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sbmthakur··on [dead]
Hamas used motor powered hang gliders for the infiltration.

https://youtu.be/KF5vPfqtJBM?si=zcIRNVnL7To_nxnq

sbmthakur··on Disney, Netflix, and more are fighting FTC's 'click to cancel' proposal
Interesting. Does e-Devlet also allow you to track your subscriptions and how much you have paid for them?
sbmthakur··on The Concise TypeScript Book
Just yesterday I ran into a runtime error when I forgot the round brackets in`Buffer .contact`. This wouldn't have happened with Typescript.
sbmthakur··on Proceedings of the 19th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems
Have you tried Google Alerts?
sbmthakur··on What every programmer should know about memory (2007) [pdf]
Any sample of your puzzle program that you may be willing to share? I want to perform my own experiments with multi threading but being a Javascript dev, it's not something I deal with quite often. Also great work on DataWars. The onboarding experience and the site layout is pleasant.
sbmthakur··on What every programmer should know about memory (2007) [pdf]
What does "John Carmack it" means? Take the simplest and correct approach?
sbmthakur··on Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps
I get the (new) mobile site with it.
sbmthakur··on India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' faces
Stubble burning was long banned but it's still being practiced and contributes to Delhi's pollution. In fact, one of the demands of the farm protests was to release those who were arrested for stubble burning[1].

> Again, wrong. The 2022 Indian presidential election was held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India.

It's not a general election. Only MPs and MLAs get to vote for the president.

> Source please? You must be living in an alternate world.

There are indeed concerns on job growth but infrastructure growth and economic policies have caught pace in the last decade. There's a reason why Meta, Google and Aramco want to pour money into the country.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Indian_farme...

sbmthakur··on High Performance Browser Networking
They also have a newsletter covering Networking concepts that are not commonly discussed:

https://systemsapproach.substack.com/archive

sbmthakur··on I’m a student – you have no idea how much we are using ChatGPT
I asked my professor(as a TA) and he said the same thing. As per him we can't do much unless there's a policy from the university.
sbmthakur··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2023)
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, US

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Javascript, Typescript, Python, HTML, Node.js, ExpressJS, Puppeteer, React, Flask, Mocha, Nginx, Docker, Podman, Git, GitHub Actions, Linux, Kubernetes, Headless Chromium, MySQL, Redis, Couchbase, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V41TH6ydXB8DQosBADv_RlIxcNF...

Email: sbmthakur@gmail.com

Hello HN, I am a Computer Science Graduate student at Indiana University and have more than five years of experience as a Software Engineer. I have developed several large distributed systems with Typescript, Node.js, Python, HTTP(S), and different database technologies. I am looking for an opportunity where I can learn and contribute simultaneously. Feel free to have a look at my GitHub profile: https://github.com/sbmthakur/

sbmthakur··on Perseus – NextJS alternative in Rust
Next.js itself uses a compiler written in Rust.

https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/compiler

sbmthakur··on Remembering Benares
Are there 1.3 Billon poor people in India?
sbmthakur··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023)
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, US

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Javascript, Typescript, Python, HTML, Node.js, ExpressJS, Puppeteer, React, Flask, Mocha, Nginx, Docker, Podman, Git, GitHub Actions, Linux, Kubernetes, Headless Chromium, MySQL, Redis, Couchbase, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V41TH6ydXB8DQosBADv_RlIxcNF...

Email: sbmthakur@gmail.com

Hello HN, I am a Computer Science Graduate student at Indiana University and have more than five years of experience as a Software Engineer. I have developed several large distributed systems with Typescript, Node.js, Python, HTTP(S), and different database technologies. I am looking for an opportunity where I can learn and contribute simultaneously. Feel free to have a look at my GitHub profile: https://github.com/sbmthakur/

PS: I am also looking for volunteer opportunities this summer and would welcome any leads or suggestions. Please feel free to contact me if you have information on any such opportunity.

sbmthakur··on What broke Sweden? Real estate bust exposes big divide
What kind of measures by the government and can help the situation?
sbmthakur··on Build Your Own Redis with C/C++
Codecrafters has a similar exercise:

https://app.codecrafters.io/courses/redis?track=c

sbmthakur··on Nalanda University flourished for more than seven centuries
Is BBC following Hindu nationalist propaganda?
sbmthakur··on Service Weaver: A Framework for Writing Distributed Applications
Any links that described how they scaled their services?
sbmthakur··on Ask HN: Best examples of software documentation that you've come across?
Plaid is pretty good. I got an INVALID_FIELD error yesterday and was happy to see a clear message along with the hyperlink in the error object.

1. https://plaid.com/docs/errors/invalid-request/#invalid_field

sbmthakur··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
What was the 70s-era trend?
sbmthakur··on Humans Need Play
civ 6, gym, squash
sbmthakur··on Ask HN: Reject/ghost on all job applications with 8 YoE, what am I doing wrong?
They probably mean all 12000 of them are not leetcoders.
sbmthakur··on Tell HN: GitHub is partially blocked in India
Twitter isn't banned in India despite having that kind of content.
sbmthakur··on Why everything looks the same
Reminds me of Clayton Christensen's jobs-to-be-done talk.
sbmthakur··on India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN
I wonder which city this would be where you still need to bribe the police for getting a passport. I got mine in 2015 and the process was hassle-free. But this was in a tier-1 city, so my experience might be an exception.
sbmthakur··on Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
Russia being useless against China is still much better than Russia openly siding with China (and Pakistan) against India. You can't defeat geography, no matter how much common ground increases between India and the West.
sbmthakur··on San Francisco is spending $1.7M on one public toilet
Is there any state that has laws to prevent NIMBYism?
sbmthakur··on Crimean bridge: Who – or what – caused the explosion?
Once the military uses it, it becomes a target regardless of its utility to civilians.
sbmthakur··on Crimean bridge: Who – or what – caused the explosion?
That's correct. That's the reason why a lot of civilian infrastructure in Gaza becomes a legitimate military target during Hamas-Israel confrontations.
sbmthakur··on Crimean bridge: Who – or what – caused the explosion?
In a war fought according to rules, hitting anything that's not actively used by a belligerent is illegal.
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