ruchi | 10 years ago | on: India blocks Colgate patents for spices
Native speaker here. Dalchini is the correct Hindi word for cinnamon. Think of it as the English word underdog.
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ruchi | 13 years ago | on: Migrate Your Instagram Photos to Flickr in One Click.
I think that's just coz they have a new revamped iPhone app.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted for TSA Body Scanners
I've opted out a few times. My experience has been pretty much like jchrisa. Just tell them that you are opting out when it's your turn.
They would find someone to pat you down along with another officer to watch the process. Pat down takes less than a minute but wait time for officers to become available can be up to 5-10 minutes.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: A myth called the Indian programmer
You are getting it in the reverse order. People who make it to IITs are driven; they do well in every field not just IT. Most Indian coders are in it just for the money, they hardly have concept of basic business or functional concept to do better and the sad part is they don't want to learn. You need to love what you do excel.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money on the web?
People don't always use their legal name on facebook and not everyone has enough online presence to show up on google. Peoplesearch pulls data from many sources e.g. your electric/water/broadband company.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: A Man. A Van. A Surprising Business Plan.
In India too. There are people who validate your passport application and supporting docs for a small fee before you submit them to the officials.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Things I’ve never heard a successful startup founder say
Spending all that time on finding a great name paid off.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Airbnb Competitor Checks IDs: 'We Don't Want to Trade Security for Volume'
It's the roomorama service requesting proof not the users.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Violated: A traveler’s lost faith, a difficult lesson learned
> AirBNB at least has a credit card on file
Might be stolen especially in the light of this case.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: How should I apply for U.S. jobs as a non-resident?
>>Another possible problem is that your spouse can get a visa but cannot work (until you both get a green card, which might take a long time).<<
Your spouse qualifies for H4, a dependent visa, based on your H1 visa. However, they can find sponsors for their own H1.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Indian Official Puts Public Webcam in Government office
It may not be since it leaves interpretation of intention of the visit up to you. With the webcam, although the feed may be muted, you could still find out more.
ruchi | 14 years ago | on: Google will no longer allow private Google profiles after July 31st
You have to create one! It picks profile pics etc which you have already shared.
You can search your name here https://profiles.google.com/
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: Our app built at the Startup Weekend SanJose in 48 hours: Shout A Tweet
Really like the design and logo.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: Pictorical, Crowd-illustrated books startup
Congrats, it looks great!
Another revenue stream could be offering a customized book based on customer submitted story.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: my new project, an anti-snub dating site
Yes, just saying this should be sufficient - "If your email address is our database, you would shortly receive an email to reset your password".
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side project.
It's a valid concern. I think they can have a workaround this problem by offering a discount on say diapers or some kind of other fringe benefit to parents confirming the birth.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales
I'm not sure that's right. Even if Kindle App has no purchasing option but accesses content bought on Amazon.com, it should still allow Apple's in-app purchase. Which essentially means, Kindle app is useless. See the excerpt below.
>> If an app lets users access content that they purchased via Amazon's website, for example, then that same app must also let users buy the same book via Apple's own in-app purchase system. If the app developer doesn't want to use Apple's in-app purchases to sell content, then the app can't access content purchased elsewhere either.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Dating Denial of Service attack
> Lying is a tool, it can be used for good or bad.
That's precisely the point. Here lying was done for personal gains.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Terminal app for the Kindle
I used Kindle's 3G/EDGE network globally.
ruchi | 15 years ago | on: Hacking Ikea products to make them personal
It's about identification of the market and implementation details. See comment by ulf http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1924463
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