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plibither8

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About plibither8

Mihir Chaturvedi. JS dev from New Delhi, India.

   web: https://mihir.ch
   mail: [first-name] at [last-name] dot dev
   github: https://github.com/plibither8
   twitter: https://twitter.com/plibither8
   linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/plibither8/

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    Comment #39921332

    I'll be that commenter this time, all green here! https://metastatus.com/

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    Comment #38779640

    Did you just learn this word too from another recent thread on HN? I did, haha!

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    Comment #38367585

    You're getting downvoted, but I was thinking the same thing. Could someone explain why that might not be the case?

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    Comment #38333797

    > India has half-hour timezones If that's messy, consider Nepal's timezone that's on the 45-minute mark (UTC+5:45).

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    Comment #38001950

    Whatever happened to their Android plans?

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    Comment #37896568

    Yes, netdata FTW! You might need to perform some manual configuration to enable sensor data collection though, like installing `lm-sensors`.

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    Comment #37892221

    > Here if I understand you don’t get access to support but to an interpreter who will call the support for you. It’s of no interest if you don’t know ASL I might receive some slack…

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    Comment #37892097

    Agreed! However, I also wonder what their ratio of spam vs. actual ASL-requiring-customer calls is. Since it's so easy and quick to connect to a real human with comolete audio and …

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    Comment #37615616

    Yep, that's one of its deficiencies! For me, something like GPT helps in triaging and "cleaning up" bulk of the transactions, with little micro-categorization left to be manually d…

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    Comment #37615599

    > What software have you used that does this? I wrote my own script that uses the GPT API. For automating bank transcation downloads, it's just a cronjob that runs ever X hours and…

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    Comment #37614157

    Not to be that guy that tries to force LLMs into everything, but after automatically importing bank transactions, LLMs like GPT are very powerful in extracting information from the…

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    Comment #37347022

    Interesting. I have an inherent distrust with reviews and descriptions on Google Maps, at least for where I live (India). I usually resort to other services to look for good restau…

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    Comment #37346964

    One of my biggest irks with Google Maps is how aggressively it shows pins for hotels, bars and restaurants, even on their search results map. Do users really feel the need for this…

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    Comment #37004887

    > Look at that molecular structure. Incredible. I first thought it was a joke because of the two "HN" bonds hah, pardon me.

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    Comment #36715442

    Yes! This is way more readable, thank you.

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    Comment #36703654

    I think that's an exceptionally reductive and cynical take, without providing any real reasons for the hate, or how this update will reduce your usability of the application.

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    Comment #35724732

    Staying consistent with their brilliant UX and smart design choices, I like Telegram's approach/solution to chat bubble selection. The first long-press selects the entire bubble, b…

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    Comment #35464661

    The linked article is 10 years old, and the situation on ground has changed a lot, specifically due to concentrated efforts by the central government to prevent tax evasion. I'm no…

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    Comment #35132691

    Hah, if it's split then they essentially bought it for 50 cents.

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    Comment #35132626

    Can someone explain who pockets this £1, or how this is formally transferred? Is it at all transferred or is the price just for bookkeeping?