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by vjsc 8y ago
In my opinion, the large corporations behind fossil fuels have too much of an economic clout. The governments around the world are dependent on them for a considerable amount of their respective national economy. So yes you are right about
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by vjsc 8y ago
So we had this idea of a new feature for our product. The only way to quickly do it was to somehow implement a machine learning algo and that would give us the result that we wanted. Viola!! It seemed simple. Now our company doesn't ha
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by vjsc 8y ago
Not much information in the article. Interpol has issued a Red Corner notice, but ultimately it's the French and Chinese governments that have to find what happened. Now let me get this straight. He was traveling from France to China,
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Why we shouldn't be too modest(bbc.com)
12 points by vjsc 8y ago|3 comments
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by vjsc 8y ago
Hey ... Thanks for clarifying. Yes I guess without the mind, cloning wouldn't really be what I supposed it to be. I am still curious whether some rogue scientist has tried to clone humans.
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by vjsc 8y ago
What I am looking forward to is when someone tries to start cloning process on a human being. When I was a kid, in 1990s, there was a lot of fuss around cloning. Most people rejected it as unethical. I wonder how far the state of the art ha
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by vjsc 8y ago
How about Internet splitting up based on large companies? Facebook already tried it with free basics. Google with its hold on Android devices is going to go down the same path sooner or later. Apple has already it's own closed garden.
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by vjsc 8y ago
Thanks for the information. It's quite amazing and shocking to hear that these guys are able to look at their customers emails. That must be some kind of violation liable for a court case.
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Ask HN: What kinds of mind does HN attract?
2 points by vjsc 8y ago|1 comments
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by vjsc 8y ago
I wish I knew at 25 that programming is perhaps not my actual calling.
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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by vjsc 8y ago|0 comments
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by vjsc 8y ago
I used to struggle with sleep as well. Infact, I thought that it wasn't natural to be awake while lying on bed in the dark. Then I noticed a pattern. It was that I would always fall asleep within 10-15 minutes of lying in bed, only if
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by vjsc 8y ago
We had Charles Dickens's Great Expectations in school. I was mesmerised by the incredible storyline and the shocking twist at the end. It introduced me to western classic literature for the first time and I was really impressed. Then
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Just how short could a work week be?(bbc.com)
1 points by vjsc 8y ago|0 comments
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by vjsc 8y ago
Poor managment doesn't always stem from ignorance or lack of understanding of how SW works. Sometimes it emanates from pressure to deliver within very tight timelines for the sake of survival of business or standing up to the competiti
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What happens when we work non-stop(bbc.com)
173 points by vjsc 8y ago|44 comments
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by vjsc 8y ago
I just finished reading the death's end by Liu Cixin, the third part of the three body problem Trilogy. It was a great read and the last novel was absolutely riveting I am I was in awe of the author when I read the first one but after
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by vjsc 8y ago
You just add them to your favorites ... Remove them later if you dont like them ..