abraham_s

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Ask HN: Courses similar to David Beazley's one week courses?
1 points by abraham_s 7y ago|0 comments
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by abraham_s 7y ago
>>>I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed I would like to hear more details on this. Being a CP
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by abraham_s 8y ago
"This feels like a particular awful thing to ask someone to do, but I believe if everyone truly were able to imagine the sudden death of the folks they love, it would change how they live." I couldn't agree more.
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by abraham_s 8y ago
I wouldn't say it changed my life. But "Deep Work" resonated very deeply with me.
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by abraham_s 8y ago
An anecdote and a poll. I grew up in India in middle class family where education was considered important. A recurring nightmare (autual dream I see during sleep) I see even in my adulthood is about me about to take an exam and not being p
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by abraham_s 9y ago
I decided to comment after seeing a number of negative comments here. I went through the process a it was a positive experience for me. I ended up interviewing at 5-6 places and didn't receive an offer. I liked getting the interview fe
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by abraham_s 9y ago
To clarify parent's point further, Hindi is not even "the" official language, it is just one out of 22 official languages.
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by abraham_s 9y ago
Have you ruled out sleep apnea?
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Supreme Court of India declares privacy as a basic right(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
1 points by abraham_s 9y ago|0 comments
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by abraham_s 9y ago
It was a known bug in the some go library. It was recently fixed. But at the time it caused concourse to stop working until restarted.
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by abraham_s 9y ago
I evaluated concourse CI and I was impressed by the concept. Pros - Setup was really easy.(I didn't use bosh). - Both server and build pipeline configuration (Yaml file) are easy to backup and recreate. Cons - When I evaluated it , it
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by abraham_s 9y ago
I worked on OpenVMS at the start of my career. I heard that the customer didn't want to port away from OpenVMS and this prevented HP from killing it off. One famous story in VMS folklore was where a building containing a datacenter ca
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by abraham_s 9y ago
As an Indian who has lived in 7 apartment/homes in the US, I have yet to see a place which good ventilation in the kitchen. Usually the fan (if any) in the kitchen just circulates the air inside, which serves only to spread the smell.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
"(I refuse to get an HMO for moral reasons)" Can you elaborate on this?
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by abraham_s 10y ago
>>>>I'm probably gonna kill myself soon If you are having such thoughts, please seek help. National Suicide prevention hotline Call 1-800-273-8255
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by abraham_s 10y ago
There was a amnesty window open a few months back. I recall seeing an ad for a no questions asked amnesty with 50% and so tax rate.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
Yes. This is going to affect tax evaders on a lower spectrum of wealth. Those who aren't wealthy enough to have offshore accounts. Even that is a step forward.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
500 and 1000 Ruppee note cease to be legal tender as of today midnight. Everyone who has them can get it exchanged for 100 ruppee notes in banks,post offices etc until Dec 31. You need to provide a valid id to do an exchange, which means t
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by abraham_s 10y ago
How much of a $$$ is trinet? We had it in a earlier startup (20 - 30 ppl) and we got a significantly better health plan
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by abraham_s 10y ago
You said "prepare for interview". I was doing it a few months back and I didn't enjoy it. One reason was I was thinking in the back of my mind about all the interesting (for me) thing I could be learning instead of the interv
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by abraham_s 10y ago
1)I get up early in the morning on weekends (relatively early like 7). I have sleep at a sane time on the night before to do this, instead of staying up and watching netflix till 3 in the morning on the night before. Waking up at noon ruins
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by abraham_s 10y ago
They can, but it is significantly complicated and expensive than for a non H1B
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by abraham_s 10y ago
I can see the pictures on the webpage. But if I click on them ,I get a adult content page in flickr.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
I used this and found it to satisfactory, assuming you use a monitor and a keyboard. http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Ikea-Standing-desk-for-22-dolla... If you arrange the cables right, switching position takes only a minute.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
I too share the worry of living forever. I am still religious but I wonder what will you do if you live forever.
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by abraham_s 10y ago
Strangers greeting me on the street was a culture shock when I moved from India to US (to Salt Lake City,UT). Often my brain won't process it in time to return the greeting before the person has passed me. Sometimes I will bungle the r
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by abraham_s 10y ago
Short answer is yes. Long answer is that it is that the level of corruption varies from place to place but the police susceptible to political influence everywhere. A daily interaction with the cops like a traffic stop can be similar to one
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by abraham_s 10y ago
1) This is highly dependent on the place. In rural areas or smaller towns, there is high probability that someone will take you to the hospital. 2) There is no equivalent of 911 in India. You can call the police but they usually don't
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by abraham_s 11y ago
Legally that is a gray area. You are supposed to leave the country if you are unemployed. But USCIS usually ignores it if you file for a visa transfer in less than month from losing your job. (Alternative is that you have to leave US and ge
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by abraham_s 11y ago
CSE341: Programming Languages by Dan Grossman http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse341/13wi/#lectur...

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