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by trequartista 11y ago
People have been talking about the "Balkanization of India" for a while now. But there are no signs of this yet. Indians have a deep rooted (albeit slightly misguided and maybe even chauvinistic) sense of patriotism.
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by trequartista 11y ago
What an amazingly insightful post. I've always wondered how people derive the internal strength to do amazing things in the face of severe personal adversity. This post addresses this in some ways.
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And his work email is cloude@google.com? That is quirky
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by trequartista 11y ago
Is $GOOG going the Berkshire Hathaway route? Conglomerate with a lot of non-related subsidiaries?
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by trequartista 11y ago
Dr. Kalam once used Yahoo! Answers to crowdsource solutions to combat terrorism - https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200701121355... RIP.
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by trequartista 11y ago
Here's the Polygon article about the game, which IMHO is far more detailed - http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/4/16/8374481/that-drago...
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by trequartista 11y ago
I suppose Quora could have filled this niche - real people providing candid, real life answers. But for whatever reason, Quora is full of fluff and unfriendly business practices
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by trequartista 11y ago
At the time of his death, the following 2 quotes were found on his blackboard: "What I cannot create, I do not understand" and right beneath this "Know how to solve every problem that has been solved".
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by trequartista 11y ago
It's amazing how Disney hasn't deviated from this strategy and vision even today. If anything, the acquisitions of Marvel and Lucas Films reinforce this strategy.
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by trequartista 11y ago
Serious n00b question - how do spacecrafts like New Horizon transmit images back to NASA? I mean what medium of communication, what protocol etc?
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by trequartista 11y ago
I'd say shareware still exists, except now such apps ask you to tweet about the app or post on Facebook or pin it on Pinterest. There are plenty of apps which allow additional functionality or unlock more levels if you tweet or post ab
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by trequartista 11y ago
Rahul's is the story of the quintessential silicon valley startup founder, except he's in India and these stories are novelty. When media contacted him if his company was acquired, he reportedly said yes to 50% of the journalists
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by trequartista 11y ago
Roger Federer is still playing and he has a single handed backhand and is considered by many as the greatest ever to play the game. Having said that, I agree with your sentiment. It was a great era to watch tennis. Legends like Becker, Edbe
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by trequartista 11y ago
Some love for - The C Programming Language - Kerninghan & Ritchie - http://www.amazon.com/The-Programming-Language-Brian-Kernigh...
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by trequartista 11y ago
I've seen how this works at somewhat close quarters. They are expected to shadow a manager (or their mentor or somebody senior), go to meetings, take notes, prepare presentations, revise presentations, rework presentations because thei
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by trequartista 11y ago
I like the concept of a slider, but the descriptions associated with the points on the slider may not be too accurate. I've had the textbook definition of a meh week - could have done more and didn't learn much. I'm not sure
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by trequartista 11y ago
The man was making heavy metal albums in his 90s for Christ's sake - [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne:_The_Omens_of_Death ] An ultimate badass. RIP
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by trequartista 11y ago
Maybe their neighbors should also take note of this - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/boca-juniors-vs-...
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by trequartista 11y ago
CurrentC - which is an initiative spearheaded by Walmart. Unlike Apple Pay which uses NFC, CurrentC uses the good old QR code scanning technique, which should in theory make it ubiquitous. But it's not happened so far.
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by trequartista 11y ago
Been having a rough couple of days at work. This is very touching and very uplifting. Thanks for sharing
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by trequartista 11y ago
Driving isn't going to go anywhere, but I can see driving being "penalized" via exorbitant insurance rates - so much so that the it probably might offset the cost of buying a manually driven car. It'll probably end up b
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by trequartista 11y ago
Manmohan Singh (former PM of India) was an economist par excellence. As the finance minister, he was responsible for the liberalization of the Indian economy and arguably responsible for the economic boom in the country today. But his tenur
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by trequartista 11y ago
Learn when to back out - could be from an argument, job, partnership (personal or professional). This is very important for your sanity
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by trequartista 11y ago
From a software development perspective - Brad Fitzpatrick From a business perspective - Elon Musk From a humanities perspective - Gandhi
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by trequartista 11y ago
My current AT&T plan gives me unlimited calling and text along with 15GB of data per month for $90. Fi would definitely be expensive for me for the same data usage. I've signed up for an invite nonetheless (I have a Nexus 6) and i
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by trequartista 11y ago
I have been using one for the last 6 months and it's the best phone I've ever owned. Great screen (size is not a problem), stock Android (no bloatware) and decent battery (lasts till 10pm in the night with heavy usage).
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by trequartista 12y ago
As they say, you eat with your eyes and nose first before eating with your mouth. This is an example of an amazingly good hack, which led to the creation of a whole new market and also reduce a lot of criminal waste. Smart.
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by trequartista 12y ago
Rabindranath Tagore: Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireles
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Google open sources Bazel, it's internal code building tool(github.com)
2 points by trequartista 12y ago|1 comments
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by trequartista 12y ago
IIRC the Google researcher discovered the Heartbleed bug when he was auditing the OpenSSL code

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