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by vthallam 9y ago
It looks cool. But I don't see any information about database connectivity or ORM. can you like use JPA or Hibernate along with Spark?
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by vthallam 9y ago
CareerCup is good, but it has so much content with no structure, so you feel overwhelmed obviously. Try leetcode if you haven't already, start with topic wise easy questions, then medium and then difficult, participate in the message b
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by vthallam 9y ago
If the original hyperlink doesn't work, here's a new link: https://www.vthallam.com/how-google-jobs-could-google-hire-k...
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How Google Jobs and Google Hire Could Kill Every Job Board and ATS on the Planet(vthallam.com)
3 points by vthallam 9y ago|4 comments
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by vthallam 9y ago
The most important feature I liked in Uber relative to lyft was no tipping. Why not spike the price up a little and compensate them. When they have started, the motto was, "Uber - Your private driver" and it was truly like that un
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by vthallam 9y ago
Gmail + Google Jobs could be probably their own career network.
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Uber rolls out in-app tipping(washingtonpost.com)
123 points by vthallam 9y ago|353 comments
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by vthallam 9y ago
>Ben Lerer, CEO of online video machine Group Nine Media (Thrillist, NowThis News, the Dodo), says that while he’s not satisfied by his deals with Facebook, he’s optimistic they’ll improve. Either way, he says, “whining and complaining t
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by vthallam 9y ago
May be moving a lot of cheap labor across terrains with little connectivity is expensive? It makes sense to do this in unconnected areas where the road facilities are not good and may be in dense forests depending on the drone range.
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Google Hires Key Apple Chip Architect to Build Custom Chips for Pixel Phones(variety.com)
9 points by vthallam 9y ago|2 comments
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by vthallam 9y ago
So, that's what all it comes down to I guess. Like, be happy because there are jobs in the first place or unionise, make them accountable for all kinds of regulations and give them a hard time? Maybe the Chinese or perhaps anyone would
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Culture Clash at a Chinese-Owned Plant in Ohio(nytimes.com)
93 points by vthallam 9y ago|82 comments
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by vthallam 9y ago
India had to negotiate because it's emissions relative to emissions of the developed countries were minuscule. And then, you can't come say, let's make an agreement which shares equal responsibilities and burden. Also, The In
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by vthallam 9y ago
> I'm referring the the domestic investors (including India's banks) who make the original investments. The govt introduced this law so that the NPA's can be recovered at least partially by the banks, so that the tax payer
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by vthallam 9y ago
Yep. that's why they allow both chat and voice as input to the Google assistant. Voice is only one way of accessing consumer AI
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by vthallam 9y ago
I am sure, the data includes the 'read data' from Goodreads, they own the service.
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by vthallam 9y ago
Integrations!=capability. I use a echo dot and it sucks at voice recognition half the time. I am dumping it very soon and getting a Home.
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by vthallam 9y ago
> What? they're a business like any other and they're not interested in minimizing profit Of course, they are a business. But they look at minimising the price, increase the scale, have a monopoly and earn money.
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by vthallam 9y ago
I understand your sentiment and yes, the posts like this should be allowed for people to discuss.But more often than not, this whole thread will get polarised with supporters and critics arguing with little material details to support their
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by vthallam 9y ago
This is more like an iPad with a better Siri. I guess talking to parents, watching child cams are the target audience for this. A device which sits in living room or bed room need not show me CNN in there.
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by vthallam 9y ago
I use solely for weather, music & to control my room's lights. It basically sucks at recognizing my voice commands 50% of the time, sometimes i just pull out my phone to do that. On the other hand, Google Assistant is unsurprisingl
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by vthallam 9y ago
for that they have facetime or duo? I mean if 2 users using this are out, why use amazon app to make calls?
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by vthallam 9y ago
Off topic, but have anyone tried 'Soylent Coffiest'? How do you like it for breakfast + coffee replacement for few days a week?
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by vthallam 9y ago
I was like 'Wow' until I saw the price. You can't target college students with Windows S which only runs apps from the Windows store. Edit : missed the part which says, you can upgrade to 10.
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Google Loses Top Hardware Executive It Poached from Amazon(bloomberg.com)
1 points by vthallam 9y ago|0 comments
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by vthallam 10y ago
> The problem with these initiatives is that they are all politically motivated. So what's your plan? Stop trying? >The previous governments have also done this though with a less "catchy" names with no PR. Come on man.
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by vthallam 10y ago
Glad this initiative is working. The Indian govt emphasizes on this very frequently and I am surprised to see this dashboard: http://sbm.gov.in/sbmdashboard/Default.aspx
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by vthallam 10y ago
Didn't hear about this before. Were they in the suburbs or salt lake city? Salt lake city now has lots of Indians.
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by vthallam 10y ago
About time! This is a very important functionality for a device which is supposed to be in the living room. Glad they added the support.
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by vthallam 10y ago
I feel you. Get a PM job with focus on tech and business. Majority of the people who have an entrepreneurial mind succeed as a product manager. You like the hustle which goes into building something and being a dev in a big team building so

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