cnu | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What side projects are you working on this year?
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cnu | 2 years ago | on: Tohands – Smart calculator for small businesses
I think having a single place to record all your transactions would be a good feature. And if they have a way to send receipts to customers via SMS/whatsapp, it would be a great.
cnu | 5 years ago | on: Python should not be taught as a foundational language
It's a poorly written post. I think mostly written for SEO and traffic.
One thing that I didn't notice others here didn't comment about:
In the section where they write about xrange vs range in python 2 vs 3, they reference a piece of code supposedly written for py3 which isn't there.
xrange was fast in python 2 because it allows you to evaluate lazily, which is what range does in python 3.
So whatever benefits you got out of xrange is there in range.
cnu | 11 years ago | on: Net Neutrality being challenged in India.
We few people know it could be bypassed. But how will the millions of other users who know nothing about VPNs? Also what if Airtel blocks all these popular VPNs?
Also its not about if we can bypass it or not. It is about what is morally/ethically right and what is wrong.
cnu | 12 years ago | on: Learn Haskell Fast and Hard
Check out http://learnxinyminutes.com/. Loads of languages/tools to learn.
cnu | 12 years ago | on: Oracle Discontinues Free Java Time Zone Updates
And if I am travelling from New Delhi to London, how would I know/sync what time the sun rises/sets?
cnu | 12 years ago | on: R.I.P Atul Chitnis : The Man Who Changed the Open Source World
> You wouldn't be the author of that blog by any chance?
The author of that blog, "Kenneth Gonsalves" is dead for almost a year.
cnu | 12 years ago | on: Hexo – A fast, simple and powerful blog framework
If you have compiled it to HTML, wouldn't it be more efficient to serve it up as static HTML files via nginx (or any web server). Why store the HTML in redis and serve off it via an application?
cnu | 12 years ago | on: Trying out this Go thing at Disqus
Can you do a blog post instead? Would help lot of developers like me who are looking into Go as the next programming language to learn.
cnu | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I choose the right domain registrar?
I use gandi for all my domains. Even use their mailbox for 1 domain and haven't had a problem.
I would recommend only gandi to anyone.
cnu | 13 years ago | on: The Setup: Joe Armstrong
We tried using it in the previous startup I worked with.
It was pretty hard to make everyone use it and soon we ended up installing redmine for issue tracking.
cnu | 13 years ago | on: How not to send password reset notification email
I didn't even get the email from evernote regarding the password reset.
Luckily, I had the evernote app sign me out and asking me to login again (which didn't work with my old password). I had to login through the website and it prompted me to change my password (no link on why) and then it worked with the new password.
I searched through my email trying to see if any email got eaten by the spam folder, but none, "No emails".
cnu | 13 years ago | on: Google Search is only 18% Search
Do Google employees also see the same interface with ads? And if so, shouldn't it be illegal as the employees (in)directly increase Google's revenue?
cnu | 13 years ago | on: Why is < faster than <=?
Betteridge's Law of Headlines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines
cnu | 13 years ago | on: Apple v. Samsung Verdict: Could Bill Gates Have Patented The iPhone in 1995?
"I've yet to read any convincing argument about how this verdict will lead to more innovation"
The verdict will lead to more innovation and R&D from Samsung, instead of just copying from Apple.
cnu | 13 years ago | on: Being Featured on the App Store
Maybe that is his point. Good product names with two words must be able to rank high for both "twowords" and "two words"(with space).
cnu | 13 years ago | on: New distributed fault-tolerant cloud provider u2601
Didn't work on Safari 6.0.
cnu | 13 years ago | on: India's street children bank on the future
Interest rates for Fixed deposits are around 8-9% for a year in some Indian banks. There were times when it was more than 10% too.
cnu | 14 years ago | on: 0bin: A Client-Side Encrypted Pastebin
The short URL feature doesn't work. The short URL created is http://0bin.net/paste/undefined
cnu | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Boomerang Calendar - a smart calendar assistant in your Gmail
Great product. But do check for broken links on the website.
The download page http://boomerangcalendar.com/beta/download.php link to /beta/features.html and /beta/faq.html.
page 1
I want to build more features and add support for any RSS feeds too.
Nothing to make money out of, but something for my personal use.