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anon5

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About anon5

I use HN, as a space to put my thoughts in a very honest (even brutal if needed) way, and being gentle at the same time.

And off late balance is the answer, I have been getting, when confronted with various fundamental life questions and choices.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #2977104

    I have worked for Infosys in the past. Now, following the path advocated by PG :-) I mean that for the IT services Industry in India, Infosys has set a benchmark - Most respected c…

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    Comment #2973510

    > I absolutely hate Krugman.... Why? ... Perhaps your views are different. Can you please point to a few good writers which you like with contrasting views than his. (Asking a seri…

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    Comment #2973394

    I fully agree with you. I too can not do with partial information, especially in such matters - when the news is disturbing like death. Particularly, if its a case of a young perso…

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    Comment #2969487

    My friend you mean well. But there is a quality problem in India. There is volume (i.e. high numbers of engineers). But quality is bad on an average and that's the honest truth. To…

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    Comment #2933672

    I am impressed that you read the bill, and then decided to support it. I did not like the process of getting it done, for one thing. We are having this discussion in a much more ci…

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    Comment #2933255

    I agree with you on your second point. A person good for situation A may not be good for the position B. But that doesn't give a license to rubbish all of the person's achievements…

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    Comment #2933048

    We can at best hope that it is going to turn out well, in the end. Anna Hazare is being hastily compared to Gandhi. Before this he had good credentials, i.e. was fairly well known …

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    Comment #2924729

    Did you notice this Ad they had for Osborne? Please scroll down to see the 'The Guy on the left doesn't stand a chance' Ad, on the 2nd page of the article ( http://technologizer.co…

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    Comment #2924716

    Agree with you, it should be competitor.

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    Comment #2924161

    Did some digging about Adam Osborne. Made me quite sad for him... It seems he was a failed (relatively speaking) genius. He is credited with building the first computer for people.…

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    Comment #2889718

    Well I am a big fan of Sivers, along with guys like PG, and some others. So hate these sort of ... ignorant trashing. >The dude's done nothing in the last decade other than promote…

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    Comment #2856336

    What you say can happen. Agree with you. My main peeve is with any such list in the first place - "actors who don't matter...", 'techie greats who don't matter' etc. etc. Makes me …

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    Comment #2856309

    One name (Zuckerberg) tells how foolish anybody who predicts future can seem. And therefore tech journos almost always do. 'Idiots just shutup' I say to them! Another one (Torvalds…

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    Comment #2840946

    I will agree with the author may be on MakeMyTrip, but not on FlipKart. They may be a copy of Amazon. But for India it works very well. They can get US published books in India, in…

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    Comment #2812573

    Speculation alert ---------------------- Could be drug addicts. But my hunch says it could be some known persons to the unfortunate host, playing some dreadful prank. Reasons: 1) F…