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kalyanganjam commented on WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update   theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Abishek_Muthian · 5 years ago
> loses millions of users

Did millions of users uninstall WhatsApp? I don't think so. The most downloaded app figures by App Annie shows exactly what it says, which app was downloaded the most during that period. So as long as WhatsApp stays in the phone and if it receives a single message from hundreds of contacts a user has; WhatsApp didn't loose that user.

So the correct title IMO is 'Signal, Telegram gained millions of users'.

kalyanganjam · 5 years ago
> So as long as WhatsApp stays in the phone and if it receives a single message from hundreds of contacts a user has; WhatsApp didn't loose that user.

Agree - WhatsApp didn't lose the user. whatsApp lost the usage. That's still a loss. Not a total loss but a loss never the less

kalyanganjam commented on Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend   twitter.com/nandoodles/st... · Posted by u/rbanffy
nuclearnice1 · 5 years ago
> searching for Ozonetel on Google. There will be six competitor ads and then our website will show up :)

Tried it. One ad. From ozontel.com

kalyanganjam · 5 years ago
All results related to Ozonetel and zero ads

https://imgur.com/a/q70nShf

kalyanganjam commented on Openstreetmap, a global map for worldwide insight   blog.mapbox.com/openstree... · Posted by u/liotier
kristopolous · 5 years ago
Let me plug OpenLayers, which uses OSM and is way harder to use than google maps but once you stop hating on it you realize it can do a bunch of things that google maps really can't and is more versatile in numerous ways - ymmv as always. (https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/).

I've found it more useful for specific applications that I build because it's far more customizable. The map truly feels like it's part of the app and not just some mapbox or leaflet thing sitting on top of gmaps. Again, these aren't hard facts, just stylistic preferences on my part.

The ES6 is not really a dealbreaker if you're using something more traditional. I just make my own "map.js" that exposes the interfaces I need, then I transpile it and include it like anything else.

I know that sounded really complicated, but my package.json is 10 lines, that's it.

This way you can use it in a much more conventional classical way without jumping the whole project over to ES6 syntax.

kalyanganjam · 5 years ago
Started using OpenLayers 2 weeks ago for a side project. Agree with you on power of OL. I just started basic features and already loving it.

Apart from OL API doc. Could you please recommend any book/course to learn both concepts & API.

kalyanganjam commented on Amazon to pay $1B+ for Zoox   axios.com/report-amazon-t... · Posted by u/mmettler
orbifold · 5 years ago
Klay and Clay sound similar?
kalyanganjam · 5 years ago
Very much. Am not a native English speaker
kalyanganjam commented on GitHub's new features show it’s finally listening to developers   char.gd/blog/2019/github-... · Posted by u/owenwil
the_common_man · 6 years ago
Do you selfhost gitlab? How much effort is it ?
kalyanganjam · 6 years ago
I do. Self host at my work. Less than 4 his effort for initial setup and an hour or two when I want to upgrade. Super clean and helpful docs makes it a breeze to self host
kalyanganjam commented on Dropbox and Google Cloud integrations   blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox... · Posted by u/ublaze
manigandham · 8 years ago
OneDrive does nothing well. The syncing app is incredibly slow to pickup changes, often stalls or results in conflicts, and the MacOS version is much worse than the Windows version. The web UI is built from parts of Sharepoint and is slow and unintuitive.

Things have improved in the last year but you would have to use the other apps to really see the difference. Dropbox is still ahead of the others in terms of syncing tech with apps that reliably update changes within seconds. I can save a file and have the latest status reflected by the time I switch over to my browser and refresh the web UI.

kalyanganjam · 8 years ago
Thank you for the insight. I will give dropBox a try. I currently don't have automatic Syncing enabled on my desktop which explains why I could not see Onedrive the way you did.
kalyanganjam commented on Dropbox and Google Cloud integrations   blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox... · Posted by u/ublaze
manigandham · 8 years ago
Strange that you're downvoted. Everyone I know is in the same position.

Office 365 for Office apps because they are standard and available offline.

GSuite for better email, calendar and web-based real-time collaboration.

Slack because it has the most integrations at this point.

Box (or Dropbox) for file syncing because their apps are nicer and faster, although Dropbox controls are subpar compared to Box. Both will exist for a long time since OneDrive is utter crap and GSuite Drive File Stream is extremely slow and unreliable.

kalyanganjam · 8 years ago
> OneDrive is utter crap

Can you explain what's crappy about OneDrive. I've not used dropbox much but it looked/worked similar to onedrive. Just trying to understand the problems I'm unable to recognize by not using dropbox

I own and use Office365 home edition as well as Business Essentials account and use OneDrive from both accounts

kalyanganjam commented on OpenAI Supporters   blog.openai.com/openai-su... · Posted by u/picodguyo
oulu2006 · 8 years ago
Bit of a nitpick, I read this sentence a few times because it sounded a little confusing, but shouldn't that be:

"but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..."

rather than just "to donate and advise..." sounds like he's donating OpenAI to someone.

I'm unsure.

kalyanganjam · 8 years ago
I read it to mean "but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..." when I first read it but unable to do so after reading your comment. Not sure if this phenomena has a name for it.
kalyanganjam commented on Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS   hnbuddy.io... · Posted by u/tsucres
kalyanganjam · 8 years ago
I currently use the web app and phone app from http://hn.premii.com/ I just installed HNBuddy, It's equally good. I'll use it for few days before I decide to switch.

What I will miss from Premii app if/when I switch.

By default, Loads article in Text(pocket/readibility) mode instead of actual web page. 90% of the links I click are articles (save for the Show HN )

Integration with pocket to save articles for offline reading.

Ability to choose Navigation position. I place it at the top so i don't see it when scrolling up and reading stuff down/below

Another feature that's missing on all the apps I tried, Ability to share(to pocket) without actually opening/loading the article. As an example, An article PaulG, I want to instantly share/save without actually loading it in the app.

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