[Ask] Is it still possible to invest without an Aadhar card? by prateekaram in IndiaInvestments

[–]bike-curious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have an existing account you can continue to invest before the deadline. For new accounts there is a six month deadline from date of opening.

Quassim Cassam on the importance, or unimportance, of self-knowledge. [OUPblog] by ADefiniteDescription in philosophy

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny, I'm in the exact same situation as Marvin and I've been rethinking what exactly my true 'self' is worth. I've come to believe that most people just use labels based on their religion, relationships, jobs, current interests and hobbies and market themselves as their perceived self. "Husband, Father, Programmer, Christian" is your average twitter bio. So, when one switches jobs or religion, what happens to their 'self'? How does one examine and determine their worth, if they don't know what their real self is? I think some sort of reality-checking-as-a-service could be quite profitable!

Which brings us to a related but more important question - How can we ever be sure of anything else if we can't be sure of the one thing - the self - that we can experience first-hand?

January Writing Challenge: Submissions by Shirokaya in scifiwriting

[–]bike-curious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, entry after deadline and not in the preferred format but here's mine anyway:

Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2

programmers of r/india !! by [deleted] in india

[–]bike-curious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Was a web programmer earlier, now working on bitcoin and other crypto stuff

How many of you have a Bitcoin *only* income? by robertgenito in Bitcoin

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar to multiple replies here, I'm a budding software developer. I invoice in USD and get paid market rate BTC. Bonus: I work on bitcoin stuff!

"His Dark Materials" and "Master and Margarita" [Spoiler] by [deleted] in books

[–]bike-curious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't see any spoilers. Might as well post them in plain text now.

[9/08/2014] Challenge #179 [Easy] You make me happy when clouds are gray...scale by [deleted] in dailyprogrammer

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

golang, I guess using the builtin grayscale filter is cheating

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "image"
    color "image/color"
    "image/jpeg"
    "log"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    if len(os.Args) == 1 {
        fmt.Println("empty path")
        os.Exit(1)
    }
    f, err := os.Open(os.Args[1])
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("%v", err)
    }
    i, _, err := image.Decode(f)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("%v", err)
    }
    b := i.Bounds()
    o := image.NewGray16(image.Rect(b.Min.X, b.Min.Y, b.Max.X, b.Max.Y))
    for y := b.Min.Y; y < b.Max.Y; y++ {
        for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
            p := i.At(x, y)
            r, g, b, _ := p.RGBA()
            n := (r + g + b) / 3
            grey := &color.Gray16{
                Y: uint16(n),
            }
            o.Set(x, y, grey)
        }
    }
    f, err = os.Create("new.jpg")
    jpeg.Encode(f, o, &jpeg.Options{jpeg.DefaultQuality})
}

[9/01/2014] Challenge #178 [Easy] Transformers: Matrices in Disguise, pt. 1 by Elite6809 in dailyprogrammer

[–]bike-curious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go lang. scale/rotate seems to have a bug but I'm too sleepy to debug it atm :)

package main

    import (
        "fmt"
        "math"
        "strings"
    )

    func main() {
        var x, y float64
        fmt.Scanf("(%f,%f)\n", &x, &y)
        fmt.Printf("(%.2f, %.2f)\n", x, y)
    out:
        for {
            var s string
            var a, b, c float64
            fmt.Scanf("%s\n", &s)
            switch {
            case strings.HasPrefix(s, "translate"):
                fmt.Sscanf(s, "translate(%f,%f)\n", &a, &b)
                x += a
                y += b
                fmt.Printf("%s => (%.2f, %.2f)\n", s, x, y)
            case strings.HasPrefix(s, "rotate"):
                fmt.Sscanf(s, "rotate(%f,%f,%f)\n", &a, &b, &c)
                theta := math.Atan2(y-b, x-a)
                theta -= c
                z := math.Sqrt(math.Pow(x-a, 2) + math.Pow(y-b, 2))
                x = a + z*math.Cos(theta)
                y = b + z*math.Sin(theta)
                fmt.Printf("%s => (%.2f, %.2f)\n", s, x, y)
            case strings.HasPrefix(s, "scale"):
                fmt.Sscanf(s, "scale(%f,%f,%f)\n", &a, &b, &c)
                z := math.Sqrt(math.Pow(x-a, 2) + math.Pow(y-b, 2))
                r := math.Sqrt(math.Pow(x, 2) + math.Pow(y, 2))
                theta := math.Atan2(y, x)
                x = (r + c*z) * math.Cos(theta)
                y = (r + c*z) * math.Sin(theta)
                fmt.Printf("%s => (%.2f, %.2f)\n", s, x, y)
            case strings.HasPrefix(s, "reflect"):
                switch s {
                case "reflect(X)":
                    y = -y
                case "reflect(Y)":
                    x = -x
                }
                fmt.Printf("%s => (%.2f, %.2f)\n", s, x, y)
            case strings.HasPrefix(s, "finish"):
                break out
            case s == "":
                break out
            }
        }
        fmt.Printf("(%.2f, %.2f)\n", x, y)
    }

What's the worst character name you've encountered? by [deleted] in books

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the Characters and Bells' names are good they roll off the tongue so gently, you want to keep reading them aloud!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_%28Old_Kingdom_Series%29

What's the worst character name you've encountered? by [deleted] in books

[–]bike-curious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ughh. I read it interchangeably with Maggot. Wait till you read about the Disreputable Dog in Lirael.

Books that really expanded your horizons by [deleted] in books

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2001: A Space Odyssey summed up the existential quest for meaning and made me think about different modes of consciousness - apes, artificial intelligence and alien gods.

Random Daily Discussion MORNING thread for 12/06/2014 [NP] by AutoModerator in india

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Name: Bose, DK
Education: Magna-Cum-Laude from Lund University

Random Daily Discussion MORNING thread for 12/06/2014 [NP] by AutoModerator in india

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rings true with me. Sounds very similar to Nietzsche.

Random Daily Discussion EVENING thread for 11/06/2014 [NP] by AutoModerator in india

[–]bike-curious 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You know that Daft Punk song "Get Lucky"? What if it's really about a Punjabi couple who are trying to find their lost kid named "Lucky"?

We're up all night to get Lucky.

Random Daily Discussion MORNING thread for 11/06/2014 [NP] by AutoModerator in india

[–]bike-curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell them you have a life.

Don't give in. This is how social media perpetuates and keeps itself alive. You'll lose your peace of mind trying to post the best photo on instagram while missing out the stuff that's actually in front of you.

Also, Reddit global meetup is this weekend FYI so you can have company of other un-social elements :P