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by _nedR 12y ago
Lets take statistics for a type of crime that does almost always get reported. Homicide rate in US : 4.7 per 100,000 Homicide rate in India : 3.5 per 100,000 Most of the world's perception of rape in India is based exclusively on fore
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by _nedR 12y ago
Not sure why exactly this is news. Ramesh Raskar, the head of the MIT team doing the project did a TED talk on it 2 years ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9vd4HWlVA
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by _nedR 12y ago
On the contrary. I have read that Steve Jobs had the best (or worst) of both worlds. Take for example the quality of empathy - It consists of 2 aspects :- 1.The intellectual ability to put oneself in others shoes. 2. Too feel emotional pity
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by _nedR 12y ago
I am all for govt. funding scientific endeavours and space exploration like this. But one thing I don't like about the comic is it implies that many problems faced in the world like hunger and malaria are not easily solvable. IMHO, It
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by _nedR 12y ago
Everybody and their grandmothers know that Russia, India, China are using everything within their means to spy on the world, and their citizens. Its the US hypocrisy of whining about this, while doing as much and more is what gets people.
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by _nedR 12y ago
No. I would like to, when I get the time (Also powertop - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_14... ) But thats the point. Lot of us depend on our computer for work and don't have the time to f
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by _nedR 12y ago
As an Ubuntu user since 10.04, what I would really like to see is Ubuntu matching or beating Windows/OS X with regards to battery life. When I first installed 10.04, my ubuntu setup actually beat Windows Vista in battery life and stabi
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by _nedR 12y ago
Sorry. I should have been clearer. What I meant was that the effectiveness of modern weaponry, was destroying these monuments which have survived countless wars in the past.
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by _nedR 12y ago
Another similar tragedy has been unfolding in Syria as we speak : http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/syria-heritage-... The 11th century Umayyad mosque is mostly destroyed. The state of the Cr
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by _nedR 12y ago
>>Despite that several of laws except the IT laws are pretty good and time tested. IT law however is horrible and puts a prohibitive cost on various IT businesses. "Time tested." lol. Many laws in India date from the times o
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by _nedR 12y ago
>>Expressing Nazi ideas is prohibited in Germany because of what following Nazi ideas can lead to, not just to avoid conflict. Yes. Expressing Nazi ideas can lead to violence, extremism, racial and religious discrimination, anti-democ
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by _nedR 12y ago
Wow, that is interesting and disturbing. India is not quite there yet.. But I would put it down to bureaucratic inertia rather than lack of intention.
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by _nedR 12y ago
Its not just fingerprint (all 10 finger impressions actually) but also retinal scans. And the govt. is gradually making it mandatory for everything from getting 50% subsidies on cooking gas to opening a bank account. It is probably the most
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by _nedR 12y ago
Yep. Estimates include upto 25,000 killed. Many of the surviving victims got only 25,000 inr (approx 500 usd) as compensation despite life-long injuries and birth defects to their children. 30 years on, victims are still fighting for justic
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by _nedR 12y ago
Yes. It's not mentioned in the website, but Indian Government also provides immunity from criminal prosecution to wealthy foreign investors with strong political connection - regardless of the nature and (genocidal) scale of the crime.
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by _nedR 12y ago
Is it just me that finds the situation rather ironic considering the fact that unfair taxes levied on emigrant citizens was the main reason for Americans to seek independence from the British in the first place?
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by _nedR 12y ago
Money is an issue affecting the quality of roads here.. But there is also a huge overhead associated with corruption and general incompetence/negligence of government..
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by _nedR 12y ago
Isn't this still a problem in the south too? The article clearly mentions its talking about India on average- Incidentally, the states you mentioned are also among the most populous. Most of the problems discussed do exist in the south
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by _nedR 12y ago
Because the daughter is busy taking care of her in-laws. Yep.. the system pretty much sucks. Source: Am Indian.
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by _nedR 12y ago
Which country is that, if I may ask?
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by _nedR 12y ago
Zoho is a great example i can think of an Indian startup (they were founded in India and primarily work out of Chennai even though they are headquartered in the US) which is making inroads into the CRM market worldwide; which is especially
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by _nedR 12y ago
The amount of abuse that the American consumer takes from telecos - Incoming SMS charges, incoming call charges, ridiculous post-paid rates, the colour of your iPhone tied to your carrier contract - beggars belief. You guys are still living
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by _nedR 12y ago
The apparent vanity and ostentatiousness does leave a bad taste in my mouth, but the CFO mentioned in the article does have a point - Why apply different standards to this particular billionaire. I am no expert- but according to the article
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by _nedR 12y ago
That asshat who hosts 'Future Weapons' on the Discovery channel claims to be a former Navy SEAL. I am not sure whether he would fit the bill of 'some of the smartest' on Earth though..
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by _nedR 12y ago
“We rarely hear, it has been said, of the combinations of masters, though frequently of those of workmen. But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject. Masters are alway
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by _nedR 12y ago
Oblig xkcd : " https://xkcd.com/993/>https://xkcd.com/993/"
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by _nedR 13y ago
Going off-topic but IMO, I personally don't think of Hitler as more influential in changing the course of human history than Albert Einstein. The rise of fascism and Nazism, and the occurrence of WWII was a direct outcome of the result
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by _nedR 13y ago
IMHO, this is indeed a much more of a real and clever usage of the clock in screenshots. But since its not related to the brainchild of Apple or Steve Jobs, your observation is most likely to languish in the comments section of this articl
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by _nedR 13y ago
Its not about conspiracy theorists.. Its about misrepresentation and putting words in people's mouths. This article is far below the standards expected of the Hacker News community.
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by _nedR 13y ago
Who is upvoting this BS... This article is just link-bait and FUD... Nowhere in the video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFTYRWB0Tk ) does Julian Assange say that "Debian Is Owned By The NSA" as the article titl

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