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Wooing China’s Princelings(project-syndicate.org)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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Sausage ceasefire may not end war between China's noodle kings(reuters.com)
19 points by r0h1n 13y ago|12 comments
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Glue for the Internet of Things(technologyreview.com)
24 points by r0h1n 13y ago|1 comments
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Waytogo is now way better(blog.cleartrip.com)
3 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm afraid you're comparing two entirely different genres. People who read popular non-fiction (on science, economics etc.) aren't looking to learn concepts the way you are. They, I surmise, want to read interesting stories
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The critique is more of Gladwell's schtick or ouevre, than just latest book.
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Should we stop believing Malcolm Gladwell?(ksj.mit.edu)
370 points by r0h1n 13y ago|222 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Neither did I advocate for a journalism consisting of "simply printing controversial materials" nor one bereft of "investigation and analysis". So you're attacking straw men here. My comment, as well as Greenwald&#x
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> Journalism's role is to get at the truth and to distribute it as widely as possible. Many a time, that goal is directly related to what you're objecting to, namely: >> interrogating the centres of power and holding them
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> Nobody was sitting around thinking about how they were going to get and use personal info from phones into ads. And how do you know this? Google is one of the smartest and richest technology companies out there. Is it inconceivable tha
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I completely agree. Google has a huge, possibly even insurmountable advantage over any competitor - the sheer quantum of user queries and clicks that helps it continuously refine the context of the information gathered by its spiders. Infor
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China employs 2 million analysts to monitor web activity(rt.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
It has, because I'm referring to nearly 20 years worth of shaving across multiple cities and localities. So yes, it could be a reason.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> I think they intentionally put bad blades in the cheap razors. Oh I think the likes of Gillette do far more devious things when it comes to the life of razors. For instance, I can almost swear that the blades on my Fusion razor seem t
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Colorful Statement? Germany's Olympic Uniform Seen as 'Pro-Gay'(spiegel.de)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=internet+censorship+india
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Amazing how out-of-whack headlines are from the article copy even on sites like ATD. This is from the article: > As a result, if Twitter continues to grow into the de facto public social network, it could easily start taking millions (an
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Why the NSA's attacks on the Internet must be made public(theguardian.com)
3 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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The Chinese city living in fear of giant killer hornets(theguardian.com)
5 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
From experience I can say that contrarian leaders in large & established companies walk the fine line between pushing for change versus self-preservation. There is an enormous amount of pressure/politics/resistance they face
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Google Is Abusing Its Monopoly Power(blog.hubspot.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Even cooler would have been Lavabit scanning and photocopying the 2650-character printouts on Xerox machines :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6156238
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by r0h1n 13y ago
You're possibly right. But I don't see it as following from the linked post.
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These Journalists Spent Two Years and $750,000 Covering One Story(theatlantic.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Valid point. But to act as the Devil's Advocate here, who is likely to create a service that is impervious to spying - a shady character who has a grudge & point to prove against the US Govt/NSA, or a respected US company that
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Let's say you don't have an ideal co-founder - one who complements your skills and whom you trust implicitly and deeply (like how it's described in this nice Venturehacks piece - http://venturehacks.wpengine.com&
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The headline is quite misleading. From the post, the patent appears to be about calculating and showing the traits children are likely to inherit from their parents, not a way to "design" them.
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New Encrypted Email Services Coming From Kim Dotcom's Mega And Newzbin(techdirt.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|3 comments
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The Machines Are Winning(medium.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I use Adblock, NoScript and Disconnect. Been using the former two in conjunction for years.

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