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fab101 commented on Flat, marriage and family – Why young Indians don’t turn entrepreneurs abhinavsahai.com/flat-mar... · Posted by u/sunasra

fab101 · 12 years ago

Most of it is true.

I would want to add that our education system does not support/encourage a start-up/business/creative mindset.

Even today, most of the bachelors degree courses are oriented towards teaching for and endorsing high grades (just to qualify for jobs and PG entrance exams) rather than developing critical thinking.

fab101 commented on Show HN: I learned to code to launch my new startup uncover.com/... · Posted by u/spencerfry

spencerfry · 13 years ago

Sure. I wrote a little bit about it here http://spencerfry.com/why-and-when-to-learn-to-program and I'll write more about that on my blog in the near future. We're using Ruby on Rails as our backend code and mainly picked that because that's what most of my friends were good in and I knew that I could go to them with any questions.

fab101 · 13 years ago

Great work on the look and feel of the portal. Looking forward to read your story on the blog.

Not sure why adsense at my place of work blocks your blog for the reason: Not allowed to browse Anonymizer category.

fab101 commented on India is drowning in its own excreta blogs.scientificamerican.... · Posted by u/ragsagar

realrocker · 13 years ago

That is what happens when a plethora of cultures have migrated to a region, each culture growing it's own little bubble. India has been a recipient of migrants from Central Asia, North Asia and Europe over the last two thousand years. India to it's smallest unit is a hive of ghettos, each ghetto not caring about the other one, while striving in the futile exercise of ensuring it's own survival. People don't care about cleanliness or have general civic sense because they don't see themselves as one community. The lack of the sense of "India" is appalling. We have Kashmiris, Biharis, Marathis, Gujaratis. Oriyas, Nagas, Tamils, Other South Indians, Bhaiyyas(from Uttar Pradesh), Punjabis and a thousand of other sub-cultures. India has not had Independence long enough to have that sense spread in it's massive population.

From the heights of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pataliputra, and later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire, India has been seizing to become a more "me and my tribe first" civilization due to the always constant influx of foreigners looking to settle. In 2013, it's just, "me and my 1000 square feet flat first".

Indians are in for a massive shock when they realize they can't keep themselves prosperous for long without thinking of the community first. The "Red Revolution"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite) and the massive protests in the big cities are indications of a society in great distress. It's going to implode. In any case, it's going to get much worse before it get's any better.

The 10th century chronicler, observed this about India: "The Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs, no nation like theirs, no kings like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs.They are haughty, foolishly vain, self-conceited, and stolid. They are by nature niggardly in communicating that which they know, and they take the greatest possible care to withhold it from men of another caste among their own people, still much more, of course, from any foreigner ... Their haughtiness is such that, if you tell them of any science or scholar in Khorasan and Persis, they will think you to be both an ignoramus and a liar. If they traveled and mixed with other nations, they would soon change their mind, for their ancestors were not as narrow-minded as the present generation is." --http://www.shunya.net/Text/Blog/AlBeruniIndia.htm

fab101 · 13 years ago

Agree with most of what you said. Just a note: 'Bhaiyya' is a 'taboo word' (or mildly derogatory, if you prefer) for folks from UP. Source: I am from UP, India.

fab101 commented on Ask HN: How can I make an extra 30-50k a year? · Posted by u/jman1

fab101 · 13 years ago

(1) ebook : business 101 for programmers, (2) a micro start-up, (3) ebook: pickup something new (a hobby) and blog about it and work hard to make the blog sucessful

fab101 commented on Nexus 4 Unusable for VoIP Calls code.google.com/p/android... · Posted by u/cdoxsey

fakeer · 13 years ago

>>the carrier's fault

As I said the behaviour is present in other operators too. I've asked a friends on Idea and Vodafone too(with Android). I just called a friend(before writing this comment) and he confirms that he is not facing this issue on Idea+iPhone5(he faced the issue on Nexus S with Airtel and then Idea too).

I had asked a friend with a Lumia and on Airtel and he said he doesn't have to do this.

>>carrier sends usage alert when you "turn off" data + bad connection that keeps..

No, it sends whenever there's 3G transaction and the usage period ends. I've observed that when I am using browser, I usually get the alert after I close the browser.

Airtel technical team(I was told they were the tech team) also confirmed that it is based upon usage and usually many apps/features rely for background syncing/net-access solely upon 3G/data so that is what makes the number of pop-ups too much. They also confirmed that it happens even when the phone is continuously on WiFi(I concur).

>>There are a few apps that convert USSD

Tried. Actually the most famous one is developed by an Indian guy(makes me think he was a victim himself). Didn't work.

Planning to root it. Google will push probably the last upgrade with 5.0(if at all). Will see if there's any ROM that handles it.

fab101 · 13 years ago

I might be wrong but imo, this problem exists with prepaid connections only. Try a postpaid SIM in your phone and if it works, ponder switching to postpaid.

I had this problem on a Whited00r-installed iPhone 3G with airtel prepaid. Never noticed with iOS 5 or 6 on my iPhone 4S.

fab101 commented on USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap uscis.gov/portal/site/usc... · Posted by u/tidykiwi

c0mpute · 13 years ago

Actually more like: 65,000/104,000 = 62.5%, assuming someone is not in Masters quota.

Out of the 124k, 20k will be for masters. The remaining masters join the pool of lottery for 65k. So there are 65k spots available for 124k - 20k(=104k)

fab101 · 13 years ago

Just to add, out of 65,000, few visas are reserved for nationals of Chile(1400) and Singapore(5700) due to free trade agreements. These visas are called H1B1 and if unused, apparently they are added to visa cap for next year. Never heard about any increase in the cap (due to unused Chile/S'pore H1B1s) though.

fab101 commented on Nasty Gal, an Online Start-Up, Is a Fast-Growing Retailer nytimes.com/2013/03/25/te... · Posted by u/chriscampbell

fab101 · 13 years ago

A great success story. She just mapped her own personality online, and tried to make money out of it - which her company did, boatloads of. Could be a classic example of "look around, and try to solve a problem that you face yourself and people like yourself. that would be a great idea for a startup".

fab101 commented on Show HN: 8 million downloads after one year on the App Store · Posted by u/ronyeh

ronyeh · 13 years ago

You definitely don't have to fail before you succeed. But if it happens, just accept it, learn something, and move on.

Do you have it on the iPod or iPad? On the iPad, you'll see a banner ad that spans the bottom of the display. That generates about half of the revenue. The other half comes from In-App Purchases of song packs ($0.99 each, or $2.99 for a full unlock). And about $40 a day comes from LinkShare commissions, which happens when someone links out from my app to an iTunes song, and buys it.

fab101 · 13 years ago

Thanks for your reply. I agree with you and I meant that failures are not really that bad, and mostly help you to learn from mistakes.

Also, what's next for Tiny Piano ? How do you plan to keep it simple and yet add features to keep it relevant for new and old users - both ?

fab101 commented on Show HN: 8 million downloads after one year on the App Store · Posted by u/ronyeh

fab101 · 13 years ago

Great job. And thanks for the inspiration. I realize that I will have to fail a multiple times before something great happens.

Q: Would you mind me asking what is your revenue model and how much success you have seen with all the streams ?

By the way, I downloaded your app a few days after the commercial aired, and my kid absolutely loves it. Thanks again.