willwinger

5 ms·

1.
by willwinger 3y ago
All business inherently know that the most difficult thing is to get a customer to open their wallet. A subscription commitment is far more valuable than an impulsive/interest driven one time payment
2.
by willwinger 3y ago
A 'path to profit' is the time tested lifeline of any enterprise. However this is never highlighted as it doesn't bode well with the general social psyche of humans. For last 20 years, tech enabled startups, chose 'postp
3.
The truth about Open AI drama(youtube.com)
2 points by willwinger 3y ago|0 comments
4.
by willwinger 3y ago
Very well identified, the cropping up of such an article should not be taken at face value. Consider such scenarios too which impact profit of specific industries namely Pharma 1. Demand for curcumin has greatly increased leading to an infl
5.
by willwinger 3y ago
In that case, If you end up using OSS without any necessity of contribution from you, would you pay for that OSS software? since you did not contribute labor to it.
6.
by willwinger 3y ago
Thanks good to know.
7.
by willwinger 3y ago
Unrelated, is the word pagan used in the headline, appropriate in this day and age? It is an umbrella term that is used to refer to non Abrahamic religions with a derogatory slant like 'heathen'. This is similar to using Mythology
8.
by willwinger 3y ago
All Microsoft applications such as Teams, Outlook now open links only on Edge, completely ignoring the default browser setting.
9.
by willwinger 3y ago
Had a smile reading through this. So many web developers out there who have no idea about history of HTTP. That it was designed for static document serving and since been twisted to serve applications.
10.
by willwinger 4y ago
As an ancient civilization with an undeciphered script, Indus Valley Civ. is mired in controversy and claims Religion wise though article claims an Egyptian link which is new to me, it has some clear Hindu associations like the Pasupathinat
11.
by willwinger 4y ago
Weather is an underrated reason. India perhaps has the best suited weather conditions for humans to thrive. 80% or more of the land have non-extreme weather
12.
by willwinger 4y ago
Before Sugarcane was adopted in India, Palm sugar was already widely used as a sweetener and the process was Palm alcohol(Kallu), Palm juice (Pathani) and Palm sugar(Karuppatti)
13.
by willwinger 4y ago
In Abrahamic religions it is common I believe to say thank you to God before a meal. This is a key difference between these religions and religions like Hinduism. The thanks is to the object that has helped us in anyway. This stems from the
14.
by willwinger 4y ago
Salary in India is a wide spectrum. At the top end of the talent pool, it is indeed reaching West European levels. I know because I managed a team that was in Spain and India. However now I run my second startup (bootstrapped) where I hire,
15.
by willwinger 5y ago
The poem which started and inspired my whole adult life so far... has helped me many any times over
16.
Ask HN: Will Open-Source Survive?
3 points by willwinger 5y ago|0 comments
17.
by willwinger 6y ago
I agree, however last time I checked Servo was not that stable.
18.
by willwinger 6y ago
The ancient Dravidian language mentioned in this article is "Tamil" where citrus fruits are associated with the word "narumanam"(fragrance) or "naatram"(bad smell). Narthangai which is a native citrus fruit. Bu
19.
Indus Valley Civ. Origins of Cheese(zmescience.com)
2 points by willwinger 6y ago|0 comments
20.
by willwinger 6y ago
I understand but in this case we have the lifetime as s, seed as S and copy as A. And you can see how it creates that extra effort for someone who is seeing it for the first time. For me any code is associated with its application and that
21.
by willwinger 6y ago
I have been using Rust for my side project https://github.com/elasmojs/rooster Rust is just great! I feel liberated from Java and Node. But what intrigues me is why do programmers insist on making code look and feel di
22.
by willwinger 6y ago
Yes definitely,thanks!
23.
by willwinger 6y ago
I am Product Manager, this is a personal experimental project to scratch an itch and learn something new :-)
24.
Show HN: Rooster – Personal Web Server with Rust(github.com)
10 points by willwinger 6y ago|3 comments
25.
Ancient Roots of BNF(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
2 points by willwinger 7y ago|1 comments
26.
by willwinger 8y ago
It's a private deal and unfortunately I cannot reveal due to the non disclosure terms.
27.
by willwinger 8y ago
Good for them, with just a 500K investment I would guess the following 1. The founders should own at least 75% of not more which gives them a neat 30M in this deal. 2. As others pointed out, why such a poor multiple on revenue? The possibil
28.
by willwinger 8y ago
I have used GrapeJs, it is a very well architected tool. Your new project will sure be more successful!
29.
by willwinger 8y ago
என்ன பாய் டெஸ்ட் பண்றிங்களா? எந்த ஊரு? நாகை தெரியுமா? நாகூர் வந்து இருக்கீங்களா?
30.
by willwinger 8y ago
Hmm... really surprised at all the responses, chill guys it's just a comment! Ok, for those who are throwing stereotypes around, here is a bit to chew on 1. I am from Tamilnadu, a southern state in India. A proud Tamil Indian from a mi

More ›