Posts by solo

Re: When a human grows up ... racist

I always thought that Ego and Escapism are the roots of racism and is found in every human being.

A bot that just copies text based on its previous usage doesn't prove that it had Ego or it was feeling Oppressed (by the other oppressed ones).

I'd rather compare Tay with Clippy.

Re: it is not the guns

Not being from US, I cannot say for sure. But I can feel the fear BOTH the men might have. NRA says everyone should have firearms but they don't let people know that firing the first bullet takes a lot of courage and confusion, especially if you have your loved ones on your side. The lady could also pull up the guns but instead chose to use his phone.

It is also important to understand the fear that cops feel everyday on road checkpoints where anybody could fire at him asking papers. Yes, it happens. A split-second decision is what we are forcing on him.

So, there are guns on both the sides, it is just how easy to get away with the killing.

Re: ..guys in the front line..

"There’s no front lines here (in Iraq). This is urban combat and we’re taking the war to children and women and innocents.": Ethan McCord, US Army

https://www.wired.com/2010/04/2007-iraq-apache-attack-as-seen-from-the-ground/

Just for the record.

...children living on railway lines

Is it ironic to think that there is need for more SPACE? oh .. of course we can sterilize them!

Re: And the real issue is....

The real issue is, why even trivial products have been allowed to become so important in our life. Looking the world through other people's lenses is invaluable, I am actually talking about phone numbers.

Re: genuinely believe they are doing good

I always though that Frankenstein made the monster out of boredom..nothing about good or bad

Re: for averge user

+1. Average user is earning them money and they click "OK, I got it!". The techno-aware handful lot can keep their circles out.

Re: how much money ... made on Android

Android is waste....Happiness (Glucose) Sensing Contacts will give more alpha.

Spot a problem?

I don't think so. Even the most developed economies depend on outsourcing their CEOs to the developing (read 3rd world). Selling milk (with longer expiry date) to Greece anyone?

Re: Node.js is still en vogue?

"..in locations where you certainly do NOT want to see it.."

did you mean locations like corporate sites? Do they have very high quality with .aspx pages?

Hehe

According to the ever-reliable Wikipedia:

"With more than 220000 (100000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world."

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"The Mahabharata ... is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India,"

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"About 1.8 million words in total, the Mahabharata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined,"

Comment: An individual's ability as a poet doesn't define capabilities of a language.

Re: WhatsThat ?

+1 from me for being realistic. But I see it more like selling cars with breaks which don't.

Re: anything/one that is not NSA.

Including US senate

False Pride

The real issue, I feel these days is, all the innovative start-ups based on IT infra think they are 'IT start-ups' and feel obliged to keep all their internal infrastructure on the edge (connected to the web).

I'd not be surprised if the person maintaining this sheet would also be the handler of the (lost & found) inventory.

Re: If I paid for my TV set

+100 if I could...

Re: Dear Mr Assange

".. go face your rape charges .."

I smell some prejudice here. Are you really sure that the charges (read details) and its handling could not be a case of smear-campaign?

Re: Yeah...

"..more secure than what multi-billion dollar companies are putting out and it's just not feasible..."

1. Those multi-billion dollar companies have to assume average consumers will prefer comfort over privacy, while this small group is selling to the mass that has just the opposite expectations

2. Feasibility of good design is never dependent on size of the team. Incremental improvements and fixes are what drives even those multi-billion dollar companies.

Re: So he admits it

..that he is not working because he is thinking of saving humanity. He's just being humble at the most (not calling himself Superman).

Re: I'm surprised that this doesn't fall under wire-tapping fraud or some such thing?

Unless you read the privacy policy of the host websites and rejected it by navigating away (that is impossible without visiting them at least once :)

Re: validity of the study

"..doesn't seem to change the validity of the study.."

Trivial things are always valid. If your soccer pal is knocking on your door and your teacher is calling on your iPhone, I am sure that this will cause anxiety and you will throw the "iPhone" in the drawer.

Re: CORRUPT ... regulations

Nothing in your post suggests even one of the "CORRUPT taxi regulations". Did you mean to say that regulations are not needed at all? If a taxi is not honoring your valid payment methods and it irritates you, it, ironically, invalidates your point of zero regulations.

Also, what is your take on Uber, which claims to be safe and doesn't perform any background check of drivers? So, a girl in India, who believes their promises, falls victim of rape.

Re: DuckDuckGo .. it serves sponsored links

"sponsored links" don't imply snooping. It's Google which made this combination obvious.

Do you have any reference to show that DuckDuckGo tracks you beyond the search result page for its sponsored links?

Re: mobile phones in poor countries

Although you might have been correct, I can safely say the risk period has passed.

By the standards of 1997, India (the country of Kerala) was not as big economy as it's today. See how it's encashed on the telecommunication technology. And unlike US (not sure about Europe), The mobile market here is all about contract-free phones where a new phone can be purchased for about $10 without any obligation and connection from a carrier can be kept active (for in-coming calls) by recharging for $1 in 6 months.

Ironically, India has seen all this because of multiple carriers and their greed.

PS: the $10 phone:

http://www.flipkart.com/k-a1300-lb-1300/p/itme3g5agttf8fdc?pid=MOBEFH68GCA5H7UR&srno=b_1&ref=2e239d51-e697-4b6d-b11b-44416b4eefdd