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by pavanred 13y ago
Its not about precision weapons anymore., its not about killing the right or wrong people. Its not even war anymore, its a kill list and the real question is will the kill list ever end, the kill list has been endlessly growing. Dirty Wars
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by pavanred 13y ago
Say you use Windows, 1. Turn on automatic updates (default option, I think) 2. Use something like MS Security essentials And, if you use Linux, 1. Update regularly, again I guess most distros have a default option to check for updates on
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by pavanred 13y ago
Looking forward to this. I used to write C# code for quite some time before I started working with Java. And, I must say after using Linq extensively, it almost felt like a handicap to work without Lambda expressions in Java.
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by pavanred 13y ago
Or perhaps time for a compelling "wag the dog" attack!
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by pavanred 13y ago
I had a similar conversation with a friend recently. Turns out everyone with such opinions, most with good intentions I assume, seem to evaluate the merit of any such legislation based on its best case scenario of utilization; that is where
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by pavanred 13y ago
I used the analogy because both entail responsibility. I am not favoring increase or decrease of either age mandates, I am just commenting on the disparity, if one cannot be trusted to consume alcohol responsibly then should the same person
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by pavanred 13y ago
The legal drinking age in many places e.g. Delhi, Mumbai is 25 (It's 30 in Wadhra district). And, the legal marital age is 21 for males and 18 for females. Oh! You are a 18 year old girl, you sure can be trusted with marriage and havin
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by pavanred 13y ago
The only place I actually find myself watching a video ad is in Hulu, where Hulu provides me an option of watching a video ad now in return of uninterrupted streaming of the content I wanted to watch, which I guess seems fair to me. I guess
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by pavanred 13y ago
Why even bother reaching out to a Facebook representative, one can always monitor the HTTP requests that are sent. To me it seems completely speculative and the image of an incomplete post at the beginning of the article enables people who
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by pavanred 13y ago
Here is a Ted talk (2011) by Eli Pariser [1] about the "filter bubble" and its unintended consequences. [1] http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bu...
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by pavanred 13y ago
Firefox + Third party cookies blocked + Ghostery + NoScript Can be a little inconvenient at times but seems justified now.
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by pavanred 13y ago
SO is a wonderful site, I remember the days before SO when I used to get annoyed by sites like Experts Exchange that required a paid membership. Though, I agree SO has saved a lot of time with a great source for common questions and best an
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by pavanred 13y ago
I updated to Linux Mint 16 a few days ago, and my Steam and Wine installations are working just fine. Edit: But, yes LM 16 is little buggy, but its perfectly usable and I am sure the bugs will be ironed out in subsequent updates.
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by pavanred 13y ago
I love F1 and am really interested to know more. But, as kayoone mentioned there probably would be a NDA. If you have a blog, you should put your url out here.
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by pavanred 13y ago
Wouldn't sending out any lifeforms from Earth to other planets contaminate, for lack of a better word, the environment there? There could be a lot about these places that we don't know yet.
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by pavanred 13y ago
That looks great! While cramming up all information into a page of two, a time line would really help. Please share the source if you can.
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by pavanred 13y ago
The visible trend in the data provided, 2011 was the worst with over 40 injuries and 1 death. While, the preceding and succeeding years have be rather quiet. Besides, marketers creating trends is neither a new phenomenon nor is it localized
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by pavanred 13y ago
Here is an excerpt from the citation provided for an incident in which 2 of the deaths were reported. > The violence erupted on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving start of the holiday shopping surge, but authorities indicate
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by pavanred 13y ago
> I ran this photo by a few other people: professional photographers and artists. There is no information about who these professionals were, their affiliations, their experience or their expertise. I would rather be interested if this w
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by pavanred 13y ago
I have seen many such threads show up on HN from time to time. I don't understand how anyone can arrive at any such bold conclusions based on anecdotal evidence. I am from India, I have spent some time in the out-sourcing industry. And
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by pavanred 13y ago
I saw a few negative reviews on Google Play arguing that a turn key solution might let some people not read the detailed instructions, warnings and risks thoroughly. Being a CM user, I must say I agree with this. Reminds me of a thread in X
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by pavanred 13y ago
Its similar to wordweb's free version licence [1], after the trial it prompts a question about how many flights you took in the past year and based on the answer you qualify for free indefinite use. [1] http://wordweb.info&#
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Wikipedia pilots articles-via-SMS service (blog.wikimedia.org)
1 points by pavanred 13y ago|0 comments
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Google Hummingbird: Practical Semantics at Scale(searchengineland.com)
2 points by pavanred 13y ago|0 comments
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by pavanred 13y ago
I can't believe its only 5 years old, it feels like its been there for a long time. SO has always helped me a great deal. I remember when I first started going to SO for answers, soon I had an urge to contribute back to the SO communit
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Celebrities To IPO?(techcrunch.com)
2 points by pavanred 13y ago|1 comments
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by pavanred 13y ago
This might be naive, but don't authors use Latex to write? So, in a sense why can't they use github as it is to collaborate on writing? (I guess it goes without saying, I do not have any experience or knowledge about the writing p
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by pavanred 13y ago
If only they spent all that time and money they spend on lawyers on R&D and developing new products instead...
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by pavanred 13y ago
Just curious, what are the protocols/guidelines of the UN in case chemical weapons are actually used by any country? What can the possible outcomes/sanctions be in case they are found guilty of this?
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by pavanred 13y ago
It baffles me, if you look at the bigger picture, had Bradley Manning chosen to abuse human rights, murder a few civilians himself instead, he would have been living a free life now and probably would have been awarded medals too. The law

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