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um304··on What will the impact of LLMs in short, medium, and long terms?
I have been thinking about it lately, and decided to ask GPT-4. I further asked it to convert it into a fancy HTML, which I copy/pasted on codesandbox.io and shared here.

Would love to see what other folks think about the subject.

um304··on Ragya – Indian classical music played by time of the day
Love it!
um304··on An English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8k Years
Death is "Merg" in Farsi, which sounds similar to "morgue". You're correct about "ast".
um304··on An English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8k Years
More Farsi words:

Father - Pider

Mother - Maader

Daughter - Dukhter

Dozen - Dawazda

God - Khoda

One - Yek

Two - Do

Three - Se

Four - Chehar

Five (Penta)- Punj

Six - Shush

Seven (Sept) - Heft

Eight (Oct) - Hesht

Nine - Neh

Ten - Deh

No - Neh

Tree - Drekht

Moon - Mah

Foot - Paa

Orange - Naranji

um304··on Apple Music on Android asks user's card details to avoid Google's 30% cut
Double standards! Apple has removed so many apps from App Store because of the same reason.
um304··on Lark Suite
Has anyone been using Lark Suite? How does it compare with GSuite?
um304··on Ask HN: What is key to good technical documentation?
Assume your audience is highly intelligent but knows little about the subject you're writing about.
um304··on Ask HN: What are you working on?
Reading these books:

- The Effective Engineer

- Crime & Punishment

um304··on Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
This is the best icon I have seen in a while: http://boglin.iwarp.com/iexploit.gif
um304··on The Follower Factory
NYT has a history of hiring engineering rockstars. I believe creators of libraries like BackboneJS, UnderscoreJS, and D3 were at NYT when they had invented those amazing pieces of work.
um304··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2018)
Location: Islamabad

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JavaScript, ES6, ReactJS, Angular, Redux, RxJS

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QVCjSWOyh25eRmk7gWKtmi4Wc7...

Email: umar.mughal2@gmail.com

um304··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)
I've 8+ years of frontend experience but I live outside US, 12 timezones apart. Can I apply for the job?
um304··on How Merkle Trees Enable the Decentralized Web
Exactly! Editing content is the elephant in the room which author didn't even address
um304··on Ask HN: What are your views on India based development agencies?
If I were you, I'd work on setting a good image of my own self, or of my agency, instead of attempting to change image of an entire country.

I'd work hard to sharpen my skills. I'd find some way so let the world know about my skills. It could be through blogging, or through contributing in open source software, or any other way. When looking for clients, I'd find good clients who appreciate quality work (not every client cares about quality and not price). I'd work hard to build good work relationships with those clients. One good relationship goes a long way.

um304··on Ask HN: What are your views on India based development agencies?
Also, if it was because of "logically constructed" languages, how'd many fundamental concepts of mathematics would develop in India, including concept of zero?
um304··on Ask HN: What are your views on India based development agencies?
Wow! That's a big generalization. Silicon Valley is full of top notch developers with Indian origin. Similarly, you can find plenty of mediocre non-Indian developers everywhere. If I've to blame anything, I'd blame lack of systems, than entire language family.
um304··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
Is the remote option only for US residents?
um304··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
Would you consider applicants outside US for remote roles?
um304··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
The most important part:

"Note: this job is open to US Residents only. Foreign nationals can apply but only if you live within the US."

um304··on Ask HN: What habits make a programmer great?
+1 Couldn't agree more
um304··on Racket Language – New website design
Good design, but I think there should be bit more info about the project upfront at the top. It took me significant time to figure what Racket is.
um304··on A Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires
Exactly my case. My startup is ending and I'm looking for work. Wonder if there's a way to look up companies that hire by giving assignments.
um304··on Bahmni – Open-source Electronic Medical Records and Hospital System
Getting US hospitals to use your software is super hard. Majority of them are using Epic, and won't entertain you much if you don't provide Epic integration. And Epic is almost a closed system, they've done their best to make sure that integration with them is almost impossible for small companies.
um304··on Visualizing a Job Search Or: How to Find a Job as a Software Engineer
Tried to sign up at TripleByte, got this:

"Unfortunately we're only able to work with people with legal status permitting employment in the US. We hope in the future to help set up visa sponsorships."

I appreciate that they cleared expectations upfront. I tried to sign up on Hired.com once, after going through effort of filling up their lengthy registration forms, which took me several hours, they conveniently told me that their services are not available in my country.

um304··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2016)
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: JavaScript, React, Redux, ES6, NodeJS Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2aeJ5emooNoM1NMNWZmZ3RYb3... Email: umar.mughal2@gmail.com
um304··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2016)
Location: Islamabad

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, BackboneJS, AngularJS, NodeJS, ExpressJS, MySQL, Spring MVC

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2aeJ5emooNoM1NMNWZmZ3RYb3...

Email: umar.mughal2@gmail.com

um304··on Ask HN: What do developers earn on toptal.com?
I agree TopTal needs PR training. Their CEO's response here is a case study of how a CEO shouldn't respond:

http://yuriybabenko.com/blog/my-experience-joining-toptal

um304··on Taarof
I'm from Pakistan and I agree with you on it: now I know where some of our customs come from.
um304··on Grooveshark Shuts Down
Very sad to hear it. You guys made an awesome service with a gorgeous UI/UX. Your recommendation engine was the best of its kind. I wish you strength through difficult time and I'm sure you'll do great in future.
um304··on Ask HN: How did you meet your co-founder(s)?
At university. Although we rarely interacted in the university, but happened to work on a project about 5 years later and realized we shared passion for startups.
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