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chanmad29

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chanmad29··on How Vivaldi browser is different from Google Chrome
Is Chrome a RAM hog and therefore faster than FF? I exclusively use FF and find it a bit sluggish, but am fine to give up some speed for the privacy gain.
chanmad29··on At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as traditional screening: experts
thank you for the TLDR
chanmad29··on At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as traditional screening: experts
sorry, in all this doom, what do you suggest is the best way to detect? I had hopes on FIT until you pointed the 97% out.
chanmad29··on Signal increased limits for group calls
wow! so I move from a iphone to a new iphone and I end up with no history? This is really a deal breaker.
chanmad29··on Why Isn’t Telegram End-to-End Encrypted by Default (2017)
Or better copy that to your notes- icloud/OneNote.
chanmad29··on Moderna is announcing three new vaccine programs
I'd assume fowl to be much more common carriers but why are bats always the ones? Is there something glaring that I am missing?
chanmad29··on Signal increased limits for group calls
Is there chat syncing across devices and backups on cards or does it defeat the app's purpose?
chanmad29··on Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend
Don't use facebook but surprised how my spouse finds instagram ads super relevant and interesting enough to check them out almost 100% of the time. They are mostly fashion/travel related that she is interested in checking out,if not buying.
chanmad29··on Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash
Am I missing something here? old reddit on iphone is just unusable- need to pinch zoom for everything. I so much prefer the new one at least on mobile.
chanmad29··on YouTube is streaming the first 19 James Bond movies for free
Not sure how popular this opinion is among Bond nerds but as a general movie lover, I find Daniel Craig to be the best. Got mostly better storylines, best action scenes, looks fittest. Maybe he lacks the Sean Connery suave but the other things make up for it.
chanmad29··on Microsoft Overhauls Excel with Custom Data Types
Might be unpopular opinion: Excel is best with no frills and just does what it does best- simple, quick and stable. Power BI can continue to have whatever enhancements MS wants to push.
chanmad29··on Amazon Inexplicably Removes Apple Card from Payment Options
I have an apple card but would never use it on an amazon store unless that was the only one I had.
chanmad29··on Illuminated Mercedes-Benz badge can cause power steering failure
While not 100% related, I loved the apple logo on a mac
chanmad29··on How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around
As a casual user, I actually like the "look" of W10, and do not pay much attention to the latency that others have pointed out. What irks me most though is the constant request for updates and strong arm restarts to install them.
chanmad29··on The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human
interesting idea but a slower gif would've been truly relaxing.
chanmad29··on Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation
Do you mean YT algo does not recommend animated videos enough? From my experience I don't watch as many, except may be crash course history, and therefore don't get much reco either.
chanmad29··on India bans PUBG, Baidu and more than 100 apps linked to China
Likely India was a market that was super price sensitive, but based on anecdotal info, I think users have already started to get pickier.
chanmad29··on Apple showing signs it may soon launch a search engine
Assuming Apple is going to let go the $12B+ that Google pays to remain as the default search.
chanmad29··on Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply
I started out loving Twitter. But not getting much interaction as opposed to reddit, and the force feeding of the algorithmic timeline, just put me off.
chanmad29··on App Makers Break Their Apps to Avoid Paying Apple
what about cases (think Spotify?) wherein they transfer the 30% burden onto consumers? Is there a trade off between paying 30% tax vs benefit of one platform? I for one sub to Spotify outside of the app store. But I know the hassle that I've to deal with and I might not be the consumer type Apple wants to "safeguard".
chanmad29··on Searchable PPP Loan Data
I hate billionaires not spending this pocket change but depending on government for such loans. But to play devil's advocate, aren't these most/all companies set up as limited liability, and therefore these billionaire owners are absolved of any responsibility to take on such bailouts? So is this moral problem or more a structural problem on how the enterprise is being set up?
chanmad29··on ICE changes exemptions for foreign students taking online courses in Fall 2020
Probably international students will now attend in person classes and others will be fully remote. Weird to even think that such drastic changes are all happening during a pandemic.
chanmad29··on Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year
With the new ICE Directive, I wonder how much of “this is the right thing to do” will change. From a physical well being perspective, remote is right. But with International student visa statuses at risk, the onus is now on Harvard to enable in person classes for those at risk?
chanmad29··on The world of cheap produce and its consequences
Good recipe. For the vegans out there, the chorizo in your recipe can be replaced with store bought one or homemade as below: https://tasty.co/recipe/vegan-chorizo

Also below are few more varieties of vegan lentil recipes: https://www.rainbowplantlife.com/blog/how-to-cook-lentils-in...

chanmad29··on Facebook Does Not Benefit from Hate
IIRC there was an article shared recently that explicitly depicted the senior leadership wanting such engagement at the cost of negativity.
chanmad29··on Face ID and Touch ID for the Web
so one more instance of Apple effectively rendering a third party app useless. As an apple user, I love that I do not need to install an additional app but something does not feel right from an ethical standpoint. Or maybe I'm just being too touchy.
chanmad29··on Apple’s new iOS 14 home screen brings Windows Phone Live Tiles back to life
That was a daylight robbery of all my words. I loved Lumia 920 and chose it over the iphone 5s at the time. Wanted the industrial design to succeed so much. Sad that with so much clout, MS could not get enough apps.
chanmad29··on Ask HN: How do you develop internal motivation?
Lots of good pointers here. The elephant analogy blew my mind! Somebody on the internet said life is pointless if we do not set ourselves these goals to aim for. It is down to us on how well defined these goals are and how we track our progress against them. Too ambitious or vague, and we've set ourselves up for failure.
chanmad29··on Twitter would like you to read stories before you retweet them
Wall St might dink them in the near term. But hopefully users get to benefit an overall better experience with the reduced amplification effects.
chanmad29··on DuckDuckGo was down
It is just the "All" and maps tabs that are not returning anything as of now. News/images/videos are still working.
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