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iamrohitbanga

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    I wonder if there are other templating engines out there that have similar plugins that load text from remote source, and could have similar bugs.

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    Comment #20308501

    Also the news on the Google app (the most easily accessible one with a left swipe), also open in I guess Android Web View. I use my mobile browser mostly for news articles and less…

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    Comment #20299179

    Hmm I see. I think I was getting confused since I searched for browser app in settings and ended up setting browser app as well as Voice and Assist app as Firefox as they are in th…

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    Comment #20298393

    I use firefox on desktop. But on mobile one major blocker for me is that Google assistant does not work with firefox browser on android.

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    Comment #20108970

    That's not entirely correct. Hindi is the official language of Republic of India. That is why 14 September is celebrated as Hindi Divas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_Divas

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    Comment #18774449

    Haven't read the book. Goes to my Wish List. I completely agree about encapsulation of complexity inside the module. Similar to UX design principles. Just like google or other succ…

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    Comment #18027799

    Agreed. It is the "idiomatic" way of writing code in Ruby. I love Java but writing lambda expressions in Java with deeply nested parenthesis makes the code really ugly and less rea…

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    Comment #18026579

    I feel where Ruby's optional parenthesis syntax really shines is in method call chaining. e.g. employees.flat_map(&:addresses).map(&:city).uniq.sort # in place of employees().flat_…

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    Comment #17948695

    Personally self control and discipline is the only way to avoid productivity nightmares. Still I can see it as a productivity enhancer for many usecases.

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    Comment #17929217

    Which companies participated in the survey? Is it possible to know?

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    Comment #17398442

    Great! Brings back some old memories. Straight out of college, I interviewed with some big company for a product management role. At the time the interviewer asked me to pick a web…

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    Comment #17024527

    May be the salon, restaurant also have a bot talking to Google assistant.

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    Comment #16943573

    I personally like eclipse more than Intellij IDEA. I tried using IDEA for a month and even after getting used to the shortcuts I found eclipse more productive and hence faster. I d…

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    Comment #16916367

    Why does rm need to call mprotect or ioctl?

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    Comment #12140214

    Can we use existing SO answers to curate documentation?

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    Comment #10927167

    Or Ruby 2.3's lonely operator (&.) or swift's optional chaining (?.)

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    Comment #5312545

    privacy is a genuine concern. May be develop a software can run on my PC but for true scaling it must move to the cloud. I would say privacy concern makes it a harder problem but i…

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    Google glasses to find things in the real world

    The primary strength of google has been search. How about using google glasses for finding physical things in the real world. "Tell me where I kept my red shirt?", "Where is the my…

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    Comment #5283597

    I discovered this article through facebook.

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    Comment #5271405

    When we actually get to use qubits may be?

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    Comment #5261808

    can you please elaborate?