vram22

54 ms·

691.
by vram22 6y ago
One at least poor (if not dumb) and unwanted kind of recommendation I keep getting is for videos I have very recently watched, and completely - and both the watching and then the recommendation happen in the same YouTube app on the same ph
692.
by vram22 6y ago
Bamboo scaffolding on buildings while constructing them was very common in India. Not seen it much recently but it could be because not seen many new multi-storey buildings for a while. Could still be in use.
693.
by vram22 6y ago
Got it, interesting :)
694.
by vram22 6y ago
What is fake climbing?
695.
by vram22 6y ago
>It was amazing to see a group of animals in the wild do nothing but play. In fact that is the norm in the wild, and even among primitive tribes today. Also among many non-primitive but simpler (than us) people in rural areas. >It rem
696.
by vram22 6y ago
Off the cuff chain-associating / goal-seeking: descriptive-with-more-readability ... Common Lisp ... Lisp ... parentheses ... angled brackets ... Angles ... Anglophones.
697.
by vram22 6y ago
> It's because the German language is highly compound. Take any descriptive phrase, remove the spaces, and you have a new word. Like Sanskrit. Also, in Sanskrit, many words have multiple meanings, so when you string them together, t
698.
by vram22 6y ago
>fuddle and muck swap(f, m)
699.
by vram22 6y ago
Don't know anything about those points of yours, but interesting.
700.
by vram22 6y ago
Typo, should be "computer".
701.
by vram22 6y ago
I remember UK microcomputers like the BBC Micro, Sinclair Spectrum and Acorn micros were mentioned often in UK conputer magazines and even in books back in the day.
702.
by vram22 6y ago
Acorn was well known in its day, not at all obscure.
703.
by vram22 6y ago
Got it, thanks.
704.
by vram22 6y ago
He has not just met experts, he has gone through the full 4 or 5 year Indian Ayurvedic degree, which includes some parts of MBBS degree, IIRC. I have not read his Aghora series. That could be esoterica or even a spoof, who knows. I have o
705.
by vram22 6y ago
Interestingly, Ayurveda recommends cooked vegetables more than raw vegetables, and less (but not zero) of raw food generally, on the principle (IIRC) that cooked foods are usually easier for humans to digest - and digestion is "the ke
706.
by vram22 6y ago
You seem to have missed some words in your second paragraph. What were they? One, I guess, is doctor.
707.
by vram22 6y ago
The effect is sure to be high.
708.
by vram22 6y ago
E. F. Schumacher's work and writings such as his highly influential book, Small is Beautiful, about Appropriate Technology, are relevant here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher https://en
709.
by vram22 6y ago
> We know that the existence of the forest is extremely valuable in its natural state — for carbon capture, biodiversity, etc, but we expect to reap its rewards without paying for it. The forest is just as much a natural resource as the
710.
by vram22 6y ago
> downwind of a sugarcane processing plant I've come across that smell while on trains or cars, from sugar mills nearby. I've heard it is from bagasse, a waste product of the factory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F
711.
by vram22 6y ago
That (bad UI/UX, though I would not call all parts of it bad or horrible) has been the case for quite a while, IMO. And yes, it includes UX.
712.
Pluralsight Enters into Agreement to Be Acquired by Vista Equity for $3.5 B(investors.pluralsight.com)
1 points by vram22 6y ago|0 comments
713.
by vram22 6y ago
> man pages are meant to be a full reference, not a quick tutorial. Yes, and for both quick and longer tutorials, there are also these things called books and courses - both of which are available in hard copy / offline as well as s
714.
by vram22 6y ago
A spur-of-the-moment experiment in literary elision and allusion, based on reading the OP: https://mobile.twitter.com/vasudevram/status/133781328616362...
715.
by vram22 6y ago
Good question. Yes. Old but gold. Brian Kernighan. Jon Bentley. Google them and their books.
716.
William Shakespeare receives the coronavirus vaccine(twitter.com)
1 points by vram22 6y ago|0 comments
717.
by vram22 6y ago
#!/bin/bash --loose-syntax $ 10 Error: command not found. 'awk|bash|bc|c[au]t|ch{own,grp,mod}|c{ol,mp,omm}|{ls,ll,file,cp,mv,rm,ln}|{cd,popd,pushd,pwd,{mk,rm}dir}|{cron,at,crontab}|diff|d[uf]|{clear|echo|tput}|[ fe]grep|{e{d,
718.
by vram22 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24860432
719.
by vram22 6y ago
Right, it is called netlon, and some even have it as fixed mesh. Didn't think to mention that earlier.
720.
by vram22 6y ago
Same here. Pretty much no allergic reactions to either raw or ripe mangos (in me or anyone I know), unless you call a bit of irritation or sensitivity around the edges of the lips, a reaction, that too, only with more acidic raw mangos (or

More ›