timewarrior

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by timewarrior 5y ago
I always wonder about kids who skip too many grades or who get college degree at 12. Even if they are intellectually there, socially life would be a nightmare. Imagine being a 12 year old which 17 year old peers. I can't imagine the em
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by timewarrior 5y ago
I agree with this. Most people need just 2 years during grade 11 and 12. Starting earlier might give minor edge at best but more damage to other aspects of personality and growth! In IIT, in under 1000 rank, most people who spent more than
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by timewarrior 5y ago
I have had the same experience. I tried a BMW X7 and could never get a comfortable seat position. There were just too many controls. I only wish Tesla has thigh extension. Otherwise the seats are really comfortable.
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by timewarrior 6y ago
Thanks, I will take a look at it. It looks really expensive though!
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by timewarrior 6y ago
I meant mongo support for sharing might be marketing fluff. As in they promise it works but it might be unreliable. I have come to trust Mongo with CRUD on a document. Rest of the features might not work as well. Looks at the recent Jespen
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by timewarrior 6y ago
I am not sure what is the exact use case. They could be using it for a non-critical data warehouse which could easily be recreated. If you can deterministically determine your use case and are confident that mongo will fit it - it might be
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by timewarrior 6y ago
I have been watching these threads forever. I personally like Mongo and wanted to added some real life perspective to it. In the end it is a tool which fits some scenarios.
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by timewarrior 6y ago
You are correct. This was in the case of replica set. Are you running Mongo yourself. I use to be at MLab, but Mongo Atlas is really good. Give it a shot!
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by timewarrior 6y ago
Thanks for raising this good point. I didn't get a chance to elaborate on this in my original post because it was getting too long and it was end of a long day. The cost of adding a column is zero, in terms of schema migration. So that
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by timewarrior 6y ago
There were many questions asking about recent experience with MongoDB. I have some recent experience so wanted to share with everyone. My background: 2007-2010: Used MySQL to run a social network for 50M+ users. Would send 2B messages on pe
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by timewarrior 7y ago
This. That’s the sole reason I bought an SUV.
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by timewarrior 7y ago
As mentioned in the original post, I don’t want to install additional software. If I was open to that Karabiner would be perfect. Thanks!
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by timewarrior 7y ago
One problem with this is that it’s a combination keystroke involving two special keys and tab. That is bad for your fingers especially if it something like tab switch that you use a lot. With Cmd-[] you just use total two keys which are eas
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by timewarrior 7y ago
I don’t install any addons on my browser. Wish Firefox worked just like others.
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by timewarrior 7y ago
Only reason I haven't moved to Firefox on my Mac is that I can't reassign keyboard shortcut for tab change (without using any external software). Firefox default is Cmd-Shift-[], which gives me pain in left hand if I use it too mu
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I had an O-1 visa. Still my EB-1 was rejected - twice! First time then gave me 2 criteria (contribution to field of work and contribution to companies). On Appeal, AAO gave me another criteria (high compensation) and took away 1 already giv
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by timewarrior 8y ago
Thanks, for the wishes :) Need to fix the final missing piece: Find a place to call home. Once that is done, will work for the next 20 years attacking Cancer!
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I would not recommend this. Couple of issues: 1. You might want to visit your family in home country. How do you enter back. 2. CBP can put a border check point anywhere 100 miles from a border. Which covers most of California (land and sea
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by timewarrior 8y ago
Updated the email on my profile. My approach is usually as follows: 1. Identify a real person in whose position I would want to be 10 years from now. 2. Figure out the path from that person to my current situation. Usually this involves fig
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by timewarrior 8y ago
It’s not really insane. Many a times, there are skilled spouses who can’t get an H1 because of lottery or some other issue. My spouse had an illustrious career in India and did an MBA in US. She made a lot more than 350k per year and she wa
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by timewarrior 8y ago
Hi, can you please clarify this. I didn't get the context. I am planning to move to Canada and would love to get multiple view points.
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by timewarrior 8y ago
This was a good decision ref EB-5. Currently, if there is any crazy possibility, USCIS will reject your petition. EB-5 will take 2-3 years and you don't know how things will be then or even if the program will be around then. USCIS wil
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by timewarrior 8y ago
This is bad advice. It is really risky to do this and you can be barred from US forever. Lawyers can give bad advice, and you need to triple-check non conventional advice. I used a lawyer who is really popular with YC companies. He gave me
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I just moved out of US and in process of moving to Canada. Just for background: Worked in leadership roles for startups and Fortune 15 companies, sold a company to Dropbox, advise/invest in bunch of startups. My life's goal is con
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I grew up in India and loved driving stick shift. Once I moved to US, I transitioned to Automatic. Biggest reason I miss Stick shift is that, it just felt that I had a stronger connection with the car and the acceleration was more predictab
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I will write a bigger post later on. But whatever happens do not apply for I-485 till you get your I-140 approved. I did that mistake and had to leave US recently after my I-140 and I-485 got rejected. Once your I-485 is denied - you can&#x
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by timewarrior 8y ago
Get GoogleFI - $10/GB worldwide
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by timewarrior 8y ago
Use https://www.distilnetworks.com/ They use AI to block attacks to your site. You can do a bunch of customizations too. They are expensive though and start at USD 500/mo
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by timewarrior 8y ago
I agree. He bought a used Mercedes for 390/mo while in college and not paying loans. What was wrong with having a used Toyota Camry for 8k?
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by timewarrior 8y ago
To do that I would need to take up a job at some big tech firm. If someone in my situation is forced to do shut down his startup and work for a big firm to stay in US, imagine how difficult it would be for someone else to decide to quit the

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