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by skowmunk 16y ago
>> They, somehow, managed to successfully maintain both these ways of thinking Quite some time ago I read somewhere.... that the mark of intelligence of a person is how well he can function while simultaneously holding conflicting v
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Most people are capable of behaving inconsistently very true.. Its just that, I doubt it is limited to just religion and politics... When dug deeper and when looked across a person's behavior across different aspects, most people seem ver
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by skowmunk 16y ago
A bit more, if you don't mind: Having a simple 'about' page would help, though the site is very self explanatory. A menu at the top, even a simple one, can probably be useful. How about making the names of celebrities (or other keywords) in
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Containing the content in some div tags giving it some left and right margins, could be good. Since this is a 'fun' site, it could be probably do well with some more color and jazz. Based on the type of crowd it is likely to attract, it wou
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Having done the 10 day basic vipassana course just after high school (had to find a way to control my restless mind), can't say if it helped with any of those 4 points mentioned in the article. But, gosh, it helped me get some sleep. Finall
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by skowmunk 16y ago
the military has deep experience with smallish, relatively portable nuclear power plants -- see our submarines. Yep, and satellites, the types that keep going away and away. They are quite often nuclear powered, to run on-board electronic
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by skowmunk 16y ago
You can't bend the laws of physics though. Absolutely true. So is the fact, that the laws of physics have been there since big-bang. The question would be, have we realized all the potential of all the laws of physics out there, yet? Have
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I agree with almost every word you have written. And I would like to add a qualifier to what you have written: What you say, is the present. The present is not the future.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Hi Hackers, if any of you are looking to work in a startup, feel free to send me your resumes. email id in profile. Looking for those who can hack through and scale the product up using PHP/MySQL/AJAX (Not interested in fancy stuff right no
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Yup. The involvement of the military or other arms of the Government has spurred latter penetration of those technologies or sciences into the civilian market in so many cases. Arpanet, lasers, operations research, low weight ceramics and m
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Ask HN: How do you go about finding good mentors?
6 points by skowmunk 16y ago|2 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Do you know MySQL and AJAX also? How long have you worked on PHP? If you are looking for prospects, I did be interested in seeing if your profile matches what I am looking for. email id on profile. good luck.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I would still have to disagree that the communist form of government is good in all situations, or if good at all. A single party government can as easily cause surefooted definitive action in mass killing (like the Nazi's), or subjugation
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I live in a relatively small city - of 40,000. It simply can't support a Barnes & Noble. If there were no Amazon I would have been at the mercy of the whims and capabilities of the very small local book shops in town to get books. Or dr
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Such a large population - must be an engineers dream. Love those words. I think the same. All those deficiencies in India and China, they are great technical and business opportunities to be tapped. Just massive opportunities that will ke
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by skowmunk 16y ago
China will most likely prove the communist model to be the best model of governance That is a joke. I read somewhere that the US is more socialist than China these days and I would have to agree. US has social security and apparently Chin
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I second that. India desperately needs better quality leaders. (me injun)
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Responding to all the comments saying "engineers are better" or "historians are better" or someone is else better, I think all those arguments are just moot. To effectively lead big nations or corporates, doesn't one need to be able to comp
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I read an article last year or the year before (could have been in Time or Fortune). It was about China's Politburo - the 10 men council at the very top of their administration. They literally set the direction and policies for their countr
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I can see now that you meant it really and in a good way. ".....I can avoid doing so in the future......" It is me who should work on not coming to a conclusion too quickly, without knowing the background. But, Thanks. It was also a good le
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by skowmunk 16y ago
cooking up ideas, solutions, plans, trying to figure out the answer to some question that pops in my mind or trying to figure out the reason behind some obscure thing or pattern that may have caught my attention, reading articles or watchin
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I had heard much about this book earlier :Guns, Germs and Steel , But only recently did I watch a documentary (hmm, probably on hulu.com) which was completely based on that book. VERY GOOD.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
So chatting up clients as "class peers" often ruins this fantasy for them. I hadn't thought of it that way till now, but now when I think back, it does make a chunk of sense. I might even have unwilling intimidated some, by talking about
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by skowmunk 16y ago
..as I would always feel guilty about one or the other.. From personal experience, I would say, get rid of that guilt. That was a consistent and big mental block earlier in my life and still is occasionally till I get rid of it. The momen
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Right, there are many online sites where one can sign up. They keep sending e-mails to inform you of opportunities to sign up for volunteering activities. When I was in FL I had signed up here http://www.metromin.org/ I still keep gettin
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by skowmunk 16y ago
No, she doesn't have the patience to teach them personally! :) It was financial. Its basically the kids of people who work at their house (the government provides them to my dad), of very low income employees in my dad's office and such. Sh
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Loved that excerpt. Gotta check it out some time.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I must have been on one of my out of earth experiences, when I read your comment. I misinterpreted and read sarcasm in what you wrote. Apologies for that.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Yep, I agree, there are so many opportunities floating all around us. Its always a matter of us discovering them and then most importantly executing them, in a way that translates those opportunities into monetizable services.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
A couple of years ago, there were heavy floods in the city I live in, many homes in the low lying areas got severely affected. There was a lot of community activity in organizing help for those whose houses got affected. I participated in t

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