Hacker News: rahulgarg

New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask HN: Any Special Projects Over the Holidays?"

rahulgarg — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:58:13 +0000

I will post a link to it on HN in sometime.

New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask HN: Any Special Projects Over the Holidays?"

rahulgarg — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:11:24 +0000

Python to C compiler.

New comment by rahulgarg in "Walt Mossberg - Google’s G1: First Impressions"

rahulgarg — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:57:44 +0000

As for the crappy "purchasing power" argument for the SoC : let me point out that the Zune of all things has a better processor. If you look at hacker friendly devices, a game console called called "Wiz" from a small firm will be selling at $180 and has roughly a similar processor. Also "OpenPandora" console from a small firm has a OMAP3 and will sell for $330. Now you want me to believe that a $400 phone cannot spend $10 more on the SoC? When running generic apps is what it was built for??

An OMAP3 sells for somewhere around $50 in quantity (I think).

New comment by rahulgarg in "The New Classics of Computer Science"

rahulgarg — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:32:25 +0000

+1 for Road to Reality.

New comment by rahulgarg in "XKCD 452: Mission"

rahulgarg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:08:30 +0000

Isnt this inspired from "get smart" movie?

The CherryPal cloud PC: $249, ready for (the new world) order

rahulgarg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:01:48 +0000

Article URL: http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/the-cherrypal-cloud-pc-249-ready-for-the-new-world-order/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=252160

Points: 1

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New comment by rahulgarg in "Rate/review our startup - Web-based VoIP+Jabber IM"

rahulgarg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:44:57 +0000

Also can you add a "test contact" like in skype? I am now logged in but have no idea whether its working or not :)

New comment by rahulgarg in "Rate/review our startup - Web-based VoIP+Jabber IM"

rahulgarg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:32:02 +0000

Can I get an option to display rates in CAD or if not at least USD please?

New comment by rahulgarg in "OpenMoko UI Train Wreck (video)"

rahulgarg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:15:05 +0000

That is why I said they should have dropped GPS and accelerometers.

Win95 Lead Architect is a Mac Convert, Launches first iPhone app

rahulgarg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:10:57 +0000

Article URL: http://gizmodo.com/5026981/windows-95-lead-architect-is-a-mac-convert-launches-first-iphone-app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=251211

Points: 4

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New comment by rahulgarg in "OpenMoko UI Train Wreck (video)"

rahulgarg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:36:26 +0000

Well actually one of the reasons for the slowness in the video (disclaimer : dont own the phone, basing slowness on video) is because its processor is very slow. Its using a 400MHz ARM9 vs lets say 400MHz ARM11 on Nokia N95 or what is rumored to be 600MHz ARM11 in iPhone.

edit : That should mean that the N95 has at least twice as powerful processor as freerunner and the iphone maybe even 3x faster processor. IMO the processor chosen was just plain wrong given the goal of producing a smartphone. They should have chosen a faster SoC and forgone the GPS and accelerometers.

Court rules smartcard hackers can publish exploit data

rahulgarg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:28:12 +0000

Article URL: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080718-court-rules-smartcard-hackers-can-publish-exploit-data.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250114

Points: 3

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New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask HN : best laptop keyboard"

rahulgarg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:59:05 +0000

Is this one portable? I do use an external keyboard when I can but mine is too big to carry.

New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask HN : best laptop keyboard"

rahulgarg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:16:41 +0000

Thanks for the tip. Will checkout macbook pros at a local store.

Ask HN : best laptop keyboard

rahulgarg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:06:21 +0000

Extremely frustrated with my HP laptop keyboard. Briefly used a gateway laptop and even the gateway had a better keyboard. Any suggestions on a laptop with a good keyboard?

Thinkpads supposedly have the best laptop keyboards. Any others?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=249579

Points: 3

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New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask YC: What's the greatest number of projects you can work on at once, successfully?"

rahulgarg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:42:10 +0000

The number has always been 2 for me. Maybe my brain is hyperthreaded. Maybe different for you.

New comment by rahulgarg in "Questions from a young developer that "just" started working aka: how do you manage it?"

rahulgarg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:10:15 +0000

Take a break from your personal projects for a few months. Read physics or something or maths or just go and watch a few movies or play video games or go running or join karate. Basically anything but programming for a few months in your non-work time. Take a vacation if feasible.

Then come back after a few months with a fresh mind and evaluate your options and situation then.

New comment by rahulgarg in " Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones"

rahulgarg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:09 +0000

I came to Canada from India. India is experiencing a telecom revolution right now because of the intense competition b/w the telcos. The call rates have dropped 10-30 times in the last 7-8 years. I was appalled at the cell phone rates here in canada.

New comment by rahulgarg in "Ask HN: Setting up an open source project."

rahulgarg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:29:38 +0000

Google code is a good place to host. Very fast to get started and you get a very clean website with all the basic tools. Bug reporting is simple so your users will be happy too. It uses SVN but google give you the option to host your repository somewhere else if you dont like SVN. However Google allows only a restricted set of licenses so you need to check their list of supported licenses.

launchpad is also an ok place to host code (and it allows any license) but it doesnt host wikis for example and some of the UI elements are rather radical and may not suit your taste. if you host on launchpad, you will need to host a proper website and/or wiki somewhere else.

Dont go with sourceforge. The site has become slow and full of ads which cover half your screen. The interface is clunky too.

edit : launchpad uses bazaar a distributed VCS.

New comment by rahulgarg in "No Country for Young Men: China's testosterone problem and the effects of the one-child policy"

rahulgarg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:32:24 +0000

My answer was different : Rapture.