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srathi

2,124 karma · joined August 6, 2012

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssrathi/

SDM @AWS LakeFormation (Palo Alto, CA)

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srathi··on What is the real reason we sleep?
Relevant short story by Issac Asimov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_(short_story)
srathi··on Twitter's missing manual
I use this [1], but if you click on a link and hit the back button, all the threads will expand back.

[1] https://github.com/andrewheins/HN-Comment-Hider

srathi··on Python 3 in 2016
We are using Python LDAP library[1] at work, but it is not available for Python 3 yet. Is there an alternative?

1 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-ldap/

srathi··on Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
Samba has a very supportive and vibrant team [0].

[0] www.samba.org

srathi··on Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices
Off topic: Can we use the word 'Apple' instead of the logo? It creates a visual distraction.
srathi··on Vim setup for Go
Slightly offtopic: anyone has a similar setup for Python?
srathi··on It Just Works
It is increased to 50,000 now.
srathi··on LastPass Security Notice
Another issue is that you cannot track changes in password for a specific site. Many sites do not allow the previous X number of passwords.
srathi··on “Houston, We've Had a Problem” (1975)
I use the following bookmarklet for this purpose. [1]

[1] https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html#zap_colors

srathi··on Why are more than 10M homes vacant in India?

  loan is not my cup of tea
Also, the mortgage rates in India are around 10-14%, compared to the US average of 2-4%.
srathi··on Ask HN: Where did you meet your significant other?
My parents and her parents set up a meeting in a temple and we said yes after 15 minutes. We are now happily married since five years. (I'm serious, arranged marriage is still popular in India).
srathi··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
* A short history of the world by HG Wells.

* Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru.

A bit of history dose this month.

srathi··on Ask HN: Activities to do with my 2 year old daughter
Thank you for your detailed response.

We have tried Gymboree at 1.5, but she had already grown out of it. We will try the Vasona Park, Sutlsaft park and other activities you have mentioned.

Many thanks.

srathi··on Passphrases You Can Memorize That Even the NSA Can’t Guess
Is the one trillion guesses per second with or without the key-stretching (hashing the master password N number of times)?
srathi··on If you have startup stock options, check your option plan
I found this very helpful.

http://www.fairmark.com/execcomp/index.htm

srathi··on 77% will not download a Retail app rated lower than 3 stars
It is changed to 2 hours now.
srathi··on Poll: What smartphone do you use?
Another vote for Nexus 5.
srathi··on The right way to ask users for iOS permissions
Any specific reason to not allow a navigation app to have location access? Without the current location, you'd have to enter the current location manually.
srathi··on KeePass: OpenSource Password Manager
Does anyone know a way to read usernames/passwords from a KDBX file hosted on Dropbox/Google Drive (similar to 1passwordAnywhere)? That way, if I'm at a new computer, I do not need to download KeePass to open my KDBX.
srathi··on We Need Viable Search Engine Competition
I feel the same. I wanted to find a video about a zombie prank in a New York cafe and did a Google search for it. The first result was the actual video that I needed.[1]

Needless to say, Bing fails here.[2]

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=telekinesis+prank [2] http://www.bing.com/search?q=telekinesis+prank

srathi··on KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released
I sync my KBDX database using Dropbox. Is there an option to open the DB file directly in the browser (in RO mode, of course)?
srathi··on Google wins book-scanning case: judge finds “fair use,” cites many benefits
My apologies for accidentally hitting the downvote button (why is it so close to the upvote button and why is there no undo).
srathi··on Why is it important to have a shorter résumé?
This sounds interesting. If possible, please share an outline of your resume.
srathi··on Twitter’s New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb
Thanks very much. I understand the generic method now. Base64 with 192 bits is just a special case where both 192 and 64 are powers of 2, which allows simple encoding by grouping the bits.
srathi··on Twitter’s New Two-Factor Solution Kicks SMS to the Curb
Please provide an example of base62 encoding. With base64, it is trivial to break 192 bits in a group of 6 bits each and assign one of the 64 characters to each (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, /, +). With 190 bits, how is the encoding done?

I'm sorry if I'm missing something trivial here.

srathi··on Find your lost phone with Android Device Manager
This is to use it on a friend's device to find your device. Apple also provides a similar app.
srathi··on Find your lost phone with Android Device Manager
Google gives 10 emergency codes that you can keep in your wallet and use them to access your account in these kind of situations. Does Microsoft have a similar feature?
srathi··on Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hideous
They also recovered $3 billion by selling the set top box business.
srathi··on Hidden “App Ops” Feature in Android 4.3 Lets You Disable Permissions From Apps
With 4.1+ Jelly bean, you can at least disable the system apps. That way, the only thing you are losing is some storage.
srathi··on What's new in Android 4.3
4.0 to 4.1 was a jump from ICS to JB, but that was an exception.
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