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shivekkhurana commented on I asked four former friends why we stopped speaking (2023)   vogue.com/article/reconne... · Posted by u/mooreds
netsharc · 22 days ago
The article starts with:

> On a warm July evening, I dove into bed and grabbed my phone, giddy and anxious. As I scrolled through TikTok, attempting to calm my nerves, a Google Calendar notification flashed on the screen: “VIDEO CALL WITH SIMONE.”

> Before I could swipe the reminder away, Simone FaceTimed me.

That makes me want to build a "Tinder" for rebooting relationships: select who of your friends you want to talk to, and after they do the same, the app will schedule a video call, and you'll be connected with... a mystery friend from your past! For people who don't like surprises, if both parties vote to reveal their names, you'll know who you're reconnecting with.

Or if you don't get any matches, the app will connect you to a mental health/relationship councillor...

shivekkhurana · 22 days ago
I have friends across the world. I talk with 7 of them every quarter.

We have scheduled video calls on our calendar. And after every call, we put notes on the call schedule.

Before the call, we get notified and we confirm if both parties will be available over text message.

shivekkhurana commented on LSP client in Clojure in 200 lines of code   vlaaad.github.io/lsp-clie... · Posted by u/vlaaad
lenkite · 3 months ago
Clojure is dying. But its heir - Jank might take the crown.
shivekkhurana · 3 months ago
Jank is Clojure.

Languages are often thought of in-coupling with the runtime.

But Clojure is a way of writing code. The official implementation runs on JVM. There are community ports for Node, C#, Go. Jank is the port on CPP.

Jank winning is Clojure winning.

shivekkhurana commented on Microsoft blocks VSCode-derived editors (like Cursor) from using MS extensions   github.com/getcursor/curs... · Posted by u/vanschelven
methou · 5 months ago
But the configuration is a whole new project in lua. Saying I’ve being using neovim for a while, have shot myself in the foot a couple of times
shivekkhurana · 5 months ago
Claude is really good at writing these configurations.

I was able to make VSCode behave like EMacs with vibe coding.

Neovim with Lazy is really easy to vibe code too.

shivekkhurana commented on Show HN: Tetris in a PDF   th0mas.nl/downloads/pdftr... · Posted by u/ThomasRinsma
shivekkhurana · 8 months ago
But can it run Doom ?

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shivekkhurana commented on Ask HN: High quality Python scripts or small libraries to learn from    · Posted by u/dir_balak
shivekkhurana · a year ago
At my university, I followed David Beazly's talks and tutorials. Just seeing him work and present improved my style and approach manifolds:

https://www.dabeaz.com/tutorials.html

shivekkhurana commented on Show HN: Cheq UPI – India's first UPI payments app for foreigners   chequpi.com/... · Posted by u/sudshekhar
sudshekhar · 2 years ago
I can understand why 3.5% might sound high.

But cross border payments are expensive to facilitate. And this is the best rate we've been able to figure out currently.

Btw, In the US, Most ATMs are charging 3-5$ extra each time I withdraw cash. Plus the currency conversion charges.

Our prices are definitely better.

shivekkhurana · 2 years ago
> But cross border payments are expensive to facilitate

Although that sounds logical, there are multiple services that offer 0% fx conversion. Wise, Monzo, Niyo etc. These travel cards are what I carry around in a different country.

shivekkhurana commented on Show HN: Cheq UPI – India's first UPI payments app for foreigners   chequpi.com/... · Posted by u/sudshekhar
sudshekhar · 2 years ago
We're still playing with our pricing.

10$ joining fees and a 3.5% markup on adding funds is the current business plan.

We'll observe customer usage over the next 3-6 months and figure out if fixed fee subscriptions can be cheaper.

> Also how did you build a legal structure to allow this ?

We've partnered with Transcorp International Limited to operate the Cheq app in India. They are an RBI approved AD2 and PPI license holder. Customer funds are parked in an escrow account with them until utilized via the UPI network.

This is also why Cheq physical verification can happen only at Transcorp branches currently.

You can think of Cheq as a technology platform using Transcorp as our banking partner.

Or Transcorp, as a financial services firm, using Cheq as its technology partner.

shivekkhurana · 2 years ago
3.5% is brutal. Wise is a near 0% solution, with just one time setup fee. I get the convenience aspect, but most people foreigners visit would accept a card (i guess?)

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