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golgappi

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    Comment #30882593

    It's basically a decentralized, censorship-resistant P2P internet. The philosophy has merit, but the performance sucks and it is currently mostly a venture capitalist funded scam.

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    Comment #30882004

    You shouldn't believe it. Corporations are where the money is.

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    Comment #10137491

    We had a perfectly working internal IRC system at work. For some managerial reasons, the decision was made to 'keep up with the trend and adapt to new softwares, firstly by moving …

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    Comment #10080651

    Not anymore. H1B lottery is useless now.

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    Ask HN: How shall I get started with theoretical physics and cosmology?

    I have completed my masters in computer science. I am currently working as a software developer, but I want to start dabbling with physics with the aim to become a computer scienti…

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    Comment #9607338

    The article doesn't say that information from B or C is useful. All it explains is only 2 particles can be entangled with each other. So either A is entangles with B or it is entan…

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    Comment #9607320

    What's wrong with imagination, hypothesis and a simple analogy that can reach out to the masses? One might argue that your approach to science as only a set of facts based on formu…

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    Comment #9095894

    I work for an IT consultancy that has about 40 people and an open office. I have never had any issues. Probably because almost everyone is a developer/administrator and people most…

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    Comment #8974865

    I work at a startup and I am 25. I have saved up some money and seriously considering retirement by the time I am 30. Not that I have a lot of money saved up. I just have a couple …

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    Comment #8794387

    Eh? He is not working for them.

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    Is the potential of 'cyberwars' as great as some of us think it is?

    All the recent attacks and takedowns got me wondering - in a few years we are bound to move to having smart homes, completely computerized temperature controls in office spaces, ho…

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    Comment #8769186

    I understand citizens and residents of US have their own valid concerns regarding this issue. However, as a foreigner working on a temporary visa who was denied an H1B in last year…

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    Comment #8767971

    I wonder how tough it is to compete with Google Glass considering it has failed to get popular.

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    Comment #8754825

    Am I right in understanding that the idea is to eliminate common WHERE conditions here, while decreasing the performance impact of views?

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    Comment #8753652

    Aside from what others have said about Quanta being a layman's website, I would also like to point out that the special thing about science is everything is subject to debate and d…

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    Comment #8690276

    We have some exoplanets 100-500 light years away that seem very earth-like. I think the first step to finding a lifeboat is to start researching on space shuttles speeds (faster th…

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    Comment #8626246

    Agreed that few things like pillow fighting are not at all misogynistic, but the title of the book should've been "Barbie The Game Designer" or similar. Saying that Barbie is a com…

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    How many of you use a Linux distro as your primary desktop OS?

    Which distro do you use? What advantage do you see for using a Linux distro as your primary desktop OS rather than Mac or Windows? Is there anything other OSs can change/add that w…

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    Comment #8590440

    The terrorists want to turn everyone to Muslims and kill them all. Can we just end all other religions, convert to Islam and then willingly get murdered to skirt the whole war agai…

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    Comment #8563778

    There is a problem in the author's views, but its not what you pointed out. On one hand the author feels she loses her cultural identity by trying to mingle with a while group. On …

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    Comment #8551100

    Looks like its just one guy being a d

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    Comment #8540167

    Aside from actual CS knowledge, I think it would benefit MBA students that do not have a background in CS to know how software development and deadlines usually work. Would be nice…