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Veera

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About Veera

Java Developer - http://veerasundar.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #3473529

    +1 instead of having separate image files for each logos, I would prefer two sprites(b/w & color) and apply CSS to reduce the number of HTTP requests.

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    Comment #3455693

    Here's what I experienced: 1. Signed up using a dummy email address - just to test the service. Luckily(!), it logged me in without any email activation. Good that, there's a worka…

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    Comment #3424526

    In India, there are lots of people who makes their living out of the money earned by helping people to fill out forms outside every Government office. And they are in this business…

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    Comment #3180549

    exactly what happened to me. I had two for loops defined in my JS code which used the variable "i" without declaring. Hence, when the code ran, the second for loop behaving weirdly…

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    Comment #3150633

    thank you. //bot chooses randomly// that was the easy decision to make. Need to look further for any better decision making strategy.

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    Comment #3096318

    Google Moderator can be used for getting idea feedback, though it won't generate good looking pages. http://www.google.com/moderator/

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    Comment #3092274

    Simply great. Feature request: If there's a slider with the thumbnails of all the textures which can be browsed in single page, that would make the searching easier, instead of cli…

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    Comment #2937419

    1) To improve my writing/skills. 2) To reach out people of different countries/skill sets (which would have never possible/tough with out a blog) 3) To contribute back to the commu…

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    Comment #2849577

    'intent' worked well for me. With intents, it took only few lines of code to scan and de-crypt a QR image (thanks to zxing). Without intent, it would have taken weeks to implement …

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    Comment #2704429

    I guess the intention is not to 'search' but to say that you love the terms you entered in the textbox. So, IMO the heart button looks very suitable for that.

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    Comment #2632813

    My twitter account (@vraa) is not protected. But when I tried, I got an error message "Whoops, either that twitter user does not exist, or their account is protected, try someone e…

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    Comment #2160596

    The live site is not ready yet. Since, the problem seems to be more generic, I posted the question here. If the same topic had been discussed in old threads, can you please share t…

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    Ask HN: Generating content and Bringing Users to website

    When you build a website (for example, a site to connect sellers with buyers) which mostly relies on user generated content, how do you tackle with the below situation? "User will …

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    Comment #2044626

    The message in that page reads: "this site appears in a popup. So, if you have a popup blocker, please turn it off while you visit". Now, how am I supposed to know this information…