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surya

108 karma · joined March 30, 2007

Startup founder currently residing in Edinburgh, UK.

Blog: http://arnavk.blogspot.com

Startup: Yadster ( http://www.yadster.com ) - Applying reputation networks to Web Search and News.

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surya··on Google's API is Back
Yes, thats interesting... I wonder if they want to keep it quite (by making this info hard to find) or the developers of the API didn't think it through...
surya··on Google's API is Back
Thanks for sharing this... But isn't the AJAX Search API to be used from within the browser (client) rather than from a central server?
surya··on Ask YC: Where to start with creating a distributed crawler
I'm interested...
surya··on Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startup in the UK?
I'm in Edinburgh. Working on a collaborative web search startup.
surya··on Where to look for Python developers?
I am working on a startup called 'Yadster'. We are trying to build new collaborative filtering algorithms (like those based on trust/reputation) are trying to apply them to applications like Search and News. We have a basic prototype working, but a lot still needs to be done... :)
surya··on Where to look for Python developers?
We are based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are working on a new trust-based collaborative filtering algorithm and looking to apply it to domains like Search and News.
surya··on Are you going to change the world? (Really?)
I believe doing your best work, is the best way of helping the world. If you love what you are doing, if you are one with yourself when you are doing it, you are giving the most you can ever give to the world.

All religions say that selflessness is the path to happiness and enlightenment. I think true selflessness can only be achieved when you are truly at one with your work and its flow, when you see it all around you, and you loose yourself in it...

Even though Michaelangelo didn't cure any life threatening diseases he did make something that gives everyone who watches it, a moment of beauty, a moment of perfection, a moment of heaven. I think that gift is no less than any other.

I hope I gave you something to think about. This was my good deed of the day... :)

I also recommend an old Japanese movie by Akira Kurosawa called 'Ikiru'. It has a nice perspective on the topic.

surya··on Goodbye, Hacker News. I'm going back to Reddit.
Democracy has a weird tendency of favoring idiocy.

Just take a look at this discussion: http://reddit.com/info/2ga89/comments

surya··on Will the company that kills Google be founded by Google employees?
No, Google will be killed by people who it rejected to take.
surya··on How to deal with domain name squatters?
Maybe thats why you didn't recieve a response.