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> A few years ago, 2013, there was a study in Germany where a lab had tested various espresso machines and found lead. My memories are fuzzy and incomplete, but I remember that nothing ever happened because there was a big uproar from ma
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Yep. You know, in ancient Indian legends there are characters who one can now perceive as LGBTQ people. Granted, the accuracy of the stories as a whole is questionable — but the very fact that such people are mentioned means the idea existe
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https://arjkb.gitlab.io Just my blog. Nothing spectacular. Static site built with Hugo. It's mostly devolved into a public notepad where I record things that I might want to refer later. I wanted to update it more frequentl
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> An american doctor will never, for example, say “Hey maybe your chair is too low compared to your desk and you’re putting too much pressure on your wrist” or suggest a series of stretching exercises to do 3x/day for a few weeks un
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Blast from the past. Perhaps if it was open source and there was a Linux version (AFAIK there's no Linux version), then it might have lived on. Or maybe not; with music streaming platforms such as Spotify, the world has moved on.
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I only do lightweight coding on my personal machine. I don't need a powerful machine. And coding is the only thing I use a computer for. I've been running Linux on my old Dell laptop for like 8 years. I've upgraded its intern
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BMWs tend to be more reliable than Mercedes, based on acquaintances who drive BMWs. > But if you want that premium, BMW feel that makes driving anything else feel and sound like a fun can on wheels You forget Porsche ;) Anyway, before th
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You're right. Chinese products do have questionable reputation. > Not so much for the Germans or the Swiss. Since the Germans are known for cars, let's talk cars. I drive a W212 Mercedes-Benz E250 CDI which I bought new a few y
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> China has no well known flagship brand demonstrating that level of quality. OnePlus.
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I'm not at all a morning person. I get interesting things done in the afternoon/night. My job allows me to work whenever I want. So, I wake up early and start work so that I'll be done by early afternoon. That leaves me plent
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Just wanted to add that as a rule of thumb, Western cultures tend to be low-context, while Eastern cultures tend to be high-context. This also ties in indirectly to punctuality of cultures I think. Lower context cultures tend to be punctual
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> It turned out that writers actually like to write themselves After reading this line, I literally went thank goodness it flopped. I don't want to read autogenerated content no matter how good it may be. Yes, AI can be useful in
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I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic.
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And I thought it was by Khaled Hosseini. (He wrote The Kite Runner (among others), which is a heartbreaking novel).
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Where I studied in USA there where plenty of mature people in my class. This one gentleman had the benefit of hindsight; he had tinkered with early computers, and had seen its evolution. (This was with regards to Bachelor's and Master&
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+100 I'm so afraid of creating programs in languages that don't enforce a structure at all, even though I know how to write everything from scratch make it work. If it's some framework, then it'll already be structured s
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OMG. If it's possible for you to just install Linux only (no Windows/Micros**t at all), please do that. Or, get a Mac if Linux-exclusive doesn't work for you. (I love both Mac and Linux).
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Even though I'm not an FB user, the Bookface theme isn't half bad.
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I'm into cars. And I have this dream of owning and driving around this very particular supercar. I've been slowly saving up, and within a few years I'll probably be able to outright buy it. And I plan to keep it for about 15
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I totally empathize. When American websites are translated to other languages, sometimes some things end up weird. By the way, I feel Indians speak that way in casual conversations; "you want coffee?", "you want biscuit?&qu
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I think the frustration is misguided. Maybe it's not computers that he doesn't like — it's what people today do with those computers these days that frustrates him.
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I'm always paranoid about things catching fire though. I rarely leave anything turned on when I leave the house.
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> If anything, return visits because of a partial prior resolution make more money. I don't think any doctor deliberately prolongs the illness of their patients to keep the money flow coming. Do you have any evidence to back up what
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First of all, thank you for taking the time to explain the whole thing. > >in USA, the callee pays. > Except in certain circumstances, I don't think this is true. Oh okay, so the caller pays and the callee does not pay under n
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> Curiosity: what are the use cases for two SIMs from the same country? I don't know the exact reason, but here are some thoughts on that: Hypothesis 1: In India, only the caller pays for the call. The callee pays nothing. I say thi
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If it makes you feel any better, Indians also get spam calls from other Indians. We hate it as much as you do.
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> Usually when you sign up your spam calls actually increase because spammers use the list Why is that information public? Shouldn't only the "middleware" equivalent be aware of who has signed up? > In the US the recei
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Over here in India there's a DND (Do Not Disturb) registry [1]. The link [1] links to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) website. You sign up to DND by dialling a number that is dependent on your carrier (therefore you need t
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What's wrong with humans eating authentic meat and eggs? I mean, other creatures do it. I can't wait for the day when they come out with plant-free vegetables. If it already exists please don't tell me.
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What if somebody had read the article before it was submitted to HN?

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