maayank

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by maayank 15y ago
Yes. Maybe they set for themselves maximum usages :(
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by maayank 15y ago
"Coupon 'agileweek' has expired."
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by maayank 15y ago
"These citizens then loaded a bomb onto the rocket and launched it at a neighbor (Japan, India, Russia) take your pick. What would happen?" Possible outcome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War
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Nokia deep in red, decline of €782M from same quarter(paidcontent.co.uk)
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by maayank 15y ago
I think that it's easy to say when you have other things in your life (i.e. hobby, side projects) that satisfy this "feel inspiration" requirement. This is not true for everybody. If you can't find time for side projects or an hobby is it t
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by maayank 15y ago
What book have you wrote? How do I know if I have enough experience on a subject to write a book about it?
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by maayank 15y ago
"And another thing to note is that that money is in the form of military contracts with American companies" This. People are usually oblivious that it's another way of transferring money from the government to the military industrial comple
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by maayank 15y ago
You're being downmodded, but it is a fairly documented point[1] and a very valid one in "Middle Eastern studies" academic circles[2]. [1] quick googling turned for example http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/04/01/full-comment-... [2
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by maayank 15y ago
while not exactly true, it is true that the American-Israeli bond only took its more familiar form after 1967. Up to that time the closest Israeli ally were the French [1]: "France was Israel's main weapons supplier until its withdrawal fro
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by maayank 15y ago
The problem is not rockets, but suicide bombers and terrorists planning more conventional attacks. Visual details aid in the planning of such.
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by maayank 15y ago
In my experience this is all good and well until you're bombarded with homework and exams. Sure, university would be a great and magical place without them, but when you're given assignments that could easily fill a week's "free" (read: not
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by maayank 15y ago
may you please elaborate? to what ideas of the enlightenment you think they aren't subscribed?
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by maayank 15y ago
English is an official language of Singapore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore#Languages
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In virtual goods, men outspend women by 9 to 1(venturebeat.com)
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by maayank 15y ago
Thanks, great additions. Mike's Place is a good place to meet foreigners. Notice the beer selection is relatively limited: https://docs.google.com/View?id=dfdfk37q_410g7h8vwhf (relative to the other places mentioned here)
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by maayank 15y ago
I actually like G. Also, in Tel Aviv/Herzliya you have good choices (Guinness, Kilkenny, La Chouffe and Mc Chouffe, Bischoff Dopplebock, ...[1]). Pubs that have many kinds of beer in Tel Aviv: * Norma Jeane - you can find anything there * B
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Bill Clinton: Create Internet agency(politico.com)
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by maayank 15y ago
Not only that, but they (MSFT) have much less of an existing/quality solution in either the small business market or the enterprise *RM markets.
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South Koreans: We don't need quite so much education(economist.com)
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by maayank 15y ago
There is something very similar in Israel: http://www.gov.il/firstgov/english ('long' address, but http://gov.il is in Hebrew)
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by maayank 15y ago
I wonder how MSFT stock will react... premarket shows apathy/slightly down (-0.01 (-0.04%) as I'm writing this)
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by maayank 15y ago
"Social skills are not bullshit; they are intelligence just like everything else. The fact that you only know how to do math does not show that you are intelligent; it only shows that you are specialized. The fact that women prefer men who
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by maayank 15y ago
I never fully grokked it. I'm jewish and I don't mind playing the nazis in strategy games. While I can understand why it would create a negative gut reaction at first, don't we ought to as logical creatures transcend such emotions and not l
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by maayank 15y ago
what a brilliant idea. I'll try it first thing Wednesday (it's holiday here in Israel). For future reference, while I didn't find a Scala forum post, I found the following (perhaps you referred to the first item): http://blog.normation.com
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by maayank 15y ago
well, we run many tests using junit and testNG. my team and our partners also use eclipse so some use maven. And, while it's not Vim's "fault", I'm afraid relearning how to do all my processes (compiling and testing java, running tests and
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by maayank 15y ago
sigh couldn't come at a more appropriate time for me. Alas, isn't these three contradictory: * Use as little software as possible. * Use software that does one thing well. * Do not use software that does many things poorly. I have a "good
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by maayank 15y ago
Well, yeah, but these are all memes wildly spread. Cryptonomicon (sadly) not so much. I just think it would have been a nice gesture... 7 letters, not that much of an effort. Of course, it's not a crime, I wouldn't deem anyone a douche beca
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by maayank 15y ago
spoiler :( edit: the comment has its place, but I can only assume that an alert at the beginning would be highly appreciated by many.
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by maayank 16y ago
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" --Charles Caleb Colton
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by maayank 16y ago
That is not correct. Even "Aryans" were tortured/arrested/harassed by government officials for anti-Nazi behavior (criticizing Hitler or the Nazi party [even indirectly], having relationships with POWs, suspicious political behavior, etc.).

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