mangamadaiyan

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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Try crossing the road as a pedestrian in Bangalore. It's even more of an extreme sport.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Try parse_intl_phonenum? One character longer than GP's.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Sanada Hiroyuki? That's just brilliant! I knew he was fairly well-accomplished (singer, martial artist, theatre, and film), but had no idea that he was an amateur historian too.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Aha, I see that even astrophotographers are not exempt from the curse of new equipment :) Good on you for buying your equipment well in advance, and may you have clear skies on the day.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Except for the crosswords, which -- thankfully -- are still British (and by extension, Cryptic).
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
GP probably meant to type "they too work hard", I guess?
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I think you're referring to Bowerick Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged -- an immortal who went about insulting every living being in the universe in alphabetical order :)
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
On that note, I really wish someone would name their AI after Bergholt Stuttley a.k.a Bloody Stupid Johnson.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Out of curiosity, what eyepiece were you using?
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
My apologies. You are correct indeed.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
It isn't all that far-fetched, really. Venus is the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. ... as to _how_ bright it can be - I was once in an area with dark skies, setting up my telescope just before sunset. After dark, I w
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Do I hear the librarian going "Ook"? Sir Terry must be turning in his grave. Edit: Note -- I confused Ringworld with Discworld, as pointed out by rowyourboat below.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
All three volumes of Burnham's Celestial Handbook occupy pride of place in my bookshelf. It is a bit of a tragedy that dark skies are fast vanishing where I live. That said, much of Burnham's descriptions, especially of Deep-Sky o
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Interesting parallels to Asimov's "Nightfall" there!
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Windbg or SoftICE? :)
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Here's an example showing how to patch a userspace binary: http://www.malsmith.net/blog/patching-closed-software/ Note: not my blog. (Edit: removed a probably unnecessary, and likely inaccurate, detail). Patc
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
It was sized just right, too. The shape was ergonomic, the keys were tactile, it had a sturdy eyelet for a lanyard ... and who remembers what else. One well-designed phone was what it was.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I'd agree. I'm not trying to downplay the current state of the art. My gripe is primarily this: the Nokia 3310 had everything I wanted - long battery life, indestructibility, and the ability to make and receive phone calls, and te
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
This sounds very much like the Nokia 3310 that I once had. It was indeed indestructible. Mine survived a hike gone wrong, in which it spent a good few hours in the pocket of my shorts, and I was in waist-deep water. Back home, the phone was
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Worse still are the offices here. I like to work from an office, but am increasingly beginning to hate it for one reason and one reason only - inconsiderate coworkers who take calls from their desks with noise-cancelling headsets, and then
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I raise you the cities in the biggest country in South Asia; they'll make your hell seem like paradise.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
That is an accurate summary indeed. I'd posit that this is not necessarily a feature of large corporations; I've been in smaller places (startups, to boot) where I observed almost all of what you've described. It takes a cert
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I think GP was going for a clippy reference.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
There are more chances of a new user damaging the fountain pen by bearing down on it with excess pressure than otherwise - especially if the pen has a gold nib. Like the old saying goes, any nib can be flexed at least once.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
If your hand hurts when you write, you're likely doing something wrong. Maybe it's the grip, maybe it's the hand position, or maybe something else. I get that you're probably not interested, but may I suggest this link t
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I didn't realize it was a typo. I thought it was a deliberate misspelling!
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
"Corporate entomology" is a lovely term, evoking surreal (and yet strangely familiar) images of cockroaches in suits. Brilliant!
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Indeed :) My fondness for Vada Pav and Dana Chutney came to be because I spent a few years in Pune.
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
I've always heard it referred to as "Dana Chutney", Dana being a contraction of Shengdana. I don't know if it's the same thing as Thecha, though -- but it does fit the description. I'm wondering if this is a ge
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by mangamadaiyan 3y ago
Yum indeed! I also make sure to ask for an extra helping of the (dry) peanut chutney. That and the green chillies are must-haves with a vada pav for me :)

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