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skaushik92

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About skaushik92

https://kaushikshankar.com

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    Comment #48837844

    When there's such a large and obvious profit disincentive, we should probably question whether its a capabilities problem or a willful ignorance problem.

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    Comment #48030762

    They’re getting salty about it for sure because it’s a breach of their privacy.

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    Comment #47460956

    Speaking from experience, I find budgeting spreadsheets to be a great usecase for this.

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    Comment #47296360

    [flagged]

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    Comment #47164188

    I wish there were a video of this linked from the research paper.

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    Comment #44506391

    > ... but those of any complexity presumably ought to be in a library — that is, a set of magnetic tapes in which previously coded problems of permanent value are stored. Oddly, I …

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    Comment #43426258

    1.693T of 1.777T (~95%) is student loans from the federal government (the Federal Student Aid—FSA arm of the Department of Education).

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    Comment #43167737

    The issue is that the executive branch still has prosecutorial power with impeachment as one of the only remaining checks against that (if I’m understanding correctly).

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    Comment #43155116

    A market correction is definitely taking place and jobs like the one in the post that are fully remote are highly coveted so it’s not so surprising. There’s still lots of places fo…

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    Comment #42703927

    > Key Advantages: [...] Can provide supportive evidence for VPN/proxy usage, when the latency is too high for all server locations I'm reading through the description, but I'm havi…

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    Comment #41712211

    Pyramid tiling is the general technique used by Google Maps and similar systems to track images as different zoom levels; also similar techniques are used for progressive rendering…

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    Comment #39298967

    You can disable default touch actions on buttons like this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10614481/disable-double-...

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    Comment #39178912

    > So what should you say? Simply remind them that your results, availability, and team spirit make you a reliable actor in the success of the company. Emphasise your future commitm…

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    Comment #39132735

    I read that as "expanding protections to reduce (privacy and security) risks ..." but I guess you're reading it as "expanding protections to reduce (privacy) and (security risks) .…

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    Comment #38285895

    I noticed this too but I think it was really smart to post robots in those movement roles because it makes these motion limitations “robotic” and mechanical like you said. It felt …

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    Comment #38092348

    Also, it could be wherever nuclear wouldn’t be permissible otherwise (e.g floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean extracting CO2 from the atmosphere, away from populations that…

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    Comment #38074253

    They probably needed to prioritize getting the article out fast over coming up with good headlines since it’s a flash sale

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    Comment #37580226

    Neat story! Kind of reminds me of the employee whose last name is Null. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4456438/how-to-pass-null... Though this is kind of the opposite where a …

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    Comment #37534987

    Thanks for sharing!

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    Ask HN: Any ways to find startups that are NOT remote?

    I feel I’m in a pretty small minority but I thought I’d ask the HN community to see if there’s traction. Are there any job sites that are for non-remote jobs? I’m a pretty senior s…

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    Comment #37106172

    Basically what Chipotle kind of is

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    Comment #36591518

    There’s also this symbol from a language called Tamil that looks similar: கு

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    Comment #35973425

    Where does it say it is an HTTP/3 server? Looking at the tests it seems that it’s just a HTTP/1 server I think.

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    Comment #35968652

    I see what you’re saying and agree that HTTP3 is complicated but I would that since it’s a backwards compatible standard, the added complexities are completely optional. For most u…