Hacker News: raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=raghusHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:45:09 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Tail->Dash: A fun word game"]]>I wanted to share this word game I wrote for fun. I enjoy playing it and I hope others do too. No login required. (Once you pull it up, no internet connection required either!)

]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:43:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626258raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626258https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626258<![CDATA[Tail->Dash: A fun word game]]>Article URL: https://taildash.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626257

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]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:43:51 +0000https://taildash.comraghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626257https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626257<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "37, the median value for the second prime factor of an integer"]]>Interestingly, 37 also shows up in the Optimal Stopping / Secretary Problem.

]]>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:10:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38244096raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38244096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38244096<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "The disappearance of a Soviet skiing party in 1959"]]>I recommend this book: Dead Mountain by Donnie Eicher. It is a well-researched read of the incident: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17557470-dead-mountain

]]>Wed, 12 May 2021 22:26:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27135913raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27135913https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27135913<![CDATA[The US supports the waiver of IP protections on Covid-19 vaccines]]>Article URL: https://twitter.com/AmbassadorTai/status/1390021205974003720

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054724

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]]>Wed, 05 May 2021 19:45:28 +0000https://twitter.com/AmbassadorTai/status/1390021205974003720raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054724https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054724<![CDATA[Reasons to Let the Economic Optimism Begin]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/upshot/economy-optimism-boom.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448190

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]]>Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:39:01 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/upshot/economy-optimism-boom.htmlraghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448190https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448190<![CDATA[The Arbitrariness of Elite College Admissions]]>Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-arbitrariness-of-elite-college-admissions-11599251063

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24411886

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]]>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:14:52 +0000https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-arbitrariness-of-elite-college-admissions-11599251063raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24411886https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24411886<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Ask patio11 anything"]]>In addition to hiring new engineers, another challenge companies have is to get existing hires who have more context for the company's problems either get better or get more current with newer technologies.

]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:24:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542350raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542350https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22542350<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Apple acquires sleep tracking company Beddit"]]>"Oh please please please make a smart alarm that will make me up by only vibrating on my wrist" - Fitbit has done this for a while now. You can even snooze it. Fitbit calls them Silent Alarms.

]]>Wed, 10 May 2017 14:42:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14308554raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14308554https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14308554<![CDATA[The DoNotPay bot has beaten 160,000 traffic tickets – and counting]]>Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/27/donotpay-traffic-lawyer-bot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11999733

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]]>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 05:44:12 +0000http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/27/donotpay-traffic-lawyer-bot/raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11999733https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11999733<![CDATA[My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours]]>Article URL: https://medium.com/@maxbraun/my-bathroom-mirror-is-smarter-than-yours-94b21c6671ba#.2rclc3k3e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11023965

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]]>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:50:17 +0000https://medium.com/@maxbraun/my-bathroom-mirror-is-smarter-than-yours-94b21c6671ba#.2rclc3k3eraghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11023965https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11023965<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Steve Jobs wasn't even okay with Google hiring former Apple engineers"]]>Steve Jobs wasn't okay with Google hiring anyone who ever applied for a job at Apple. Or really, even people with last names that began with "Mac"

]]>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:55:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7483415raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7483415https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7483415<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Coming Soon to Hacker News: Pending Comments"]]>I'm curious: how many 1000+ karma users are there on HN now i.e. how big is the pool of endorsers?

]]>Sat, 22 Mar 2014 02:09:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7446828raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7446828https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7446828<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Amazon Prime Air"]]>Amazon's page reads like a Google April 1st post.

Or maybe someday we'll look back at these comments like we do at http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/

]]>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 02:32:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6831054raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6831054https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6831054<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Everpix is Shutting Down"]]>https://www.thislife.com/

Pricing is here: https://www.thislife.com/pricing

Disclosure: I work at SFLY

]]>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:59:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6680791raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6680791https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6680791<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "Introducing Login and Pay with Amazon"]]>Yes

]]>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:33:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6517270raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6517270https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6517270<![CDATA[New comment by raghus in "This is What Happens When You Run Water Through a 24hz Sine Wave"]]>Or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODqQvlrgIQ

]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:25:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366974raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366974https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5366974<![CDATA[Crime at its Lowest Level in 50 Years. A Simple Molecule May Be the Reason Why.]]>Article URL: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5004798

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]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:32:13 +0000http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/lead-crime-connectionraghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5004798https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5004798<![CDATA[You just have to do something]]>Article URL: http://jonathanmoore.com/post/35867424576/you-just-have-to-do-something

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4905336

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]]>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:55:14 +0000http://jonathanmoore.com/post/35867424576/you-just-have-to-do-somethingraghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4905336https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4905336<![CDATA[Japan and blood types: Does it determine personality?]]>Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20170787

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4745521

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]]>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:07:11 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20170787raghushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4745521https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4745521