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by namank 14y ago
Same in India. They left a village with a computer. Within 30 days, the previously illiterate students through it. It's important to note that they didn't master the computer but used it as a tool to master educational content.
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by namank 14y ago
No, I didn't make it.
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An app to find scantily clad pics of your FB friends(techcrunch.com)
2 points by namank 14y ago|1 comments
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by namank 14y ago
Imagine businesses before disruptions became commonplace; that's the state of K-12, maybe even worse.
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by namank 14y ago
You really want to eat chowmein but it'll be 2 hours before they are ready. But you're hungry now and so you fill up with chips, cola, donuts, and pizza. Two hours pass and the chowmein is finally ready. But now, you're not. Your hunger is
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by namank 14y ago
Same. Minor updates and issues pop up with GAE but I've never experienced an outage such as this in my two years of use. Wonder what's happening.
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by namank 14y ago
Because back then 'big' used to mean engineering advances. Now it means people-oriented/social/feel-good advances.
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by namank 14y ago
Because you start figuring out what's right for you only when you stop indulging in what's wrong for you.
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by namank 14y ago
Why is it called Model S? Any play on the Model T?
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by namank 14y ago
Hardware companies pay the lowest? Not much in embedded, eh?
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by namank 14y ago
Admitting IDK is only the first step. Because the growth is the natural progression of things, you need to move beyond the state in which you Don't Know. This means that everytime you say 'I Don't Know', you must think about what comes next
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Ask HN: Interviewing a business co-founder
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by namank 14y ago
I beg to differ. Simply based on the number of students and therefore the degree of diversity seen in a Coursera class, if nothing else.
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by namank 14y ago
Well, it sort of becomes your policy when you stay out of the comfort zone long enough.
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by namank 14y ago
I know there is one class on Coursera doing exactly that. The reason was to allow students multiple attempts at quizzes - have a bank for 20 questions where only 10 get asked.
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by namank 14y ago
Lol, thats harsh. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone slips. Making mistakes is an integral part of iterating towards the better.
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by namank 14y ago
While its true that the value is in learning and not the certification, it is also true that assignments have a specific role to serve. If learning is truly your motive and you are unable to do the assignments, well just don't do them. Why
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by namank 14y ago
I'm looking into organization of elements so the final formation is pleasing, visually and in other ways. Coming from an engineering background, I had no idea where to start. This helps a lot, thanks! Would also appreciate any other pointer
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by namank 14y ago
Can't make a post like that without giving a demo. Example please! It'll also help blank slates like me adopt this "flat design" faster.
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by namank 14y ago
Everything you can say about an entrepreneur, you can say about a talented criminal. Only difference is the direction of effort.
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by namank 14y ago
To be effective, your to-do list should also include when and where beside the task. The post assumes humans are bound to sense habits and gives little credit to the power to making decisions - where one can change their mind and act upon t
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by namank 14y ago
This is my biggest problem with the legal system; it is centralized around the mechanics of the society, not the mechanics of being human.
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by namank 14y ago
Its the limit of 140 chars - its storytelling like never seen before, especially on a poker table.
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by namank 14y ago
Umm...what? What do you think helpers are in PHP MVC frameworks? They are code blocks that should not go in controllers but are required; like a password generator or reformatting for print command. Go use Symfony to see how events and MVC
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by namank 14y ago
Well, this is actually a good thing given Facebook's mission, "Making the world more open and connected." To do this, you have to have public profiles. Do you want your personal email to show up on public profiles? But Facebook email, on th
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by namank 14y ago
Sure, but who decides when the joy of spending time with dad gives way to the joy of hacking?
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by namank 14y ago
Give it more context - do you mean paying the bills before deadline or overlooking SQL injection in your site or not forgetting the 1/7 case for a switch statement? They all involve dotting the i but with massively different consequences. T
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by namank 14y ago
Why would you want to? Startup is a process, religion isn't. Now if you were to replace religion with life , we might have something...
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by namank 14y ago
Because they don't ask enough questions.
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Creative way to demo your PCB skills: business card PCB(engadget.com)
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