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by shervinafshar 11y ago
I watched the movie and find the narrative fascinating and have the book in my to-read list. Was the movie faithful to the book (in case you watched it as well)?
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by shervinafshar 11y ago
It's a nice, romantic take on a narrative called "The Tale of Two Dreamers" which influenced many others writers (such as Borges) and can be traced back to "The Thousand and One Nights": https://books.goo
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by shervinafshar 11y ago
The most "meta" book I've ever read. Fantastic approach to the methods of narrative in novel and kind of an homage to Borges and Bulgakov among other masters.
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Iranian Startups and the Prospects of Global Investment(theguardian.com)
17 points by shervinafshar 11y ago|0 comments
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Where Is Silicon Valley? (PDF, 2014)(ilp.mit.edu)
3 points by shervinafshar 11y ago|0 comments
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If Apple customers can sleep outside, why can’t homeless people?(dailydot.com)
3 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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Leslie Lamport: Programming Should Be More Than Coding [video](mvideos.stanford.edu)
11 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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10 U.S. senators seek investigation into H-1B-driven layoffs(computerworld.com)
9 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures(pixelambacht.nl)
2 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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Astro Teller on Making Profits at Google X(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
3 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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Are you a smug emoji snob? Chances are you're not getting laid(theguardian.com)
1 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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by shervinafshar 12y ago
There is a lot to learn from technophobia, specifically for people who devoted their lives and careers to technology in one way or the other, but with its bubble-gum logic and name-checking gusto, it's almost impossible to take this ar
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by shervinafshar 12y ago
A truck full of MicroSD card is still considered carrying digital data. Additionally the context of this sentence (which if I recall correctly is from the first chapter of Computer Networks books) is understanding the concept of bandwidth f
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“On Not Writing”; persistence and rest in creative work(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by shervinafshar 12y ago|0 comments
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by shervinafshar 12y ago
San Francisco Bay Area, Full Time (currently on H1B, need transfer) Stack: CLDR/ICU, Perl, Python, PHP. Resume: http://www.shervinafshar.name/resume Contact: HN username at gmail I'm a software internationalizatio
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Ask HN: Hacker community for Eastern Europe?
2 points by shervinafshar 13y ago|0 comments
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
Sounds just like a bad article to me.
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
That's subjective.
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
What Gates mentions in that article was brought up by many in the past; e.g. "Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa"[1]. Personally I prefer to donate to small micro-funding campaigns or lean, lo
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Launching airbnb.jp in record time (2013)(nerds.airbnb.com)
1 points by shervinafshar 13y ago|0 comments
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NPR's Nina Totenberg Unboxes PS4 [video](youtube.com)
1 points by shervinafshar 13y ago|0 comments
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Adventures in Unicode and SMS(twilio.com)
1 points by shervinafshar 13y ago|0 comments
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
I don't understand why OP is being heckled here. Obviously, the post wasn't a survey. The intent is to raise discussion and collect opinions.
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Microsoft Taking Aim At The Cable Box: exciting or GoogleTV all over again?(techcrunch.com)
3 points by shervinafshar 13y ago|0 comments
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
Everyone might like a challenge every now and then so I wish the author best of luck challenging himself to live without using Google services and have more control over his digital life, but the center point of the post shows a big misun
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
Or keep you in custody at the border until you reveal your password.
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
I think some elaboration is in order. Given that it's a feature and you can still use those good old 4-digit codes, I don't see why it could backfire and turn into a marketing nightmare.
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
Additionally, the second and third "date display type" are not common at all (to the point that they seem made-up). For common date formats check CLDR data: http://st.unicode.org/cldr-apps/v#/en/Greg
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by shervinafshar 13y ago
Another fact which is ignored in this "review" is the possibilities for tweaking and customization; e.g. switching the layout, pulling of key-caps, etc.