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by msravi 8y ago
IBM PC x86 BIOS code: https://github.com/kaneton/appendix-bios OT: This brings back memories of tinkering with the MS-DOS boot process. Back then, the BIOS would read the MBR and copy its contents to 0x7C00 and start e
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by msravi 8y ago
> Python succeeded because it was general-purpose enough. > I just dont see people with "software engineering" background taking any serious liking to it. I guess my point is that if you found Python general purpose enough,
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by msravi 8y ago
You really should give Julia a go. It's as or more expressive in the general purpose sense of things as Python. It's the best of MATLAB and Python in one neat package. Edit: Plus, you can pass your data structures out to Python or
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by msravi 8y ago
Not sure about Swift libraries, but you should definitely try Julia. It's incredibly easy to move from MATLAB to Julia. https://julialang.org/
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by msravi 8y ago
An even more accurate Big Mac example would be McDonald’s is giving away Big Macs in locked boxes placed at every street corner, but you need to pay for the keys to the box. So you let people know that the keys that they paid for earlier ar
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by msravi 8y ago
Hmm.. might work if it's not a one-person shop with no company name, etc.
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by msravi 8y ago
I still don't understand how this is going to be enforced. If I'm a website or app provider in China or Philippines or Russia or India, and I collect information on EU residents who visit/use my website/service, how is G
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by msravi 9y ago
I've used a separate container tab for facebook in firefox (nightly) for some time now, along with uMatrix, uBlock origin, and privacybadger. I downloaded my info from fb a few days ago, and was pleasantly surprised at how little inf
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by msravi 9y ago
Curious. Do missile systems also lose track of their position midway through a flight like our phones? Are the receivers radically better than the ones in our phones? What happens if a missile loses its coordinates because of a bad signal?
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by msravi 9y ago
I might be able to satisfy your curiosity. People indulge in whataboutism for the fairly straightforward reason that they dislike hypocrisy and have a sense of fairness and would like everyone to be held to the same standards.
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by msravi 9y ago
No. Because FB data was used by Trump to win. FB was very visible earlier too, and the influence it weilded was well known. It was just extremely upsetting that the other side used it this time, and won. Political narratives world over, hav
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by msravi 9y ago
> Maybe you could do less work producing just the few bytes It takes more work to produce fewer bytes, because you've to pack the same information in fewer bytes. Entropy and all that.
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by msravi 9y ago
Wait.. he logged in to the N2 account by going through the password reset procedure, right? So now, the scamster loses access to the account, because the password that she set is no longer valid.. So how does she get back access to the acco
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by msravi 9y ago
Yes, but this particular tutorial is just exceptionally bad. It doesn't even tell you in plain English that a new branch is being created - it just says nothing seems to have changed with -b, that an overwriting seems to be an illusion
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by msravi 9y ago
This seems to try to get the reader familiar with commands in a verbose sort of way, but IMHO, that's not exactly the best way. See for example the section on branches - it tells you to run certain commands (checkout -b) without tellin
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by msravi 9y ago
Why English?
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by msravi 9y ago
You are severely and grossly underestimating the influence of ancient culture on our everyday lives in India - a living example of what whitewashing of our history has achieved. In the words of B B Lal, director of the Archaeological Survey
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by msravi 9y ago
It's a translation of various Muslim historians. So you can go read the original text. You can completely ignore the "British commentary" if you so wish.
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by msravi 9y ago
I chose the passage to highlight the gross distortion: "He was interested in finding out more about the people he conquered, and entrusted a scholar named al-Biruni to write an account of the subcontinent" No. He was not intereste
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by msravi 9y ago
Compare: Noon had not arrived when the Musulmans had wreaked their vengeance on the infidel enemies of God, killing 15,000 of them, spreading them like a carpet over the ground, and making them food for beasts and birds of prey. ...and twic
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by msravi 9y ago
Also, try reading the account of historians of the period and compare the description of brutality - mountains of skulls, 100,000 infidels (taken as slaves) put to death overnight, etc. with the description in your favorite history text whi
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by msravi 9y ago
Yes, of course. Just get the NCERT history texts of Grade 6 and 7[1]. Grade 6 deals with ancient india till Harsha (6xx AD). Grade 7 starts with Delhi Sultanate (12xx AD). 600 years of history that included the brutalism of Ghazni and Ghori
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by msravi 9y ago
There's a difference between what history textbooks/syllabuses teach, and the history that you learn from your parents, amar chitra kathas, films, and even your teachers. The whitewashing happens in the syllabus and textbooks, but
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by msravi 9y ago
I really suggest that you dig into original references. 1. Read translations of original Buddhist/Jain literature and the Puranas to get an idea of the founding of the Nandas, Pataliputra, Chanakya, Chandragupta Maurya, and Ashoka. 2.
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by msravi 9y ago
India's history has always been written to suit a political purpose. The Nehru family (and their cabal of left historians - ideologically influenced by the former USSR) has deliberately tinkered with our history since independence, a
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by msravi 9y ago
Rather than just coding, which can be pretty abstract for kids, I introduced my (almost) 11-yo son to the Arduino. The interface is pretty simple to explain for kids of that age - you have 2 places to put your code - the setup() and loop(),
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by msravi 9y ago
Hmm.. if they claim that the blue tick is the sign of a verified account (not an important or exclusive account), then they should simply open up the verification process for everyone - not just important people. Ask for proof that you are
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by msravi 9y ago
Useful! Can you set a region so it checks only that region? Also, can you add Hotstar (India)?
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by msravi 9y ago
The article doesn't touch upon it - but IMO, the gender of that "best friend" matters a lot. Most people would probably be just fine with their spouse having another best friend of the same gender, but definitely not of the o
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by msravi 9y ago
termux + woof woof -i <ip_address> -p <port> <filename> termux: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=... woof: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/wo

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