chdir

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by chdir 8y ago
what's the reason for tld price variation ?
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by chdir 9y ago
This account live tweets the proceedings from Supreme Court : https://twitter.com/gautambhatia88
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by chdir 9y ago
> That was an excellent move by the govt The jury is still out on this one. Any hard proof or statistics that say otherwise ? Wish there was more transparency.
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Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India(dailyo.in)
9 points by chdir 9y ago|5 comments
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by chdir 10y ago
Some stats on Income tax payers from India : "Data shows only 1% of population pays income tax, over 5000 pay more than 1 crore ($145K USD)" Only "six individuals fell in the high-end earning bracket of Rs 50-100 crore (7-14
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by chdir 10y ago
The modus operandi (of loopholes) is nothing new, it's second nature to many businessmen. I wonder why there weren't enough checks in place when the plan was announced.
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by chdir 10y ago
"It’s like the PM is cleaning a pond to kill the crocodiles, forgetting that crocodiles can survive even on land. Big crocodiles have survived. Small fish have died." [1] The immediate reaction of the common man on de-monetization
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by chdir 10y ago
> For anything serious or consumer facing it's crap I've run consumer facing products with real-time autosuggest using postgresql's search. Calling it crap is hyperbole.
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by chdir 10y ago
On-premises version : https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=treadmill
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by chdir 10y ago
I know you are a very talented developer so I'm curious : Why another uptime monitoring service ? There are about 20-30 existing services [1] with a wide variety of features. I agree you've got a great interface and you'll ge
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by chdir 10y ago
I think you are missing the point. The protest should be against polluting the city to power a non-necessary activity by not going to the mall. AND if the government purposely delayed an electricity connection by months or years, then you s
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by chdir 10y ago
Amenities ! You may not get your favorite loaf of bread, although you'll get fresh organic eggs. You may not be able to watch the latest movies in a theater. A good gymnasium probably won't exist, but you can always run in a grass
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by chdir 10y ago
A related story : There's a mega mall in Chandigarh, India that wasn't given approval for a power connection for quite some time (politics / corruption). Real estate is super expensive & the owners couldn't afford to
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by chdir 10y ago
Vehicular pollution, construction dust, diesel generators are a common problem in almost all big cities in India. However you are looking at the advantages of villages as a visitor with a point of view towards being closer to nature. There
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by chdir 10y ago
> automation encourages carelessness Is that a hypothesis or are there statistics on accidents & fatalities to back it up. Curious, not denying what you say. I don't have statistics either.
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by chdir 10y ago
If autonomous cars can lead to a significant reduction in road fatalities, then we aren't we in the right direction ? I was hoping that the discussion here would consider the outcome of autonomous vs non-autonomous cars in totality ins
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by chdir 10y ago
Kudos to a clean & useful design. As a side note, it makes me wonder that with all the brainy AI, it's we who are still learning computer's language instead of the other way around. I hope that'll change in the next 3-5 y
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by chdir 10y ago
MVP it may be, but taking pictures of your screen with a camera creates horrible artifacts. Why not use screenshots for your banner images ?
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Amazon grows its education footprint with Amazon Inspire(techcrunch.com)
1 points by chdir 10y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 10y ago
I've used various bookmarking / annotation services for the past 7-8 years, some as bookmarklets, others as extensions. None of them ever evolved into a great community. What's different about this one ? It looks like an MVP
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by chdir 10y ago
Takeaway : Make an Uber/AirBnB/<Unicorn> for ATMs
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by chdir 10y ago
Hate them. They've burned charitable events, humanitarian fundraisers. It'll take a while for their momentum to die down, but I pray they disappear eventually.
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by chdir 10y ago
The odd thing is "black" tape over mic & "clear-ish" tape over camera. Shouldn't it be the other way round. Oh, and I try to find a tape that matches the laptop color so my paranoia isn't visible from a mil
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by chdir 10y ago
I think of these practices as "Hoarding" & "Price Gouging" rather than business sense. More like taking advantage of people without adding any value to the trade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho
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by chdir 10y ago
> If I choose to expose this over the internet, great! And I can't even control which of my apps should not connect to the network. There are lots of fun apps e.g. games, photo editing etc. where internet connectivity is solely need
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LIVE: ISRO’s 20-satellite launch, its largest ever, successful(indianexpress.com)
3 points by chdir 10y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 10y ago
> bought 10 extra copies and sold the CD keys on ebay for about 3x retail pricing > ebay withdrew the money from my account and refunded it to the buyers Wicked karma :) When Nexus 4 was launched, I ended up with multiple devices (aut
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by chdir 10y ago
A request to those suggesting "why not X" or "consider X" : If you could mention a reason or two favoring X over Y, that'll help OP & future visitors.
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Beijing delivers big Apple blow with iPhone 6 ban(nypost.com)
7 points by chdir 10y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 10y ago
MS : "If you don't upgrade to Windows 10, we'll create a linkedin profile for you."

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