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by sanmon3186 5y ago
Though you acknowledged the bias against non native English speakers, I feel that’s a huge bias. I for one can write two pages comment on Reddit without thinking, but I never dare to so on HN. I feel the pressure to be succinct on HN and be
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
May be a dumb question but how can we certify that the same asset doesn’t exist as two or more NFTs on different block chains. There are tons of them and each can have its own monalisa.
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Member of CIA chief's team reported Havana syndrome symptoms on trip to India(cnn.com)
2 points by sanmon3186 5y ago|0 comments
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
No matter which party you pick in India, there is political dynasty. Personally I don’t see that as a problem if collective experience benefits the country. With congress, the problem is much deeper. You have one family at the helm of affai
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
>But this quickly disintegrated, and the bargain tech execs drove in embracing an already-notorious figure like Modi became much harder. In 2016, India blocked Facebook’s “Free Basics” initiative, an attempt by the company to offer free
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
World would be better place if we don't take sides. Most if not all real world issues comes in shades for grey. In this case the controversy indeed started on Twitter. Twitter clearly took a side, and hence owes explanation on why it t
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
I seriously don’t understand, how whatever you wrote relates to the original comment.
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
To be fair, anyone looking for oxygen in the current situation would assume it is for Covid. Not saying 88 old grandpa of his cousin did not deserve attention, but the guy got called from cabinet ministry, thrice.
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
I think OP meant antibiotics, not antivirals.
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by sanmon3186 5y ago
> I am so ashamed of being an indian. Indians are the people who don’t put the shopping cart back in its place and just leave it in the parking lot and the rest of the people can’t park their cars. I am not sure how misuse of Apple servi
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
WhatsApp payment is step-1 of many, that would make jiomart the Indian super-app, like wechat.
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
Code that is easy to delete is also easy to extend.
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
Born in a remote Indian village, studied in towns, worked for a decade in the US and now living in a tier-1 Indian city for the last 6-7 years. Never in my life I observed any kind of bias against christians or muslims at workplace. Coming
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Pleasure is good: How French children acquire a taste for life (2016)(theconversation.com)
3 points by sanmon3186 6y ago|0 comments
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
You pretty much summarised “the power of now” by Eckhart Tolle.
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
VPA based on just the phone numbers may be convenient, it can lead to frauds. At least in India where - for most part - phone numbers aren’t treated like one’s personal data. Apps like Truecaller make it worse. Imagine receiving tons of inv
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
Absolutely. You do need professional who understands the benefits and potential side effects. If done wrongly, it can mess things up. Anecdotal, but I tried anulum vilom ten years back as a remedy for general anxiety, went overboard with
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
This ban is primarily to satiate anti-China sentiment. The global economy is too interwined with China. No country can afford to put a blanket ban on things that matter, without a viable plan-B.
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by sanmon3186 6y ago
Can anyone explain the effectiveness of such apps that are being used by some countries. If the apps help, isn’t there an argument of “life vs. privacy”, And if these app don’t, then why isn’t the effectiveness being challenged. I understan
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
It sounds like a cliche new year resolution but I went cold turkey in 2020. I had been smoking moderately for almost a decade. The first ten days were really hard. 45 days on, I still feel the occasional urge to smoke but it is far better.
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
I "partially" disagree. In my view, civic sense has also a lot to do with resources per capita available. Whether it is Black Friday sales in the US or driving on crazy roads in India, people tend to save time and money by resorti
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
India is becoming a popular destination for foreigners to chase their startup dreams[1]. Same source. [1] https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/indi...
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
Having spent more than 10 years on r/India, it is saddening to see it in its current form. An outright ban of people with a difference of opinion has taken r/India to a whole new level of bigotry.
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
Apparently Britishers had snow pits for refrigeration in Shimla (a northern hill station) that are being revived now for tourism [1]. [1] https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/snow-pits-to-breathe...
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
> Bullying, exams, homework, sleep disruption, etc is all cost. Aren't these fact of adult life too, that children need to learn?
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
> The Goalpara camp is one of at least 10 planned detention centres, according to local media reports. It is around the size of seven football pitches and designed to hold 3,000 people. While I empathize with the people being detained, t
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by sanmon3186 7y ago
>Storage units weren't even a thing 75 years ago. Now they're ubiquitous. Not sure how prevalent it is in other countries especially the first world, but self-storage facilities in the US surprise me (I am an Indian). Given the
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by sanmon3186 8y ago
My hypothesis is that they grew with a notion that "if it is on a newspaper, magazine or a book, it must be true", which was indeed the case when compared to digital content in today's world. It took me a long discussion to c
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by sanmon3186 8y ago
Slightly off topic, but is there a resource for slightly less scientific minds to understand the universe as seen by those who do. I get an impression reading here and there that are theories to describe start and end of the universe (Or th
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by sanmon3186 8y ago
I believe extra cost plays a big role.

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