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rgunon NASA Image Shows Earth Between the Rings of Saturn

Earth in this image has a diameter of around 5 pixels. So each pixel here is around 2500 km (as diameter of earth is around 12700 km [1])

Farthest human has been is 400,000 km [2]. So the farthest we have ever been is around 160 pixels.

[1] https://www.google.co.in/search?q=diameter+of+earth&oq=diame...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_records#Fa...

rgunon Show HN: GitMonKey – monitor your repos and commits for exposed private keys

* Why a separate service and not a pre-commit hook? * If a third-party has seen the key, hasn't the damage already been done?

rgunon Young men dropping out of the job market to spend time in an alternate reality

*hikikomori

rgunon Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

I hope Token as change thing takes off

rgunon Even my mother can run Linux

> I can push out updates and flag new software for installation within seconds if they ask me for it

This seems cool. Can you please tell me how you do it? Some links that I can use to read up on it will do.

rgunon Why Kakoune – The quest for a better code editor

How do you pronounce 'kakoune'?

Some people are already using 'kak' instead of 'kakoune', IMO 'kak' will be a better name.

rgunon California man spent $1M playing Game of War

It does. See Dota 2, CS: GO or Team Fortress 2.

rgunon Tired of typing in Slack? Use Webspeech recognition API to chat hands-free

Nice! Better solution would be a chrome plugin

rgunon Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

provakil.com

rgunon CTO Mentor Network – A virtual peer-to-peer network of CTOs

I signed up, but got no confirmation mail. Am I in?

rgunon Music for Programming

I have found spotify 'Deep Focus' playlist [0] to be quite helpful.

Sometimes I also listen to movies' and tv shows' soundtracks [1] while working on the frontend (HTML/CSS)

[0] https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/2ujjMpFriZ2na...

[1] https://open.spotify.com/user/11142792696/playlist/2UtWdCTOx...

rgunon Show HN: Killing Procrastination by Making Everything Fit

Interesting way to manage time (irrespective of the fact that this will not solve procrastination)

Would be better in the form of browser extension or desktop app for better tracking time.

rgunon Don't Start Big, Start a Little Snowball

Unix philosophy for the business world!

rgunon Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?

Glimpses of World History by Jawaharlal Nehru:

A collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, from jail, teaching her about world history. An interesting introduction to history.

rgunon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)

Provakil | New Delhi, India | ONSITE | Full Time | https://provakil.com

Provakil sends alerts for court cases and helps lawyers manage their cases. We keep track of the cases through various public sources. We are looking for:

- Frontend Developer - iOS Developer - Android Developer -

Our stack currently includes Python, Node.js (using Sails.js framework), Backbone.js, MongoDB, Redis

We are bootstrapped, profitable and have paid customers who love our product. Our strong metrics helped us attend YC OOH 2016. We are still a small team, so you will have an opportunity to directly contribute to the success of the company.

Email us your resumes and queries at careers@provakil.com.