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chdir··on How Dirty Is Your Air?
Probably Coway AP-1512HH Mighty.

http://thewirecutter.com/?s=air+purifier redirects to http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-air-purifier/

chdir··on If you invested $1 a day, starting when you were born
The most interesting thing is the size of various bubbles - the age distribution of those "who wish" ...
chdir··on Show HN: Windows 98 in browser
Let's see, now I can browse :

IE in Win98 in Chrome in Ubuntu in VMWare in Win7

chdir··on WINE 1.9.4 Released
How's the performance, compared to native installation ?
chdir··on jQuery.sheet – Easy and fast spreadsheets for the web
> Stable and tested, Big Data ready

Tried to click on "View Details" but it doesn't show more information. Sends a bad message w.r.t being enterprise ready. (Sys info : Chrome + Ubuntu)

chdir··on Show HN: I made a site to catalogue 10,000 CC0-licensed stock photos
> using the Twitter Typeahead library

Unfortunately, it's no longer maintained [0], plenty of unfixed issues. You could try a recent fork [1] :

[0] https://github.com/twitter/typeahead.js/issues/1424

[1] https://github.com/corejavascript/typeahead.js.

chdir··on Ask HN: I've got one user. What's the best way to get more?
PH isn't great because of lack of transparency. See related discussions.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10741827

There's OpenHunt, it's slowly gaining momentum www.openhunt.co

chdir··on India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its Free Basics campaign [pdf]
Well said. Completely agree with all points except for the conclusion "shooting oneself in the foot". $44MM is chump change for Facebook. They'll happily spend much more if there's a small chance of becoming a gatekeeper. They'll buy, bully, slander those who are protesting against free basics. I doubt they'll back down easily.
chdir··on Facebook submits to the TRAI supporting differential pricing of data [pdf]
And they are tricking their users into gathering support for their sinister plans:

"Facebook launched a print and digital media campaign [...] asking users to give a missed call, automatically sending a message to the regulator in support of Free Basics."

i.e. A lot of those who gave a missed call ended up sending a message to TRAI, likely without their knowledge.

Source : http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/start-up-...

chdir··on iOS 9.3 Preview
> A better experience every day. And night.

Finally I gave in & upgraded to iOS 9.x (on iPad 4). Suddenly Safari has started freezing on lightweight simple websites. Is that better experience part of "planned obsolescence" ? It's more or less the same story with any mobile device after 2-3 years.

chdir··on Facebook's “free internet” programme hits a roadblock in India
It's unbecoming of a large corporation that "wants to work for connecting people" to make statements like these against net neutrality advocates :

"Facebook has been urging users to sign a petition that claims that “a small, vocal group of critics… demand that people pay equally to access all Internet services, even if that means one billion people can’t afford to access any services,” and that “unless you take action now, India could lose access to free basic Internet services, delaying progress towards digital equality for all Indians."

Facebook has resorted to slander when they can't give transparent answers to the issues raised against Free Basics.

Quote Source : https://www.accessnow.org/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-on-...

chdir··on Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest
> elite Indians decide what free service should or should not be allowed to be provided to poor Indians

What's you definition of elite ? There's a very diverse background of people who have spoken against "Free Basics". Also keep in mind, that your average Joe won't even bother to read the fine print about the pros/cons of "Free Basics". So in a way, you have to depend on someone with a keen interest to voice an opinion.

chdir··on Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest
More wonky stuff : https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-t...

"When people use the Free Basics mobile website, information is temporarily decrypted on our secure servers to ensure proper functionality of the services and to avoid unexpected charges to people."

chdir··on Mark Zuckerberg's Free Basics argument doesn't address conflicts of interest
What's mind boggling is the amount of money FB is spending on advertisements & lobbying so that they can be allowed to be "charitable". What's funny is that Mark's getting upset that people don't want "disingenuous charity".

There are a thousand effective ways in which you can help the underprivileged. Partnering with ISPs to decide what's "basic" internet is not one of them.

P.S. Many professors from India's top tech institutes, startups, entrepreneurs & other eminent people have spoken against "Free Basics".

https://github.com/net-neutrality/no-free-basics - Feel free to add more with a Pull Request.

chdir··on Joint Statement Rejecting Facebook’s 'Free Basics’ Proposal in India
Supported (signed) by professors from the top tech institutes in India.
chdir··on Mark Zuckerberg can’t believe India isn’t grateful for Facebook’s free internet
I'd support if if they rename it to "Crony connectivity" (credit for the term : https://twitter.com/chennaikat/status/682171933954146305 )
chdir··on os.js: JavaScript Cloud/Web Desktop Platform
The demo domain is cool too : 0o.no
chdir··on Amazon Invades India
Amazon has deep pockets and they are doling out incredible offers on top of great customer service. Once they establish dominance or once the smaller players run out of wall street sponsored discounts, the Amazon offers will also disappear. Then it'll be a fair comparison.

There's a grim side to the booming multi-billion dollar e-commerce - the delivery guys. They are carrying huge, heavy bags on motorcycles [0][1], rushing to meet their delivery targets, braving the elements, earning a measly salary with little or no health benefits. There should be laws to regulate how much weight/size of bags they can carry. They are delivering smiles to millions of homes, but they can hardly feed a family.

[0] http://media2.intoday.in/btmt/images/stories/jabong_660_1222...

[1] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vZh5ZbMGlpU/U8qEZ9eN4wI/AAAAAAAAAX...

P.S. Some more articles on the state of delivery guys :

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-e-commerce-can-be-a-big-pain...

http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/how-j...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/We-have-no...

chdir··on Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics
A pseudo-live count of e-mails sent to TRAI in support of #NetNeutrality

https://twitter.com/bulletinbabu

chdir··on Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics
> The Net Neutrality activists of India, are bunch of middle class disconnected from poor activists

Is that what you want to believe or can you back it up ? I think your statement couldn't be further from the truth.

chdir··on Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics
http://www.savetheinternet.in - A template for contacting the authorities to show support for net neutrality (speak up against "Free Basics").

Last time, they received over a million e-mails [0], and that did have a positive effect. Let's 10x that.

[0] http://bit.ly/1YCxhlv

chdir··on Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics
Submitted this to HN yesterday but it didn't get attention. This articles summarizes the issues well : https://medium.com/@amod/the-dangers-of-a-rogue-social-netwo...

Another note, Facebook is spending millions to lobby & market "Free Basics" in India.

More examples of their machinations, stressing on the word "accidental" : http://recode.net/2015/12/21/facebook-accidentally-asks-u-s-... .

chdir··on India passes tough new law for serious juvenile crimes
> So what is your age limit? If 16, why not 15? And if 15, why not 12, or 10, or 7, or 5?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

chdir··on Labella.js – placing labels on a timeline without overlap
Wouldn't it look more readable if the connectors are straight lines with 90 degree bends instead of curves (like a neatly laid out circuit or wire diagram or tube network).

The current version is artsy. Thanks for sharing this though. Looks very cool.

chdir··on A Good Night’s Sleep Is Tied to Interruptions, Not Just Hours
> 06:00 - 06:03

That's tight. Do you face any resistance and have to train your mind or does it come easy when you sleep timely ?

chdir··on Someone left my Gmail in debug mode
Déjà vu : https://github.com/karma-runner/karma/issues/376
chdir··on “Facebook Is the Internet” and Other Things Media People Debate at Dinner
FB is trying really hard to spread the same kind of love with internet.org in developing countries, to "help" the underprivileged.
chdir··on Bringing Up Genius
> Later in life its hard to rekindle the spark of curiosity, and early in life its easy to extinguish it

Can this be backed up statistically ? Can a born genius have their spark extinguished by adverse circumstances or poor parenting ? I feel the exceptional ones march on their way to genius despite family support.

chdir··on Google Releases the Full Version of Their Search Quality Rating Guidelines
OT, the top rated comment on the above article published on googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com is :

Google just made public their latest version of the Quality Raters Guidelines (PDF linked from the blog post)

Which is just summarizing what the blog post is about (probably a G+ share that got plus'd a lot). Nothing against the commentator, it's rather their ranking/voting system that needs to be fixed.

chdir··on “f.lux has been ready to ship for iOS for four years, but we need Apple's help.”
I used f.lux on my PC for a year or two but ultimately removed it because it occasionally caused the screen to flash (can't recall but probably on sleep / wake-up / UAC actions). Sometimes it would stop working altogether. If I were Apple, I'd be skeptical before allowing a low level driver access to an app that can potentially affect the device experience. I'd want to test it to death & be damn sure that the benefits outweigh the cost of allowing it.

On a related note, the linked BBC article talks about phones needing a "bed mode" to "protect sleep". If you are really struggling with eye strain / disturbed sleep, a better advice would be to turn away your gadgets well before bed time and avoid the compulsive behavior of reading on your phone all the time. I tried f.lux along with better ambient lighting, screen dimming etc. (suggestions found on HN). The benefits were marginal. I would still wake up with groggy eyes & felt sluggish until I experimented with the rule of "no gadgets after dinner". That helped way more.

Don't get me wrong, it may be an awesome piece of software for those who have to be in front of the screen for longer duration.

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