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sharadgopal

185 karma · joined April 20, 2010

sharad at gatech dot edu

industrial and systems engineering / georgia tech / atlanta

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sharadgopal··on Ask HN: Startup index
Maybe this?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ApqWF3CqjgjSdE9...

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: Are Soylent-like meal replacement shakes safe?
Here is a more informed article on soylent worth checking out:

http://examine.com/blog/soylent-is-made-from-hype/

sharadgopal··on How to lose time and money
Limited Partners

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_partnership

sharadgopal··on Is There a Plugin to Collapse Comments?
You may also want to check out:

http://hckrnews.com/about.html

sharadgopal··on The People vs. Goldman Sachs
Somewhat unrelated but the documentary 'Inside Job' provides a brilliant insight into the financial mess that unfolded in the past years.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: TED like sites/videos?
Do Lectures [1]. Some of their content has been featured on the TED website in the past.

[1] http://www.dolectures.com/

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: What are some cool and useful hacker sites?
If you enjoy TED talks, you might also like doLectures (http://www.dolectures.com). They aren't "life changing" per se, but some of the talks offer new and interesting perspective.

For example: http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/why-you-should-have-a-par...

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
What is the best way for someone to get into parkour ?
sharadgopal··on HN: What is something you learned way too late in life?
Dwelling too much on the past is more often than not a waste of time.
sharadgopal··on Meditation on Hacker News: What are you guys experience with meditation?
A couple of years ago, I was able to sit still and focus on my breathing, for upto 30 minutes at a stretch, and those days I felt more at peace with myself. It was like internal 'world peace' and harmony. Of late I haven't been able to sit still for longer than 15 minutes even when I try, but that may have a lot to do with the fact that I am in college, and constantly juggling n number of things.

These are some previous discussions that you might find useful:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=454146

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=612276

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1462178

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1471244

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: What about this landing page? Does it rock as it should?
I use OhLife[1] to keep a somewhat regular journal online. You all might want to check out their landing page, its very neat and to the point.

On your website, after about two scrolls, I didn't want to keep going. Also maybe make the font a little thicker/bolder. Good luck.

[1]http://ohlife.com/

sharadgopal··on Dry Erase White Board Paint for Offices
Previous Discussion of IdeaPaint:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=699602

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=701255

sharadgopal··on Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret
Previous Discussion of the same article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033433
sharadgopal··on Texas Governor's call for $10,000 bachelor's degrees stumps educators
"what the actual cost of education would be and remove all the useless excess courses added to the curriculum unnecessarily."

couldn't agree more.

i am currently in college, and i have to take 3 engineering electives (classes, outside of my engineering major), 2 social science electives, and i get to take 3 "any/free" electives.

one could make an argument that it broadens the educational experience or whatever, but from experience, half these classes are BS, and almost all of these just suck up a lot of time, which could be better spent focusing on one's chosen field of study/ or other interests.

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: What's your favorite bookmarked HN thread?
if you upvote a story, it gets saved under your profile.
sharadgopal··on At what time, you are more productive?
early morning. i get maximum work done between 6am-10am.
sharadgopal··on Ask HN: Is it worth paying 36 dollars for Pandora (ad free version)?
On another note, if music recommendation is not what you want you might want to try Grooveshark for listening to music without interruption.

http://listen.grooveshark.com

sharadgopal··on Fitness for geeks: my annual review of the Stronglifts 5x5 program
And is that with just two workouts every week ?
sharadgopal··on What is the book that has completely changed your way of thinking?
Demian - Hesse

Narcissus and Goldmund - Hesse

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

sharadgopal··on Why I Love Working Out
hey i was thinking about taking up boxing as a sport. i am essentially waiting for my gear [gloves] to arrive. i have access to a punching bag / speed ball.

would you recommend a DIY approach to learning the basics, or is it essential to learn it from someone who already knows it ?

thanks.

sharadgopal··on Ask HN: Why are YC startups so secretive in Job postings?
This is the one with the comments that got killed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2021100
sharadgopal··on Kinect is Selling 2X as Fast as the iPad
Why should this be surprising, given most of the Kinect users are owners of X-box ? iPad on the other hand is a stand-alone device. Why does everyone keep comparing Kinect to iPad/iPhone etc ?
sharadgopal··on Facebook Acquires Drop.io
maybe try cloudapp ? http://www.getcloudapp.com/
sharadgopal··on How to start a social movement
Its from his TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movemen...
sharadgopal··on HN: Share an unused idea
http://groupspaces.com/ does most of what you mention.
sharadgopal··on Chinese Govt. Blacks Out News of Dissident Liu Winning The Nobel Peace Prize
edited.
sharadgopal··on Ask HN: How to gracefully exit Facebook?
You could try Suicide Machine. They essentially do what you just described (Delete all your friends, and posts, etc.

Also, that removes the temptation/ or means to go back to your old profile for which you will manually have to re-add all your friends.

http://suicidemachine.org/

sharadgopal··on [dead]
This might help you locate it :) http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive