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8BitArmouron Conversational Game Theory

Isn't game theory suitable only for places where all the actors make rational decisions?

8BitArmouron Ask HN: What is a programming language that you don't use at work but enjoy?

rust

8BitArmouron Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book?

I implement it

8BitArmouron Are most of the AI apps in ChatGPT wrappers?

Ola's krutim definitely is

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Alternatives to YC?

Nio accelerator Intel Ignite(but only for deep tech startups)

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Taking a year off to go deep on ML/AI

Keep your job,do this on the side

8BitArmouron Tell HN: I have so much to say, but no one is interested

I'm listening

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Project based books/courses for C++?

https://github.com/danistefanovic/build-your-own-x

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Has Reddit Turned into Facebook?

Yep,it has ,it used to be an underground platform and now it's gone mainstream. The same can be said for a lot of things,especially YC Earlier,it was hackers who made a product in their free time and then turned it into scalable,profitable products/companies,and now its MBA grads trying to get into YC by building ubers of somethings

8BitArmouron Simplicity of IRC (2022)

so,startups ftw?

8BitArmouron Simplicity of IRC (2022)

This guy's article on infosys is good too: https://susam.net/infosys-tcs-or-wipro.html

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Which job sites are you using to look for new jobs?

Blind has a job portal,you could give that a shot

8BitArmouron Ask HN: How do I start building useful stuff?

make a note of stuff that annoys you on the day to day basis,might help you figure what's necessary. Start small.

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Who are the "snake oil salesmen" of tech?

techlead,joma tech,99pc of Indian YouTubers,people who gaurantee you a job after buying a course,scaler academy

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders?

https://app.codecrafters.io/catalog not exactly a course but worth doing it

8BitArmouron Ask HN: How do you find and apply for startup grants/support?

https://aigrant.com/

8BitArmouron Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning about the semiconductors?

https://semiwiki.com/semiconductor-manufacturers/307494-the-...

the whole forum tbh

8BitArmouron Infosys loses ten-year, $1.5B contract

>Would be happier if the contracts of these WITCH companies are terminated citing how poorly they treat their employees don't think they will,that's how capitalism works

8BitArmouron Infosys loses ten-year, $1.5B contract

Straw man fallacy at its finest.

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Good Engineering/Tech Publications?

No starch press: https://nostarch.com/ Manning Publications : https://www.manning.com/ Pragmatic Bookshelf

8BitArmouron Tata Consultancy Services ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial

This HN post w.r.t TCS has aged like wine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2628318

8BitArmouron Learning C in 2023

https://github.com/oz123/awesome-c#learning-reference-and-tu...

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Which programming books are suitable for self study for beginners?

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages

8BitArmouron Ask HN: Please recommend me ebooks on Regex and Linux

How linux works:https://nostarch.com/howlinuxworks3

8BitArmouron Ask HN: What should be *the* resource to start learning programming in 2023?

MIT's missing semester

8BitArmouron Is Y Combinator Causing Long-Term Damage to India’s Tech Economy?(2020)

But tbh,given India's crab mentality,shitty infra and taxes,restructuring your startup and moving it abroad does make sense

8BitArmouron Is Y Combinator Causing Long-Term Damage to India’s Tech Economy?(2020)

>These 'backers' are usually penny pinching, non-risk taking, backers of only where monetization is clearly visible (essentially traders); are far cry from YCombinator types. 'YCombinator types' of backers are very easy to talk to when you have big ideas and/or fundamentally good, without having much clue about monetization. Trader type of backers will snuff you out or would ask you to circle back when you have millions of downloads and have $hundred thousands of ARR.

Spot on!

8BitArmouron Ask HN: What’s the coolest prank you’ve pulled?

Convinced my friend that he has Syphillis,made him paranoid for a day