phekunde

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Apple announces “Buy now pay later” plan(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by phekunde 4y ago|2 comments
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by phekunde 5y ago
Thank you! I will connect via rocket chat.
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by phekunde 5y ago
> I’ve been using it for a few years, and would be happy to contribute to your knowledge. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line. Thank you for that! Where should I connect with you? I don't see any contact details
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by phekunde 5y ago
Here comes Indians :) Ah, the Y2K era!
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by phekunde 5y ago
Off topic, but is anyone interested in learning Godot? I want to learn Godot, and looking to team-up with someone.
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by phekunde 5y ago
I left a very big company because of this policy. This is deeply unethical.
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by phekunde 5y ago
I think, yes, this could be the main reason for engineers.
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by phekunde 5y ago
Sometimes problem solving needs some understanding of a domain. Otherwise it becomes difficult to solve problems in the said domain. Two domains that immediately come to mind are Security and 3D games. I am looking to team-up with a general
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by phekunde 5y ago
In the UK, it is notoriously difficult to team-up with someone to build a startup. The mindset is very different. If you go to US, India or China, engineers are willing to take risk. In the UK, the conversation starts something like this: M
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by phekunde 5y ago
Tech co-founder for XR simulation project. I am looking for someone with 3D graphics/Virtual Reality/games experience on Android platform who will be comfortable with NDK and Godot engine.
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by phekunde 5y ago
> None of them are about what you're going to do in the near term future. Okay, let us look again at some of the questions posted by OP: 1. How do you know people need what you're making? 2. Who might become competitors? 3. How
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by phekunde 5y ago
Had the West accepted the request* of Russia to join NATO, we wouldn't have seen the emergence of cold-war again! After the disintegration of USSR, the West went into triumphalism-mode rather than showing humility. * This request was b
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by phekunde 5y ago
This is like saying, if someone asks how do I say fit: 1. Wake-up in the morning 2. Do exercise 3. Stay fit :)
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by phekunde 5y ago
America will not collapse, it will become less relevant. The multipolar world is going to be more prominent going forward. Even France's Macron is talking about making EU independent of US influence. And with emerging country like Indi
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by phekunde 5y ago
Having an alternative/choice is always better :)
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Ask HN: Any interest in restarting the “Who is looking for co-founder(s)” post?
4 points by phekunde 5y ago|6 comments
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by phekunde 5y ago
Earlier the buyers were made light by their pocket with sub-prime loan financial engineering, now the target has moved to businesses with this new financial engineering. Sounds bit worrisome.
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by phekunde 5y ago
Sometime back I read a blog post by an early Amazon employee. I am not able to find that blog now, but the title was something on the lines of "The best decision I ever made." In that blog post the author narrated an incident at A
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by phekunde 5y ago
Well, it is not just the Pentagon and CIA, the NRA also has its share in damage, albiet internally to America itself, by eulogising and then infilterating the gun culture into the USA. The American movies have played a big part in internal
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by phekunde 5y ago
So, does KnockoutJs[0] represent the "transitional applications" framework as described in the article? [0] https://knockoutjs.com
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by phekunde 5y ago
Add to that the pronunciation of 'o', "ch" and a lot more. I went into a rabbit hole on the same issue few years ago when I was trying to understand why "ch" in "chord" and "chore" are prono
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by phekunde 5y ago
> She and I agree that everything past a senior engineer is political. She is much better and handling the complex social dynamics of the management class. It's kinda a game of finding the least common denominator that works best b
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by phekunde 5y ago
My hypothesis is that this might be indirectly related to the drug. Because sex increases blood circulation to the whole body, including the brain, this circulation helps the brain cells. Taking Viagra regularly for sexual pleasure has this
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Ask HN: Has anyone tried Freenode's Reddit-style platform?
2 points by phekunde 5y ago|1 comments
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by phekunde 5y ago
> introversion It is not a skill-set :) You cannot develop introvertedness. It is a natural thing; it is the nature of the person. You could try to change it but it is very difficult.
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by phekunde 5y ago
> ...learn interesting thinks about other peoples careers. This is a very good approach.
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by phekunde 5y ago
> Honestly that sounds more like social anxiety than introversion. For intoverts, social anxiety stems from the fact that they do not fit into the very nature of "social events". Otherwise introverts are very good in other aspe
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by phekunde 5y ago
> introvert means you find social situations incredibly tiring > If you find social situations difficult then you're probably just anti-social. No, that is not entirely true. The way I differentiate between intoverts and extrover
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by phekunde 5y ago
Introverts are exactly opposite to what you have described; they are uncomfortable at social events. I have the exact opposite problem to what you have described. I am uncomfortable at social gatherings, but somewhat okayish at online discu
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by phekunde 5y ago
It starts with being happy, and then turning into a feeling of guilt and despair once you realise that you have spent hours reading the posts, comments and following the links posted by others.

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