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New comment by orsenthil in "Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits"

orsenthil — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:09:47 +0000

Work out with a friend to share his library card?

New comment by orsenthil in "Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits"

orsenthil — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:08:48 +0000

I read books on the computer, with the help of llm that I can ask questions about the book. That's the best reading I have found working for me.

New comment by orsenthil in "How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms"

orsenthil — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:43:27 +0000

It is similar writing an academic paper and getting it published. These blog post reflects on technical strength of the company, so it has to go through the vetting and approval before it gets out of the door, and intermediaries are added as authors.

In academic world, I hear, folks simply add the name of their professors due to their reputation. Of course, professors are putting their reputation at stake by giving a chance to the right students.

New comment by orsenthil in "Waymo in Singapore"

orsenthil — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:38:07 +0000

> "forward deployed engineers"

What is a forward deployed engineer? Isn't it engineering still? Genuine question.

New comment by orsenthil in "Waymo in Singapore"

orsenthil — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:47:59 +0000

Singapore is a controlled economy, and has a large workforce for Taxi Drivers and part-time drivers through Grab. I am not sure how the entrenchment of robotaxis like Waymo (and future tesla) is going to play with the general population. My guess, they will co-exist as the government wont jeopardize the living of the taxi-driver-complaining uncles.

Also, I notice a lot new SF based AI companies have started establishing their offices in Singapore too. Sierra, and Fireworks coming to my mind. As government plays a huge part in Singapore, I guess, government noticing these as necessary investments for the future of Singapore.

New comment by orsenthil in "Vinix – A modern operating system written in V"

orsenthil — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:48:42 +0000

The book about the language was published by packt, and I had my eyebrows raised. I want to give a benefit of doubt tough and learn more.

New comment by orsenthil in "Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking"

orsenthil — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:38:46 +0000

I am assuming these languages are present in translate.google.com If Google Gemini is good in languages other than English, while other models are not, then we can trace back it back to the translate.google.com as a resource as one possibility.

New comment by orsenthil in "People that worked on the same idea for decades"

orsenthil — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:49:01 +0000

Wow!. Nice to meet you.

New comment by orsenthil in "People that worked on the same idea for decades"

orsenthil — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:41:21 +0000

The quote by Hokusai is beautiful.

Algorithms books and material by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne is 40 year effort too.

Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems from Andrew Tanenbaum, same.

New comment by orsenthil in "Amazon Achieves Enshitification Inception"

orsenthil — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:57:55 +0000

Yes, I agree with you. He is both real and it is depressing as the state of world is. I sometimes have take solace in utopian fiction like Kim Stanley Robinson's have my spirits high and have a positive look out. It is just me.

New comment by orsenthil in "AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link"

orsenthil — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:44:53 +0000

> The goal of this story and publishing it in HN seems to catch more eyeballs and marketing of Ankidroid, under new leadership

Ugly and wrong. I am sorry.

New comment by orsenthil in "AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link"

orsenthil — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:44:12 +0000

Oh I see. I mistook it then. Sorry, my bad.

New comment by orsenthil in "AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link"

orsenthil — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:14:13 +0000

Just remove the open collective link. Point to your homepage where the motivated donors will certainly pay. You already should know how many of the motivated users actually care about donations. The goal of this story and publishing it in HN seems to catch more eyeballs and marketing of Ankidroid, under new leadership. All I am suggesting is, just play along with Google. No harm here.

I am sorry, if I am wrong. Happy to be wrong too.

New comment by orsenthil in "Lion-man"

orsenthil — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:01:05 +0000

TIL that Humans have been around for more than 40,000 years! I thought we started around 1000s of BC.

New comment by orsenthil in "Automating Immersive Reading"

orsenthil — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:37:31 +0000

This is excellent! I wanted this. I had noticed that Kindle had limited feature like this for certain books that support audiobooks. I had tried this style of reading with audiobook and ebook without a any automated sync, but hadn't pursued it. This looks cool. :)

New comment by orsenthil in "EVE Online moves to Python 3"

orsenthil — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:25:38 +0000

> 50 uses of <>, a way of writing "not equal" so old that many working Python developers have never seen it.

This hit me. Not sure when this was used and was deprecated.

New comment by orsenthil in "Htmx 4.0"

orsenthil — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:08:25 +0000

Strange. The picture of the jeep looks similar to the Omarchy Quatro Desktop wallpaper. Is there a connection? How come both look so similar?

New comment by orsenthil in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

orsenthil — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:32:36 +0000

Yeah, but unintentionally. I think, you were being sarcastic with your comment. I am okay with it, since we both arrive at the same outcome.

New comment by orsenthil in "A Citation to Asimov"

orsenthil — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:31:46 +0000

> Are there any current writers or public figures that have taken up the human-loving atheism of my youth?

Many. Kim Stanley Robinson for instance.

New comment by orsenthil in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

orsenthil — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:45:09 +0000

Without question, Americans should have a say their democratic process and bring change when needed. They should never fall for the false narrative used to trick them.