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AI is coming for the world of competitive Excel

shsachdev — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:59:51 +0000

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/ai-is-coming-for-the-world-of-competitive-excel

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46112349

Points: 1

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Adult sport leagues are taking over your city

shsachdev — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 20:42:41 +0000

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/how-adult-sports-leagues-took-over-your-city

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44284828

Points: 2

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New comment by shsachdev in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:46:11 +0000

Good point, yes - the director of the United video (Karim Zariffa) told me that during the shoot the employees were highly invested (they didn’t want to make a mistake on camera) and the whole shoot likely helped boost employee morale.

New comment by shsachdev in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:44:09 +0000

I don’t know whether it would be legal, but I 100% agree with your suggestion - a more active form of learning would be more effective. Professor Molesworth (the expert I interviewed for the article) actually suggested that airlines should make passengers count how many seats away from the emergency exit they’re sitting - again, making that a more active process.

There’s also the argument that to improve retention, the regulatory body should decrease the amount of “key safety messages” that need to be included in the videos (which ends up being around 35-45). If you decrease that number, retention of the info you do mention should go up.

New comment by shsachdev in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:27:45 +0000

Thanks! So the plots were designed by one of my editors Zachary Crockett (https://x.com/zzcrockett?lang=en) - I think he uses Photoshop :)

New comment by shsachdev in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:24:49 +0000

Good question. I asked myself the same thing. Since airlines are mandated to produce a safety video regardless, the ROI they really have to assess is against that incremental spend on making the video cinematic/entertaining. And if you factor in that potential to go viral and get good PR from it, as well as the fact that they can produce a video once and reuse possibly for X years, the incremental investment doesn’t sound that unappealing. Also: traditional methods of advertising (say renting a billboard) are just as expensive, if not more.

New comment by shsachdev in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Hey I’m the author of the article! Happy to answer any questions :)

New comment by shsachdev in "I analyzed 30 years of airline safety videos"

shsachdev — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:50:36 +0000

Hey HN! I dissected over 113 airline safety videos and tracked their evolution. You can find the spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EOMxpdxIsaQk19bhDJEz...

I analyzed 30 years of airline safety videos

shsachdev — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:40:50 +0000

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/the-booming-high-stakes-arms-race-of-airline-safety-videos

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43506792

Points: 1

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The entrepreneurs who took Hollywood's favorite surgery mainstream

shsachdev — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:36:40 +0000

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/the-entrepreneurs-who-took-hollywoods-favorite-surgery-mainstream

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43208862

Points: 2

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The Secret Lives of Ants

shsachdev — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 04:40:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/ant-behavior/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42915058

Points: 4

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The thriving business of looking good on Zoom

shsachdev — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:40:30 +0000

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/the-thriving-business-of-looking-good-on-zoom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42196355

Points: 2

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The UK is done with coal. How's the rest of the world doing?

shsachdev — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:51:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/30/1104591/uk-coal-global-shutdown/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174904

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

'Zoom face' phenomenon has people eyeing plastic surgery

shsachdev — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 05:33:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/zoom-face-phenomenon-has-people-eyeing-plastic-surgery

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242882

Points: 1

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The business of takehome assessments

shsachdev — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:22:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.careerfair.io/takehome-assessments

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40200397

Points: 37

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What is the smallest animal on Earth?

shsachdev — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 22:35:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/animals/what-is-the-smallest-animal-on-earth

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39964565

Points: 2

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Dangerous Language in Startups

shsachdev — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:42:45 +0000

Article URL: https://notes.mtb.xyz/p/dangerous-language

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39746758

Points: 2

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What happens to our memory as we age?

shsachdev — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 20:16:10 +0000

Article URL: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/03/11/memory-age-dementia-healthy-brain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39729122

Points: 14

# Comments: 7

The Indian Village That Revolves Around Gulab Jamuns

shsachdev — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:28:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gulab-jamun-india

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39719737

Points: 2

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New comment by shsachdev in "Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location"

shsachdev — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:47:45 +0000

That’s super slimy of them — a while back I had spent some time investigating fake reviews on their platform [1] and also found that their moderation team has no strict processes in place to deal with bad actors.

[1]: https://www.careerfair.io/company-reviews