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mohsinr··on The startup that wanted to dethrone Craigslist is officially shutting down
They kept changing business model. Long live Craigslist. In our country olx is is Craigslist in USA.
mohsinr··on Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
You're right aws sms is good for quick implementation of basic sms setup into something already baked on aws. Also it will get better and better like any good aws offering. Good to have more alternatives to sms leader Twilio.
mohsinr··on 5 Algorithms Every Web Developer Can Use and Understand
What a lovely book about practical applications of useful algorithms for web developers: PageRank, Language Detection, Nudity detection, Sentiment and Term Analysis.

Free ebook in very accessible language with plenty of examples. Thank you so much!

mohsinr··on Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using
Git, Filezilla, VLC Player they just work have been using for years!
mohsinr··on Show HN: A Cool New Dropdown Menu Concept
Looks awesome even on cellphone screen.
mohsinr··on UK votes to leave EU
2k+ comments wow!
mohsinr··on [dead]
Mark used to say, I do not believe in Privacy, things changed recently...

http://www.wired.com/2010/04/report-facebook-ceo-mark-zucker...

mohsinr··on Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
Thank you for the correction. I edit my comment about Udacity. Sorry looks like It cannot bed edited anymore. But thanks to your comment, users will not be mislead by comment about udacity. I was browsing from my mobile and could not find free courses easily like it used to be so thought it was gone, but now I see we can still access we just have to look further. Thank you!
mohsinr··on [dead]
Perhaps Mark doest not want FB staff to listen his conversations with HR :)

"Facebook says...it doesn’t record conversations, but that it does use the audio to identify what is happening. ... The claims come after Belgian police warned citizens not to use Facebook's Reactions tool." http://www.computerworld.com/article/3079412/security/facebo...

mohsinr··on What is the meaning of Object-Oriented Programming?
TL;DR "OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things."
mohsinr··on Clinton approved CIA drone assassinations with her cellphone, report says
True. However senseless killing by Taliban/ISIS doesn't justify killings of civilians happening by drone attacks...
mohsinr··on When a Unicorn Startup Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt
Thanks for the link.
mohsinr··on 'Deleted' Yahoo Emails Led to a 20-Year Drug Trafficking Conviction
A section of Yahoo's recent filing, in which the company writes that drafts of an email can remain on Yahoo's servers even though the user deleted the final draft.
mohsinr··on Refugees in Greece need internet – stop riot to let WiFi guys work
WiFi is their phone line back to home and relatives around the world.
mohsinr··on We said: “We love what we’re doing” and shut down our startup
Good luck with Bugsee! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I love this advice you got from your investor:

"If you’re going to do anything within the restaurant industry, IMHO it would have to be done in such a way that the restaurants come to you and you don’t have to go and sell to them. Otherwise the cost of customer acquisition with a sales team ends up being way too high, slow to scale, and just painful." ~ Manu

mohsinr··on Clinton approved CIA drone assassinations with her cellphone, report says
Civilians, lot of civilians were killed! Period!
mohsinr··on Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
Great point! So MOOCs have become now OCs (Online Courses), Massive & Open stays honor badge of Open Source Software :)

Educators tried to use "OPEN" word from OPEN Source World, but could not keep it that way... Coursera and Udacity guys should stop using OPEN word please...

mohsinr··on Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
Disappointed by Coursera and Udacity (they positioned for free MOOCs and now they are taking everything back they offered).

More power to KhanAcademy and MIT Open Courseware! For staying true to their mission of providing Free Courses...

mohsinr··on The Indian Miracle-Buster Stuck in Finland
This guy reminds me legendary James Randi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Z7KeNCi7g
mohsinr··on Atom 1.8 and 1.9 beta
Atom is my main editor. It used to be little slower at ubuntu 14.04 but now on 16.04 Ubuntu, it works just fine.
mohsinr··on How I built a profitable bootstrapped side project
I hit F5 to refresh and it came back.
mohsinr··on jQuery 3.0 Release Candidate
You may have a look on VueJs as a lightweight alternative to React/Angular when you need simple apps to create like the one you mentioned , it is like jQuery but with very exciting features https://vuejs.org/

https://vuejs.org/guide/comparison.html

https://hashnode.com/post/choose-between-reactjs-and-vuejs-f...

mohsinr··on You're Gonna Need a License for That
I read a recent news about proposed law being drafted in India related to needing a license for mapping the country, I clicked on this story thinking it was about exact issue I just read. Here is link : http://www.voanews.com/content/proposed-law-on-use-of-maps-s...
mohsinr··on Spaces, a tool for small group sharing
Believe me I want to have any tool I can get for Collaboration and Sharing... however Spaces from Google, I worry so much that they may kill it someday , FAST. That is the first thought came to my mind when i saw this story. I feel bad to have this thought really. I want to give it a try but just a feeling...
mohsinr··on A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
Exactly, not a single link to the site. Had to google and find: Here it is just in case: https://arxiv.org/
mohsinr··on “Facebook has destroyed the open web”
There was one, but FB bought it ... WhatsApp (Now FB is using Whatsapp use all phone contacts in your address book stored and use that info to show your friends/people to connect with on FB... FB kept saying to connect with our local XYZ service provider :) as somehow his number was stored in my phone. )
mohsinr··on Show HN: Booleans as a Service (BaaS)
I do not get it! Was the launch delayed by about 8 days...
mohsinr··on Gogs – Go Git Service
Github killer free app is on Github :)
mohsinr··on The Untold History of Arduino
Wow thanks for sharing! Why you took so long to write! Glad you finally did!
mohsinr··on Marc Andreessen Pro-Colonialism Tweet Riles India Tech World
Do Mr. Andreessen realize what colonialism was like in India?

Following two incidents are enough to educate what a gift british colonoalism was for India:

1. Firing on Poor people http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/jbagh.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre

2. Artificial Famine took Millions of Lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

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