vijayr

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by vijayr 9y ago
What are you replacing gmail with?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Why? Your phone number is public, but you wouldn't be happy if the lat/long of your phone during various times of the day is public, right?
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Ask HN: Is it possible to train oneself to be calmer/kinder?
36 points by vijayr 9y ago|29 comments
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by vijayr 9y ago
From my limited research Germany and Australia seem good, though it doesn't seem easy in Germany if you want to become a citizen. With more and more job losses and automation, I think this hysteria against (legal) immigration is only g
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by vijayr 9y ago
It is beyond absurd. It is a lose-lose situation for end users - if we read each line of every EULA, thats all we would be doing all day. If we don't, then we accept very unfriendly terms. Here is a funny example: https://ww
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by vijayr 9y ago
But there is a difference between promoting a product vs shifting blame, isn't it?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Reporters could send in the basic details of a traffic accident and would get in return a complete article to print the next day. These articles, printed widely, shifted the blame for accidents to pedestrians To me, that is the craziest s
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by vijayr 9y ago
India was a collection of many many smaller kingdoms when the British came to the scene. There was a whole bunch of infighting and backstabbing going on which the British happily encouraged and exploited. It is definitely amazing that they
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by vijayr 9y ago
I was thinking the same. Many links on the page are behind a paywall (ex: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225342/export-value-of-b... ) Curious on kind of people who use this, journalists maybe?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Does anyone know where CMC gets the circulation numbers?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Here is an experiment that seems to have gone well (banning outdoor advertising) https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secret...
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by vijayr 9y ago
presence of Caucasians and males was mocked with ‘boos’ during companywide weekly meetings. What does this even mean? People booed simply because they were white and male? I honestly don't get it. And who did the booing?
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by vijayr 9y ago
My experience is similar to your parent comment - I've never been able to check into a hotel without showing photo ID (I never paid cash btw, always credit card, always in advance and in many cases had the print out of the booking). Sa
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by vijayr 9y ago
One of the most striking columns in that list is the "Government Spending" column. It is red all over the place, including top two in the list - Taiwan and Australia!
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by vijayr 9y ago
They sent me a bill for over $900. For taking a picture, and giving me tylenol and an ace bandage. That is awful :( Imagine someone making minimum wage. 900$ is huge for most people. Honest question - outside of politics, is there anythin
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by vijayr 9y ago
I've seen this mentioned multiple times here. Did you go to any of the retreats? Could you share a bit more info, about your experience?
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by vijayr 9y ago
This blog is awesome. Some of the entries are eye opening and scary - like this one https://whoownsengland.org/2017/04/17/the-thirty-landowners-... Is there anything like this for the U.S? It is crazy to see
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by vijayr 9y ago
Any specific projects you are planning to make? Also, what resources are you using to learn?
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by vijayr 9y ago
This might be true in law, medicine etc, not necessarily software. Sure, there are some big companies that will filter resumes based on degrees, but there are tons of companies that will hire based on skill set and expertise. Software devel
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Ask HN: What are you planning to learn next year and why?
20 points by vijayr 9y ago|28 comments
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by vijayr 9y ago
It has already happened with kids - how many men hesitate to become teachers? Even though there are lots of men who want to teach and are good at teaching?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Any favorite resources you use to learn?
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Ask HN: What applications does blockchain tech have, other than cryptocurrency?
12 points by vijayr 9y ago|13 comments
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by vijayr 9y ago
It's intentionally designed so that good people can sometimes do something unpopular in the public interest. Except in this case, it is not in public interest
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by vijayr 9y ago
Where can one get historical and current prices of all crypto currencies as a downloadable dataset, even for commercial use?
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by vijayr 9y ago
This sounds like a terrible idea. Maybe if one is a 15 year old kid, sure, for shits and giggles. Why would a researcher do this, damaging their reputation in the process? And what good does it serve anyone?
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by vijayr 9y ago
Not faddish at all. I've read about fruitarians, people who eat only one food item at a time (mono meals) etc - all claim it worked for them. Thank you for the book recommendations, ordering two of them.
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by vijayr 9y ago
Could you please share some details? What did you eat? Do you think it is possible to reverse it, even if the person was diabetic for a long time?
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by vijayr 9y ago
okay, any recommendations of smaller shops?
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by vijayr 9y ago
I am not too interested in ancestry, I'll probably just look at it out of curiosity and thats it. More interested in their health reports. What do you mean by "ruined others"?

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