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by lappet 1mo ago
oh like Pokemon go but for temples? that is a pretty cool idea!
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by lappet 1mo ago
yes I already have that at https://www.whichtemple.in/map
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by lappet 1mo ago
Thank you, that is a good suggestion
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by lappet 1mo ago
Nice. Is it vibe coded? I am looking for a good resource for learning kannada if you know Tamil, but with a focus on spoken language.
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by lappet 1mo ago
Yeah tbh I don't know if it is easy to do that. Any suggestions?
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by lappet 1mo ago
Yes, definitely on my list. For now you can try the map view and zoom into your state. Thanks for the feedback!
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by lappet 1mo ago
I have been working on and off on https://www.whichtemple.in - it is a collection of ~ 2700 temples across India, with images sourced from wikipedia - it shows you a random temple each time you visit - it has a map view of templ
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by lappet 9mo ago
Yeah I believe modern trigonometry and the terms sine and cos also trace their origins to Sanskrit through Arabic. It's a shame that ancient/medieval India contributed so much to science and math but hasn't been able to innov
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by lappet 1y ago
hey there, I spent some time working on something very similar, but I am based in the US! I was able to import receipts from Safeway & Costco here, using private APIs. But since stores here don't really support OAuth, and using a p
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by lappet 1y ago
Highways
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by lappet 1y ago
Some of the big chains in my area provide online receipts: safeway, costco, target, etc.
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by lappet 1y ago
I am working on an app to track grocery purchases from online receipts. My goal is to track the effects of inflation on prices, and build something like Mint, but with itemized transactions from receipts.
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by lappet 1y ago
Hugo, s3 and CloudFront. I use GitHub actions to push to s3, that is my deployment pipeline.
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by lappet 2y ago
Do you have network access? I would pick ssh.
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by lappet 2y ago
I know Bengali and Assamese use a Tibetan script, anyone know how similar is it to the one Tibetans use for their language?
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by lappet 2y ago
This is not for a business, but I am working on a side project that uses node.js + sqlite and the entire stack will run on a single Lightsail instance ($5 per month)
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by lappet 2y ago
holy moly, if you setup a kickstarter for this, a bajillion desis would support it. curious though, are they going to be frozen samosas?
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by lappet 3y ago
Pretty cool. I really like your website! How does the sonification of space sounds work?
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by lappet 3y ago
I loved Teixcalaan #1, and I really need to read the second one. Thanks for the reminder!
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by lappet 3y ago
Right, but the root of "orange" is apparently Proto-Dravidian, as mentioned in the article
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by lappet 3y ago
Interestingly enough, Orange is called "oranju" in Tamil, a Dravidian language.
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by lappet 3y ago
> what always struck me as paradoxical is the nationalist / cultural pride that a lot of immigrants tend to display. Also an immigrant, and I have observed that some immigrants tend to be become more conservative when they move. Or
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by lappet 3y ago
Oh, interesting. I have never written Pascal though.
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by lappet 3y ago
I really miss VB and Flash. Wish we had something like that today.
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by lappet 3y ago
I know! Are there no alternatives to Flash? I miss it so much.
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by lappet 3y ago
I quite like it, bookmarking it :)
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by lappet 3y ago
Is there anyone prominent in the tech world who is pessimistic? I am tired of this relentless optimism regarding new technologies.
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by lappet 4y ago
whoa, I made a fake virus too! Mine would freeze the user's screen, and display a progress bar that their hard disk was being deleted. I shared it on download.com and got a few thousand downloads. VB6 was so much fun as a teenager. If
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by lappet 4y ago
While this is a major misstep in my opinion, I think there is a major imbalance in reputable media in the world. We need more non-Western sources of media that are respected. People are realizing, as in this case, that Western countries hav
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by lappet 4y ago
Yeah, income tax raids are a standard play in India. They are usually sent to target rich folks who have fallen out of favor.

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