sachkris

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by sachkris 2y ago
Also, Taxila/Takshila here in Sanskrit is तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).
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by sachkris 5y ago
Nice write-up. Instead of these photo-finish cameras, would a piezoelectric sensor strip on the road (plus perhaps a regular camera) be a better solution to judge the winner in such cases?
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by sachkris 7y ago
Awesome service! Thanks for making it available. A small comment: In the 'Edit Site' page, the preview is reloading with every keystroke. Would it be better to make it refresh on the click of a button?
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by sachkris 10y ago
The coverage in Indian media has all been in praise of the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). You can check these links to get a flavour (please use adblock): - http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pslv-la
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by sachkris 10y ago
Arch maybe a better starting point than Ubuntu
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by sachkris 10y ago
This sounds like a good idea. But, it may not be possible in most of the hard sciences. Imagine writing an 800-word layman's summary for some results in string theory.
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Louis Rossmann – Right to Repair bill is in jeopadry(youtube.com)
3 points by sachkris 10y ago|0 comments
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by sachkris 10y ago
Most wall calendars I have seen follows this "Möbius double-sided" pattern.
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Gilead’s Hepatitis C Drug Patent Approved by Indian Patent Office(thewire.in)
1 points by sachkris 10y ago|0 comments
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by sachkris 10y ago
The first three paragraphs of the article clearly tells what is wrong with the system - "Publishers are overcharging for content". Basically, they just continued their business model from the printed-book era to the e-book era wi
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by sachkris 10y ago
Towards the end, it reminded me of the book "Gödel, Escher, Bach".
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Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time(nature.com)
58 points by sachkris 10y ago|27 comments
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by sachkris 10y ago
No, 403 implies the resource is unavailable even after authorization. 401 Unauthorized maybe the right one here.
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by sachkris 10y ago
It is not 404. You need to log in.
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Where have 4.8M Syrian refugees gone?(thewire.in)
1 points by sachkris 10y ago|0 comments
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by sachkris 10y ago
Link to the ranking : http://rsf.org/en/ranking Surprising to see that Singapore is at 154 and there is Eritrea below North Korea.
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by sachkris 11y ago
> Basically set cell height and width to 1 and you have a pixel grid. Use formulas to drive values which drives conditional formatting. I was expecting something like this when I read "Excel spreadsheet artist" in the title.
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1st Flower Grown on International Space Station(rt.com)
2 points by sachkris 11y ago|0 comments
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The physics of life(nature.com)
3 points by sachkris 11y ago|0 comments
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How bad is internet censorship in India?
1 points by sachkris 11y ago|1 comments
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Statement by scientists (in India)(submissiononline.in)
1 points by sachkris 11y ago|0 comments
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by sachkris 11y ago
http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro
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I crowdfunded my PhD research. This model could change the world(medium.com)
1 points by sachkris 11y ago|0 comments
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by sachkris 11y ago
This is not true. Check http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#IEEE
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Necktie knots, formal languages and network security(medium.com)
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Riding Gravity Away from Doomsday(arxiv.org)
18 points by sachkris 11y ago|2 comments