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by vikascoder 9y ago
my whole Bosch line of washing machines and dryer have these buttons where i have to press my fingers awkwardly, sometimes slide it side to side for it to register a simple thing as "Start". Cool looking? i dont know but hey, put
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Thats how most Medical Device software is written :)
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by vikascoder 9y ago
We must remind ourselves that Apple is a closed social network based on hardware whereas lets say FB is software. So Apple plan to monetize this walled hardware/software garden for its own needs
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by vikascoder 9y ago
As an Indian it always amuses me to see folks in western nations tying themselves in knots over the vegeterianism debates. The possibility of eating a 100 percent veg diet never raises the kind of reaction that I see around here since its a
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Via just started in NYC giving out 5$ rides, International markets have a lot of competing apps such as Ola,Rapido and OyeTaxi in India, Russia has Yandex, China has Didi amongt others etc etc. Uber's business model does seem like its
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by vikascoder 9y ago
I was on the same boat. My references were my previous three managers.Two of them were PhDs leading R&D teams and one was a very senior Director. So it depends on the quality of your recommendors. Anyway the recommendations are just one
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Agree, that's why I said its "for a US Masters". There have been other traditional offerings from CMU, Stanford and JHU etc which are all in the 40k USD range. Most of the international students would normally get more out of
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Correct, the availability of courses is limited and there are four specializations available but its still early days in online education space and as I understand, maintaining, editing and publishing a course is a huge effort for a public
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Current working professional and an OMSCS student here. It highly depends on the context. Biggest pros are: 1. This is perhaps the cheapest Computer Science masters in the United States from a premier school. The degree is exactly the same
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by vikascoder 9y ago
What sets successful CEOs apart? : Luck
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by vikascoder 9y ago
isnt there already research to show that the stock and bond market behaviours are theoretically impossible to predict?
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by vikascoder 9y ago
As easy or hard as any skilled tech immigrant from anywhere else. We are all in the same boat and I am not aware of any special agreements between Europe and US in terms of easy transfer of skilled migrants (as Canadians have under NAFTA).
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by vikascoder 9y ago
What does flight check-in times has to do with extreme vetting? US visas are already granted after extreme vetting and pre 9/11 ease of moving around is not coming back anytime soon. Concordes are not flying purely for safety and busin
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Or if your most stupid con act works on a particular set of people, you have struck gold. This is very deliberate on their part. They are not looking for someone possessing any iota of critical thinking skills (the IRS scammers in contrast
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Current Gatech online student here. This is a very very successful course not because of Udacity, but because of the army of TAs and professors who work diligently to make the courses execute smoothly. Udacity just gives the platform for on
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by vikascoder 9y ago
So is Formula 1 / NASCAR driving, deep sea diving and even innocuous things such as Sky Diving carries a lot of risk of death and injury which we casually ignore. Alex and other free soloist climb the rock multiple times charting the r
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by vikascoder 9y ago
I sometime have Old timers nostalgia and think about all the video store owners, postal staff who delivered telegrams, phone switch operators, dusty mom and pop stores, ceiling fan companies and encyclopedia sellers who have been put out of
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Take out dinner in itself is not a thrash concept. Something like Blue Apron is. A thrash concept producing thrash. You don't have to cook with takeout. You have to cook with Blue Apron, spend extra money on groceries and produce extra
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by vikascoder 9y ago
You would be surprised how this doesn't apply to many software companies out there and how the hospital environment is exactly the kind of culture existing. There is no one thing fits all fact.
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by vikascoder 9y ago
Nah.
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by vikascoder 10y ago
Another Indian guy here. Can we limit the broad paint brushes here and realize that the circle of developers you may have exposed to is solely your experience? I think you are leaning on to some assumption that other "Indian" deve
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by vikascoder 10y ago
So has Germany, the foot in the door is tied to an employer but you get a clock based PR.
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by vikascoder 10y ago
I am sorry but your token Indian is not entirely wrong but also not entirely correct. First of all regarding your broad hypothesis,(which comes with a good dose of judgment on the side), "why do a good portion of Indian Developers suck
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by vikascoder 10y ago
This is because H1-B is the "only" way for an international fresh grad to work in the US. This is a direct result of US immigration policy which ties up the visa process with the need for an employer sponsorship and more important
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by vikascoder 10y ago
All great points. Just to put in the "con" perspective: 1. It's good money, not insanely great money for software engineering field. You can not hope to earn 200k USD as a senior engineer ever and hence even a few folks from
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by vikascoder 10y ago
You could look at an actual implementation of such a system in Germany. They have a three tier structure and divide students on the basis of their "ability" at a very tender young age of 10 or so ( 4-5th grade). http:/&#x2F
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by vikascoder 10y ago
It's a bug on chrome, works fine on Internet Explorer. The check box and the radio choices on the "Disability" page don't play well together on Chrome.
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by vikascoder 10y ago
I would recommend to check the adp application page. It does not allow the application to go beyond the "Personal Information" tab because it keeps saying "Select a Disability status" even though I have selected it. Tri
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by vikascoder 10y ago
I dont think its about white males and brown females. Such behaviour in any corporate setting or any workplace setting is vile. No one has to go through harrassment of any kind and thats why big companies at least invest some time in settin
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by vikascoder 10y ago
Suffice to say the tech that Magic Leap has is so much leaps and bounds better than Hololens that it will derail Microsoft's AR train completely once its launched. The hype is very real and so is the tech.

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