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Here are a few ideas:

(1) Reverse-engineer the protocol for new Google Hangouts (since Google is dropping XMPP, this would be quite useful for many). Next step would of course be a Jabber-to-Hangouts gateway.

(2) Have you tried any physics simulation engines for education purposes? Like KDE's Step? Something like that which works in the browser would be very nifty. Would be an essential component for interactive science e-books.

(3) Scripts to pull Indian Railways data. You could start here: https://github.com/ashfame/indianrail-db

(4) It's a long shot but Linux drivers for Line6 HD500 or Roland RC-300 would be quite awesome :)

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1 point by nileshtrivedi 2 days ago | link

Correction about (1): HangOut will continue to support XMPP but federation is being killed. The underlying protocols are mostly open. Also, Google has provided APIs as well. So there really isn't much to do here.

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1 point by Lockedout 3 days ago | link

railway data problem seems interesting and major faced. Can you elaborate what could be done with this data? More details.

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1 point by nileshtrivedi 3 days ago | link

Well, once you have the data, export it as GTFS (Google/General Transit Feed Specification), and you have an instant trip planner using OpenTripPlanner and OpenStreetMap.

Also, it will be possible to make better mobile apps for offline railway schedule search, multi-modal and multi-segment trip planning and so on.

https://github.com/openplans/OpenTripPlanner/wiki

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1 point by kvprashant 2 days ago | link

Thanks for this! I want to do this for buses

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1 point by nileshtrivedi 2 days ago | link

Awesome!

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I'd happily pay up to 6K for an ergonomic mechanical keyboard like this one: http://trulyergonomic.com/ (this one costs about 13K)

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1 point by nri 34 days ago | link

Filco is the best(made in japan). CoolerMaster is good second(made in china). imo, the trulyergonomic doesn't have returns for cost. I would like to take it offline with you and see what keyboards appeal to you. :) do you have an email that I can contact you?

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1 point by vijayanands 35 days ago | link

Droolworthy.

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1 point by nileshtrivedi 43 days ago | link | parent | on: Indian payment gateway

Paypal does offer that kind of gateway. Not sure about Indian regulations though.

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Is your card a VISA/ Mastercard/ AMEX/ Diner's Club card? Other cards will of course not work. Also, your bank may require manual activation for online/international purchases.

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1 point by shankar1221989 57 days ago | link

Mine is a Indian overseas bank Visa credit card. I have also tried with State Bank of India Visa credit card, but it also doesn't seem to work.

The problem is that my card works with LinkedIn job postings and other indian transactions, but fails to work with Facebook, Mailchimp, Sendgrid etc.

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I will be there. Sent you a mail.

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I understand and I thought carefully before posting this. Most people I know would agree strongly with the petition IF ONLY they knew about it. It's a shame this isn't getting enough attention so I decided to take a chance.

Edit: Also, it was only a request. I didn't ask people to sign the petition. I only asked people to upvote this on HN so that more people could see it and decide accordingly. Considering that the person murdered was a hacker himself, it wouldn't have been totally irrelevant.

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1 point by rick_2047 157 days ago | link

> Also, it was only a request. I didn't ask people to sign the petition. I only asked people to upvote this on HN so that more people could see it and decide accordingly

Actually you did the opposite of what you should have done. You should have told people to go and have a look at the petition and sign it.

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He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1982, authored a number of technical papers in computer science. After teaching stints at Stevens Institute of Technology and at the College of Staten Island, he worked at Siemens, an international electronics and engineering company.

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1 point by nileshtrivedi 181 days ago | link | parent | on: Show HSI: Test As You Code

Some background for this experiment: http://www.nileshtrivedi.com/live-coding

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Getting a credit card is really easy. There are many banks who will offer you one against a fixed deposit; no income/salary proof is necessary. For example. check Axis Bank's Insta Easy Credit Card. They actually hand you the card right away.

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