Hacker News: gopalakrishnans

New comment by gopalakrishnans in "Show HN: 18 Words"

gopalakrishnans — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:38 +0000

Would be nice to have a ‘scramble!’ button so it makes it slightly easier when we get stuck

Defense Against Dishonest Charts

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:05:22 +0000

Article URL: https://flowingdata.com/projects/dishonest-charts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43129099

Points: 1

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MapQuest Lets You Name the Gulf of Mexico Whatever You Want

gopalakrishnans — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:25:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcmag.com/news/mapquest-lets-you-name-the-gulf-of-mexico-whatever-you-want

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43099172

Points: 1

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Musk staffer 'mistakenly' given ability to edit Treasury Dept payment system

gopalakrishnans — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:59:36 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-staffer-mistakenly-ability-edit-treasury-department-payment/story?id=118726686

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43032817

Points: 14

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Amazon’s Zoox Says Its Robotaxi Has Met the Highest Crash Safety Standards

gopalakrishnans — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:10:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/07/20/amazons-zoox-says-its-robotaxi-has-met-the-highest-crash-safety-standards/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32181114

Points: 2

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Elon Musk sued for $258B over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:32:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/elon-musk-sued-258-billion-over-alleged-dogecoin-pyramid-scheme-2022-06-16/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31779718

Points: 12

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Working more than 55 hours a week can cause premature death

gopalakrishnans — Sun, 23 May 2021 18:34:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021002208

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27257366

Points: 3

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The Power of Names

gopalakrishnans — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:46:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/wp/1753221

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22473116

Points: 3

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New comment by gopalakrishnans in "I just lost my wallet on the way home from work"

gopalakrishnans — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:21:50 +0000

It's a (clever) reference to an event that happens every four years.

Margrethe Vestager, set for expanded role in next Commission

gopalakrishnans — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:07:59 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/10/europes-antitrust-chief-margrethe-vestager-set-for-expanded-role-in-next-commission

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20929025

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by gopalakrishnans in "How to do a code review"

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 03:49:53 +0000

Thanks. This would be a nice thing to explain in the document that's open sourced.

Walmart sues Tesla over solar panels it says caused multiple fires

gopalakrishnans — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:17:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/20/walmart-tesla-lawsuit-solar-panels-fires

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20752767

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by gopalakrishnans in "Coke Putting Dasani Water in Cans Amid Backlash Against Plastic"

gopalakrishnans — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 02:33:33 +0000

Selling water in plastic bags is actually a common practice in India. This happens in bars and when you order to-go (or parcel as it's called there)

New comment by gopalakrishnans in "Bill Gates Resume (1974)"

gopalakrishnans — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:57:43 +0000

In India, I remember submitting a passport size photograph with all the resumes I submitted during college/campus interviews. When I moved to US, I realized that was not a requirement.

Microsoft is now helping Walgreens fend off Amazon’s health care push

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:04:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183542/microsoft-walgreens-partnership-azure-cloud-services

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18943057

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Indian Science Congress Speakers Say Newton Was Wrong

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:57:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/09/683298815/speakers-at-indian-science-congress-say-newton-was-wrong-ancient-demon-had-airpl

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18885874

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Under current policies, residential batteries increase emissions in most cases

gopalakrishnans — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:50:44 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/residential-batteries-may-save-households-money-but-rarely-reduce-emissions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18780453

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Evelyn Berezin, Computer Scientist Behind Groundbreaking Word Processor, Dies

gopalakrishnans — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 03:14:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676024428/evelyn-berezin-computer-scientist-behind-groundbreaking-word-processor-dies-at-9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18669606

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by gopalakrishnans in "Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world"

gopalakrishnans — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:53:04 +0000

Is there a way for US/Canadian long term visa holders to check their visa requirements? E.g. Indian citizens are normally required to get visa for Mexico/Philippines. But with a H1B visa from USA they can travel visa free / visa on arrival.

World's first AI news anchor makes “his” China debut

gopalakrishnans — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 23:57:58 +0000

Article URL: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/08/c_137591813.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18424207

Points: 1

# Comments: 0