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   by sdqali 14y ago

   Do you think someone would want to read that? :-)
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   Understanding Python's With construct(blog.sdqali.in)

   2 points by sdqali 14y ago|0 comments
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   Why I am not on Facebook(blog.sdqali.in)

   3 points by sdqali 14y ago|0 comments
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   by sdqali 14y ago

   "And if it doesn't scale, the paying members will leave eventually." Could you explain why you think so? I would think that the fact that it is a paid service will reduce the amount of noise in the system and a lot of people would value a s
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   by sdqali 14y ago

   Thanks for the correct email id. I just sent out a mail asking them to delete my account.
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   by sdqali 14y ago

   I am not sure how App.net, at least what it is now would have become a service on the FB platform. Was App.net trying to do some other stuff before the attempt to build a 'real-time, ad-free social network'?
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   by sdqali 14y ago

   Could you care to elaborate on what the app/service you were demoing to FB?
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   by sdqali 14y ago

   This is pretty cool. Mike Bostock, the creator of the d3.js visualization framework runs a service http://bl.ocks.org/ that lets you write HTML and JS code for visualizations and use the website to display them. It is pretty neat. An exam
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   Why social networks use their own URL shorteners(blog.sdqali.in)

   1 points by sdqali 14y ago|0 comments
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    I have used GNU Screen + Skype in the past as well and it worked out quite well. "I like to add some stuff to the screenrc setting up a status bar at the bottom showing all the windows and which users are viewing which window, but I'd have
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    Thanks for making the point about the modern nation state. Whenever I make this point to others, I encounter a lot of anger. A lot of people seem unable to comprehend the fact that the modern nation state was stitched together, and they dem
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    As an Indian whose mother tongue did not originate from Sanskrit, I find the attempt to project Sanskrit as a national language disturbing. Independent India has already gone through this once. The original constitution mandated that Hindi
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    Know Your Tools - Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot (blog.sdqali.in)

    2 points by sdqali 14y ago|0 comments
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    The Spiral of Learning(blog.sdqali.in)

    1 points by sdqali 14y ago|0 comments
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    I, as an Indian am tired of the 'World's Biggest Democracy' label. I feel it is a clever way for India's politicians to mask huge problems we face as a democracy - rampant social inequality, throwing money at problems that need creative sol
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    I have, over the course of last year felt the difficulty of not being on Facebook. This usually happens when somebody sets up an event that I would like to attend, but the invitation and accompanying information about the event is posted on
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    1. I have felt that there is an implicit social pressure on you to accept friend request from some people. Example:- A colleague who are not really friends with you and don't share the same ideals as you sends you a Friend request. What wou
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    I used to have an account. But then I realized that what was going on around me was pretty much a mixture of voyeurism and narcissism. People posting stuff about "My new pair of jeans", "my new belt", "my abs", "my biceps" or sitting there
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    by sdqali 14y ago

    I use Airtel at home and these sites are blocked. But we use a different ISP at work and vimeo and pastebin are not blocked. Can anybody who uses another ISP confirm that it is not just Airtel?