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techaddict009

1,373 karma · joined April 13, 2013

Happy Go Lucky Geek !

vivek at eyuva dot com

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techaddict009··on Apache PDFBox – A Java PDF Library
Can we use PDFBox to convert microsoft formats like .doc, .docs, .ppt, .pptx, etc to PDF?

I am struggle finding some good solution with the same.

Their website doesnt have any proper answer to this.

techaddict009··on Show HN: 500,000 free WiFi hotspots plotted around the world
What is the source of this data? As I see my tier 3 city also has few free wifi listed here.
techaddict009··on Which countries are mentioned the most on Hacker News?
Surprisingly Title wise the result is bit different:

India in title was more than China: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=India&sort=byPopularity&prefix...

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=China&sort=byPopularity&prefix...

And United States lesser than both:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=United%20States&sort=byPopular...

techaddict009··on We're ditching the office completely
Yeah it varies case to case. Some companies are meant to work together. Some are meant to work out remotely. And some can work both ways. And Some can work jointly part from office and part from remote.
techaddict009··on Show HN: Bubblehunt – curated web search
What is difference between this and google search?
techaddict009··on Facebook is closing Parse
Sorry my mistake. They have just open sourced the server not the dashboard. But some one has said they are going to open source the dashboard and all soon.
techaddict009··on Facebook is closing Parse
They have already did that:

http://blog.parse.com/announcements/introducing-parse-server...

techaddict009··on Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building
Information looks good. Design looks a bit old doesnt affect anyway but I would recommend updating it. SEO of the site is worse.

What is the plan for revenue? contextual advertisement? Donation? Or something else?

I would love to collaborate and help in UI/UX and SEO. Ping me if you wish to connect: vivek@eyuva.com

Recent work: oizom.com, metavideos.com

techaddict009··on Start up India: Webcast [video]
There are many. I can list few:

http://www.greyorange.com/ limeroad.com https://www.oyorooms.com/ paytm.com flipkart.com snapdeal.com

techaddict009··on Start up India: Webcast [video]
Narendra Modi's announcements and #StartupIndia policy pointers:

1. Compliance regime based on self-certification. Labour laws – no inspection for 3 years

2. Startup India hub – single-point contact (‘friend, mentor, guide’)

3. Mobile app to be launched on April 1: registration of startup company in one day | Also portal for clearances, approvals and registrations

4. Fast-track mechanism for startup patent applications

5. Panel of legal facilitators for startups to file IP (patents, designs, trademarks) – costs borne by gov

6. 80% rebate on filing of patent applications by startups, as compared to other companies

7. Relaxed norms of public-procurement for startups. No requirement of turnover or experience, but no relaxation of quality

8. Faster exits for startups (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill), eg: wind up within 90 days

9. Fund of funds – initial corpus – INR 2,500 crore, later on 10,000 crore

10. Credit guarantee fund for startups

11. Tax exemption on capital gains

12. Tax exemption to startups for 3 years to promote growth

13. Atal Innovation Mission:sector-specific incubators, 500 tinkering labs, pre-incubation training,seed fund for high-growth; PPP model being considered for 35 new incubators; 31 innovation centres at national institutes, 7 new research parks like IIT-M. 5 new bio-clusters

14. Innovation Core Programs for school students in 5 lakh schools

15. Annual Incubator Grand Challenge to create world class incubators in India

16. National and International Startup Festivals to provide visibility

Via YourStory​ (http://yourstory.com/2016/01/start-up-india-live-coverage/)

techaddict009··on Swiss-Based Cloud VPS – For Developers Who Care
One more query, will the pricing remain same forever if we signup as HN user? And there is no detail about what will be the cpu configuration.

Can you throw more light on that?

techaddict009··on Swiss-Based Cloud VPS – For Developers Who Care
How are you compared with DO?
techaddict009··on Show HN: Searchkit – React components for elasticsearch
Looks awesome. We are building something on react and we will probably use this.

thanks.

techaddict009··on How I built ghit.me, hit count badges for GitHub
Interesting find!
techaddict009··on Meteor meets GraphQL
Thanks will check it out.
techaddict009··on Meteor meets GraphQL
Sure we will try out. If you get time check out Oizom app and suggest us can we get any benefit if use your kadira tool?

P.S I am still confused what exactly kadira does.

techaddict009··on Meteor meets GraphQL
Hope some day Meteor meets Mysql.

By the way we have made air pollution monitor app using meteor. Will checkout possibilities of plugging GraphQL into it. http://oizom.com/

techaddict009··on Show HN: Climpare – Compare the climate between 2000 cities around the world
What is the source of weather report?

Rest looks good (Y)

Tried few indian cities. I couldnt find them. Then tried US cities it worked.

techaddict009··on Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV
Is it totally legal?
techaddict009··on Show HN: 67% of PHP installs are insecure
Sorry I didnt understood you at first. Yes this shouldnt have been in Show HN. It should have been normal post.
techaddict009··on Show HN: 67% of PHP installs are insecure
Reason? I think it should be shown so people can take proper care.
techaddict009··on Ask HN: Searching old post: make startup prototype in 9K$. Anyone bookmarked it?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10200913 finally got it :) via google chrome history :D
techaddict009··on Ask HN: Searching old post: make startup prototype in 9K$. Anyone bookmarked it?
Thanks for helping out. Hope will find that out soon.
techaddict009··on Ask HN: Searching old post: make startup prototype in 9K$. Anyone bookmarked it?
Nope none of this. Is there a way to search HN profiles? He was BITS Pilani India Student.
techaddict009··on Ask HN: Searching old post: make startup prototype in 9K$. Anyone bookmarked it?
I dont remember exact things :( Thats why I posted this. I had searched once before posting.
techaddict009··on Ask HN: Searching old post: make startup prototype in 9K$. Anyone bookmarked it?
Nope not that: https://code4startup.com/ it was something like this. Run by BITS Pilani student.
techaddict009··on Show HN: Yout – YouTube to Mp3, Internet DVR
Isnt it against yuotube toc?
techaddict009··on World air pollution map
Sorry its there below maps which I couldnt find at first.
techaddict009··on World air pollution map
How about easy selection of city based on country? This map based selection is bit uneasy to use.
techaddict009··on Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history
How will this work with the pages which have login?
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