy 7y ago
I use the Chimes tone on my iPhone at a low enough volume. Quite gentle to wake up to after a session of meditation.
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Ask any Postdoc or PhD candidate :-). Even they aren't spared from the "discover the next great thing" phenomenon. Perhaps the best thing for students/new employees to realize is that while they may be on the path to b
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From their risk factors: "Our business depends on our ability to retain and upgrade paying customers and, to a lesser extent, convert free customers to paying customers, and any decline in renewals, upgrades, or conversions could adv
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by vmurthy 7y ago
A great looking app. Just signed up for Beta :-) Went through the website but couldn't find a piece of info: Keyboard shortcuts (preferably vim-like). Is it already there or something in the works? I've been using a plugin for HN
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Here's something that UPS is doing [1] and something FedEx is doing [2] (these two should know a few things about route optimization :-) "Another proprietary tool UPS uses to manage its fleet system is ORION (On-road Integrated Op
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> The root problem is Americans. And I'm honestly not sure of how to fix the problem with a whole population that has become so irrational, polarized, ignorant and sensitive to hate speech. I doubt that only Americans are the prob
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You bring out a very interesting fact. A not-so-known side effect of all that mining is that it flooded the Spanish markets in that era with so much silver that it lost its value. Niall Ferguson in “The Ascent of Money” suggests that all th
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by vmurthy 7y ago
Direct link to PDF : http://www.os2museum.com/files/docs/os210sdk/lanman-prod-spe... As a new-ish PM, I find it fascinating to read specs like these. Gives me valuable ideas on how the specs I write should lo
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> accepts fly tipping... I had to Google the term :-) . For the rest of the people reading this: Fly tipping = illegally dump waste.
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It is heartening to see the results. I have this one year old article [0] and an info-graphic which shows what other countries are doing [1]. As usual, the trouble seems to be in implementation. Speaking from experience here in Bangalore, p

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