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adityar

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About adityar

I'm an eclectic autodidact.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #45966674

    Using cloudflare really helps cut the bandwidth bill for free for smaller self-hosted sites. That was my primary motivation - not security.

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    Comment #41097773

    EDA tools do this all the time. See flexlm or openlm

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    Comment #38773063

    Space efficient exercise gear - foldable pullup bar - bullbar. I have the 1.0 but 2.0 looks much easier to setup - Bowflex adjustable dumbbells

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    Comment #33678776

    I love it when this is the first comment

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    Comment #30490579

    I find "X does Y, why don't you?" As a means to keep vendors from becoming complacent. As customers, we don't know what the tools limits are. Sometimes, vendors will not invest in …

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    Ask HN: Mobile app legal/redtape too far gone for hobbyists?

    I was looking to build a free app that would take, process and store photos - nothing earthshaking but solves an annoying problem. It's really more of a way for me to explore a new…

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    Comment #30130682

    But it sounds awesome

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    Comment #30130673

    Sorry for the grim outlook - I think you will get shutdown by the app store once they see this as a way to install unapproved apps (or more importantly, hurt their 30% tax)

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    Ask HN: Umbrella service that publishes app under their name?

    I don't want to use my name, DBA or a LLC. Is there a service that can publish my app under their name/developer account so it looks more official than it would with a person's nam…

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    Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

    I read "the intelligent investor" once a year or so to reinforce the value mindset. Are there any other books like that worth reading periodically?

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    Comment #26032885

    Flutter returns butterflies, flag returns flags and fluttering flag returns some kites. But it's fast and clean.

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    Comment #25875027

    Non-paywall: https://outline.com/NTubwj

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    Comment #16359218

    What's the word cloud generator you're using?

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    Comment #16333561

    Spelling - developer

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    Comment #16328795

    virtualbox ubuntu - i tried (against my better judgement/instinct) working in Windows at some point and it's just the worst.

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    Comment #16328056

    mv /usr/bin/man /usr/bin/person #JUSTICE SERVED

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    Ask HN: What's your first query to a new search engine?

    I always ask "verilog" or "what is verilog" to get a sense of how the engine matches up to Google/DDG. I was curious about what others ask for the first time.

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    Ask HN: Are lots of small players a market opportunity or tarpit?

    After doing some research on a market segment related to an idea, i noticed that, ever so often, a new startup tries to address the space or a subset of the space and then dies wit…

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    Comment #16134542

    https://barnacl.es/ for 'News for bootstrappers, not VC hackers'

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    Comment #16109493

    Materialistic