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by akrain 3y ago
Here is an archived version of the same story (from another website): https://archive.is/TE40H
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by akrain 3y ago
Thanks for the suggestions. I will surely give them a try. The only recent Jazz musician that I have heard is Kamasi Washington.
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by akrain 3y ago
My blog about a few treks in the Indian Himalayas http://overthehills.in/
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by akrain 4y ago
Thanks for the reply. I tried to search for the passage but couldn't find it myslef.
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by akrain 4y ago
I can't recall the exact lines but Thomas Pynchon's V. has an interesting variation of this story.
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by akrain 4y ago
Apparently, IMD has released historical weather data last year and it is available here: https://www.imdpune.gov.in/Clim_Pred_LRF_New/Grided_Data_Dow... However, it is in some weird binary format which I have no clue a
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by akrain 4y ago
Actually, the record is correct but not for the city's main weather station. The temperature of 49C was recorded in two of the city's outer areas one of which was Najafgarh and other was Mungeshpur. You can select those from the l
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Study says Himalayan rivers will not be affected due to retreating glaciers(cato.org)
2 points by akrain 4y ago|0 comments
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by akrain 4y ago
I live in a suburb of Delhi and to be honest it is not just the occasional days that it stays that high. This year it has consistently been above 40C since late March. Summer has just started and the hottest months are generally May and Ju
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Strategists warn of big tech under pressure(cnbc.com)
3 points by akrain 5y ago|3 comments
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by akrain 5y ago
Such are the vagaries of life.
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by akrain 5y ago
Paywall removed: https://archive.fo/A9uba
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by akrain 5y ago
According to the article: "When using mandibles, the ants are careful to avoid hurting each other." Not too much ouch then.
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by akrain 5y ago
I have started writing a blog[1] about my treks in the Indian Himalayas. My pace of writing is really slow, so don't have too many articles in there yet. But have a couple of more posts in the pipeline. [1] https://overthehi
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by akrain 5y ago
I couldn't find the effectiveness of Covishield against Delta but for Covaxin the claimed efficacy is in the same ballpark at 65%. So this is not bad at all. Ref: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/covaxin-6
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by akrain 6y ago
To be honest, it is much better overall. Didn't want to start a flame war here
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by akrain 6y ago
As a counterpoint, I recently switched from an old iPhone SE to a Pixel 4a and the experience could not have been any better. I find the vanilla Android to be as snappy as iOS for daily tasks if not better. The problem lies with custom And
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by akrain 6y ago
Although I can't find a reference to an aircraft engine, Chrysler did have a variable displacement tech on its third gen Hemi engines that could turn off one bank of the V8. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi
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by akrain 6y ago
I know at least one software that was complete - hasn'tbeen updated in a long time and I still useit. It's Winamp.
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Today’s correction isn’t much like the dot-com bubble(theatlantic.com)
238 points by akrain 7y ago|152 comments
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by akrain 8y ago
The trend for Facebook has been going down since 2013. That maybe because people are using the app more than they are using it on a browser.
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by akrain 9y ago
To the untrained eye, there may not be any difference between the Slav and the Asian one. But if you look closely the Slav squat has the legs spread wider and toes pointing quite a bit outwards as compared to the Asian squat