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27,567karma·4,366submissions·November 17, 2011
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"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are."
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The article does touch on the answer to your question > Chetty’s pitch to the nation is that our problems have technocratic solutions, but at times I sense that he is avoiding an argument. Surely o…
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Would the app stores also "revolt" by removing these apps from their store? They don't have much to keep these apps on their app stores.
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Bury the lede.
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All answers to your questions are in the EHCR judgment. The court makes a distinction between child marriage and paedophilia. https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#%7B%22itemid%22:%5B%22002-1…
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It is important to understand why the person was fined. The person held a seminar titled "Basic Information about Islam". It was advertised with an impression of "objective information …
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> The best result would probably be something like Mozilla buying it and/or paying Troy to just keep doing what he's doing. Mozilla could very well be one of the potential candidates for …
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Here's a thought experiment - assume that you do not have Genetic Modification at your disposal. Given that, what can you do to ensure you feed 10Bn people? It's important to understand the…
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Life is not linear. You have a proportion of your budget to spend on moonshots (literally). Developed countries can spend more while less developed countries spend a lesser proportion on such moonshot…
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USA has developed most of its business income/value by exploiting purchasing power capita of nations like India and China. It works both ways.
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> A bit of a sidenote, but after all, I remember how badly Zuck was clowned everywhere (including by FB shareholders and people here on HN) immediately after the purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp.…
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> Asia would forever remain a mystery to Europeans, and the British would not be able to maintain their global empire in the long run—hence a common European effort to colonise Africa was necessar…
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> Recently google sponsored data journalism award was given to one of the most partisan website. Fake news is not the same as partisan news. > One of the recent ones which I am investigating is …
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The Apple Support page says > If you believe your Mac notebook was affected by this issue, and you paid to have your keyboard repaired, you can contact Apple about a refund. I'd say you have a…
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It's so bad that I have stopped reading TechCrunch articles. The options for GDPR consent are excruciatingly painful to choose and takes a large time to even get to the appropriate point.
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It gives me 0.7 on Safari (uBlock Origin) while 0.3 on Chrome (uBlock Origin) - both macOS Mojave.
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A lot of marketers buy accounts with decent karma.
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This is also because for most people a smartphone is their first computer and mobile Internet is their first Internet connection.
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> It means that there are situations where you have to disregard others expectations, advice and what not. And that’s the tricky part. In order to understand, which situation to disregard and which…