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Re: Soft Shell SlimFold wallet

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:25:28 -0000

It's been two and a half years now, and it's still the best wallet ever. I'm templated to replace it with another SlimFold just for a change of colour.

Re: The Google Pixelbook has a hardware Universal Two Factor Authentication (U2F) token built in

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 15:57:14 -0000

It's working for me on a Pixelbook with Chrome 66 from the stable channel. I just added it on multiple websites.

Re: Soft Shell SlimFold wallet

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:03:19 -0000

I have the soft shell full size version and I've been using it for over a year, and I have nothing but good words for it. Best wallet ever.

Re: After all diets failed – One Month into Intermittent Fasting

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:06:05 -0000

Try the LCHF diet and see what happens. Even more impressive results.

Re: The Best Bluetooth Headset

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 04:23:26 -0000

Yes pease, stereo headsets! Some of us like to take calls and listen to music at work on the same headset and it's frustrating finding one.

Re: 10 ways for a conference to upset their speakers

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:54:24 -0000

We look forward to having you at Rootconf 2017 in Bangalore this May. Will mail you separately with details.

Re: 10 ways for a conference to upset their speakers

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:52:07 -0000

Wow, Troy, conferences actually expect you to use their templates? I had trouble believing this was still happening in 2016 until I read the comments. Wow!

I agree with you on everything except #2. Let me explain.

At HasGeek, we cater to first time speakers. Our mission is to encourage more people to share what they know, so we always have that open door. We also deal with significant audience sizes, between 400 to 1200, and first-time speakers bombing on stage is a thing. Speakers can also be repetitive, presenting the same intro material as the last speaker, or misread the audience and present above or below their level. So we take speaker prep pretty seriously.

For our process, we ask proposers to submit an outline of what they intend to present, put them on a video call with the editorial panel and a professional speaking coach, and if possible give them a test audience 2-3 weeks before the event. For first time speakers this is an incredibly valuable process, and we have many testimonials for its effectiveness, but to our surprise even experienced speakers find it helpful.

Re: PostgreSQL Query Optimization

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:47:53 -0000

Also, "nuisanced" should perhaps be "nuanced"?

Re: Think Global, Peer Local. Peer with CloudFlare at 100 Internet Exchange Points

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:22:40 -0000

Why are you not.connected to NIXI "by design"? What's the logic?

Re: Free Basics: Nandan Nilekani’s formula is wrong; the state must stay clear of offering internet sops

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:00:09 -0000

You've got the wrong Reliance. Firstpost is owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance while Facebook's partner is Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications.

Re: Everything You Need To Know About Facebook’s Controversial Free Basics Campaign

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:33:44 -0000

Thanks for this comprehensive coverage. This is really good! I have a small clarification though: I'm not the founder of Headstart. I'm the co-founder of Barcamp Bangalore, the community movement from which both HasGeek and Headstart emerged, but I've never been involved with Headstart. Only my other collaborators at Barcamp Bangalore have been.

Re: Free Basics: India needs it, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 16:03:32 -0000

> With that said, I am sure our sad excuse for a regulator TRAI and ever confused Telecomm Ministry will almost certainly yield to corporate and "activist" pressures (there is often little difference between the two) and disallow zero ratings in India. it will benefit certain telecomm providers and some internet savvy sections of the elite, but will have the summary effect of slowing down internet penetration in the country to the detriment of large sections of our population.

Nonsense. If it happens, it will force telcos to give up their dubious schemes to swindle the public with "free internet" that isn't, and instead focus on better quality of service with no discrimination. This is what the free market is supposed to achieve.

Re: 4 in 5 Indians Supports Facebook’s Free Basics

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 03:31:18 -0000

Since the survey was conducted on behalf of Facebook, of course it was phrased in a manner that makes Free Basics look good. It'll be interesting to see what an independent survey finds.

Re: Cost of living in and visiting the best 26 startup cities

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:46:50 -0000

FWIW, Bangalore's population is at least 9 million now. It's the third largest city in India after Delhi and Mumbai.

Re: STI Statement on Mark Zuckerberg’s townhall at IIT Delhi

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:37:42 -0000

If it is a cheap package for only a specific set of OTTs, it is indeed a violation of net neutrality.

Re: Net Neutrality And Internet.org: Is Mark Zuckerberg Really Evil?

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:42:11 -0000

It's really simple: many, many individuals are funding their own time to support net neutrality, because we see economic rationality in it. There's no institutional backer.

Re: 100 shades of green: The journey of a coder...

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:58:28 -0000

Actually https://hasjob.co/tag is more useful as it's sorted by most popular keywords. The top four languages are JavaScript, Java, PHP and Python.

This tag link isn't publicly linked from the site yet because the NLP parser isn't trained on the writing style of job posters and assumes things like "good" and "experience" are proper nouns because people begin sentences with those words. It's still a useful place for indicative rankings though.

Re: Bangalore Startup Ecosystem

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:57:40 -0000

No HasGeek?

Re: Net Neutrality: The Culprit is the Government – Sandeep Amar

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Tue, 19 May 2015 01:08:45 -0000

> in a free package, there are no rules since it is free

Our contention is that the same rules must apply at any price, including free. No price discrimination.

Re: Net Neutrality: The Culprit is the Government – Sandeep Amar

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Sun, 17 May 2015 07:20:20 -0000

Nothing in net neutrality prevents anyone from pursuing growth opportunities. It's about preventing monopolies and oligopolies from abusing their position. The problem isn't with Flipkart, it's with Airtel.

Re: Net Neutrality: The Culprit is the Government – Sandeep Amar

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Fri, 15 May 2015 22:03:13 -0000

> He was very thrilled with this relatively low cost channel for distributing his app. However, ironically, this same guy also vehemently protests against Zero Rating and supports Net Neutrality.

What is the conflict between these two? That a free WiFi zone was involved and it displayed an ad before letting the user through to the internet? This, incidentally, is what Mitchell Baker of Mozilla proposed as an alternative to zero rating.

Re: Net neutrality and two red herrings

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Wed, 13 May 2015 09:34:21 -0000

Can I have some of whatever it is you are smoking?

Re: The people behind #SaveTheInternet

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:59:43 -0000

Okay, I see it now. They linked to netneutrality.in before savetheinternet.in went up. Adding them.

Re: The people behind #SaveTheInternet

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:36:36 -0000

This page is a list of people behind this specific campaign.

Re: The people behind #SaveTheInternet

Kiran Jonnalagadda — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:59:49 -0000

We love what they did, but that was a different campaign.