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neerajmurarka

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Software engineer building privacy-first infrastructure: encrypted systems, cryptographic protocols, and dev tools that don't ask you to trust the server. Ex-founder, still building things.
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neerajmurarka··on Show HN: Encrypted Git Remote Server
You can now try out the service right away, without registering for the whitelist first.

Goto https://app.ghostfork.io/register to sign up and give it a spin.

neerajmurarka··on Every student is cheating with AI
I can't disagree with most of what you are saying, not from experience but because it is a logical conclusion of at least what I am seeing.

I am a pilot and even as as car-driver, I notice how I totally lose my sense of awareness of where I am and how to deal with unexpected re-routing, when I am using GPS. Why is this relevant?

There was a time I had no GPS. I'd look at a map, memorize, and have total situational awareness, and with that, I could drive anywhere, more or less, regardless of what unexpected things happened (construction, accidents, etc).

As a pilot, I don't use GPS because it is way too dangerous to not know where you are. You need to be able to react to unexpected situations quickly.

We already have people who are incapable of independent thought, pre-AI. Now? With this? It is going to get much worse.

These people will be voting. That's scary.

neerajmurarka··on Every student is cheating with AI
I don't remember take-home exams in the nineties when I did computer science. Is this really that common to start with?

Because it is not an issue if you don't do it in the first place.

The problem with take-home is similar to the problem I saw with open-book. Now, you were maybe biasing the results to favour people who can skim through the book more efficiently. It is not really about people using knowledge they absorbed. I hated open book -- it put me at a great dis-advantage because i was much better at slow absorption.

neerajmurarka··on Show HN: Turtle – Web Browser written from scratch for 2 years
Mac Only? I am on a Mac right now so i am wondering if I can install this on my Ubuntu box?
neerajmurarka··on Columbia House Is Shutting Down
Saw this on the news yesterday. Crazy and comical. I used to see their ads in the magazines in the 80's. Had no idea they were still around.
neerajmurarka··on Show HN: SacredCal – A 13-month, 364-day calendar built around seven-day cycles
This is pretty neat. I read about metric time many years ago, so this post was intriguing.

Is this just for interest's sake? Just wondering what was the purpose of this...

neerajmurarka··on Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship
I am just glad they are still actively doing things. I bought a single share of their company a few years ago and its value went down alot. Maybe I read a bit more than necessary into that -- I bought it mostly because I love aerospace but I don't care alot about investing in the stock market.
neerajmurarka··on Why I still hand write my commit messages
I do the same. I see that AI can do it but for whatever reason, I feel compelled to write my own. I think the AI tends to write too much and when every commit looks wordy and long, they are a chore to look at later on.
neerajmurarka··on Why 4K Blu-ray always beats 4K streaming for picture quality
I do not recall ever seen that compression-related artifact stuff, on 4K BluRay, that I often see on streaming. Try a movie with alot of white water and you will see what I mean.

I think the physical discs, while lossy, are less lossy than streaming, the latter of which adapts based on circumstances to vary the lossy rate to ensure streaming does not pause?