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akhatri_aus

704 karma · joined October 6, 2013

Technophile based in Melbourne, Australia
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akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: I can make an app delivery platform for your electron apps. interested?
any examples, not sure what "virtualize the application" means. Is that like citrix for executable/non html apps
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?
If you have to ask, nothing. Put it aside in ETFs or something for your kids.
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It's not any different to today, you have to disable gatekeeper to run a non signed app.
akhatri_aus··on You Can Charge a USB-C Macbook Pro from Another USB-C Macbook Pro
Which one charges which?
akhatri_aus··on Bloomberg News Pays Reporters More If Their Stories Move Markets
Because the incentives can create stories that are untrue or corrected later.
akhatri_aus··on How Uber, valued at billions, was sent packing by a startup in Singapore
So it had nothing to do with Softbant, who also has a stake in Grab, asking Uber to leave. The title implies Grab kicked their ass and its far from what really happened.
akhatri_aus··on Traveling the World on a Third World Passport
The South African one got struck off the list (Namibia remained) after there were a string of drug smuggling incidents.
akhatri_aus··on New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers
If you use Revolut to sign up with a virtual card you can just disable the card if you want to unsubscribe and they're difficult about it
akhatri_aus··on New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers
While that's great they should have taken a page out of Nasper's book who used to look up to the NYT as to what to be in the digital world.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Looking for low cost ways to compile an iphone app
Use buddybuild/nevercode
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Why can't a startup sell saline to hospitals?
Most likely you're missing its a transfer pricing technique (to move profits to different entities). The actual cost of the saline from the initial supplier isn't as high.
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akhatri_aus··on Many Chinese companies ‘will go bankrupt’, if US delivers on tariff threats
That debt is the reason the US has a trade deficit with China. China has no economic interest in holding US debt with the exception of funding purchases of its own goods. This is also in line with the twin deficits hypothesis.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: What's difficult about selling to enterprises?
For one they want your company to be around in 5 years time so their spend isn't thrown away.
akhatri_aus··on McDonald's Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks
Looking at this in Australia, people avoid the counter and use these machines. There's something to avoiding human interaction these days.

There's still a cashier if you need one but there's hardly anyone at them, even if there's a queue to use the kiosks.

akhatri_aus··on Show HN: Compare benefits of second passport based on the one you have
The registration for the VWP lasts even after you leave and come back, its not the same as applying for an actual visa online.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Should founder / CEO be the Chairman of the board?
If you're Carlos Ghosn its a no brainer.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Has there ever been an ICO that resulted in anything useful?
It seems like you feel no ICO has resulted in anything productive. In what context are you asking then?
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Fileshare without dropbox etc.
An email sounds like it would do the trick.
akhatri_aus··on In Hong Kong, flats really are cheaper when they contain the number 4
The 4s aren't surprising because of the superstition with 4, it's that you find them that is odd. To best capitalise on the property it would be apt to rename them 3B or 13B. It's a well known practice to avoid the 4 because it wastes value.
akhatri_aus··on Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used
There's a diagram if you look around. Sure the narrowest portion is narrow, but you need to bend your body because this narrow portion is at a curve.

A solid metal cylinder that can't bend had no chance at all to begin with. If a human cant go through without bending their body how can a cylinder containing a flat standing human get through? An engineer designing for this situation knows to optimise for the camera instead of the cave.

akhatri_aus··on Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used
It depends on what he wanted out of it. It was quite obvious nothing of the size of that submarine could fit in that narrow portion of the cave.

That begs the question on whether it was more for publicity or it was actually intended to be used.

Would it be realistic to see that submarine in Thailand or on some video camera in an LA pool?

akhatri_aus··on In Hong Kong, flats really are cheaper when they contain the number 4
Its a bit surprising to see this. I thought they go for using '3B' instead of an outright '4'
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: AWS lambda pricing/lock-in concerns
Use an abstraction like Serverless so that you can easily switch to another provider.
akhatri_aus··on Boeing is making a long-term play for hypersonic travel
What's wrong with that? Most new technologies come about in that way anyway.

You wouldn't be on the internet today otherwise.

akhatri_aus··on Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices
Using AR would mean everything you do is recorded to some extent even though every effort is made to secure it. For instance to make queries on what you're seeing.

If everything you do in your daily life is recorded that is a significant privacy issue. More so than your private photos/text messages and GPS coordinates alone.

Apple is working on AR glasses, and is significantly promoting AR SDKs with their newest iOS releases. It's very easy to see why they take this privacy stance today.

akhatri_aus··on Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices
Apple is working into the AR space where privacy matters and they're working into that image for their brand.

The structure of Apple's revenue sources makes it a sure fire bet to do vs Google.

akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Twilio alternatives?
Nexmo, Plivo & Messagebird are quite good. They can be cheaper and sometimes even offer per second billing.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Why and where do you exchange crypto?
It's fast, no login/site wallet required, supports a lot of cryptos & transactions go through even when the network is clogged.
akhatri_aus··on Ask HN: Why and where do you exchange crypto?
This is quite obviously an ad.

For the question the answer is Shapeshift, will not bother to look at others.

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