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I summarized all comments using LLM for better reading: https://hn-discussions.top/european-alternatives/ …
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I summarized all comments using LLM for better reading: https://hn-discussions.top/whatsapp-interoperability-europe/ …
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Lol yeah haha
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I summarized all comments using LLM for better reading: https://hn-discussions.top/palantir-ice-medicaid-surveillanc... …
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I summarized all comments using LLM for better reading: https://hn-discussions.top/france-replace-video-conferencing... …
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I summarized all comments using LLM for better reading: https://hn-discussions.top/tiktok-ice-censorship/ …
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It's almost always either the configuration change or the DNS lookup.
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*Microsoft's money
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The sweet spot is being authoritative without being overbearing. When leadership feels supportive rather than controlling, people engage honestly... and that balance comes from experience.
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Both the cultures suffer from "a senior is always right" mentality. Therefore, with my juniors, I used to intentionally (sometimes, and mostly during early days of their joinings) make stupi…
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Not the advice Im proud to give (or anyone should give), but the one that will work: Create dependency on yourself, company-wide, and make sure the boss knows about it. Avoid direct confrontation with…
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I missed adding this to the advice section. But glad you pointed it out and shared your positive experience with it. Thanks..
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Work cultures are brutal in SEA and South Asia countries. And there is no job security, no social security, no labour laws(on paper they are, but, are not applied) and no liveable pay(this is changing…
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Two broad reasons (as far as I can think of): 1. A lot more can be done in a given amount of time. Looks good on resume. Recall that India is still extremely poor (dont get influenced by the GDP numbe…
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1. Same here. I too learnt a lot more from the following discussions. 2. None. We absolutely adore the ways westerners work. Your ethics, discipline, hardwork, attention to detail, inventive and creat…
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Glad it was of help :)
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Avoid middlemen in India.. sorry for the word, but they are the biggest leechers. We hate them too here. India is filled with small one-room service-based companies(the middlemens') that hire int…
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Indian here (~15+ years in tech). I've seen this behavior a lot, and unfortunately, I did some of this myself earlier in my career. Based on my own experience, here are a few reasons (could be a …
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LLM summary of all comments: https://hn-discussions.top/dead-internet-theory/
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All comments analyzed by LLM: https://hn-discussions.top/bitchat-bluetooth-p2p-messaging/ …
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LLM analysis: https://hn-discussions.top/tariffs-burden-americans/
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I did compare with the wikipedia article linked in this HN thread. The results were comparable.
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Done. Updated: https://balloon-lift-calculator.pagey.site Thanks..
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I built https://zenquery.app and have used duckdb internally to do all procssing. The speed is crazy, schema auto-detection works correctly (most of the times) and LLM's generate corr…
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Was curious to know the calculations involved. Found them to be pretty simple. Vibe-coded an online calculator for future escapists: https://balloon-lift-calculator.pagey.site …
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My apologies.. not a native english speaker..
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Aggregated discussions for easier reading: https://hn-discussions.top/briar-mesh-iran/
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That's true tho... possible, but impractical.
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Does this mean a program can be written to generate all possible api keys and upload to github thereby revoke everyone's access?
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Nop.. look at the initiators who will "call" this protocol to initiate a transaction. It's exactly the same play as Apple Pay or Google Pay. Initially framed as helpful and open, until …