RandomCSGeek

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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The problem with universities is they create a self fulfilling prophecy, one that most students graduating from their will support, willingly or unwillingly, for their own benefit. If I go out and tell that XYZ uni I graduated from is not w
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I guess they meant 3km through uneven ground in a forest.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Mumbai is one of those places where the sea dumps all it's waste. Of course, a lot of it must have been generated by Mumbai itself, but some must also be coming from elsewhere.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Doesn't matter if it's 1 y/o or 10y/o. All plastic bags are banned.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
A few clarifications, 1. It's not Mumbai banning plastics, the state of Maharashtra has done so. I live in another district of the same state. 2. Maharashtra is the 18th state to do so. So this is not as much of an unique law. 3. The S
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Extradiction would be unlikely for such crime(even cases of terrorism can take years for extradiction, or may not even take place). But it would be possible to get them arrested in India. That said, there are literally millions of people in
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I can buy apples at a somewhat objective price by comparing the price provided by other sellers in nearby stores. Also the price will be mostly affected by supply vs demand. OTOH, softwares prices can be affected by too many parameters. The
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Never heard of any bias towards phone. If anything, people prefer email as it leaves a trail.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I have heard of another proverb, which translates to "If you throw peanuts, only monkeys will gather".
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
TLDR: The best go to US, the next best to MNCs and startups, the rest are the ones you get when you pay peanuts. Here's how Indian engineers get jobs. The very top(maybe 0.01%) get directly hired by US MNCs. This gives some people the
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Indian here. We don't lie. If you ask me if I am a female, I'd obviously won't answer yes to that. The problem is that it's considered rude to say no when asked to complete a task by a senior. So when you'd ask an I
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
There are 3 different movements. One is for acknowledgement, other two are for yes and no.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I think a better strategy than trying to be rich is, 1. First decide what is the median lifestyle that you want to live. Then decide how much it costs. 2. Next decide what are the tasks which make you most satisfied. Consider doing those ta
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I think you are confusing between specialization, and a degree in sub-branch. A degree in CS is always valued more than a degree in say IT. On the other hand, a degree in CS with specialization in Networking, would be more valued than a pla
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
You can use scatter plot to check that. Maybe copy the html, convert to csv ( http://convertcsv.com/html-table-to-csv.htm ), map the corresponding values and plot. R should be able to do this.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The "you are the product" model might work, but given that most ad-blockers also block trackers(or dare I say, most people want to block trackers, ads are just collateral damage), you might have to come up with self made analytics
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Before 90s with all those protections, Indian companies had become sloths. The economy was in bad shape and the govt had no option but to open up for foreign investors/companies. If anything, foreign investment/companies have brou
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
> This deal is the result of commonly shared desperation. I get that Walmart is desperate to get into Indian market, but what's the issue with Flipkart. Even though they aren't doing as well as compared to Amazon, from the foun
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Why though? Is there some useful benefit that python offers over C++, or is it just another language support so that people more comfortable with Python could use it? If I were ever to write a desktop app, which one should I choose, given I
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
If anyone wants to try this release for C and C++ languages, I have created a Docker image based on Alpine Linux, which you may use. https://hub.docker.com/r/infinitecoder/gcc/tags/
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Keep treatment free only for accidental injuries or harm caused by third parties. If a country has cheap treatment though, they could earn a lot through medical tourism.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
It's not about anonymizing, it's about hiding under the mask of some other entity, without their(other entity's) permission. AWS's other customers and various governments won't be happy about aws allowing Signal to
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The problem is not that your endpoint had side effect. Rather, it didn't have any side effect(it is supposed to unsub, and it does exactly that). The problem is with lack of authentication. Slack's ability to unsubscribe people on
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
Why wouldn't they do this on their own? Keeping their reputation good with all countries(even the oppressive one's) is an important part of business. After all, amazon has stakeholders to answer to.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The ordering for interview process seems to be wrong, or is it an unordered list? Also, I'd like to know what "Social Economic Justice Round" is. Is it a round where you preferably hire people belonging to socially and econom
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I guess most <country_name>.com domains are not owned by the governments, as .com is quite old, and geeks would have got them long before govts thought of having a website. To add to the list, brazil.com(website inaccessible), russia.
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The problem is not with the exams. When millions try to get past the bottleneck with width of 10K, the competition will obviously be intense. And a developing country like India cannot afford more institutes like IITs, even those that curre
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
I used a aws spot instance to compile GCC for Alpine Linux. It's a decent idea I think, especially if you already know what you need to do. I had to do a lot of trial and error stuff to get it right, but anyway, I was having that spot
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
The main issue is with demand-supply difference. There are too many people out there in need of blue collar jobs, and this means companies like Amazon have a chance to push the criteria to get the job much higher, as long as it's legal
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by RandomCSGeek 8y ago
How to make Package Managers cry by Kenneth Hoste. https://youtu.be/NSemlYagjIU It's funny, but still useful.

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