This made me sad because I served my need so well. Now I will have to think about alternatives. I wish they could open-source it.
Readit Newsmayankkaizen commented on Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot support.mozilla.org/en-US... · Posted by u/phantomathkg
mayankkaizen commented on Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
I always run across great quotes from Warren Buffett, but I never spent any time actually reading any of his writings or anything written about him. What's the best place to start to absorb some of his wisdom? Anything that's applicable to startups, tech, and life in general, beyond being the CEO of a holding company?
Read his annual letters to shareholders. Fantastic writings.
mayankkaizen commented on Am I too old to create a popular programming language? pldb.io/posts/age.html... · Posted by u/breck
I am amateur and more or less an ignorant in programming domain so what I say doesn't matter much.
Why not a pick a language of choice and write some ambitious framework/library? Like Numpy/Pandas for Python. Maybe a web development framework? That way, there is a reasonable chance your work will be noticed or used. Look Maybe pick Julia and write a library for it. I believe Julia doesn't have as many libraries as Python does.
By the way, as much as I know, all the languages were written by 'old' people. Young people rarely have that much knowledge or experience. They don't even know one language fully well. So age is actually at your side.
mayankkaizen commented on An introduction to the theory and practice of poker (2020) hopkinspokercourse.com/... · Posted by u/Igor_Wiwi
You need to be good at deciding which cards to hold and which cards to throw away. You need to know when to get out of a game, and when you should really go out running. Also never count your money while you are playing. You will have time later. But to be realistic the most that you can hope to is to die while you are sleeping.
One week ago, I would've missed what you did there. Glad YouTube recommended that song. It is a good song.
mayankkaizen commented on A practical guide to quitting your smartphone nytimes.com/2024/02/01/te... · Posted by u/lxm
It has Android 11 as of today; with no information of upgradability. I would not ever recommend anyone to use such an outdated OS in today's world even on their secondary phone. It's just unsafe.
If it is to be used as a "reader" device then, well, whatever. But in that case why not just use a "reader device" then.
This sort of overemphasized paranoia about security is something which makes me, I dunno, irritated. If you decide to go to extreme, everything is unsafe but you don't want an old device even as a secondary device?
I'd rather work on my paranoia than on getting a fully secured device.
By the way, I am writing this on a mobile with 2 GB RAM and running Android 9 as my other mobile got broken.
mayankkaizen commented on WhatsApp explores ads in chat app as Meta seeks revenue boost ft.com/content/41f334a5-8... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
Whatsapp has already started stinking. These days I get many spam-ish messages from verified enterprises. As of now I am getting notification related messages from entities I am using services of but some of them have started sending spams. Although it is tolerable as of now but I can see where this is going. Too bad Whatsapp is defacto messaging app in India. So much so that even gov organizations are using it to interact with citizens.
mayankkaizen commented on Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... · Posted by u/Michelangelo11
Could you name some shows you like that you believe represent a current trend of mumbled dialogue?
I am 40 yrs old and English is my second language. I cant give you some specific examples but when I watch old hollywood movies (50-60s), I mostly understand dialogues. Dialogues from modern movies are a bit harder to understand and I cant watch any movie without subtitle.
mayankkaizen commented on Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/mmastrac
Does anyone notice the irony of it being partly repairable, while offering just three years of security updates, after which you basically have to throw the thing away? The repairability sounds nice, but it is very irrelevant compared to the limited software updates. Imagine buying a Windows laptop and only receiving three years of security updates. (I know, most other phones aren't better.)
It would have been better if they offered slightly longer security updates in exchange of only letting you change the battery. Other things probably won't break anyway before the security updates stop coming in.
I am currently typing this on a 4 years old shitty Xiaomi budget mobile phone. I don't recall if I've ever updated mobile software (or if there was an update available) but my phone is working as good as it should. So far I haven't seen any problem in installing any app. I don't see myself replacing this phone in next 6 month at least.
I guess tech people are way too much worried about security/software updates.