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The way Medium works is impressive for those who wish to have some income writing. I wish there was a similar blockchain based / decentralized app where authors and editors would get their fair share and is not owned by just a company which could change policies at any time.
I’m interested to work on it. Can u share the details in [email protected]
Be Your Personal Job Hunt VA: Share your linkedin/resume and I will search for the whoishiring posts or SO ads that match your job profile and send you a custom intro email draft. 1$ per draft, hurry limited time offer! akhil.karunAtTheRateGmailDotCom
Recently, I got a different take on this from a book called ‘Mad Genius’. The author says in today’s fast moving world if you keep doing what you have been doing, you will perish very quickly. Like Nokia.
Re:The Fall of Eclipse (2016) on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:02PM (#16941806)
Totally disagree. IMHO I’ve tried both IntelliJ and Eclipse and felt IntelliJ to be really complex and non intutive. I can do tasks very quickly in Eclipse using shortcuts I’m familiar with. I also often feel the features of IntelliJ are over exaggerated and almost all the things can be done in Eclipse if you know how to use it. Once, I sat with a dev who was trying to evangelize IntelliJ in our workplace (and influence our manager to purchase licences)and explained alternatives in Eclipse for almost all the ‘awesome’ features he showed in IntelliJ. He simply didn’t know what eclipse could do. For me Eclipse starts really fast, I really like the UI better than IntelliJ. I believe Eclipse provide really awesome features for a free software and on the otherside IntelliJ doesn’t provide enough features for it’s heavy price. It seems many programmers (not all) these days feel fancy about boasting they use a paid IDE to hide their actual incompetence in programming. ( Ps: opinion only from java perspective)
Re:Ask HN: Writing cover letters for tech jobs on Monday December 18, 2017 @11:25AM (#15952749)
Something similar is already in private beta : https://cloud.google.com/job-discovery/
Re:Ask HN: Writing cover letters for tech jobs on Monday December 18, 2017 @11:23AM (#15952727)
I recommend you try to remove the PhD from your qualification and apply for some jobs. I know a friend who concealed that he has a PhD. He wouldn't get a job because he is overqualified for most of them (and companies think they have to pay him a lot). Just give it a try.
Re:Contributors for open source projects on Sunday November 19, 2017 @01:23AM (#15732573)
Im interested
Re:Ask HN: Meaningful jobs outside the office on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:47AM (#15556416)
I would recommend you use your expertise wisely to the less areas to build tangible product outcomes that actualy help humanity. I recently brought a drone kit & raspberrypi and built one with a vision to use it help for farming/agriculture/seed-bombing etc. This required me to move out of my desk and play with the hardware and eventually go outside to test it. At fist you may think its impossible to learn robotics stuffs since you are just a programmer. But trust me, if I can do it with no experience in Robotics, you definitely can. That way you can make use of your existing skill, learn new ones and see tangible outcomes. IMHO I always wonder what happened to the future. There is a huge gap in robotics today. We should've built better things than facebook, twitter with computers by now.
Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? on Thursday October 12, 2017 @09:49AM (#15457882)
Hi which va service do you use/recommend ?
Re:Show HN: Alphabetically Ordered Keyboard for iPhone on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:02AM (#15111055)
I agree with both your feedback. This is an experimental app. For me, learning the order of keys was the most difficult part when I started to learn typing. I wonder if people who are not familiar with touch typing (if anyone exists) may find it easier. Lets see. Thanks again btw.
Re:Show HN: Alphabetically Ordered Keyboard for iPhone on Sunday August 27, 2017 @09:35AM (#15110708)
The QWERTY model keyboard was designed to be used on physical typewriters and keyboards where we use all 10 fingers for typing. The letters were arranged in QWERTY because it’s the optimal the order of popular usage of keys. So frequently used keys were arranged together closest to all the fingers.

Today we only used both our thumbs to type on our smartphones and there is no need to keep following the complex QWERTY arrangement (unless you are a trained touch typing ninja who knows the full QWERTY order like the back of your hand).

It’s time to follow the obvious ABC order of keys in smartphone keyboards

Re:Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:33PM (#14875474)
I've built a drone that can be controlled by rpi. Phase 1 is completed : http://akhilspassion.blogspot.co.id/2017/07/building-autonom...
Re:Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Beta on Friday July 28, 2017 @06:29AM (#14873227)
I'm very interested to know the details an perhaps help build it. Looks very promising. Can we connect akhil.karun [at] gmail.
Re:Ask HN: Side business – how to get started? on Sunday June 25, 2017 @10:01AM (#14630002)
I have tried this. Very good chiice. You can easily make more than bank interest.
Re:Ask HN: Side business – how to get started? on Sunday June 25, 2017 @10:00AM (#14629996)
You can hire me for 20$ per hour. I'll help you build the mvp if you have an idea. PM me if you're interested.
Audio books are great way to read esp. while commute/driving and evening/morning threadmill sessions (double benefit of improving health + knowledge).
Very surprising, I just got my drone delivered from hobbyking today and was planning to develop the exact same idea but on more dryland where the drone can water the plants until they mature.
Re:The rise of dunking and the three-point shot on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:52PM (#14528629)
I think the unique article title is getting it more attention. Anyways good read for me.
Re:Ask HN: Have you ever built a drone? Share your setup! on Thursday May 11, 2017 @12:28AM (#14313823)
Hey, I am also planning to work on exact same thing. Are you interested in keeping in touch each other to share experience? DM me please.
Re:Ask HN: What are the other ‘Musk’ian problems? on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:59AM (#14238658)
Solar powered drones that could autonomously plant tree seeds, water them from nearby water sources until it can sustain itself. Hence help make the world greener and combat CO2 emisson. There are plenty of deserted areas without trees that can be taken advantage of. I have plans to work on this on long-term. DM me if you have any details that can help me make this drone.
Cool but where can you get Phantom 3 standard for 330 USD? I'm seeing $499 on their official website.
5 years??! That's amazing. Do you have a blog about your projects? That would be an interesting read.
Interesting. How do I pm you?
This is a good one, the kind i was looking for. However, I couldn't find the camera option. Are you sure the integration is possible? Do you have any links?

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