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by gargs 9y ago
Longest train ride by distance is the Avadh Assam Express - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avadh_Assam_Express I have fond memories of traveling on it in a non-air conditioned second class sleeper.
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by gargs 9y ago
By definition, life expectancy increases with age as a trend owing to better postnatal care over the past few decades. As the infant mortality rate has gone down, the life expectancy has gone up.
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Facebook Free Basics in Real Life [pdf](advox.globalvoices.org)
2 points by gargs 9y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 10y ago
Just tried to set up the 2 factor authentication. Easy. But, would it be possible to provide a phone number fallback? The set of printed codes is nice, but the chances of losing them are far higher than losing your phone or having to deal w
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The trouble with big data? It's called the 'recency bias'(bbc.com)
3 points by gargs 10y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 10y ago
iOS already does this, at least for exchange calendars. It is quite beautifully implemented, too. It breaks down suggested time slots by attendance.
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Broken iPhone links frustrate thousands as Apple scrambles to fix problem(theguardian.com)
1 points by gargs 11y ago|0 comments
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iOS 9.3 update breaks links in Safari, Messages and Mail apps(zdnet.com)
12 points by gargs 11y ago|2 comments
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by gargs 11y ago
> The most significant shift we’ve made is requiring every final candidate to work with us for three to eight weeks on a contract basis I guess that's another, more polite, way of saying that 'we require that you don't nee
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Digital inequality and racialized place in the 21st century: SF's Chinatown(firstmonday.dk)
2 points by gargs 11y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 11y ago
It doesn't get mentioned quite as frequently, but one major benefit of using their mobile site is the capability to use iOS share and content blocking extensions. Find something interesting? Just open it in a new tab so that you don&#x
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Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life(theguardian.com)
431 points by gargs 11y ago|233 comments
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On Life Without Owning A Car(tumblr.cerebrawl.com)
1 points by gargs 13y ago|0 comments
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With time running short, Steve Jobs managed his farewells(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
1 points by gargs 15y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 15y ago
Yes, but for people already working in any Schengen country, they don't need another visa to travel to Germany.
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by gargs 15y ago
Immigration laws could be a reason. There are plenty of expat developers spread around Europe, for whom, it's much easier to travel to any city in Germany than apply for a UK visa. Arguably, this process is about as complicated as obtaining
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EBuddy Debuts Realtime, Cross-Platform Messaging App(techcrunch.com)
1 points by gargs 16y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 16y ago
Well, then, I would blame the non-ITs (managers) for a bad organizational model where they don't have enough work for their IT department. I have a sense that this might hold true for more non-development IT roles as it is very rare for act
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Almost fired someone for watching a movie(twitter.com)
2 points by gargs 16y ago|4 comments
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India's ambassador gets pat-down at Miss. airport(wtop.com)
1 points by gargs 16y ago|1 comments
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Managers Not MBAs: Debating the Merits of Business Education(mitworld.mit.edu)
4 points by gargs 16y ago|0 comments
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by gargs 16y ago
Seems like what the US government is trying to do with the whole H1/L1 visas. Companies like to have immobile employees that they know would not go back to their home country. At the same time, it plays well with the whole immigration debat
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Why the Founders Visa could suck(cerebrawl.com)
1 points by gargs 16y ago|0 comments