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gurvinder

351 karma · joined December 20, 2012

I can be reached at gurvinder.pal.singh@gmail.com
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gurvinder··on Show HN: Silly math games to make learning fun for K through 3rd grade
My 14 year old son was frustrated with "Fun" math games as they were not really fun. So he started building his own games in p5.js and recently he launched these games at https://thegamebox.ca/ He has been making these games since he was 10yo, so there is a progression in quality. Last game he made is not a math game but a puzzle game (Red Remover) he used to play and love when he was very young and was no longer available. He has done all the graphics as well for these games.
gurvinder··on [dead]
This is a blog post by my 10 year old son. I don't understand why many Americans can't see what my 10 year old boy can see. :(
gurvinder··on Quora Keeps the World's Knowledge for Itself
why not archive the information after "anonymizing" it by removing all usernames?
gurvinder··on Lego Calendar
few years ago, I started a site which had "lego" in its name. Even though it was actually promoting Lego and not at all commercial ( no Ads no fees ). I got a cease and desist letter from Lego Group, and they demanded that I hand over the domain to them. I didn't want the trouble for a site which was not even making money for me, so I just transferred the domain to them.
gurvinder··on Lego Calendar
You will soon get a cease and desist letter from Lawyers of Lego for using their trademark. I am telling from my experience.
gurvinder··on Ask HN: Need Help? Willing to help?
Let me know if you need help with any development or architecture design ( I prefer RoR but can help with any other platform also )

HMO: I would like to build good contacts with like minded people.

gurvinder··on Dear first world dev, I am going to live your nightmare
Done
gurvinder··on Dear first world dev, I am going to live your nightmare
Send me an email, I have a job for you in your city for much better salary in much better terms ( no bonds) and no body shop.
gurvinder··on Show HN: Build iOS and Android games in Objective-C with SpriteBuilder
This seems like a fork of Cocosbuilder http://cocosbuilder.com/
gurvinder··on Ask HN: I've done absolutely no work since December 15th
Find a co-founder, he will encourage you and also help in "marketing, selling etc " which you think you are not good at.
gurvinder··on Show HN: My Latest Kids app(6-8) got Featured by Apple :)
Right now it is at Number 20 in Kids (6-8) Category in United States.
gurvinder··on Why I won't do a startup and (probably) neither should you.
"A larger firm is more efficient" really ? I have seen people in large firms doing nothing at all and still getting paid.
gurvinder··on Experiments to do with your baby
Thanks for the link, the game seems awesome !!
gurvinder··on Two million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords stolen
"File Transfer Protocol (FTP, the standard network used when working from home) "

May be at CNN, that is what they use to work from home.

gurvinder··on RJS leaking vulnerability in multiple Rails applications
How will jQuery solve this, if still using JSONP ?
gurvinder··on The Hacker News Generation (Afraid of Hard Work)
"It doesn’t matter how brilliant you started out or how much faster you exited the gates than everyone else, those who consistently get up every morning and direct their energies along a single path, no matter how boring it may be, will eventually pass you on each of the many roads you haphazardly travel."

So what if they will pass ? I prefer to be left behind and do something I like. Life is not about getting ahead of others, some take joy in getting ahead of others, while some enjoy being left behind but doing their thing.

gurvinder··on Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
About $400 per month from websites ( ads) and iPhone apps. Used to be 2k per month but has dropped low because of lack of time for attention.
gurvinder··on Psd.rb
Yes, but now you can do it without having a copy of Photoshop.
gurvinder··on Existential Depression in Gifted Children
I have one gifted son and another brilliant son, and I really understand what you mean. I can see these differences quite clearly in my sons. Giftedness is not same as having very high IQ, it has its own characteristics which are often overshadowed by the high IQ.
gurvinder··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
How do I contact you?
gurvinder··on It ships when it ships
Deadline actually translates to total effort put in a task, which translates to total cost of the task, and Managers really need to know this to control the budget. whether to develop a feature is based on cost vs benefit analysis, so if as a Manager I can't rely at all on the cost estimates then how can you be sure you are building the right thing in first place.
gurvinder··on Ask HN: Do you have side projects you want to sell?
I am interested
gurvinder··on How To Find A Technical Co-Founder
Most of the time its not the idea which is very unique or world changing, it the execution of the idea which makes it a success. so yes I have drawer full of ideas, and I see them being executed by other in nice ways and becoming successful, but If I would try to do the same idea, I am sure I won't be successful.
gurvinder··on What does O(log n) mean, exactly?
With 25 years of experience in computer industry, you should be explaining us all how we can estimate the time when a DDoS attack is being done:).

Anyways we are talking here about complexity of the algorithm, and not its actual speed or performance which will depend on a lot of factors. But complexity tells for example how many steps it will take for the algorithm to solve the problem. The algorithm can be used by Humans or super computers, so performance can vary from days to microseconds, but complexity will remain same.

gurvinder··on Ask HN: In building your startup, who do you use for accounting?
Do you have any recommendation for multi currency support? Also How should I report earnings from appstore sales ?
gurvinder··on U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
land invasion was not necessary, as Japan was very close to surrender any ways. using nuclear weapons was not needed to end the war.
gurvinder··on Angry young Indians: What a waste
I will prefer to be "not so rich" in a country where majority is "not so rich" rather than be "super rich" in a country where majority is "super poor".
gurvinder··on In India, Cows Are Sacred, Women Are Dispensable
I don't think its right to call them two sides, when "sexually repressed apes perpetually abusing women" are million times more than "clinically insane extremists"
gurvinder··on Ask HN: Do you use a debugger?
how can you not use debugger and program/find defects. I mean for sure you can do print and alert, but that is highly inefficient way of debugging.
gurvinder··on Another $1K App on the App Store
Its usually done to trick the top grossing apps rankings. Developer will raise the price to $1k then buy himself some copies using different fake accounts, thus raising the ranking. Once ranking is achieved, they will reduce the price in hope to get more sales.
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