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by shripadk 9y ago
What you said makes sense. > And you underestimate that you still can't give someone an award who does not exist to receive it. Which is what baffles me. I thought we should be honouring ideas and the people who created/discove
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by shripadk 9y ago
Can you point me to any paper (other than the Satoshi paper) that describes an immutable distributed ledger and it's implementation? If there was no new economics in Bitcoin, can you explain why the paper would be nominated for Nobel P
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by shripadk 9y ago
It still baffles me that the Nobel Prize for Economics was not awarded to Satoshi Nakamoto albeit a pseudonym for real person/people.
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by shripadk 9y ago
Or just use earphones maybe?
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The cost of this mission is 93 million dollars. If you can come up with a plan to provide basic supply with fresh water for the entire country for 93 million dollars I'm sure the Indian government will be greatly interested in your ser
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by shripadk 9y ago
It's Hindu-Arabic numerals to be precise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_s...
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by shripadk 9y ago
Extended rant: Because skipping 1/6th of the World population, with the most amount of diverse cultures, makes a very effective study doesn't it? :) Suggest changing the name of the article from "cultures around the world&quo
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by shripadk 9y ago
The problem with this is that I instinctively drew a circle starting from the bottom and clockwise just because I was using my touchpad. But when given a pen and paper, I would start from the right and draw counter clockwise.
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ISRO GSAT-19 live launch stream(youtube.com)
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ISRO GSAT-19 satellite launch live updates(indianexpress.com)
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ISRO Launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota(dnaindia.com)
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by shripadk 10y ago
And just so you know, there was a great Indian physicist by the name of Satyendra Nath Bose ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose ) whose work was even appreciated by Einstein. Quoting directly from Wiki: &
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by shripadk 10y ago
> That is truly repulsive, man. I'm not sure why you have such a wet dream about being the smartest and most successful race/ethnicity/whatever, but I want nothing to do with it. It's honestly really off-putting. And
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Also, you're COMPLETELY wrong about Jews having a level playing field prior to the 17th century. Jews were prohibited from nearly every trade in the middle ages. I said in the 19th-20th century. You have trouble reading my answers
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by shripadk 10y ago
> I'm talking about Jewish ancestry (i.e., genetics), not Jewish faith This has nothing to do with genetics. If genetics was at play, you would have had Jews inventing and discovering prior to 20th century too. That is not the case
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by shripadk 10y ago
> You make me laugh. Indians are nowhere close to Jews. Sure, Indians make up 1% of the US population, but they also make up almost one fifth of Earth's population as a whole. There are more than one billion Indians on Earth. The pr
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by shripadk 10y ago
Interesting! I always thought "Mani" mean't "Gems". At least in Sanskrit Mani is a Bead/Gem.
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by shripadk 10y ago
Thanks for the link! I'll take a look at it!
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by shripadk 10y ago
Can't agree with you more! The other issue I have with macOS is the maximize button which defaults to "fullscreen". I have become used to pressing the Option/Alt button before clicking the green maximize button. It'
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World’s Oldest Plant Fossil, at 1.6B Years Old, Discovered in India(nature.com)
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And in India as well: 1. TalkTalk call center workers arrested in India: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35425275 2. IRS scam drop off after India arrests: http://www.app.com/story/money/bu
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by shripadk 10y ago
> It is much harder to try and prosecute this across international lines, especially in India where corruption is much more rampant Wrong. In fact it is the opposite. India is taking steps to crackdown on these scammers as and when it re
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After Srinivas Kuchibhotla, Indian-Origin Businessman Shot Dead in US(newindianexpress.com)
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Actually, the biggest danger is that political instability brought on by climate change will lead to nuclear war Can you please elaborate on this point?
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Dwarka: Atlantis of the East(youtube.com)
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by shripadk 10y ago
True and I'm not disputing you. In India it also depends on the kind of social circle you have. I have heard of such stories myself. However, it largely depends on who you make friends with or have relations with. But these are all inc
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Would the British have invaded India had everyone been armed like the US citizenry is? I seriously doubt it. The army would have been liquidated by the people in short order. It would be suicide to invade a country of that many armed p
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by shripadk 10y ago
Why not come back to India? I know the lifestyle cannot be compared to the US but hey at least you can be part of directly building the Nation. It's better to live in peace (with freedom) than live in fear (and in a golden cage).
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The idea of parallel universes is entirely natural in Indian traditions(cosmos.nautil.us)
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by shripadk 10y ago
1. Macbook Air 2013. 2. Herman-Miller Embody Chair (best chair if you have lower back problems). 3. Apple Airport Time Capsule (best backup device + router). 4. Epson L565 + WiFi. Absolutely great printer/scanner. Easy to configure and

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