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Comment · 18 days ago
Fellow desi here, and I am happy for you, but I haven't had the same experience at all in the Bay. Imo, there is something in American culture which makes people very incurious about other cultures...because there are so many immigrants from all over the world, Americans find it hard to relate to anyone not American. My favorite example to illustrate this is how "where are you from" is everyone's favorite question in South Asia and often asked with good intentions, but it can be considered rude in the States.
Comment · 1 month ago
Great article. Somehow, this gives me hope that curiosity can still be rewarded in this age of information at our fingertips.
Comment · 1 month ago
This is really cool! So peaceful.
Comment · 2 months ago
oh like Pokemon go but for temples? that is a pretty cool idea!
Comment · 2 months ago
yes I already have that at https://www.whichtemple.in/map
Comment · 2 months ago
Thank you, that is a good suggestion
Comment · 2 months ago
Nice. Is it vibe coded? I am looking for a good resource for learning kannada if you know Tamil, but with a focus on spoken language.
Comment · 2 months ago
Yeah tbh I don't know if it is easy to do that. Any suggestions?
Comment · 2 months ago
Yes, definitely on my list. For now you can try the map view and zoom into your state. Thanks for the feedback!
Comment · 2 months ago
I have been working on and off on https://www.whichtemple.in
- it is a collection of ~ 2700 temples across India, with images sourced from wikipedia
- it shows you a random temple each time you visit
- it has a map view of temples across India
So this is just the tip of the iceberg. I am trying to build a catalogue of all temples, starting with India, and expanding on to the rest of the world. The focus is on temples originating from Indic religions like Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
I have personally discovered many cool temples that I have never heard of, but I am struggling on how to gamify this. Feedback welcome!
Comment · 10 months ago
Yeah I believe modern trigonometry and the terms sine and cos also trace their origins to Sanskrit through Arabic. It's a shame that ancient/medieval India contributed so much to science and math but hasn't been able to innovate in centuries past :(
Comment · 1 year ago
hey there, I spent some time working on something very similar, but I am based in the US! I was able to import receipts from Safeway & Costco here, using private APIs. But since stores here don't really support OAuth, and using a private API may not be the best long term approach, I paused my effort. I would love to chat if you are interested. I used react to build a prototype.
Comment · 1 year ago
Highways
Comment · 1 year ago
Some of the big chains in my area provide online receipts: safeway, costco, target, etc.
Comment · 1 year ago
I am working on an app to track grocery purchases from online receipts. My goal is to track the effects of inflation on prices, and build something like Mint, but with itemized transactions from receipts.
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