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krtkush

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krtkush··on Welcome to Auroville
True. It was such a pleasant community with very helpful people. Now even in completely non-political posts you have people bringing in politics (granted, they are usually down-voted). And then there is r/indiaspeaks...
krtkush··on Welcome to Auroville
I would take anything said by r/india with a pinch of salt. In fact, I would reccomend staying away from most main stream Indian subreddits. Each one is peddling some kind of disgusting agenda.
krtkush··on Florian Schneider has died
Oh crap! I meant Fukushima.
krtkush··on Florian Schneider has died
> I didn't realize they localized these.

Which is why this is my favorite version of the song. They kind of evolved it with the Hiroshima accident.

krtkush··on Florian Schneider has died
My favorite song by kraftwerk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWsQgmq-fNs
krtkush··on India orders coronavirus tracing app for all workers
Good thing I lost my job during these crises /s.
krtkush··on India orders coronavirus tracing app for all workers
I don't have much hope even as an Apple user. Apple will bend over because it has done so before in case of China. Apple will be in no mood to let go of the huge inroads it has made into the Indian smartphone market in the past one year.
krtkush··on WhatsApp eyes lending feature in India as Amazon rolls out Pay Later
The general risk profile of people is increasing due to job loss in the current pandemic. Is it a wise time to launch a money lending feature right now?

I'm a noob at economics so please ELI5.

krtkush··on 98.css – design system for building faithful recreations of Windows 98 UIs
The joy I get by clicking on those buttons cannot be expressed in words here.
krtkush··on How Android developers access installed apps on user’s device [pdf]
I have worked on an app which reward users for installing certain apps and signing up on them. The API helps in detecting whether the user has installed the app on the phone or not.
krtkush··on Hospital workers make masks from office supplies
> AFAICT Japan isn't doing anything radical to stop the spread and yet the virus is not spreading much. At best Japan asks infected people to stay at home. No lock downs or quarantines. Bars, cafes, gyms and theaters are all open. Life goes on.

Reports are that they are not testing enough. We can't tell who is doing it the right way. We'll only know few months down the line.

krtkush··on How I Teach Classes Remotely
No its is not. You can still be tracked; I have personally experienced it.

Incognito mode is for keeping your browsing history "clean" on your end. So that if your friend or relative uses your computer, he/she does not stumble upon stuff you don't wont to see.

krtkush··on Show HN: Crescendo – macOS App to view real time event data
Nice!

One problem - I'm unable to resize the window and make it smaller.

krtkush··on "This community is available in the app"
I'm a Firefox desktop user.

I use all of uBlock origin's annoyance filters and it works for me.

krtkush··on "This community is available in the app"
> Instagram only allows you to see a portion of a user's photos before forcing you to login. It does this on both mobile and browser.

For the curious, adblockers can get rid of the annoying pop-ups.

krtkush··on "This community is available in the app"
I believe that there will be a point in time when reddit APIs will no longer be open and third party apps will be completely dysfunctional or severely limited. The platform is going the way of twitter and facebook.
krtkush··on Hippos have become an invasive species in Colombia
An adult hippo can easily kill a croc.
krtkush··on Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)
In my country not everyone is aware of the band's existence. Hence, I thought it would be wise to include some extra details.
krtkush··on Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)
Here is the cover of the (part of the) poem sung by British heavy metal band - Iron Maiden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7zk4as9kzA

krtkush··on Ask HN: Do you ever contact people who have had a positive impact on you?
I got a very similar email few days back about one of my comment on HN. It was definitely a positive experience and something I would do too in the future.
krtkush··on Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
Yes! And a very good one at that.
krtkush··on Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
Fighter Pilot Podcast -

1) B-52 Stratofortress 2) Mig-29 Fulcrum 3) SR-71 Blackbird

The Seen and The Unseen -

1) Our Colorful Past 2) The 2019 Elections 3) The India-Pakistan Conflict 4) Kashmir and Article 370

Lapham's Quarterly -

1) William Dairymple

The Joe Rogan Experience -

1). Edward Snoweden

NPR Throughline -

1) The Dark Side Of The Moon

Podcast series -

1) 13 Minutes To The Moon 2) The Chernobyl Podcast

krtkush··on Shenzhen’s economy under strain: blame the trade war?
If you take out government spendings form this, the GDP is around 3.8%
krtkush··on Firefox 72.0
How about web apps too not show annoying pop-ups which are pretty useless in most cases? Websites which show two pop-ups (custom pop-up followed by browser pop-up) are worse.
krtkush··on Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)
I feel that this is a dark-pattern to force users to enable automatics updates.
krtkush··on Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)
> The latest update to my tablet dispensed with the labels on the desktop icons

Try using a third party launcher, maybe? Nova is a great alternative.

krtkush··on UFO: Pilot who spotted famous Tic Tac breaks silence after 15 years
Fighter Pilot Podcast had him too. It was great to listen to - https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/035-ufos/
krtkush··on Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown
I have been using the original MX Master for about 4 years now and the mouse has been a dream. Absolutely great build quality and perfect ergonomics (for a right handed person).
krtkush··on Apple’s Ad-Targeting Crackdown Shakes Up Ad Market
Any idea where Firefox lies in the spectrum?
krtkush··on The Typography of Blade Runner (2016)
A very good analysis of the said scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTnl1FVFBw&t=228s
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