mukundmr

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by mukundmr 8y ago
Saudi Arabia has always had a history of sectarianism and uprisings like the 1970 Qatif Uprising[1]. While they can deal with their internal problems, I am hoping that without oil funding, Wahhabism will calm down elsewhere. [1] https:&#x
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by mukundmr 8y ago
The pricing of hosted MongoDB solutions is high especially as volumes increase. The last I checked, disk space doesn't free up when you drop documents or collections and that adds to hosted cost unless you find time to fix the issue t
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by mukundmr 9y ago
WhatsApp says hello!
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by mukundmr 9y ago
The investment an organization makes in helping junior developers get up to speed pays off in the longer run if the workplace isn't toxic. Ideas flow better when there is a difference in experience level in the team. Mentoring also h
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by mukundmr 9y ago
I personally am happy with subscription based applications in the App Store. I feel more confident that Apple will manage my credit card information better than unknown application developer.
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by mukundmr 9y ago
This is great to introduce programming to my daughter. Switching between blocks and actual code helps.
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by mukundmr 9y ago
It works fairly ok on macOS. Just get Homebrew to install latest version of the bash shell and then use that to execute the script.
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by mukundmr 9y ago
How about we have satellites orbiting asteroids for a piggy back ride and then getting off the orbit when they are near a point of interest? My guess is the gravity would be too feeble.
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by mukundmr 9y ago
India is fast adapting solar and it is expected to wean off coal in the next few decades. Solar, not coal, is India's future by 2030: Report - http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sola...
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by mukundmr 9y ago
I switched to one full meal a day and fruits / salads / soup for the other times. This takes care of hunger issues and helps with losing weight. Change of habit is required and it is not easy. Bariatric surgery can help, but it
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by mukundmr 10y ago
I think it is a great idea for new devices. Hopefully someone is able to make it viable commercially.
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by mukundmr 10y ago
I use Wine to run the 64bit Windows client of GuildWars2 on my iMac. It is more stable than the current GuildWars2 Mac client. Graphics performance isn't upto par, but I need stability more for events and dungeons. ArenaNet is still
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by mukundmr 10y ago
I used to play bare bones EverQuest and World of Warcraft for a few years. I dabble with Guild Wars 2 these days. Questing and exploration is fun. When it comes to raiding and forming groups, that is where the pain starts. The time inves
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by mukundmr 10y ago
If you execute csrutil disable && reboot, you will be able to disable System Integrity protection and do what you want including fixing /usr/bin/git. What is the problem?
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by mukundmr 11y ago
The backlash is just whiney competition. Many people in India see the iPhone as a status symbol. If it is more affordable and comes with a warranty from Apple, people will buy it even if it is refurbished.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
Use an special email address. In India, you can use Netbanking for making payments where the bank handles the transaction and the merchant doesn't get any of your information like card details, etc.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
How about this instead? Plugs into U-Block Origin: https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer#instruction
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by mukundmr 11y ago
It would be nice if Adobe ditched or deprecated SWF in favor of HTML5 / SVG etc. Flash player has been a huge attack vector for malware and the situation hasn't improved. One thing that continues to irritate me is the extra step
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by mukundmr 11y ago
Why choose this over Google's Protocol buffers? https://github.com/google/protobuf
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by mukundmr 11y ago
Given the limited knowledge we have about space, how accurate are the assumptions that no harm will be done? We are still figuring out water on Mars and that is quite near to Earth.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
Do compilers take advantage of these features?
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by mukundmr 11y ago
What happens to all of those extensions that are on they gray area of DMCA? Who is this move benefiting? The users or the sponsors?
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by mukundmr 11y ago
This was overdue. I am fed up with websites auto launching the iTunes store to download an application or popping up another window for advertisement on the phone.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
That doesn't stop Google from reading your URL history.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
There should be some perceived value for acquisition to happen. As long as the start up was able to build that value and hence get acquired, it was definitely a success.
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by mukundmr 11y ago
It is a welcome move if they are able to figure out a solution to retain quality. This problem exits more prominently in Google translate where people game the system and I guess that the translation is supposed to correct itself over a pe
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by mukundmr 11y ago
Is there a benefit to this over Homebrew or Macports or am I missing the use case?
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by mukundmr 12y ago
Very touching. I wish more resources were committed to understanding and solving problems of the mind.
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by mukundmr 12y ago
A meaningful life is necessary for existence of a human being. Such problems raise questions on where the line is drawn. All of the support systems and therapy don't do much to address the problem. The only hope is that medical rese
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by mukundmr 12y ago
Reading through the details dampened my excitement. It has proprietary extensions to the Swift language ( http://docs.elementscompiler.com/Silver/LanguageExtensions/ ) and it has differences and limitations as well.

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