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Comment · 1 year ago
Can you look into integrating with private book repositories like Calibre? Also, many books on Archive.org are scanned PDFs (usually as images). This would need OCR probably. Would this work with them ? I feel that this would be most useful with old books where the text is not easily searchable, citations are not convenient, or definitions need lookups.
Comment · 2 years ago
> But seriously, how it the Government supposed to regulate how much computing power you use, its a ridiculous idea.

Same way we saw runaway power consumption from Bitcoin miners. Every gold rush brings with it pressure on resources and both direct and indirect impact on others.

Comment · 2 years ago
How did you do it? Can you share an example?
Comment · 3 years ago
Man. Implement some spam blocker on your site. Most the Guides/posts are blanks or garbage
Comment · 3 years ago
Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News, and iCloud+ will outpace the Appstore as they gain traction. They just have to ensure that they maintain quality.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Signage and discovery are a joke. The App Store is littered with garbage, and even when you search for an app by name, you often get unrelated apps for pages and pages before the real app.

That's what you get by making it is easy for anyone to develop and release apps. It is a very low barrier of entry. Almost anyone sitting at home can make an app and release it. If they release garbage to game the system and Apple blocks it, then there cries of draconian policies.

Imagine the garbage that you will have to wade through when sideloading is forced upon them.

Comment · 3 years ago
Having no Buyers is politics. Reforms in farm law which would have opened up markets for farmers were repealed because of politics and protest by vested interests.
Comment · 3 years ago
Not just mindshare, ability to crank out volume, captive battery production and vertical integration
Comment · 3 years ago
Unless they can crank out the volume like Tesla they will be relegated to a niche market. Only big guys like Ford, Volkswagon, GM can make it now.
Comment · 3 years ago
Toyota bet heavily on hydrogen. They are still convinced that is the future.
Comment · 4 years ago
This would be great for spin cycles and exercise bikes. many bikes now come with BLE controllers that transmit speed and cadence information that could be used for speed controls. The directional controls can be emulated by a keyboard emulator (arduino based) etc.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is really great. Can you please add Net Income after calculation. That would be useful.
Comment · 4 years ago
> English is the language of elitism in India.

English is lingua franca regardless of social or economic status.

Every child gets to learn 3 languages : one local language, One regional elective (or Hindi), and English.

English is now pervasive enough that transliterated words are common in all languages and are being used natively. People use English words and idioms without even realizing they are speaking English. You will find even in remotest corners someone who will understand and converse in rudimentary English (especially the youngsters).

Comment · 5 years ago
You need location info in addition to distance since roads and infrastructure are owned and maintained by various agencies. The solution could be to build upon EZPASS. Have the EZPass readers in every signboard or lamppost along the highways. They can read and record distance travelled along a particular highway so that revenue can be attributed to appropriate agency.
Comment · 5 years ago
Apple does not need to compete. it is not as if FAANG guys can suddenly absorb 1000s of employees trying to switch. it will create even more selective hiring.

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