linuskendall

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by linuskendall 11y ago
Calling it humor is generally a pretty good cover for both racism and sexism.
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Have you worked extensively with the "unconnected"? Sometimes, people might not be as unconnected as you think. To give you an example from the urban environment, I've seen download kiosks where somebody with a computer will
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Questions of conservation vs livelihoods are incredibly complex, not least in the Sundarbans area (have worked with farmers in this region) - complex in a way you don't see with human-animal conflict in other parts of the world. We are
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Apparently above 1500 individuals (out of some 2200) have been photographed using automated cameras and the rest extrapolated from there. Extrapolation methods were one of the reasons for wildly fluctuating numbers in some reserves previous
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Anonabox Kickstarter Project Suspended and Funds Returned to Backers(kickstarter.com)
1 points by linuskendall 12y ago|0 comments
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by linuskendall 12y ago
No, you were being racist.
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Bananas and eggs could solve world hunger - and in fact are available and affordable to many people who you might classify as hunger. Sure, some kind of protein shake in liue of peanut butter might be a good handout in periods of starvation
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Yes, you're absolutely right and most Indians seem far more literate in converting between the two than I ever would be. My generalization was way too broad and wrong - thanks for pointing out the specific cases. It seems like, as with
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Unfortunately in India it's generally Fahrenheit as well, independence from the British didn't remove that piece of the imperial system (in length it's even more confusing where shorter measures feet and inches are preferred
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Beyond energy use, allergies seem also to be a by-product of growing up sanitised & sealed glass-and-steel boxes. Not that it helps people like you and me who already have them, but in the long-run saner construction might help avoid ev
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by linuskendall 12y ago
I've lived in India for years, generally my experience has been that fans work much better in humid air than dry air. So 29 degrees with 90% humidity and fan would be much more comfortable than 29 degrees with 30% humidity and fan. In
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by linuskendall 12y ago
The code is MIT licensed, so your contributions would be too. Sure they can make money off it, but so can anybody else who feels like forking (or even just pulling) the code. If you find it a good base to work on, submit pull requests. If i
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by linuskendall 12y ago
Yes, getting "Sorry, something went wrong" pretty consistently (in India), however connecting via VPN in Germany it seems to load fine.
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Buffer app hacked(twitter.com)
52 points by linuskendall 13y ago|6 comments