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by chdir 11y ago
Supported (signed) by professors from the top tech institutes in India.
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by chdir 11y ago
I'd support if if they rename it to "Crony connectivity" (credit for the term : https://twitter.com/chennaikat/status/682171933954146305 )
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by chdir 11y ago
The demo domain is cool too : 0o.no
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by chdir 11y ago
Amazon has deep pockets and they are doling out incredible offers on top of great customer service. Once they establish dominance or once the smaller players run out of wall street sponsored discounts, the Amazon offers will also disappear.
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DDoSing a regulator: A how-to manual from Facebook’s Free Basics(blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
A pseudo-live count of e-mails sent to TRAI in support of #NetNeutrality https://twitter.com/bulletinbabu
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"Free Basics" - Myths and Facts(docs.google.com)
119 points by chdir 11y ago|36 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
> The Net Neutrality activists of India, are bunch of middle class disconnected from poor activists Is that what you want to believe or can you back it up ? I think your statement couldn't be further from the truth.
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by chdir 11y ago
http://www.savetheinternet.in - A template for contacting the authorities to show support for net neutrality (speak up against "Free Basics"). Last time, they received over a million e-mails [0], and that did have a po
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by chdir 11y ago
Submitted this to HN yesterday but it didn't get attention. This articles summarizes the issues well : https://medium.com/@amod/the-dangers-of-a-rogue-social-netwo... Another note, Facebook is spending millions to
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The dangers of a rogue social network(medium.com)
1 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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Facebook ‘Accidentally’ Asks U.S. Users to Support Free Basics in India(recode.net)
8 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
> So what is your age limit? If 16, why not 15? And if 15, why not 12, or 10, or 7, or 5? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
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India passes tough new law for serious juvenile crimes(bbc.com)
24 points by chdir 11y ago|26 comments
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Google Chrome and Lego(buildwithchrome.com)
1 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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Selling bottled fresh air to China(independent.co.uk)
28 points by chdir 11y ago|27 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
Wouldn't it look more readable if the connectors are straight lines with 90 degree bends instead of curves (like a neatly laid out circuit or wire diagram or tube network). The current version is artsy. Thanks for sharing this though.
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by chdir 11y ago
> 06:00 - 06:03 That's tight. Do you face any resistance and have to train your mind or does it come easy when you sleep timely ?
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by chdir 11y ago
Déjà vu : https://github.com/karma-runner/karma/issues/376
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by chdir 11y ago
FB is trying really hard to spread the same kind of love with internet.org in developing countries, to "help" the underprivileged.
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by chdir 11y ago
> Later in life its hard to rekindle the spark of curiosity, and early in life its easy to extinguish it Can this be backed up statistically ? Can a born genius have their spark extinguished by adverse circumstances or poor parenting
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by chdir 11y ago
OT, the top rated comment on the above article published on googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com is : Google just made public their latest version of the Quality Raters Guidelines (PDF linked from the blog post) Which is just summarizing
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by chdir 11y ago
I used f.lux on my PC for a year or two but ultimately removed it because it occasionally caused the screen to flash (can't recall but probably on sleep / wake-up / UAC actions). Sometimes it would stop working altogether. If
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by chdir 11y ago
Should I consider my browser betraying me by selecting stuff that's outside the viewport without a hint / warning ? (absolute positioned element, (-100,-100)). It's simply too convenient to copy/paste from the browser. P
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by chdir 11y ago
Reminds me of lombard street [1]. It can be pretty tiring for the residents to see a constant barrage of tourists, stopping their vehicles on the street to take pictures. Imagine leaving or returning home at "peak tourist hours",
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Foundation for Emails (formerly Ink)(foundation.zurb.com)
3 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
To broadly summarize Indian tax rules & software: 1) You have a straight forward return (salary, interest, capital gains), the govt. website is good enough to file the tax. Cleartax is a tad bad friendlier. 2) You have a complicated sce
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Airport Security in Philippines Putting Bullets in Luggage to Extort Passengers(time.com)
3 points by chdir 11y ago|0 comments
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by chdir 11y ago
When the iPhone was launched back in 2007, there were parody videos that showed the "real" potential of iPhone e.g. using it as bathroom scale. Looks like they weren't all that wrong :)
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by chdir 11y ago
Off topic : Is it ok to re-post an ignored article [0] the very next day, just curious, not complaining :) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10443814

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