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by kapad 9mo ago
How do you set this up? (TL;DR version?)
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by kapad 1y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20250517092408/https://www.busin...
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by kapad 1y ago
"If you're not technically competent you shouldn't use windows because it's harder to use than linux or mac". Harder but easier and less challenging. The distinction I would make is for users who are comfortable int
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by kapad 1y ago
Every time I come across an analysis piece, I always appreciate the author taking out the time to write down their analysis. I then scan the article looking for references to claims made. If I don't find any, I quickly close the tab an
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by kapad 2y ago
> I'm curious why people bother tolerating modern versions of MS Office when they could instead use an offline version like 2019 and call it a day? I use the online version because it worked out cheaper than the offline version + Dr
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by kapad 2y ago
JAWA = Just Another Web3 App
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by kapad 2y ago
https://archive.is/BUyzR
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by kapad 2y ago
Aah. So OpenAI can use whatever means necessary to gather data for training it's model. Regardless of copyright. But somehow, it's a problem if another model developer distills it's model by training it on OpenAI? IMO, if the
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by kapad 2y ago
AI seems like a better use case for all the GPU and energy that goes to bitcoin mining.
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by kapad 2y ago
Both the examples cited here, Airbnb and Apple, have been through difficult times as a result of "manager mode failure". In other words, "founder mode" worked after a failure of "manager mode". Yet, would Apple
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by kapad 2y ago
A bit "off" the off-topic point. - I'm not really sure Stadia can be called a "technical achievement at scale ". Mainly because it didn't achieve all that much scale to begin with. Definitely a technical achie
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by kapad 2y ago
Reed Hastings is also equally famous for having a rather non-traditional managerial style. Especially the "keeper test". > If a person on your team were to quit tomorrow, would you try to change their mind? Or would you accept
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Ask HN: Would you use (or recommend) Windows as a developer laptop?
6 points by kapad 2y ago|20 comments
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by kapad 2y ago
> Many credit card providers, at least in the US, let their customers generate single-purpose or short-term card numbers, for when you don’t trust the merchant, or need to let someone else use your card. My experience with using short-te
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by kapad 2y ago
I have the same question, but for querying google.
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by kapad 2y ago
I wish windows fixed it's registry. Documented where different settings are in the registry. And also streamlined the registry to be a lot more intuitive. UIs will build themselves around a simplified registry.
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Ask HN: Recommend a good book/YouTube playlist on chess for beginners
1 points by kapad 2y ago|1 comments
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by kapad 2y ago
Still working as it did yesterday (tested in India).
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Governments Are Suddenly Shutting Down the Internet – Here's Why [video](youtube.com)
3 points by kapad 2y ago|1 comments
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by kapad 2y ago
Video by https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusion
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by kapad 2y ago
"Eventually you’ll discover the Easter egg in Git: all meaningful operations can be expressed in terms of the rebase command. Once you figure that out it all makes sense." - Linus Torvalds https://stackoverflow.com&#x2F
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by kapad 2y ago
> I seriously doubt this is the mistake of $9/hr workers. Those workers are unlikely to be familiar with the whole picture and would probably just have requirements delivered to them. This is not a case of badly written code, the co
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by kapad 2y ago
the only sentence worth reading in this post
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by kapad 5y ago
I started reading the this article but then half way through the second section I realised I'd be much better of reading about financial innovations in India. I agree the US is also a big country and has made lots of efforts to bring b
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by kapad 5y ago
Maybe lobbying should be illegal. But right now, it isn't.
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by kapad 5y ago
Hahahaha.. this is brilliant!! And treat this comment as an acknowledgement for all future occasions on which I quote you.
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by kapad 5y ago
I recently tried setting up an Android phone with LineageOS without any gapps. Google's integration into the Android libraries that are used to build almost all the apps out there is so deep that a lot of apps that I use regularly woul
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by kapad 5y ago
Yes. I too find that Amazon tries to hide (maybe even obscure) information of who the third party seller is. So is amazon a marketplace or a seller. Hard to decide. I think courts should also give importance to how amazon markets itself. EB
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Michael Uslan and the Dark Knight(twitter.com)
1 points by kapad 7y ago|0 comments
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by kapad 8y ago
I think the website should highlight how the material is different from the API documentation. I didn't sign up, because I couldn't find anything highlighting how the content is different (read better) than the API documentation.

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