neilparikh

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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   I'm in high school right now and I agree with this a lot. It's not as much in high school, but in middle school, almost every assignment had an effort mark, and it always annoyed. I mean, how are they going to know how much effort I put in
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   He's saying that Prezi is amazing, but the fact that it requires flash is a negative aspect of it.
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   I've always wondered why movie theaters are showing ads, when you are charged to watch the movie. Aren't ads supposed to be an alternative to directly charging your customer?
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   This basically fits the idea of the hero's journey[0], an idea by Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell believes that many myths follow this hero's journey through 3 phases: departure, initiation and return. It's startling how many myths fit thi
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   Okay thanks! That seems quite interesting. I'll be sure to follow the project.
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   Quick question: Did you use the http://repl.it editor? Just wondering because it looks really similar.
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   By making a law like SOPA, the USA is making a decision on the behalf the entire world and forcing people in other countries to deal to deal with it, with no say in the matter. I did not have say on the representatives in Congress (I'm in C
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   But then you're bringing opinion into the law. If the jurors on one trial think that 30% isn't fair, but jurors on another trial think that it is fair, you haven't got a fair system anymore. Isn't the law based on justice and fairness? And
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   by neilparikh 15y ago

   That's true, but if SOPA is not overturned, it would set a very major precedent, thus allowing similar laws to be passed. I would rest much easier if it didn't even that far.
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    by neilparikh 15y ago

    I'm in Canada, and I've realized that SOPA would damage me too, since the domain would be removed from the DNS. People here are suggesting calling their representatives, but which one should I call? Would they even bother listening to some
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    by neilparikh 15y ago

    While I agree that Google+ has any advantages over Facebook, a lot of users just use Facebook as a way to quickly share information and be done with it. While Google+ has many good features, it does not pose a good enough reason to migrate
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    by neilparikh 15y ago

    The right to innocence until proven given guilty is quite fundamental to our legal system, and laws like SOPA and Protect IP go against that very ideal. Right now these laws that take away these fundamental freedoms are only in the copyrigh
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    by neilparikh 15y ago

    Here's a link to the code that I found in the blog post (I'm assuming it has the jQuery code, but I'm not sure): https://github.com/bertrandom/unshred