fractalb

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by fractalb 9y ago
Simple. Money!
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by fractalb 10y ago
> (1) even after large libraries support 3 there will still be a long tail of libraries that aren't ported (and will never be) That should be a non-issue unless you require one of those libraries. > There's no must-have fea
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by fractalb 10y ago
> You can only withdraw about 35$ of money a day from ATMs, and about 200$ per week by cheque Dollars? in India? It should have been 'rupees' right?
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by fractalb 10y ago
>Then there's the issue of language. 10% or less of the population speaks and understands English Why restrict yourself to do business with only english-speaking people?
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Behind the wheel of Uber’s new self-driving car(theverge.com)
2 points by fractalb 10y ago|0 comments
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by fractalb 10y ago
True. The logic is flawed
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by fractalb 10y ago
You're right
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by fractalb 10y ago
The answer is pretty simple. 1. The strategy is that they should agree to write down the same colour(either red or black), irrespective of what they see on the opposite persons forehead 2. Same as above. This time all of them should agree t
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by fractalb 10y ago
> I suspect that the vast majority of people would take a 50% performance hit if it yielded a library that had only half as many major flaws as we've seen How would one know whether there are any major flaws in a code base?
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by fractalb 10y ago
You may get by with Hindi in Maharashtra, but that's not true in southern states and the North-East
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update Hoses Dual Boot Partitions(hothardware.com)
3 points by fractalb 10y ago|2 comments
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by fractalb 10y ago
>Infosys isn't hiring India's brightest engineers to import as contractors. Not only Infosys, not a single Indian company mentioned here in this thread is hiring the best. Actually, the best here typically don't opt for th
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Vis: A Vim-Like Text Editor(github.com)
355 points by fractalb 11y ago|157 comments
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China bans 'bizarre' architecture(bbc.com)
2 points by fractalb 11y ago|0 comments
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by fractalb 11y ago
>Would India be better off if, e.g., partition had not happened? That would have been an even greater feat than what it is now.
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by fractalb 11y ago
>people who wouldn't be able to afford or access the Internet can access at least some parts of it. That's the point they want to sell. It's like offering a poor man some sweet drink. Until and unless you consider what the
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Mass Shootings in the US(nytimes.com)
1 points by fractalb 11y ago|0 comments
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by fractalb 11y ago
Thanks for the link. A good writeup on Nix and Snappy. I have a doubt here. Does Nix support deb packages? Snappy is said to be built on deb package management and not a replacement. Can someone shed some light on this?
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The Future of Shipping Software on Ubuntu(daniel.holba.ch)
43 points by fractalb 11y ago|11 comments
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India's Chaotic Lesson(bbc.com)
6 points by fractalb 11y ago|0 comments
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Why Carnatic Music?(medieval.org)
98 points by fractalb 11y ago|23 comments
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by fractalb 11y ago
What I couldn't believe was there was a patent filed related to the use of turmeric! Don't you know how widely it's used? Here are a few points how we use it daily: Also all curries get a pinch of turmeric Used as a cosmeti
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Bio Piracy(vimeo.com)
1 points by fractalb 11y ago|1 comments
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by fractalb 11y ago
I heard a lot of them. Killing of bride(even though not necessarily by burning) used to be very common.
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Unity Comes to Linux: Experimental Build Now Available(blogs.unity3d.com)
377 points by fractalb 11y ago|129 comments
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by fractalb 11y ago
Should it be discounted if it were done for pure fun?
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by fractalb 11y ago
I don't have any stats to support my 70-80yrs lifetime claim. It's just my observation. And, I didn't think about how it compares with our national average. Looks like a bit better
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by fractalb 11y ago
I don't think there's any truth to this. Because here in Andhra (India) people only eat spicy food and I see most people don't live longer than 70-80yrs. To quantify the spiciness: Most Indians from other states just run away
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by fractalb 11y ago
It mostly depends on the time-frame you consider. If you think of next 10 to 20 years, it looks highly unlikely. But if you think beyond that, it will largely depend on how the search landscape evolves. In any case there will be no Google t
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How the 1993 blasts changed Mumbai forever(bbc.com)
27 points by fractalb 11y ago|1 comments

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