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geekzgalore

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    Comment #3597858

    It may not be really true. Indians are a "greedy" lot, always looking for ways to improve their lifestyle. So, the 2nd generation Indian programmer will be looking to work lesser t…

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    Comment #3594006

    > This is dead on.Independent thinking is strongly discouraged by institutions and companies alike. Independent thinking is never embedded in a classic "Indian" setup. Asking quest…

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    Comment #2741973

    I would say that don't consider it realistic, just an exaggeration of reality. Good for laughs.

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    Comment #2656503

    http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2010-05/you-built-what-rea...

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    Comment #2652793

    The socratic method seems to be more effective and intuitive. I was about to paste the same reference.

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    Comment #2591043

    I have personally experienced a slight bias towards women (esp. married women having children). Throw in unemployment, and the picture is doubly glum.

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    Comment #2590642

    You need to check Indian traffic to understand why self-driven cars cannot be used.

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    Comment #2590481

    Windows XP - Firefox 5.0a2. Works today though.

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    Comment #2587105

    Seems that the author needs to do some serious research and reading for MapReduce

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    Comment #2586877

    Being a woman in IT/software development and unemployed would count as two strikes then..

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    Comment #2579426

    I agree. The tab hogs memory and kills the browser.

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    Comment #2578853

    An excellent point.

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    Comment #2578811

    http://marcgrabanski.com/articles/long-live-the-hacker-entre...

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    Comment #2578755

    Learning something is not a creative process, but finding better ways at doing it (after learning) makes you an artist. Same rule applies to learning following skills: - Music - A …

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    Comment #2578751

    Exactly my thoughts.

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    Drivers

    Drivers

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    Comment #2559421

    I agree. Cheapskate != frugal.

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    Comment #2559385

    http://www.softwarequalityconnection.com/2011/03/fabrice-bel...

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    Comment #2555684

    Excellent read!