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by vinayms 8y ago
This comment might not be useful. Are you looking for popular science variety? I ask because the topics you mentioned are best looked at, read in bits, and worked on in order to be understood. I can't fathom learning any of these by li
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Even before I opened the link I had an inkling that this would be Michio Kaku level good for a documentary kind of sensationalism filled piece. I was not wrong. While glancing through, I didn't come across any mention of "intent t
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by vinayms 8y ago
Beyond the privacy concerns raised by others, I am not sure what this would amount to. Interesting conversations don't happen everyday, so this site might become just a collection of random email conversations that people submit that t
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by vinayms 8y ago
I wonder if the technology is sustainable. I mean, as they grow, can they continue to use the tcp/ip network that is used for everything else by everyone, or would they create their own private network. Would they become their own serv
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by vinayms 8y ago
Not sure if I will use it, but I like it. This is as close to raw bytes as it gets despite some HLL like features. This to me is real hacking, saying what the heck and writing a tool for oneself instead of looking around and getting lost in
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by vinayms 8y ago
The only product I use from what you listed is YouTube. While I have found some interesting videos there, I can't say it made sense based on what I had watched or searched before. In contrast, with books on Amazon I am thoroughly satis
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by vinayms 8y ago
Its ironic that the three men in the first picture are as uncomfortable and edgy as the developers are. Can someone explain why this merger is bad, beyond the usual refrain "Microsoft is evil"? I mean, I rally want to understand w
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by vinayms 8y ago
I wonder what you mean by 'discuss programming'. Do you mean a place where you can post a tangential comment on the topic, or crack a joke unrelated to the topic, or repeat what others might have said 10 pages back? There are many
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Amazon showing me the related books based on what I browsed or bought. I no longer need to go on a wild goose chase googling to find similar books. This way I have found some real gems that I might not have had I simply googled for similar
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by vinayms 8y ago
I don't follow individuals on YouTube but I come across their videos when sucked into the "up next vortex". If they impress me, I check their channel to see what else they have posted. This is my take based on this experience
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by vinayms 8y ago
I'll leave the technicalities to the better informed posters and post some related thoughts. Whenever I watch lions on one of the nature channels, I think a male lion looks so majestic and powerful front on but looks as ugly and vulner
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by vinayms 8y ago
Not sure of the historicity, but would have helped if the empire/kingdom/ethnicity was also mentioned.
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I found only German Wikipedia page and had to translate to English. It says the same Fabian from the article owns this company, didn't expect that! It seems the users are actors and not regular people. The page even uses 'so calle
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by vinayms 8y ago
I think with webcams, when not between lovers, it is already a paid service. If such videos end up uploaded, it can be considered 'leaked' by client directly or indirectly.
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by vinayms 8y ago
I wonder if there is a user content monetization scheme in porn industry. By that I mean whether all those people, regular people and not porn actors, who voluntarily upload videos where they have sex, bathe, undress etc get paid. I think a
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by vinayms 8y ago
If Indian movies (no no not just Bollywood) had a site like tvtropes, this one would be real life example of SmilingStealthySanyasi. Though many of the modern sanyasis shun the stereotypical saffron robes (while maintaining the essential fl
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by vinayms 8y ago
This seems to be a prevailing attitude on the web these days, the growing opposition to down voting. This is a bit amusing to me. Aren't people allowed to disagree anymore? That said, I have a problem with its implementation. I don&#x2
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Cheaper RAM and faster cpu, bloated software and lazy programmers.
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This is a poorly written article that is convoluted and made unnecessarily complex. This is similar to writing an article titled 'tearing apart google search' and then dwelling on HTTP, TCP/IP, routers etc instead of actually
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I find this kind of lists quite amusing. Since I too am guilty of blogging such things, when I used to blog, whenever I read such lists I assume the writer is talking about the traits they have that they regard as whatever adjective they ar
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by vinayms 8y ago
I can feel what you mean. In college at times when my 101 code wouldn't compile I was convinced that Borland C++ had a bug. For me its the point 2 that is most relatable. Every time I have to use a library, even C++ STL beyond the oft
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by vinayms 8y ago
Oddly, I can relate to all the points (mentioned below) as a software engineer, except that I love what I do too much to even imagine giving up like the author seems to have. In fact, I had exactly the opposite experience. I hated computer
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by vinayms 8y ago
All this speculation is wilder than what I am willing to get into. But I think the fact that the 'leader of the free world' and his buddy will wreck you beyond your worst nightmare if you go rogue should be enough motivation to no
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Comment: I think whiteboards get unnecessary flak when the real culprits are games and riddles. I would argue that using a whiteboard to convey ideas is a fundamental skill if one has to work in a creative team. Question: How do you validat
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I am just your average software dev with zero knowledge of malware creation, speculating here, and might come across as a fool. The author sensationalizes the effort of the creators, painting a Holywoodesque scenario where they break into e
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Its actually quite simple - push the thread with the latest comments to the top. But in order to stop such threads from hogging the front page, there can be another tab for 'active' threads that people can visit to check out lates
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I see a lot of the members are appreciative of this. This venture may or may not take off, but I have to ask this: Why do we need another forum that will potentially split the community? This is 'hacker' news after all. Can't
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Yes, with the slider at near extreme right it sounds yanny (it spooked me a bit) but I guess there's a lot of mathemagic happening. In the twitter post that was posted yesterday [1] however, which I believe was untouched, it was just i
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by vinayms 8y ago
I don't know about this. I mean, to me, the letters 'l' and 'y', and 'r' and 'n' have a very obvious difference. There is another such audio illusion where the word 'oil' sounds the sam
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There is obviously good amount of relevance (of all shades, be it political, regional, communal etc) affecting reporting, and discretion applied that skips certain events, but I want to say something tangential. To me, it appears that the m

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