ravisarma

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by ravisarma 11y ago
I wonder however about the opposite effect. I think it was Bertrand Russell who said that boredom is an essential part of doing good work and learning to accept it an important part of getting good at something. If we make things too easy,
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by ravisarma 13y ago
To answer your question: Yes. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d... (please scroll). However, that's not a necessary criteria. Substitute "he" for some other term, say
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by ravisarma 13y ago
There is a reason to call out Sandberg. The reason is to point out that this "mainstream" practise is unjust. And that the market should not set the criteria on decency. You could say that "call[ing] out" Sandberg is unj
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by ravisarma 13y ago
I suggest @jlgaddis's responses highlight an important distinction between "offensive" (the word used by @sjtgraham) and "racist". While it is always a good rule of thumb to seek not to offend, often we might waive
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by ravisarma 13y ago
Not to be combative, but shouldn't you be asking Google to fix their broken IMAP?
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by ravisarma 13y ago
To make this complete you need "No, because I host all my own services already".
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Leveling the Playing Field: Eliminating gender bias in the workplace(gender.stanford.edu)
3 points by ravisarma 13y ago|0 comments
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Economics without homo economicus(newscientist.com)
1 points by ravisarma 14y ago|0 comments
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Ubuntu dumping X windows for homegrown cross-device alternative(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ravisarma 14y ago|0 comments
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by ravisarma 14y ago
The argument (like all "nobody is entitled" arguments) is self-defeating. If others are not to whine about X, what validates the author's whining about such others? What the author offers is an explanation of why corporations offer and re
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Pattern master wins million-dollar mathematics prize(newscientist.com)
2 points by ravisarma 15y ago|0 comments
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How to quit a job without publishing an Op-Ed(thereformedbroker.com)
3 points by ravisarma 15y ago|1 comments
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by ravisarma 15y ago
I was about to suggest iCloud, but it does not support some features that may be of interest to HN type users: in particular, "email personalities" - the ability to send outgoing email through the iCloud SMTP server using any of your variou
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by ravisarma 15y ago
There is much talk of honour systems and social contracts. None of us sign a literal social contract; it is a way to name an arrangement of affairs that we semi-willingly enter into (if you buy into it; on the other hand you may not: a baby