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by suprgeek 14y ago
The average Indian is likely making less than $2 a day [1] and likely illiterate with not having the ability to read or write ANYTHING[2]. Is a dirt poor, illiterate person "politically empowered"? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_i
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by suprgeek 14y ago
This is a fairly honest unflinching piece. A visit to India can induce severe "Cognitive Dissonance" in the unprepared. There is obscene display of super affluence right next to shocking Poverty. I see this every single day - A beggar &#38
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How to move from Windows to Linux?(arstechnica.com)
13 points by suprgeek 14y ago|3 comments
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Native C/C++ Like Performance For Java Object Serialization (mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.in)
4 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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Apple Has Almost Completely Eliminated The Windows Platform Advantage(businessinsider.com)
2 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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Nexus 7 went from 'start to finish in four months'(engadget.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
As the stakes increase, a smart opponent should start mapping his tweets to how he subsequently played the hand. Maybe apply some Sentiment Analysis (or something) to figure out if there is a statistically significant "TELL" :-) Then figure
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The 'Busy' Trap(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
45 points by suprgeek 14y ago|3 comments
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To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations (blogs.wsj.com)
538 points by suprgeek 14y ago|162 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
I think this is a Great wake-up call to everyone who builds on someone else's platform. You are not the master of the house - and can be kicked out at any time. One way to circumvent this is to have binding legal stuff in place, another is
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by suprgeek 14y ago
Does anyone know if there is an equivalent of the Cloudwatch API on GCE? The very first step in fault detection would be to provide an API that provides some Metrics
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Google Compute Engine: Hands-On Review(informationweek.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
$299 kills it dead. A complete flub in an otherwise great keynote event. For that steep a price it had better hover in the air like a magic orb.
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by suprgeek 14y ago
This was a sensational demo - the energy in the room when those jumpers walked on stage was great! Good for Google -they are often accused of missing the human element. Not Any More.
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Google officially reveals 7" quad-core Nexus7 tablet with Android 4.1(arstechnica.com)
7 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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JBoss gets a complete Java EE6 stack to run on a Raspberry Pi(internetnews.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
This was a given [1] (TOS based API key was pulled). Too much liability for Dropbox to take on even if they were not the primary on this one. No matter how much the tech (or HN) audience hopes to the contrary, Dropbox is doing what they pe
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The Last Manned Mars Plan (1971)(wired.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
It is important to read the article carefully: WRONG - Mac users see higher prices for same hotels than Windows users RIGHT - Mac users are sometimes also shown hotels that are costlier than their windows users "...so the online travel agen
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by suprgeek 14y ago
Google threw their weight behind a bunch of 10.1 tablets before this [1],[2]. Both these were priced higher than the iPad at launch. I Never said there was a previous "Nexus" branded tablet or that there were no 7" Androids at all. [1] htt
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by suprgeek 14y ago
This is what Google should have done a year and a half ago. Totally different from the iPad (size/price) and well differentiated in the consumer's mind. Instead they went with a lot of "mee-too" expensive 10.1" tablets that have been utte
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by suprgeek 14y ago
Excellent innovation. This is like waving a red flag in the face of the MPAA, RIAA, and all the other entrenched monopolies that are seeking to extend their outdated business models by using old-school Mafioso tactics. I would be very surp
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Genetically Modified grass creates cyanide killing cattle in texas(cbsnews.com)
2 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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Techniques Geeks are Using to Hack the Voices Inside Their Heads(io9.com)
4 points by suprgeek 14y ago|1 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
It is easy to beat up on big complicated monitoring software - call it Enterprise Level and then proceed to find flaws. There is a reason it is complicated - because it tries to solve Tough problems: Can these other offerings give me: 1) Hi
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Why Windows Phone 8 means the BlackBerry is doomed(arstechnica.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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Windows Phone 8's Siri-like speech, VoIP integration, NFC Wallet(arstechnica.com)
1 points by suprgeek 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprgeek 14y ago
eli is correct that is exactly the photo essay that came to mind about Detroit. Having personally driven thru Detroit and witnessing large Swathes of the area totally abandoned freaked me out completely
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by suprgeek 14y ago
Awesome imagery here...when I first read the title though it made me think this was going to be about Detroit again. The levels of destruction and abandonment there even today have to be seen to be believed.
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by suprgeek 14y ago
(One person's anecdotes do not a trend make - I know) I can offer an Indian perspective - When I was first shopping for a good phone in India in 2008 or so, every single person (techie) said "Nokia" without hesitation. From the savviest Tec

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