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by r0h1n 13y ago
As I see it, the "technical digression" serves two purposes: - first, they use it with Google to show how sincere they were about "cleaning up" - second, and perhaps more important, it gives Google a public excuse to j
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Schneier on Security: NSA Exploit of the Day: IRONCHEF(schneier.com)
10 points by r0h1n 13y ago|1 comments
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Snake Oil? Scientific evidence for popular health supplements(informationisbeautiful.net)
3 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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The Curious Incident Of Mukesh Ambani's Aston Martin In The Night-Time(forbes.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Other members have already pointed out that you haven't stated any specifics, so I won't repeat that. I'm curious as to why you felt that Snowden hasn't strengthened what you call "people power"? Do you really
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Absolutely! I especially loved this part: >> "His leaks revealed that James Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence, lied to Congress when testifying in March that the N.S.A. was not collecting data on millions of Amer
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm a non-technical founder (I have an engineering degree on paper, but have never been a practicing developer) who's starting out on his own. I disagree (or maybe, have an alternate viewpoint) with your first observation. I don&#
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Sorry, just saw your comment. Had no idea it was behind a paywall because I use the Self-deatruct Cookies plugin on nytimes.com which ensures I rarely ever face the paywall.
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Clothing Brands Sidestep Blame for Safety Lapses(nytimes.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Given Google's staggeringly broad, global and interconnected reach (Android, Gmail, search, advertising etc.), I'm not sure if they're exactly the alternative worth rooting for. And they've been found indulging in as man
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A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drugs(nytimes.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Your allegation is a strong one. Plus considering that your personal reputation is being impugned against by Nenad, I wonder why you don't publish his email where he said he would "sell the post to the highest bidder"?
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Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit(spiegel.de)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Okay, okay. I'll learn Sanskrit already :)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'd be satisfied with 5. Maybe even 3.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Okay, serious answer: I can read and write proficiently in English and Hindi. I can speak proficiently in Malayalam. I can understand or business-converse in Kannada. I can understand about 75% of Tamil conversations. I learned Sanskrit in
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Again, what HN reader (or otherwise), do you think is interested in reading ancient literature written in Sanskrit? A researcher or linguist I'm guessing. And maybe 3 other people. I'm afraid your arguments in favour of learning S
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I maintain that very few people have a reason to learn Sanskrit. It is a dead/dying language that will add zero value besides the esoteric joy of knowing a language for the sake of knowing it. If you feel that is not the case, please e
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Fact or Fiction?: Urinating on a Jellyfish Sting is an Effective Treatment (scientificamerican.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
If you're talking about the shlokas most commonly recited by average people, they may amount to maybe 10-20 lines. Learning their meaning will take at best one hour of research/effort. Learning Sanskrit to understand the meaning o
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> "By learning this language, you open the door to more than three thousand years of intellectual history, both in India and beyond." What does that even mean? Indian history, intellectual or not, isn't being held captiv
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by r0h1n 13y ago
There's nearly an infinite amount of knowledge in the world. And each of us has a finite amount of time. Why not is not an answer. Of what use is Sanskrit to anyone who learns it? P.S. I say this as a person who was forced to study San
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Why would someone, Indian or not, want to learn Sanskrit online?
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Encrypted chat service Cryptocat for iPhone rejected by Apple(theverge.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> The RBI has done a shitty job so far of regulating the Indian Rupee. I'm an Indian and my personal savings are now worth 30% less since 2009 on a global level (USD->INR went from Rs. 43 to a dollar to Rs. 62 now..) Eh? A curr
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> Below are a few visual examples of what our patent protects. Note, there are many other ways companies and teachers can create yoga classes that do not look anything like YogaGlo’s classes: I discounted every single word they said af
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Here's the Cambridge dictionary on the word: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/male_3 Note the example: "Among the bodies are two unidentified British males."
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Woof! You got me there. I'm a dog, because then of course it makes perfect sense to you when I say I am a 37 year old male :)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm a 37 year old (jeez, typing that suddenly made me feel much, much older) male. I went from being an early, avid, oversharing Facebook user to quitting it 6 months back. But that's just what it is. Two anecdotal examples which
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Facebook is basically dead and buried with UK teenagers(experientia.com)
120 points by r0h1n 13y ago|114 comments

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