mitul_45

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by mitul_45 5y ago
I've been using Firefox for almost a year now (on Phone and Desktop) and the only reason I switch to Chrome is to translate websites. I live in Netherlands and don't speak Dutch so to browse any local website I have to rely on Chr
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by mitul_45 5y ago
I used to hate printers too but that changed when I started using HP Instant Ink. The printer needs to be connected to wifi all the time but on the flip side, the printer orders ink cartridges well in advance (so they get delivered in time
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by mitul_45 6y ago
Wow, I had exactly this idea when I moved to the Netherlands! My friends and distant family members would call at weird times without checking if it's early morning or night here.
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by mitul_45 7y ago
The bikes are not very expensive, you can buy them second hand for about 100-150 EUR. And what do you have to maintain in a simple bike? Just adjust air pressure every couple of month and that's all. Owning a car in Amsterdam is crazy
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by mitul_45 7y ago
This looks cool, I've also built something similar for my needs. The difference is, it's a web based app – so I/my wife can add expense on-the-go. Uses Google Sheets as a database. https://github.com/mitul45&#
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by mitul_45 7y ago
Similar things are discussed in this year's World Happiness Report – http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/the-sad-state-of-happin... . Specially figure 5.4 makes it pretty clear: more internet hours = less hap
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by mitul_45 7y ago
I also had a similar issue, but then it became like a habit – every night I would check my accounts and add day's expenses (it's difficult if you have a lot of cash transactions). For the tip, wouldn't you round off to neares
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by mitul_45 8y ago
Not a freelancer, but I wanted to track my everyday finances since long. I tried lot of different tools but in the end ended up using simple Google sheet with some formulas. The only issue with this approach is – adding expenses is pain. Wh
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by mitul_45 8y ago
I was also having the same dilemma, although not a freelancer. I wanted to track my finances and tried lot of different tools but in the end decided to use plain excel. But then adding expense on Excel from mobile is real pain, so I wrote a
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by mitul_45 8y ago
If you are using Excel, I made a frontend wrapper on top of it to add expenses/incomes easily. For analysis you can use whatever methods you are already using. Check it out: https://github.com/mitul45/expense-manag
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by mitul_45 8y ago
I also love listening to Nujabes, but there aren't many different tracks on YouTube. Do you have any other resources?
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by mitul_45 8y ago
I'm an Indian living in Amsterdam just because of these immigration rules. My spouse is an Architect and she won't be able to work in the US due to H4 rules and in Canada because they don't accept the academic credentials for
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by mitul_45 8y ago
I was using Vimwiki for this stuff for long, but this idea seems promising for a daily journal. I mostly divide my tasks by day so I don't want timestamp to be added everytime I add an entry. Here's my aliases if it helps: ali
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by mitul_45 8y ago
I moved to Amsterdam 5 months back from Bangalore and couldn't agree more on the last paragraph. Everything here seems so laid back which was one of the reasons why we moved to EU – to have a better/more relaxed lifestyle but at t
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by mitul_45 8y ago
Especially as a web developer, I gave Firefox a second chance and tried to use it's FirefoxDeveloperEdition - but debugging JavaScript was so painful. It somehow felt so slow compare to Chrome's JS debugger. Has anyone else felt t
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Priceline to change it's name to Booking Holdings(forbes.com)
2 points by mitul_45 9y ago|0 comments
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The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting(ted.com)
1 points by mitul_45 9y ago|0 comments
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Related talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuit... .
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by mitul_45 9y ago
I don't know how but somehow power cut hasn't been a thing in my hometown - Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Maybe privatization has helped. Torrent Power has completed its acquisition of the Ahmedabad Electricity Company in 1997 [1]. And sinc
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Thanks for the tip! Are you in Amsterdam? Would love to catch up in the first week, if you are around.
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Nah. That's one of the major reasons. Others being - working with a diverse culture, working on a big scale such as theirs, and building things based on data rather than opinions.
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Yeah, questions were pretty much same you found on the internet. About the tech stack, they do let us know a little but mostly it depends on the team you land on.
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Well, I am joining Booking.com as frontend engineer this November and this makes me a bit worried. The only reason I chose to join Booking was Amsterdam (I wanted to live/work outside India for a couple of years). I have also heard the
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Interested! Do you guys support Visa sponsorships and relocation if required?
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Submitted an expense-manager PWA 83 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14279653 . There was a lot of traffic in first few weeks. Now it has been stable - around 25 weekly (<100 monthly) active users. I guess
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A Huge Diamond Mine That Helped Build The Soviet Union (2014)(gizmodo.com)
126 points by mitul_45 9y ago|57 comments
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Your newsletter is great! Thanks for compiling. Just curious, how much time you spend daily on HN for this?
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by mitul_45 9y ago
Thanks for sharing! This looks as a great starting point. Will surely take a look.
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Ask HN: Do I need to learn React before applying for a new job?
4 points by mitul_45 9y ago|3 comments
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by mitul_45 9y ago
You need to add sheet to your Google Drive first. Details points to the step-by-step instructions to do so.

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