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by nmridul 13y ago
Sounds true and I would have expected the same with Television / movie commercials, that people will stop buying those brands. But most of the people go to supermarkets and buy the product that are familiar. This could happen here also
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by nmridul 13y ago
Taxing is mainly to pay for the facilities that the Government is providing you currently. That is the reason why vast majority of the countries (99% ?) are taxing based on physical presence. So if you are out of the country for most of the
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by nmridul 13y ago
What if this happened with Gmail ? My bank details and other data getting displayed on someone's Inbox ! EDIT - I don't use gtalk for sending confidential info, so this doesn't affect me, but this could also happen with Gmail
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by nmridul 13y ago
The challenge is to correctly identify the deserving candidates. You can fake remorse. And there also is the other side. The lives that were lost and the lives that got shattered for no mistake of theirs. Not everyone has a large heart. Its
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by nmridul 13y ago
>> Copyright 2013 Martin Manley Life and Death. All rights reserved. EDIT - He should have patented this technique (suicide note on website), to prevent others from performing a similar stunt. While I feel sad for him for taking his o
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by nmridul 13y ago
>> simultaneous photos with the front and back camera composed into a picture-in-picture result? I really wanted this feature for a long time and wondered why phones that had 2 cameras did not allow it. It was specially useful when ta
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by nmridul 13y ago
Here an easier option for those concerned with privacy of their users. 1) Validate the email address first on your side (using regex). 2) Then send the domain name part to the service for validating and correction. Maybe append a fake usern
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by nmridul 13y ago
It is even more irritating with Youtube. If I am logged in to any Google account it pesters me to select my Real name every time I watch a video. And every time I end up opening the video in another browser.
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by nmridul 13y ago
>>> The country now has 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prisoners. Strangely the "nation of Free" has double the number of people inside the prison than the "human rights violator"
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by nmridul 13y ago
* Or possibility to get shot because you were pulling something out of your pocket.
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by nmridul 13y ago
I'm curious why it would be different from any review websites ? Maybe he should reword his letter and don't use that domain name. And make it so that he is just providing a review on his experiences of working with the client. An
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by nmridul 13y ago
If she has a gun, she can shoot at least one police officer. And as a police officer, you don't want to be the one getting hit. So human survival instinct says that you will try to protect yourself (even well trained professional could
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by nmridul 13y ago
Atleast you should explain why you think he belongs there ?
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By any chance, is he being sarcastic ? I myself sometimes find it very hard with some people in figuring out whether they are just joking or are serious. Even when they joke, they just have a straight face and say it seriously. From the loo
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by nmridul 13y ago
The same issue with pumps when they run out of stock. Now you have to wait for the tankers to arrive ...
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by nmridul 13y ago
That is exactly what happens when you fight the powerful. You don't go to jail for fighting. You go in for something else that is entirely disconnected. It could even be a rape case (Yes, I'm talking about Assange)
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by nmridul 13y ago
> I'm smarter than all my peers at work. If you are sure of that, then create something on your own. Try to apply your AI skills, find a problem to solve (big data, NLP etc) and get a prototype running. If you can't find a new problem t
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Most Indian online stores (Flipcart etc) has cash on delivery option.
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Also, do you think they would have more work for you ? If yes, then just take whatever they give you and then don't bargain for that 6-7 hours. If they think you are easily manipulable, you might get more work from them. Take the work and y
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by nmridul 13y ago
If it was an image or a tweet on blowing up an airport or something like that, it would've been removed instantly and the person charged with an act of terrorism, to spend rest of his good life in prison. But inciting some one to rape seems
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by nmridul 13y ago
Thats exactly why its a news. Many didn't realize that the email and other particulars would be out in the open. Its like knowing that my details are now public because I posted on HN when I expect only my posts to be public ... (Just an ex
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by nmridul 13y ago
Is there a way in G+ where we can follow only relevant topics from people we follow ? Say if someone I follow posts something which he tags something ("tech", "travel" etc) and I can choose to follow only the posts that are tagged "tech". T
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by nmridul 13y ago
>> Tell me, what are you going to do about hunger? >> If you really cared about the water problem, couldn't you have donated part of your (steady) income for that? Lets look at this way - Regarding donating (or paying some o
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by nmridul 13y ago
And a payment processor should not hold the customer's money for a longer duration. That is what the Government is trying to push them into complying. Just like any other payment processors operating in the country, Paypal can also keep th
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Its not just the black money, its consumer protection that the Government is keen on. India Government just wants Paypal to behave like a bank if they are going to hold consumer;s money. If Paypal follows the regulation, they will end up pa
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Lets keep aside the question of whether its a fictional story or not. If its true, would you have accepted the offer ? I think he should have taken it. Here is a manager who has similar taste's as you. if he is the one who recruited other m
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by nmridul 13y ago
The basic idea is that Wikipedia articles evolve over time. If one checks today, many articles don't even exist and others are in their preliminary stages (stubs). That doesn't mean Wikipedia as a whole is bad. There are thousands of articl
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Read somewhere - "Its sad to see that all the best brains are working now just to make you and me click that Ad".
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Just wait till they get an order banning Facebook and Google. See how Orkut previosly went inline with the Government. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-05-01/news... And some more information... http://en.wikipedia.org/
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Not everyone thinks of family, friends and pets .. Remember those initial explorers (Columbus, Magellan etc) who went to unknown oceans risking their life. May not be a good comparison, but when you compare the naval technology at that tim

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