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10 fields to consider for startup ideas and inspiration
June 1, 2013 People generally have a limited vocabulary when talking about internet businesses. I think learning to categorise online businesses properly is important to find inspiration for new ideas; especially for those who are just starting to explore options of their own. If you’re bitten by the startup bug, consider the following different fields…
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The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
Just finished reading this book and would whole-heartedly recommend it. A very engaging read for anyone interested in Statistics, Data Analytics and Predictions. “Nate Silver is a statistician, writer, and founder of The New York Times political blog FiveThirtyEight.com. He was named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine.” He predicted the results of last…
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Tips to boost performance of a Windows PC
I recently dived into fixing some of my PC nagging performance issues. Two years of use called for an overhaul! Here are some tips and tricks I used to fix the issues: 1. Use System Logs to identify the most critical issues that slow down your PC a) Open “Event Viewer” b) Goto ‘Application and…
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“Language X for Y developer” tutorials are useless
The idea of the polyglot/full-stack developer is pushing all the web developers to continually learn new languages and you might come across a few tutorials on the lines of ‘Python for C++ programmers’ or ‘Go for Java developers’. I don’t think these tutorials are the best way to pick a new language. The premise of…
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Startup Festival Bangalore
The Startup Festival held at Bangalore from 7-10 March 2013, was an interesting peek into a lot of the startup companies based at Bangalore. Here’s what I saw. The Good I wasn’t expecting to see such a big turnout! A shoutout to the organisers (Vlad, Shashidharan, and the volunteers) for the well-organised event. It was…
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Redesigning Windows desktop theme with Rainmeter
One thing I miss about the Windows OS is the nifty selection of desktop applications developed by some amazing people over the years. Macs were too closed and expensive when I started working with computers. While, Windows and Linux gave me an opportunity to dissect my PC and play around with installing different OSes. An…
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The new Nao is awesome!
Dec 13, 2011
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Aero India 2011
Hot day, a huge crowd, and most people would have gotten back exhausted. The arrangements at AeroIndia could have been better. But props to those who attended. Open-air fields are rough. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger haha. Nevertheless, I did enjoy many things at the show — I had to. I can’t hate…
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Turn the volume down
Jan 18, 2010 Reposting comments from a discussion about earphones on slashdot — Re:Turn down the volume (Score:4, Interesting) by Khyber No, your ear drums are not a nerve. They’re a tympanic membrane. Where you lose your hearing is from the loss and the degradation of the three inner ear bones caused by intense sound…