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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
The way I see it isn't Facebook that's killing comedy, it's the internet itself killing ways to monetize online comedy. The guy considers memes to be the future of internet comedy, well there are millions of people making the
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
From the original blog release > Older versions of Windows have a larger performance impact because Windows 7 and Windows 8 have more user-kernel transitions because of legacy design decisions, such as all font rendering taking place in
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
Was there an alternative that didn't require violence?
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What's the credit/debit card penetration like in India? I recall most transactions happening in cash when i visited a few years ago. Which also led to amazon and flipkart offering cash on delivery payment methods. Did something ch
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
I don't know about deep debt, but I've had multiple people whose are basically technically illiterate ask me about bitcoin and how to buy them. One of them even asked me which bank they could drive to open an account and buy bitco
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Electron would like to have a word with you
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Shouldnt the government have a database for all the US passports it has issued? How does a problem like this happen to someone who has a passport?
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Senate Bill 649, which passed the California Legislature last month, would have restricted local governments' abilities to block antenna placement and would cap the rates that they could charge telecom companies for installations on pu
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They are basically running an experiment to force supply. It’ll probably be a 0 sum game for the drivers, with profits (in comparison to normal driving) if they drive more than $350.
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What? Piracy isn’t the evil that it used to be 15-20 years ago where people would rip cds and tapes. Nowadays everyones music is hosted and streamed legally on youtube/spotify/play music/any generic music service. The days of
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
Privacy, a startup/bank(?) has already refined issuing cards with restricted usage options to use for one-off purchases, subscriptions, etc. I think they currently cater to individuals, but they seem to be in a much better position to
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I am surprised that the article says that moviePass is looking to get a share of beverage revenues from theaters to turn a profit. I remember when the price drop happened there were articles circulating that MoviePass aimed to make a profit
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South Korea passed the anti-defacement law after a number of high profile suicides were linked to online harassment. Now a lot of online services require your ssn to sign up, which kinda sucks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wi
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According the European Digital Rights association, the law's definition of social media is so broad that it would apply there as long as the service has 2 million German users (the wording is not clear whether this number is active&#x2
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> The draft bill defines “violating content” as content under Sections 86 (dissemination of propaganda material of unconstitutional organizations), ... 90 (defamation of the president), ... 166 (defamation of religions, religious and ide
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
It's not being treated the same as tobacco or alcohol. The article says it's legal 'Only in a private home, including yards and porches.' It's prohibited in casinos, bars, restaurants, parks, concerts and on U.S. pr
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
If you can't find one which fits your size requirements, i would recommend getting a modmypie rc car kit and using ROS to communicate b/w your laptop and the car.
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Majority of the people i know just go with individual sashimi they like on the menu, so the average diner is gonna pay quite a bit less than the Omakase courses. Also it was nice to see vegetarian options in the menu. A couple of times I&#x
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
A couple of years ago i got a new phone which used mini sim instead of the micro sim that my older phone used. So i went to an AT&T store to get it and the rep asks for my name and my phone number and 5 minutes later comes back with a n
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
A couple of days ago someone here brought up a good point why companies should not offer daycare- wait times to get children into daycare in sf are between 8-10 months. So in case the employee is let go/leaves then it'll take almo
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by dhruvrrp 9y ago
It's interesting how straight forward the game becomes after you recognize the pattern. Fortunately android lock screens don't inform the users about how many correct points they choose in the pattern!
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This reminds me of an article about unions in hollywood i read sometime ago. It wwnt somewhere along the lines of a guy talking to an actor on a set, and he brushes some dirt off the actor's shoulder. Later, he is approached by a women
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by dhruvrrp 10y ago
Because kalanick and early investor control the class B stocks, which means they control the voting power. Additionally kalanick has been outspoken about running uber himself so its unlikely that he'll step down.
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How exactly would biometric authentication stop fake users? Would you be using some central database to identify people or are you gonna make your own database? How exactly do you plan to verify employer information? Sorry if I may sound cy
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by dhruvrrp 10y ago
From tilt's homepage, it seems like they are a mash up of venmo, gofundme and craigslist(?). Is there a particular direction they are headed for or are they just throwing stuff at the wall and waiting for something to stick? Some comme
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by dhruvrrp 10y ago
A personal preference of mine is to write a simple http server with GET and a few error codes implemented. It usually covers networking, file IO, exceptions in some cases, multi-threading, string parsing, etc. If it feels like too much then
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by dhruvrrp 10y ago
But it doesn't. The problem is Indian outsourcing sweatshops. Why does everyone else have to suffer because of them? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/06/us/outsourcin...
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You do realize that the average salary of a tenured professor in the US is around $100k right? It goes up to $200k for some private universities but I would say 100-150k is what most top public universities pay. So 130k is a shitton of mone
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The discussion about H1Bs is getting dominated by SV. The brunt of the changes are gonna affect other industries, for example, someone i know is currently doing a masters in biotech at a really good research university, and she is really sc
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Amercian Airlines to start charging extra for overhead bin use(businessinsider.com)
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