vineet7kumar
Re:Advanced Data Structures
on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:19PM (#12873707)
I am a fan of Mark Allen Weiss' Data structures and algorithm analysis in C (https://www.amazon.ca/Data-Structures-Algorithm-Analysis-2nd...). It is much smaller than CLRS and the algorithms are listed as C source code rather than pseudo code. I also like the coding style presented in the book.
Re:All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware
on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:21AM (#12753078)
As much as I agree with you on the importance of good public transport, I am hopeful that the "car culture" will evolve into an alternative to the existing public transport systems; Once we have self-driving cars running on clean energy operating in an Uber like sharing economy model, there will be no need for car ownership and the cost of a ride will be low enough for the majority of people to afford.
I understand that this is more difficult to achieve in reality than in ideas but I am hopeful. About health related issues, we will still have to look for other ways to make a healthier society.
Re:India’s Reusable Launch Vehicle Demonstrator Successfully Flight Te...
on Monday July 18, 2016 @04:39PM (#12117938)
> considering how the state holds what was injected in higher esteem than whatever is native. It seems that most of the indignance pointed to at @pmarca is about (white) guilt shaming.
If I understand your logic correctly, it seems that you are suggesting that a country or a community should either reinvent every useful thing that was introduced by colonialists or should not take a stand against the ideas of colonialism, racism and discrimination!
It's a fact that Britishers introduced a lot of technology in this world and helped bring it to many countries but I feel that it would have been much better if they would have tried to integrate with these countries rather than trying to follow a master-slave approach. Anyways, what's done is done but we can certainly hope that going forward the world can be a more equal place.
Re:India’s Reusable Launch Vehicle Demonstrator Successfully Flight Te...
on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:39PM (#12117574)
I don't see how the choice of a language that is practically the lingua franca of the modern technology and business world is related to being against the ideology of colonialism and people who support that.
In my opinion, India's adoption of English as standard language of business is a logical choice as it is not only helpful in faster technological progress of the country but is also understood (in some capacity) by majority of the population.
Re:Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity
on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @02:00PM (#10932991)
The gestures for fullscreen and minimize operations need 6 fingers. Using both hands to do anything on a touch screen seems very impractical (except for typing with both the thumbs on a reasonably sized screen or a split keyboard).
Re:Show HN: Use Slack for Everything
on Monday January 04, 2016 @11:28AM (#10836442)
There's a minor typo in the About section. It says "...We use Slack all the time wanted to...".
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis
on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @10:01PM (#10390881)
Looks interesting! Thanks for the information.
Re:Comparison – R vs. Python: head to head data analysis
on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:44AM (#10387250)
It would be nice to also have some notes about performance of both the languages for each of the tasks compared. I believe pandas would be faster due to its implementation in C. The last time I checked R was an interpreted language with its interpreter written in R.
Re:HippyVM goes to Y Combinator and fails
on Friday March 20, 2015 @12:21PM (#9238598)
I feel that a good infrastructure by itself is hard to sell, but easy accessibility of the infrastructure and stuff built around it (for example the play framework in case of Typesafe) could be a good sell.
Re:HippyVM goes to Y Combinator and fails
on Friday March 20, 2015 @11:13AM (#9238187)
In my opinion, The value of programming "systems" like MATLAB lie in the fact that their primary customers are not really programmers but people like scientists and engineers who need to use computers and don't really want to (or have time to) learn new or better programming languages; These companies make their customers' lives easy by giving them easy to install and use, complete programming environments including a large set of domain-specific libraries.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2014)
on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @04:39PM (#8696472)
Location: Montreal, Canada
Remote: Yes
Technologies: Compilers, compiler optimizations, Java, C, MATLAB, X10, Recommender systems, performance management and testing.
Willing to relocate: Yes
Resume: http://j.mp/VineetKumarResume
Email: vineet [dot] kumar [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca
GitHub: https://github.com/vineet7kumar
LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/vineet7kumar/
Ask HN: Part-time freelancing to bootstrap our startup?
We are a team of three working on a simulation software startup in the 3D printing space. Two of the three co-founders (including me) are recent University grads. For the past few months we have been working full-time, living on our savings from the grad-school funding and the prize money from a local startup competition that we won. However, now we are running out of our funds and would...
An algorithm to read complex declarations in C
Using astrology and facebook to predict India's growth pattern
Tweetinawhile.com timezone hack
Re:Ask HN: Safe ways to recieve small amounts of money in India (no pa...
on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:21AM (#1859802)
If you are getting money for some website or some service and your customers are general users, I guess it is best to stick to paypal (please get a PAN card ASAP). General users might be uncomfortable to use other lesser known methods to make payments.
"So my question is, is there a safe way (tax department safe, if you know what I mean) to get such small payments in India?"
Please do not evade taxes. Do follow legal means to save them but do not do anything illegal (i.e if you mean this way).
Re:Compared to you, most people seem dumb
on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @06:54AM (#1833712)
It's just that everyone knows more about their own trade than others.
My Dad's an automobile engineer and he thinks it's kinda funny that I do not really understand how a 4-wheel drive works...and I find it funny that he doesn't get why his computer hangs much more than mine (I use Linux :P )
Re:"Calling oneself a C Programmer is like saying you're a Hammer Carp...
on Monday October 25, 2010 @08:34AM (#1829499)
Sure it's easy to get hurt if you do not use a hammer with care but you just can't be a good carpenter without knowing how to use a hammer properly . NOM
Re:$100,000 Revenues in last 12 months - wow
on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @10:32AM (#1783501)
You are an inspiration specially for budding 1 person entrepreneurs in India like me. :)
Good luck !!
Re:Ask HN:Anyone interested in decompilers?
on Monday October 11, 2010 @12:18PM (#1780151)
Hi devmonk,
Thanks for the useful reply. I actually did check with Boomerang guys during my undergrad days. Boomerang project has been there for quite sometime and it is great stuff. But as far as I remember the guys who worked on it eventually moved on to other stuff. I will have to check if someone is still running this project.
Ask HN:Anyone interested in decompilers?
Hi, I worked on a very basic C decompiler during my undergrad. Somehow I moved on to other stuff and left the project. Today I was just browsing through my old code and came across it and all the reference material I collected for it. Now I again feel the urge to restart my project (I hope the urge stays long enough :P ). Just wanted to know if there are any fellow HNers interested in...
Re:Ask HN: Linux from Scratch.. Should I try it?
on Monday October 11, 2010 @09:53AM (#1779692)
I am in almost same position as you. Looking for expert advice.
Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you can't sleep...
on Monday October 11, 2010 @09:49AM (#1779682)
I watch TV.
Re:Ask HN: What's the big deal with startups anyways...
on Monday September 20, 2010 @10:59AM (#1709040)
I don't think 9 out of 10 are doomed. I mean, yes may be 9 out of 10 startups fail but the founders do not. They add so much to their skills that they are easily hired by good companies (or may be successful startups) for good work.
For founders I believe it is a win-win situation !!!
Re:Convert HTML to PDF in PHP (libwkhtmltox extension)
on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @04:10PM (#1695665)
I have used MPDF given the limitations of the shared server I am using. But I would definitely give a try to your extension.
Ask HN:How practical is the goal to earn about 40K US$ in a year
Last year I wasn't able to join grad school because I couldn't arrange for enough money. I don't want to miss the chance this year for the same reason and my only take is to earn some money (Other ways are just not possible for me in my country :( ... Trust me I have tried a lot.) I have started working on two webapps in my free time (about 15 hrs a week) - Atleast this is the positive outcome,...
Re:Ask HN: Drunk programming?
on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @12:38PM (#1669308)
This post reminds of the Ballmer peak comic at xkcd.
http://xkcd.com/323/
Ask HN:How do you cope with frustrations in single person startups.
While starting up I'm sure all of us have times when we are frustrated or dejected. With n-person startups you usually have someone to listen to/help you. What do you do when you are a single person startup and specially when you are not very comfortable with people around you ?
Re: Review my first webapp
on Monday August 30, 2010 @10:37AM (#1646281)
Thanks for the suggestion. I've updated that in the right hand column but yes mentioning it near the time seems a better idea.