ppradhan's comments

I have written more raw CSS than I have written Tailwind in my life. But I like the well thought out utility classes of Tailwind so much I only go raw when there is no option.

I also don't think about it too much and sleep well at night ;)

what am I doing wrong. 'press . on the Github repo' ?

Obsidian https://obsidian.md

“I remember the first half of the trip to have nice scenery. I don't remember the second half at all, as I zoned out and contemplated the mistake I had made as I kept pedaling.”

Time on earth kind of quote right there, my friend.

Excalidraw?

https://excalidraw.com

can you suggest what are the brands that spend more on quality and less on marketing? i think those brands should be supported so their already minimal reliance on marketing is further reduced.

duh, pacing!

this sounded like pandering then, it sounds like pandering now. he's in business, of course he's got a solid marketer in him!

A friend of mine approached this team with an app idea he had. They discussed the scope and these guys did give an estimate of 3 days.

Then, bizarrely enough, they said they wouldn't be able to work on the product because they 'don't have a working android tablet'. Very strange response/excuse indeed.

This is certainly a clever way for them to advertise what they have on offer on HN - but there seems to be a difference in the way they are advertising their services and the way they are responding to proposals.

Would like to hear from people that ended up working with them.

Edit: my friend was also asked by these guys if he as any 'friends in bangalore than can lend them an android tablet'... I'm not sure what to make of that!

I am from Nepal. This happens because of poverty and people need to make a living. Awareness is high among migrant workers about the conditions - given hundreds of thousands travel each year and news travels back. But hope of 200-500 USD per month makes people take risks and the exodus continues.

Once there, dodgy contractors and employment agents take advantage when they can. The exit visa system really doesn't help either. Neither do unstable government, weak economy and low employment back home.

It is an actual fact that in desperation, the poor migrant workers are made to work long hours in extreme heat (direct sunlight). At nighttime, close to the desert where many of these fetid labour quarters are get suddenly cold. Extreme variations in temperature and strenuous manual work is said to have contributed to all these heart attack deaths in young people - as young as 20. I'm not sure exactly because I'm not a medical professional - but the conditions are definitely not conducive to human survival.

The way international community has taken notice with this article does help. Business communities and political interests might do their best to keep the blatant human/labour rights violation under wraps but spreading the news will make their task harder. People from countries with vested economic stakes in these gulf countries etc could do well to pressurise their governments to demand accountability. Work is what the workers want - but in humane conditions. Death should not be an acceptable condition of employment.

Anyone has any idea what the iPhone 5 touch screen is compared to the Nokia Lumias? The touch on them is pretty damn fast too, clearly faster than Android devices. But iPhone does still feel slightly faster... Maybe Lumia's and iPhones are almost on par.

The author at one point says "Thank god the Windows phone failed". It's one guy's opinion and he probably has limited experience with the WP platform - or just doesn't like it. I wouldn't have chosen to consider the rising market share as a sign of WP 'failing', but that's how the author apparently sees it.

Internet blog posts, specially the kinds written by people in tech that gets shared around on HN tend to have opinionated, often inflexible view on things - as if their understanding and by extension the reality is immutable. This is not entirely bad because it does spur on good discussion. Just don't take everything you read to be encyclopaedic facts and don't be surprised with 'absurdities' of these sort.

And I do agree with you abt WP OS. It has a fine design language, is very pleasant to use and was ahead of its time in embracing flat design accentuated with tasteful transition effects. I can see some iconography and other stuff on iOS 7 screen-grabs that appear to have been inspired by WP8.

A long time iOS user, I recently got lured in by WP8's smooth, no frills stylings and Nokia Lumia's edible designs. WP8 started late, yes. But it's in no way asleep or doomed. Happy so far with it.

Not exactly on this topic, but somewhat relevant when I see articles like these from Indian media.

Media in India is weird in how it feels the need to emulate American events etc and draw parallels to illustrate their case. It's like they need a reinforcement framework to validate what they are saying. And for this, they love to look up to everything American (it's a complement to USA I guess, but also shows the insecurity india has towards modernisation). For example.. media routinely labels controversies as 'something-gate' when Watergate had nothing to do with india, and indeed most people in India probably don't know anything about it. The mumbai terrorist attacks are referred to as 26/11. Now their government surveillance is 'PRISM-like'.

India is insecure like this and looks for validation by trying to find 'standard' versions of what they are talking about, in the form of an American parallel. It's regular enough that I thought it worth pointing out.

India used to be like this before too, with British parallels. I guess the colonial hangover in India has proven to be a very long one. Be more confident in your own ways India; to improve and to progress, you don't always need to emulate.

this is inspired! I like it.

ah.. right on. cheers!

ImageOptim has been my best buddy, been getting very agreeable results with it. It's just for compression but end results don't seem to have the need for sharpening. Using ImageMagick this way might be best for special cases... http://imageoptim.com/

Maybe.. just maybe... the market is beginning to correct the monies earned by musicians. The heyday of yesteryear when (successful )musicians were paid obscene amounts was due to 1. fewer mainstream musicians and 2. overcharged customers who had no other means of acquiring music and had to pay the price record companies saw fit.

Unsuccessful or moderately successful musicians didn't make a lot even back then.

Now, musicians are basically fighting for attention among a greater number of competitors. The choices are more varied. The output per year has grown significantly and internet has brought international music into the fold further increasing competition for 'ear-time'.

This should make one ask the question: what is the worth of musicians? Why was the high figures of the last decades the 'right' level of earnings and why are they being 'ripped off' today? Is the alleged ripping off due to content delivery platforms (like Pandora) truly taking a larger cut of the revenues compared to delivery platforms of the past (record companies and retail distributors)?

It is not exactly pertinent to put past and present in the same basket, compare the numbers and bring out the pitchforks. Circumstances have to be looked at, and that little question of what the musicians are 'worth' needs to be thought about. What makes musicians worth more than a farmer or a checkout clerk. An even fairer comparision - why is their an income discrepancy between a successful musician and a successful calligrapher. If the worth is more, the market will decide. A given musician will have to continue making music despite low pay if music is their true love. If not, time for career change.

The music industry and consumption is maturing. Musicians need to do the same. There's no point fighting the ebbs and flow of the market by crying foul. My opinions here are bound to be 'polarizing'. Do discuss.

good story bro... hope the dog's getting a cut of the profits. kidding aside, well done!

when i wrote that comment, the top conversations were about how good the google translation was. that's what i was referring to.

You read the post and feel pretty bad. You load the comments. You see what the top comments are about and it dawns on you - this is why engineers are stereotyped as being emotionless robots.