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nanospeck··on Ask HN: Please stop writing tutorials/tech articles on Medium
The way Medium works is impressive for those who wish to have some income writing. I wish there was a similar blockchain based / decentralized app where authors and editors would get their fair share and is not owned by just a company which could change policies at any time.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?
I’m interested to work on it. Can u share the details in nanospeck0@gmail.com
nanospeck··on Ask HN: What service are you willing to provide for $1?
Be Your Personal Job Hunt VA: Share your linkedin/resume and I will search for the whoishiring posts or SO ads that match your job profile and send you a custom intro email draft. 1$ per draft, hurry limited time offer! akhil.karunAtTheRateGmailDotCom
nanospeck··on Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
Recently, I got a different take on this from a book called ‘Mad Genius’. The author says in today’s fast moving world if you keep doing what you have been doing, you will perish very quickly. Like Nokia.
nanospeck··on The Fall of Eclipse (2016)
Totally disagree. IMHO I’ve tried both IntelliJ and Eclipse and felt IntelliJ to be really complex and non intutive. I can do tasks very quickly in Eclipse using shortcuts I’m familiar with. I also often feel the features of IntelliJ are over exaggerated and almost all the things can be done in Eclipse if you know how to use it. Once, I sat with a dev who was trying to evangelize IntelliJ in our workplace (and influence our manager to purchase licences)and explained alternatives in Eclipse for almost all the ‘awesome’ features he showed in IntelliJ. He simply didn’t know what eclipse could do. For me Eclipse starts really fast, I really like the UI better than IntelliJ. I believe Eclipse provide really awesome features for a free software and on the otherside IntelliJ doesn’t provide enough features for it’s heavy price. It seems many programmers (not all) these days feel fancy about boasting they use a paid IDE to hide their actual incompetence in programming. ( Ps: opinion only from java perspective)
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Writing cover letters for tech jobs
Something similar is already in private beta : https://cloud.google.com/job-discovery/
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Writing cover letters for tech jobs
I recommend you try to remove the PhD from your qualification and apply for some jobs. I know a friend who concealed that he has a PhD. He wouldn't get a job because he is overqualified for most of them (and companies think they have to pay him a lot). Just give it a try.
nanospeck··on Contributors for open source projects
Im interested
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Meaningful jobs outside the office
I would recommend you use your expertise wisely to the less areas to build tangible product outcomes that actualy help humanity. I recently brought a drone kit & raspberrypi and built one with a vision to use it help for farming/agriculture/seed-bombing etc. This required me to move out of my desk and play with the hardware and eventually go outside to test it. At fist you may think its impossible to learn robotics stuffs since you are just a programmer. But trust me, if I can do it with no experience in Robotics, you definitely can. That way you can make use of your existing skill, learn new ones and see tangible outcomes. IMHO I always wonder what happened to the future. There is a huge gap in robotics today. We should've built better things than facebook, twitter with computers by now.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
Hi which va service do you use/recommend ?
nanospeck··on Show HN: Alphabetically Ordered Keyboard for iPhone
I agree with both your feedback. This is an experimental app. For me, learning the order of keys was the most difficult part when I started to learn typing. I wonder if people who are not familiar with touch typing (if anyone exists) may find it easier. Lets see. Thanks again btw.
nanospeck··on Show HN: Alphabetically Ordered Keyboard for iPhone
The QWERTY model keyboard was designed to be used on physical typewriters and keyboards where we use all 10 fingers for typing. The letters were arranged in QWERTY because it’s the optimal the order of popular usage of keys. So frequently used keys were arranged together closest to all the fingers.

Today we only used both our thumbs to type on our smartphones and there is no need to keep following the complex QWERTY arrangement (unless you are a trained touch typing ninja who knows the full QWERTY order like the back of your hand).

It’s time to follow the obvious ABC order of keys in smartphone keyboards

nanospeck··on Ask HN: Share Your Raspberry Pi Project
I've built a drone that can be controlled by rpi. Phase 1 is completed : http://akhilspassion.blogspot.co.id/2017/07/building-autonom...
nanospeck··on Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Beta
I'm very interested to know the details an perhaps help build it. Looks very promising. Can we connect akhil.karun [at] gmail.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Side business – how to get started?
I have tried this. Very good chiice. You can easily make more than bank interest.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Side business – how to get started?
You can hire me for 20$ per hour. I'll help you build the mvp if you have an idea. PM me if you're interested.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: How do you squeeze in enough time for book reading?
Audio books are great way to read esp. while commute/driving and evening/morning threadmill sessions (double benefit of improving health + knowledge).
nanospeck··on IISc Bangalore scientists are doing seed bombing with drones to plant a forest
Very surprising, I just got my drone delivered from hobbyking today and was planning to develop the exact same idea but on more dryland where the drone can water the plants until they mature.
nanospeck··on The rise of dunking and the three-point shot
I think the unique article title is getting it more attention. Anyways good read for me.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Have you ever built a drone? Share your setup!
Hey, I am also planning to work on exact same thing. Are you interested in keeping in touch each other to share experience? DM me please.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: What are the other ‘Musk’ian problems?
Solar powered drones that could autonomously plant tree seeds, water them from nearby water sources until it can sustain itself. Hence help make the world greener and combat CO2 emisson. There are plenty of deserted areas without trees that can be taken advantage of. I have plans to work on this on long-term. DM me if you have any details that can help me make this drone.
nanospeck··on Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?
Cool but where can you get Phantom 3 standard for 330 USD? I'm seeing $499 on their official website.
nanospeck··on Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?
5 years??! That's amazing. Do you have a blog about your projects? That would be an interesting read.
nanospeck··on Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?
Interesting. How do I pm you?
nanospeck··on Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?
This is a good one, the kind i was looking for. However, I couldn't find the camera option. Are you sure the integration is possible? Do you have any links?
nanospeck··on Ask HN (again): What is the best affordable programmable drone?
That's enlightening. Do you know anything with a higher price point? Like around $500 ?
nanospeck··on Data structures and algorithms interview questions and their solutions
Does your company have current openings? I think I can prove myself better in your metrics.
nanospeck··on Ask HN: Can you do TDD in a complex product (data science, AI, etc)?
Here is a good link from Robert C Martin (author of clean code) for the question : How doeas the presence of neural nets impact the deve lifecycle in Agile environment http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2017/03/16/DrCalvin.htm...
nanospeck··on Build Your Own Text Editor
Does anyone have similar links but written in Java? If yes, please share here.
nanospeck··on How to never complete anything
Recently, I found some things that works for me and put it out as a book. Interestingly, I finished the book also using the same techniques. A key trick to keep you motivated is to reward yourself handsomely and IMMEDIATELY if you achieve the goal on the PLANNED DATE. For eg. I rewarded myself an iPhone 7 plus ( which is currently the hottest phone in the market) for finishing the book in 30 days. This helps you overcome the fear of loss that, what if no one buys your product and your effort goes in vain. However I still find marketing is harder! (My book here:http://amzn.to/2iUYaOH )
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