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by swatkat 13y ago
Check out EULAlyzer as well: https://www.brightfort.com/eulalyzer.html
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by swatkat 13y ago
What about security? Are chats encrypted over the wire, and in storage? What's the underlying protocol - XMPP/Jabber?
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by swatkat 13y ago
There were some discussion earlier, on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6904717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7128978 Yes, ISRO (India's space agency) sent an orbiter and impactor to Moo
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Looking Down From 600 km Above The Earth's Surface (HD) (video)(youtube.com)
1 points by swatkat 13y ago|0 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
Looks like it's become a recurring theme at Sony. They had kept Xperia Z demo phones and tablets under running tap water, at their outlets in Bangalore.
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by swatkat 13y ago
Wow! That was a good read. Advaita philosophy, and Karma Siddantha in a nutshell.
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by swatkat 13y ago
"Scott" Venkatasubramanian would've actually written "should have" instead of "should of".
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by swatkat 13y ago
@nokia_chi, Wow! I'd like to hear your expert opinion on NSN CEO as well. /s
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by swatkat 13y ago
I recommend reading both the books - "The Climb" by Anatoli Boukreev, and "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Climb_(book) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by swatkat 13y ago
reddit.com/r/pyongyang has more such gems.
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by swatkat 13y ago
Well, page opened fine in my system (Chrome 32, FF 26, Win7).
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Jade Rabbit moon rover may be beyond repair, state media hints(scmp.com)
22 points by swatkat 13y ago|11 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
I never type website addresses in browser :) I just type phrases like "gmail", "hacker news" or "stanchart india" in Chrome/Firefox omnibox and then click the first/correct search result. I kind of us
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by swatkat 13y ago
Yes. Kaveri is indeed a river in southern India. AMD has used more river names like Kabini (another river in southern India), Temash, Llano, Desna etc. for their APU chipsets.
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India's poll panel declines Google voting services offer over security concerns(pcworld.com)
4 points by swatkat 13y ago|0 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
GSLV is a three stage launch vehicle: Stage 1: S139 solid fuel core (HTPB) + Four L40 Vikas liquid strap on boosters (UDMH N2O4) Stage 2: GS2 Vikas liquid engine (UDMH N2O4) Stage 3: CE7.5 cryogenic engine (LOX LH2) S139 and Vikas engines a
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GSLV soars to space with Indian cryogenic engine(spaceflightnow.com)
1 points by swatkat 13y ago|1 comments
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by swatkat 13y ago
New.net was terrible. It used to inject DLL into IE, hijack Winsock LSP and whatnot!
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by swatkat 13y ago
Check out 'The Joy of x ' by Steven Strogatz. http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/the_joy_of_x.html
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by swatkat 13y ago
That DNA article has half-baked information. Here are some saner links: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/bitcoin-exchanges-... http://www.zdnet.com/in/bitcoin-exchanges-suspend-operat
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by swatkat 13y ago
It's not actually hard. It's just that the SIM cards not pre-activated. One needs to provide address and ID proof as per DoT (Department of Telecom, India) regulations, and SIM would be activated 24 hours later. The cost of SIM ca
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by swatkat 13y ago
The procedure is same for Indian citizens too. All operators ask for address proof, ID proof and a passport size photo. You'll immediately get SIM card and it would be activated after 24 hours, sometimes much sooner. Moreover, if you&#
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by swatkat 13y ago
UbiSlate is the commercial version[0] of Akash tablet[1]. Akash was developed for enabling e-learning in schools and colleges, and promoted by government of India. [0] http://www.flipkart.com/tablets/tablets-with-call-fa
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by swatkat 13y ago
I'm not the author of that blog, so can't fix it :) Here's the link that talks about consonants: http://www.languagereef.com/consonanttable.php?lang=SANSKRIT Also, I don't have any comments about that Pi
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by swatkat 13y ago
Huh?! The "duplicates" in decoder ring you mentioned, are actually different letters that differ in their sound. I commented about it elsewhere in this page.
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by swatkat 13y ago
They differ in the way they sound; they're actually different letters. Check this consonant table, there are two "ta", one in row 3 and the other in row 4: http://www.languagereef.com/consonanttable.php?lang=S
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by swatkat 13y ago
Landing success. Congrats to China. Rover will be deployed from lander few hours (8 hrs?) later. Landing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnM-sJ-KbNg
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by swatkat 13y ago
Live coverage started. Video: http://english.cntv.cn/live/ Text: http://live.china.org.cn/2013/12/13/coming-soon-change-3-lan...
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by swatkat 13y ago
Not yet. Looks like 4 more hours to go for live stream to begin. I'm following this thread for updates: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33511.0 Edit: Live stream will be at: http://english.c
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by swatkat 13y ago
coldarchon 19 hours ago | link [dead] Maybe you can answer me a question I had after reading all of it; How are those micro hydro plants in the mountains protected from frost? ----- @coldarchon, Somehow, your posts are marked as [dead]. Y

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