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I haven't because of lack of exposure so far but since you are using it daily, it would be good to know how you are using it as it may interest others.

HN responses are top quality and sometimes the comments offer more than the original submission. I am sure you would have some threads or particular individual comments saved up so…

Any concepts, videos, articles, books, movies, business that opened up a whole new world for you - something that you didn't know earlier or knew little of but then had this WOW / …

1. That sleeping over uncomfortable pending decisions and discussions helps a lot. 2. That a fixed sleeping schedule with at least 8 hours of sleep does wonders to my thought proce…

In the "How do you read" Ask HN thread from a couple of days ago, there were quite a few mentions on the lines of "Great books should be re-read again and again". Thought it'd be g…

What has helped me is talking in person to someone who is close. Realized that sometimes I just need to vent my inner confusion and at other times I need them to shake me because I…

I did the same until I read your comment! Thank you. Learning never stops.

Are there any products or services that you are paying for and are not happy with but either have no other choice or the alternatives don't work for you for some reason?

In some states, the validity of the Driver's License (DL) is aligned with the H1-B petition expiry date and I am in one of those states. My current petition expires in 4 months. Id…

Excellent book. The first time I started reading it, I couldn't grasp it and stopped after a few pages. But then picked it up again in 2015 and read it in one sitting. It's a wonde…

Startup name please?

They did mention it's not the same thing this time. "This is not the same problem we had with the CCD last year, which was a problem with the database caused by a software patch. T…

Just want to share my perspective as an Indian who was in US for 6 years until I came back to India a couple of months back. I am not sure why you think companies can bring folks f…

This is a nice problem to have, so find some comfort in that. Personally, I have felt that in situations like these I usually know what's better but I just don't know it when I am …

Here's a similar thread from a couple of years ago that has some great answers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6121572

The article talks about inventing and not investing.

I don't understand why they would compare the average wage of all H1B workers spread throughout the US against that of a particular job title (Computer Systems Analyst) in Los Ange…

Which startups are you closely following or are inspired by and why? For me it's Watsi because of what they are doing in healthcare in such a transparent way. An excerpt from their…

Not that it is related a lot but reminded me of this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8274084

I agree with your point about market saturation and should have touched upon it in my original comment when I quoted the sales drop. One point that stood out for me was that the Ip…

Barring the title, the article touches upon some right notes. Ipad quarterly sales are down by about 21% YOY going by the latest quarterly earnings report from Apple (1). With the …

A similar question was asked last month. Pretty good advice in that thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8800788