shubhamkrm

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by shubhamkrm 2y ago
Oh! This takes me back. I used it as my primary browser during the Firefox 57 saga, and continues to use it for over an year. The developer was very responsive to bug reports, and fixed the issues right away. Unfortunately, I moved away fro
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by shubhamkrm 2y ago
> How many Regular Joe people are using progressive web apps in the first place? I know several of them, because Google doesn’t let e-commerce apps in my country sell cigarettes and other products containing tobacco. The android version
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by shubhamkrm 2y ago
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my comment. I didn't mean to be provocative or offensive, just wanted to show the perspective from the other side. > I agree with the sentiment, or the problem that the government is trying t
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by shubhamkrm 2y ago
Thanks. I didn't mean to be provocative, just wanted to show the perspective from the other side.
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by shubhamkrm 2y ago
Hi there. I’m from India (the world’s capital of Internet blackouts). A major reason for Internet blackouts here is because in many areas, there’s a deep seated animosity between different communities due to historical and ideological diffe
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GenderMag Improves Discoverability in the Field, Especially for Women [pdf](cmustrudel.github.io)
1 points by shubhamkrm 3y ago|0 comments
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Not necessarily. You can write open source code in your own time and publish under Google org on GitHub. This is the recommended process if you don’t care about retaining the copyright to your code. If someone does want to retain copyright,
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Same. Can’t even see replies for any tweet.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
> Qt Unfortunately, it’s licensing is not suitable for everyone.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
IIRC, he mentioned missions to the Sun, Venus and a manned space mission.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
I have no idea how search rankings work, but GeeksForGeeks is massively popular in Indian tech colleges. This might be a reason for it’s high rank.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
I don’t know about Uber specifically, but in my country, some food and grocery delivery apps pay their delivery agents more if they get a five star rating.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Your analogy actually shows why “open” is appropriate in this context. It’s true, you don’t have to cut the grass or fill a pothole in an open park or an open road. Similarly, you don’t have to fix any bugs in an open source software either
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The Bitcoin Boom (2013)(newyorker.com)
2 points by shubhamkrm 3y ago|0 comments
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Even if you pay them, you don’t get the same content in all markets.
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
I’m not from the US, but would the initial capex and the ongoing maintenance expenses for the robots really be cheaper than a couple of minimum wage workers. IMO, a better approach would be to start with “people in trucks”, and gradually in
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
I don’t get it. When I order a pizza, I care about its taste, hygiene, and the time it takes to arrive. Why would I even care whether it was cooked by humans or robots?
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Designing Data Intensive Applications (DDIA)[1] is a great introductory book for such things. It covers a broad number of system design topics, and you can then go into detail for stuff that interests you. Other than that, several companies
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Looks like it’s being handled better than many Western countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States#/m...
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by shubhamkrm 3y ago
Reminds me of the old “evil bit” RFC[1] [1] https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3514.txt
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
But why? Storage is much cheaper today than it was in the 80s. While I myself don’t like huge Electron apps, trying to save every byte of storage is simply not worth it.
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
> What was last major innovation at Google.. chrome? 20% of company drives profits while 80% is a decorated R&D lab chock full of benefits, upset about cutbacks in their free oatmilk lattes, even though they're not coming to off
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
The irony is Jack has invested in and actively promotes nostr.
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
> on mobile it is beyond sensible to make a warning when leaving to view external links: mobile apps and mobile browsers do do not have the capability to show the exact url you are about to open (in desktop you call hover over a link),
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
I clicked on the link and it sent me to the warning page. Do you want me to record a screen capture video for you? Edit: Adding screen capture: https://imgur.io/a/RGk5Jx6
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
Lol. This coming from an NGO based in a country with a hereditary head of state. Pot, meet kettle
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
I have worked at two of the companies you’ve mentioned, and I can confirm Rust is not heavily used in these companies. Maybe a few teams use it, but it’s not really supported, and you won’t find many internal libraries and tooling support f
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
If it’s really a throwaway (just a one time use for creating an account), I simply use 10minutemail.com
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
I wonder how Brave compares to (Firefox + uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger).
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by shubhamkrm 4y ago
My school had 'As You Like It' and Animal Farm in its curriculum. I must say, Shakespeare was a lot of fun to read, especially finding so many hidden puns in simple looking passages. My teacher also showed us a movie adaptation at

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