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by xaranke 8y ago
Without context on how this data was gathered it's mostly meaningless.
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by xaranke 8y ago
Which is why getting an equally-skilled workforce in the same timezone at a fraction of the cost would be a huge selling point, would it not? Add to that less friction around growing this workforce by bringing in new talent from abroad and
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by xaranke 8y ago
Cookpad?
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by xaranke 8y ago
Maybe this is a dumb question, but it what stops Aviva from publishing new prices every minute or every second? > prices for the funds were published each Friday, and clients were allowed to switch funds at those prices anytime before th
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by xaranke 8y ago
> The cities considered the global "Big Four" fashion capitals of the 21st century are Milan, London, New York and Paris. It does have fashion, but it's not the biggest by any stretch.
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by xaranke 8y ago
So random to bump into a fellow Terrace House fan on HN.
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by xaranke 8y ago
LA is not a fashion capital: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_capital .
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by xaranke 8y ago
Looks good, but not a big fan of the autoplaying video. If I could click a button and start playing the video instead that would be great.
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by xaranke 8y ago
A Map for Saturday, definitely opened my eyes to spending a gap year traveling the world. Maybe some day. Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R07DF6C/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
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by xaranke 8y ago
Obama's final State of the Union is a good start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlLSBTAg0aM . More archived videos are available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGknzyQfNiThyt4vg4MlTQ&#x2F
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by xaranke 8y ago
Putting the link in youtube-dl and watching offline works for me.
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by xaranke 8y ago
https://player.vimeo.com/video/290376045
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by xaranke 8y ago
Can you elaborate more on the "algorithms in JS" bit? What libraries/tools are they using? Why JS versus Python or JVM languages?
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by xaranke 8y ago
Midwest US - Columbus < Minneapolis < Chicago Southern US - Raleigh < Atlanta = Austin
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by xaranke 8y ago
Right, but without an HQ there is no anchor.
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by xaranke 8y ago
I don't know if you can have a successful startup ecosystem without anchor BigCo companies that bring people to the area and eventually when these people leave they become VCs/founders/CTOs etc.
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by xaranke 8y ago
I hate talking on the phone, I'd much rather prefer an app. The fact that The Oatmeal[1] has a comic on this means that it's more than just me. [1]: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/phone
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by xaranke 8y ago
That's only part of the story, India greatly benefits from population density in urban areas.
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by xaranke 8y ago
The results for ElasticSearch are from 2015, curious to see how relevant they are now especially given that the team has been working on addressing these issues in the interim.
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by xaranke 8y ago
Is it just me, or does 33 pages of risk factors seem pretty high?
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by xaranke 8y ago
Placeholder comment to calculate the time before Google inevitably shuts this down.
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by xaranke 8y ago
This was great, thanks for sharing!
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by xaranke 8y ago
You can adjust the F-keys in the preferences. That and remapping caps lock to control is something I always do.
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by xaranke 8y ago
Cool, will take a look. Thanks!
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by xaranke 8y ago
Until recently, MacOS was the only OS with all of the following available natively: a Unix shell, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite. The fact that they made great hardware also helped. I guess at this point it's just inertia, but
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by xaranke 8y ago
Very cool. Out of curiosity, what would be the best way to get involved in Nominatim?
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by xaranke 8y ago
That's not true, anecdotally I know people who did and if you search you can find many more examples.
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by xaranke 8y ago
You seem to be contradicting yourself: how is growth over 2 decades "explosive"?
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by xaranke 8y ago
Right, but that's because Microsoft hasn't seen the kind of explosive growth that Amazon has so it's easier to plan. Also they've been around a lot longer.
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The End of an Epidemic(chicagomag.com)
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