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by rajekas 8y ago
I am several standard deviations to the left of Fred Wilson, but I can't fathom why his decision is being greeted with so much negativity. He might have taken dodgy money at some point (but he's willing to acknowledge it) and now
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by rajekas 8y ago
As an Indian who lives in the US, I am constantly amazed that Asterix is mostly unknown here. Works out well for me though - every two years I walk down to the closest public library, check out the entire series and play Getmyasterixfix for
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by rajekas 8y ago
GP said: "Being profit driven does make things magically better. Countries like India... the market." Which neglects the superstructure on which the current growth story is based and also neglects the huge human and environmental
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by rajekas 8y ago
I was thinking the same thing. If only Notion allowed custom domain mapping - I will be the first person to shift my public content to Notion, having already done so with much of my private content.
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by rajekas 8y ago
Are you Indian? If you are, were you alive and capable of understanding the state of the economy and the larger society during the era when central planning set economic policy? I seriously doubt it. Let's just take one simple example:
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by rajekas 8y ago
Elsewhere on Hacker News: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181004-why-pride-evolved-a...
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by rajekas 8y ago
Amazon bids for CIA contracts; Elemental bids for Amazon's contracts; Super Micro bids for Elemental's contracts and the PLA "bids" for Super Micro's contracts. Looks like Ouroboros, the global supply chain episode.
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by rajekas 8y ago
This is a wonderful book. The title is a clear play on Tolstoy's masterpiece about the previous invasion of Russia, but so what? I was introduced to it by a dear friend whose father was purged by Stalin so it's doubly poignant.
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by rajekas 8y ago
> Isn't this already fulfilled by nature documentaries? Yes, a David Attenborough or Jacques Cousteau can make the natural world come alive. But an interactive digital platform will enable very different forms of storytelling. >
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by rajekas 8y ago
We can all agree that cultishness is a general human failing and leftist cults are as likely to form as Branch Davidians. Historically, some of those cults have caused immense harm. Nevertheless, this article strikes me as being deliberatel
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by rajekas 8y ago
I will come for your money, but I might want your brains first :)
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by rajekas 8y ago
I like much of this list - doesn't strike me as first world problems at all (I am not from the first world). Having spent the last two years building a climate action platform I have lots of climate change problems with startup worthy
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by rajekas 8y ago
I have used it off and on from the time it came out and love how it aggregates many of the apps I use everyday. Nevertheless, I find myself leaving Station for standalone apps/web apps for three reasons: 1. By aggregating all the apps
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by rajekas 8y ago
Bezos was getting squeezed on both sides. Trump hates him and Bernie hates him. That's got to be unique in the annals of robber barronism. Today's announcement gives him an escape hatch from being a political lightning rod. He&#x2
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by rajekas 8y ago
You need to read what I wrote more carefully. I said "Amazon needs to pay its employees better" as in a living wage - not distribute the one mil it gave Wikipedia amongst its employees.
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by rajekas 8y ago
As other commentators have said, this donation will definitely invite accusations of virtue signaling. What Amazon needs to do is pay (not donate!) its employees better but that's also stating the obvious. What intrigues me more is tha
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by rajekas 8y ago
Believe me, I know the plant cognition literature quite well ([0],[1] or [2],[3] for the technical literature) which is why I would consume lab grown meat over free growing plants if it ever came to a head. However, your mock poetry about p
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by rajekas 8y ago
Not much that I can add to this conversation, but let me share a pet peeve: the phrase "save the world," which is used indiscriminately in so many contexts that's its devoid of meaning. Save the world for whom? The tacit answ
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by rajekas 8y ago
It's true that India wants to build its own surveillance state. Every rational great power wannabe will want to do so, just as every great power wannabe has wanted a nuclear arsenal. Seems like table stakes in that rat race. And who ca
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by rajekas 8y ago
thanks, mine is rkasturi
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by rajekas 11y ago
http://www.amazon.com/Exercises-Programming-Style-Cristina-V...
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Philohacking(rajesh.io)
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