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shruubi

855 karma · joined July 23, 2012

I build programs which run on machines you don't own and talk to programs on some other machines you don't own, and call it "web-scale".
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shruubi··on Things I still can't do in November 2014
The fact that this guy seems to want to be able to track his teams physical location, sell his advice for a large sum of money and be able to get quick divorces tells me this isn't the kind of person I want in any kind of real power...
shruubi··on Stripe launches in Australia
Awesome! I've been waiting for Stripe here down under for ages!
shruubi··on Gimli Glider
I'm guessing OP is a fan of Smodcast.

http://smodcast.com/episodes/true-tales-of-canadian-heroism/

shruubi··on The worst year of my life
I can sympathise with the author. I didn't suffer to the degree that she did, but it was there none-the-less.

Sometimes bullies like this have no rhyme or reason other than they find some kind of self-worth in bullying. It's a difficult situation to be in, especially as a teenager where you feel like your only options are to either stay silent and suffer, or tell someone and commit social suicide.

shruubi··on Are you smart enough to work at a start-up?
Got bored, solved it in 3 seconds, called the number and left my name.

Not really a complex puzzle by any means...

shruubi··on Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger
Just tried this out, and I must say, this is really freakin' cool! Simple controls, intuitive layout. I don't feel like I'm fighting the debugger to get it do to what I want anymore.
shruubi··on Project Loon
On first reading this, I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't April Fools because I thought it sounded a little silly... The more I read it though, the cooler it sounds...
shruubi··on Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on our doorstep
"After all, technology is social before it is technical."

That is quite possibly one of the stupidest comments I have ever read...

shruubi··on Are Programmers Engineers?
Some of those titles really come across as an engineer taking potshots at programmers. Seems very passive-aggressive to me.
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