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borncrusader

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September 25, 2014 (11y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: What useful thing in life gets easier to do/learn in your 30s?
    1 points 3
  2. Ask HN: How do I study distributed sytems?

    I'm at the juncture of my career where I want to focus more on Distributed Systems and specialize more in it. Short of reading seminal papers, understanding existing data systems like Spark, Kafka etc., how do I gain…

    18 points 4
  3. Ask HN: Is there a shorthand equivalent for taking notes digitally?

    I have briefly studied Pitman Shorthand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitman_shorthand) in the past and I've wondered how easy it is to concisely represent a lot of information in a few pencil strokes. For those of you…

    3 points 6
  4. Ask HN: How do I consciously improve my reading and retention skills?

    I've been a fairly voracious reader but over the last 4-5 years, I've noticed that I skim-read a lot (which has apparently become the norm -…

    4 points 10
  5. Ask HN: Companies that work on distributed systems/scalability?

    I'm looking for relatively fast-paced companies that work on high scale, distributed systems other than the ones that make business through ads/social media/entertainment. That rules out Facebook, Google and Netflix.…

    1 points 0
  6. Ask HN: How do companies track users?

    I'm looking to learn about the nitty gritty details about how companies like Facebook/Google track users. While I've glossed over some articles online, I've noticed that they're extremely watered down to cater to folks…

    4 points 2
  7. Ask HN: How do you manage your day to day work logs?

    As a developer with a not so stellar memory, I feel confident to keep track of what I'm working on and the stuff that were discussed in meetings on a day to day basis as they serve as a record of things that can be…

    32 points 62