starving_coder
Re:Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade Indian Food ...
on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:41PM (#17770023)
I see you are talking about non-GMO ingredients. Are you also planning USDA certification for all/subset of your products?
Wish you better than the best.
Re:India’s Central Bank Bans Regulated Entities From Dealing In Virtua...
on Thursday April 05, 2018 @01:35PM (#16767003)
With the alliance, Govt of AP is primarily aiming at integrating blockchain tech in to governance and that's that. Their vision is still perfectly aligned with RBI guidelines and will perfectly act as a case study for the rest of the states to follow should things fall in place. Not sure what "situation" are you hinting at.
Re:Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees
on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:12AM (#12302464)
Especially in an election year.
Re:Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees
on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:10AM (#12302456)
And its going to get lot worse without company subsidized health insurance.
Re:Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees
on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:08AM (#12302448)
There is a big delta between being fired and being downsized; like core dumps. Some have backtraces, some don't.
Re:Solar is now cheaper than some coal, says India energy minister
on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @01:53AM (#11525127)
From the article: “Of course there are challenges of 24/7 power. We accept all of that – but we have been able to come up with a solar-based long term vision that is not subsidy based.”
Headline is not possible at face value except that it is.
Re:Network Monitoring, Moral Hazards and Crumple Zones
on Sunday April 10, 2016 @10:07PM (#11469213)
Legacy networking gear might have faced, back in the days, a chronic lack of tools when confronted with performance and/or stability issues. And most of tools/solutions developed were as a direct result of the push from the industry for concrete solutions that instrument the problem methodically. May be the challenges faced by SDN/NFV can similarly be classified as growing pains and the times may present a tangible solution to address the problems you've discussed.
Re:How to get hired at a startup when you don't know anyone
on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @01:35PM (#11120108)
I did something very similar and approached the hiring manager to show him what I've done. While he appreciated my work, he wanted me to work (for free) on the company's Github stuff and said he will call me if that something opens up.
PS: I am okay spending my free time on his cool project but it progressively looks unsustainable.
Re:How to Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem
on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:25PM (#11048959)
This is my 10th year of employment in Bay area and by any reasonable estimates, I am not laying eyes on my Green Card for another half a decade. And no, i am not in the "slow lane". Makes me wonder if employers are lobbying Washington hard for things to be this complicated.
Re:Start up India: Webcast [video]
on Saturday January 16, 2016 @11:03AM (#10915604)
> I am no way a pro-modi supporter or something , but he ..
Just curious. Is there something like an anti-modi supporter?
Re:We Need More Autopsies, to Help Save the Living
on Monday May 18, 2015 @01:40PM (#9565773)
"In the United States, we usually don’t autopsy people unless the cause of death is mysterious or foul play is suspected."
In any case, health insurance doesn't cover autopsy. Turns out its classified as postmortem to deny insurance coverage. there was an hour long special on NPR sometime in 2014.
Re:Job brokers steal wages and entrap Indian tech workers in US
on Sunday November 02, 2014 @03:09PM (#8547906)
The Center for Investigative Reporting did approach me since i am victim of this scam too. I chose to settle out of court sheer out of fear and lack of ideas. As per settlement terms, i am not supposed to talk about this entire episode to anyone ever. But i am still talking here on HN.
Back in 2008 I paid $330/hour (10 hours in advance as a retainer) to an attorney to file a response to the legal notice i received. I also paid other damages to my employer totaling $7500. I was literally forced to sign the "binding agreement" which was part of my joining formality after i landed in SF. Had i seen this doc earlier while still in India, chances are i wouldn't have taken that flight. I spent almost a month without pay, medical insurance (in spite of working for the client) but ultimately blinked and signed that document.
Its evil. And this ritual is here to stay until the feds really are interested in solving this problem.