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donboxon Turn spreadsheets into website designs

Great that you were able to build it.

Something similar https://www.sheet2site.com/

Also google search yeilds at least 5 similar services.

donboxon Did Britain Ever Have a Revolutionary Moment?

IRA? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence#:~...

donboxon Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incriminating Internal Docs

hmm, without facebook.com, I would surely would not have been able to catchup with my old schoolmates, with me having left the hometown 20 years ago.

donboxon Why Can’t I Sleep?

I, as a 33 BMI person with insomnia issues and workaholic nature, started intermittent fasting (eat between 9am to 5pm) 5 days ago and since then, I have been consistently sleeping at least 5 hours daily. By midnight, I am tired enough to not care about any pending task.

donboxon LG is getting out of the mobile phone business

My 4 year old Samsung J2 is still going strong (for me).Received an update in Jan 2021, Its still on Android 9

donboxon Building Domain Driven Microservices

https://outline.com/ws4FFC

donboxon Tatsuo Horiuchi is painting pictures on PC with MS EXCEL

For excel art drawing instructions by T.Hiriuchi, see http://pasokonga.com/KakikataPageAA.htm

donboxon PGAdmin 4 demo: Try it in your browser!!

Really, How does it work ?

donboxon You’re Not Lazy, Bored, or Unmotivated

https://outline.com/3jMWxb Just in case you are asked to upgrade to read.

donboxon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2019)

Location:Toronto/Vancouver. Have PR, will be moving to Canada in August 2019 or earlier.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Anywhere in Canada

Technologies: Backend Development using Java/Spring, Serverless using AWS services, Frontend using AngularJS. Device Middleware software developement using C++. Have also used Python extensively to automate tasks.

In general, I consider myself to be Programming Language and Platform agnostic.

Resume: http://www.linkedin.com/in/codenrun/

Email: aaggar24@asu.edu

donboxon Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to Allo, double down on RCS

Could not they just replace the XMPP protocol with whatever better protocol, while keeping the GTalk alive.

donboxon Codechef considering to launch a certification for DS and algorithms

Its a survey that I received from CodeChef.

donboxon The State of LTE (June 2017);South Korea leads, India springs a surprise.

As expected, South Korea leads both in 4G availability (rank 1) and 4G speed (rank 2). India makes to top 20 with 81% ( rank 14 )availability, though with lower average 4G speed.

donboxon Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands

+1 B+L ReNu Lens Solution; no mention of tap water : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91eS0p3YC3L...

donboxon Blinded after applying contact lenses with wet hands

Here in India, Bausch+LOMB's ReNu lens solution is popular.

Referring : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91eS0p3YC3L...

It mentions only to use the solution, no tap water.

donboxon The best and biggest stock photo bazaar in India

The founder's profile : http://www.sandeepmaheshwari.com/thePerson.aspx

donboxon Was the recent US election rigged? Big data analytics can give the answer

It would be cool if somebody could take it up as a side project.

donboxon Confirmed: Walmart buys Jet.com for $3B in cash

Seems unlikely that America would import "no degree" Indians to work in tech

donboxon Uber drags Ola to court over 'false bookings'

also, another story about Uber doing the same thing to Lyft http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6067663/this-is-ubers-play...

donboxon Uber drags Ola to court over 'false bookings'

From the article "Uber has also alleged that Ola exploited a "loophole" in its system by using data-only numbers - to which calls cannot be made - to create multiple fake accounts and has sought damages due to cancellations, investment made on drivers who have left, trip fare and reputation".

donboxon Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

Thats a cool ( perhaps hot) idea. I would love to try it, dont have an iphone though. Are you planning an android version in future?

donboxon Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

Lexi :https://github.com/codenrun/lexi

Its a text editor being written in python. Its based on the case study discussed in the GOF book. Still a work in progress.

If you do give it a try. It needs python 2.7 and pygame( for rendering text... will be targeting other graphics libraries in future).

Press F1 for one column formatting and F2 for two column.

Control + b toggles bold ( its buggy ). Its awesome because it is teaching me design. Will write one in java and c++ in future.

donboxon WINE 1.9.4 Released

I wonder if Wine ever led a windows virus to infect a linux installation

donboxon THE VOID

Concept video : https://youtu.be/cML814JD09g

donboxon The 4$ smartphone

It costs 251 INR to be exact. That's 3.654 USD as per today's exchange rate.

Specifications at a glance:

-- Android Lollipop 5.1

-- 4 inch qHD display

-- 1.3 Ghz Quadcore processor

-- 1 GB RAM

-- 8 GB internal memory, expandable to 32 GB

-- 1450 mAh battery

-- 3.2 MP AF Rear camera, .3 MP Front

donboxon Lovefield – A relational database for web apps

I wonder then how come so many browsers are allowed to be Webkit based

donboxon Request to econ and math people: solve the Delhi University admission problem

btw~, which platform do you use for your blog.

donboxon Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours

I wonder if engine data like revolutions/second etc could determine if the plane landed/crashed.