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by vijayr 10y ago
At least with food, we have the option to shop from local farmers markets (wherever possible). But it is nearly impossible to do it with electronics, clothing etc
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by vijayr 10y ago
I don't shop at a few places (Walmart etc), can add Amazon to that list. Will it make any difference though? You and I are probably in the rounding error minority, unlikely to move the needle. We can feel good about our choices thoug
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by vijayr 10y ago
Almost every big company [1] does something or the other that is so bad ethically (and sometimes legally too) that if we decided to boycott, we'd end up boycotting them all - and this is assuming people are even willing to, which most
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by vijayr 10y ago
Did Ballmer and Coligan really believe what they said? Or were they just trying to put up a brave face? I'm inclined to think it is the latter. Obviously they can't say "oh we know Apple will do very well and kick our butt&qu
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by vijayr 10y ago
Here is another thing that still amazes me in the U.S - making fun of old people just because they are old (and not for any other reason). This isn't as common elsewhere as it is here, at least in my experience.
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by vijayr 10y ago
I guess this is a pretty good policy in life with everything - gender, nationality, color, race, age etc (there are exceptions of course).
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by vijayr 10y ago
There is a difference between "I'm genuinely interested in this person, but it is a deal breaker if she doesn't want kids. I'm going on a date with her and I hope to find out soon" and "I'm not interested
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by vijayr 10y ago
I dunno, wouldn't this amount to 'using' people? How would you feel if someone else did this to you so they could practice their relationship skills, in the hope of finding 'quality' people (as you mentioned) acco
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by vijayr 10y ago
Wait, what about leap years?
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by vijayr 10y ago
Cameron has since said that he plans to leave that to the next PM. So he leaves a big mess to his successor?
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by vijayr 10y ago
Can someone explain what happens next? Will UK really leave the EU? If yes, how long will it take? Will EU ask them to leave or just wait for UK to initiate the process?
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by vijayr 10y ago
How does it work? As far as I can remember - Google's API was deprecated and their ToS forbid scraping, right?
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by vijayr 10y ago
This is a cool gig, at least for a while :) Especially if one is young and childless, as travel becomes easy.
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by vijayr 10y ago
Maybe lifehacker?
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by vijayr 10y ago
Are there collaborative translation services for open source apps and products? One could of course use google translate, but it would be nice if the translation is done by humans who actually use the product/service they are translati
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by vijayr 10y ago
Amazon (and other sellers) should allow reviews from only those users who have actually purchased the item instead of allowing anyone and simply adding "verified purchase" tag. Another thing that is super annoying are reviews like
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by vijayr 10y ago
What are some examples of democratic countries where corruption is low? Ask yourself why so many cabinet ministers retire and end up on the boards of large conglomerates that specialise in bidding for government outsourcing contracts, or w
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by vijayr 10y ago
I really like this person. I hear “Perfect,” I hear “Like, like, like, like,” and I hear “Awesome” every 32 seconds and it was causing me to have brain damage They love to leave the doors open so I can try to air condition the outside.
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by vijayr 10y ago
A few years ago I made a vow to myself that I wouldn't work on software that puts people out of jobs. Don't most software fall in this category though?
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by vijayr 10y ago
Wow, some of these are scary. "No Right to leave the service" - Delicious "The Android app can record sound & video from your phone, at any time, without your consent" - Facebook The sweetest of them all seems to be
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by vijayr 10y ago
He memorized the entire scrabble French dictionary in a matter of weeks!
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Liberating Data from NYC Property Tax Bills(chriswhong.com)
38 points by vijayr 10y ago|2 comments
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by vijayr 10y ago
Why would someone guard such information unless they themselves are making a product solving the problem? If I am a Chemist (or whatever other field) and I have some problems to solve and I am not a programmer, isn't it in my own inter
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by vijayr 10y ago
What kind of problems are they? What field? I understand what you are saying about pay. But here is the counter argument for it - say you have 3 problems to solve, that can be solved with software. You don't have time or patience to co
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by vijayr 10y ago
Is there a list of real world, expert vetted list of problems that can be solved with software? Problems like the one you mentioned (not yet another project management app). It would be awesome if someone can curate a list like this and act
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by vijayr 10y ago
I like it better than atlas. It is pretty fast too, considering the amount of data points you have.
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by vijayr 10y ago
What resources are you using to learn Elm?
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by vijayr 10y ago
The other side of the story is that most users don't want to pay for anything on the internet. Not making this up - I've had people tell me they pay for the internet connection, so they don't see a reason to pay for any servi
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by vijayr 10y ago
During this period his fascination with chess so distressed his first wife that she glued his pieces to the board.
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by vijayr 10y ago
Maybe we have Jack Bauer to blame, he always seems to get information within seconds using fear of violence and torture.

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