yakshemash

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by yakshemash 3y ago
I am firmly in GP's camp, but I think this difference has more to do with introverted vs extroverted personality types than weird vs. not weird perspectives. Some people find it hard to express themselves in group environment because g
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by yakshemash 4y ago
Completely agree with you. My point was that for the majority of workplaces, the choice of introducing or not such invasive tracking tech belongs to the employer. Employees sadly (at least to me) may not have much say in it if Meta puts tog
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by yakshemash 4y ago
Not to say that Metaverse will necessarily fit the bill, but the question is whether your boss will be interested enough in getting Facebook level stalking power into their employees working day, me thinks.
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by yakshemash 4y ago
Could it be just that producing relevant recommendation for every one at all times is a complicated problem that gets even more complicated as the volume of uploaded videos continually increases and SEO tactics get ever more sophisticated?
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by yakshemash 4y ago
> Today literally thousands of options are available to launch an ecommerce store with single click with better quality, speed, flexibility and control than shopify. I am currently looking for a good solution to do just that, but don&#x2
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by yakshemash 5y ago
Even though he is a founder, he kind of gave up part of his right of not having to justify anything on the day the company went public. And not by that much for that matter, as he seems to have a disproportionate voting right compared to ot
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by yakshemash 5y ago
Out of curiosity, what aspect of the site would lead it to not being indexed well by search engines? Edit: I just read tyingq's explanation. Is there anything else?
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by yakshemash 6y ago
1. The per capita environmental footprint is at least an order of magnitude, if not closer to two, higher in the western world 2. The subtext of this point is so distasteful to me that I can't figure out how to engage with it. How do y
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by yakshemash 7y ago
I opted for the paid version for exactly the same reason, but I was sorely disappointed to learn that they don't allow the app to be installed in my home country when I went there for a visit and was hoping to introduce my young nephew
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Chicken odour 'prevents malaria' research in Ethiopia finds(bbc.com)
1 points by yakshemash 10y ago|0 comments
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by yakshemash 10y ago
Transmission of Ebola occurs only after patient develops the symptoms of the disease anywhere between 2 days and 3 weeks after infection [1]. By then most patients are not in a condition to be "walking around". [1] https:/&#
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by yakshemash 10y ago
If the people choose independence, for better or worse, there's nothing that the west could have done about it. What do you suggest, that colonialists crush the independence movements to keep governing? That would fly in the face of wh
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by yakshemash 10y ago
Your friend is likely making stuff up. This is not to say that there isn't lot of corruption and nepotism that one needs to fight against in order to setup a business there, but this is the first time I hear about bank employees steali
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by yakshemash 10y ago
Only if climate change doesn't render Malthus redundant by turning the planet unlivable well before the end of the century as it looks bound to happen. You at least won't be be able to put the blame for that on africans... Also c
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by yakshemash 11y ago
It would be cool to have a map showing what stack/language is most marketable in what area, so that one can adjust time spent on learning new tools depending on where they want to go. But maybe these things evolve faster than the time
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by yakshemash 11y ago
I am surprised you mention Africa as a potential flash point. Can you be more specific? I would have thought the middle east and the Korean peninsula would be top candidates for globalized conflict. Most of the crisis in Africa seem to be v
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by yakshemash 11y ago
Not native speaker, so apologies for the bad english. Just wanted to to add to untitled's comment: electron-on-proton collisions are still being done at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA. It just doesn't get as much press as CERN
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Atomic collider gets OK. Now Jefferson Lab will compete for it(hamptonroads.com)
1 points by yakshemash 11y ago|0 comments
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by yakshemash 11y ago
Yu must be the new alias for milli
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by yakshemash 11y ago
I know you're making a bigger point, but just in case you are still wondering: have you tried to touch the highlighted satellite option again to unhighlight it? Some of the items in that menu enable and disable layers. Satellite is one
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by yakshemash 11y ago
There was also the fact that silicon was already heavily entrenched in the industry by the time people started to tinker with the possibilities of GaAs seriously. At least that's what I understood to be the main factor after listening
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by yakshemash 11y ago
http://38north.org/
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by yakshemash 12y ago
Just to add, I think the transitions can also be disabled, but it's somewhat hidden in the developper options. The options are called "Window animation scale", "Transition animation scale" and "Animator duratio
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by yakshemash 12y ago
Live links would also be nice, though it defeats somehow the original purpose of shunning the browser.
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Fist bumps 'cleaner than handshakes'(bbc.com)
2 points by yakshemash 12y ago|0 comments
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by yakshemash 12y ago
Not very often we get stories about Ethiopia on front page of hacker news...
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Wired Korea Trips Over ’90s Relic(blogs.wsj.com)
2 points by yakshemash 12y ago|0 comments
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by yakshemash 13y ago
Coupled with solar panels for charging, this has some potential for saving the environment. Though trolley buses have been running on electric power drawn from overhead cables, this is superior in that it can be used outside of predetermine
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by yakshemash 13y ago
Very reassuring, after recent news about spying and whatnot, and uploading of credentials to motorolla servers