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need conditioner and aggressive rubbing it in/scalp self-massage to avoid dandruff. Curious: Does conditioner help you avoid dandruff? Any explanation as to how it does?

I checked the character, it is anything but weird. It is a valid character in a language used by millions of people. For those curious: It is a Telugu character; Telugu is one of s…

I used to browse with lynx till few years ago. I am not sure if it is practical to do that anymore. Most of the web is no longer friendly for text browsing.

Did Nazis persecute Christians? My knowledge of German history is very limited, but I remember reading that church supported Hitler.

The real answer is more sinister. Throughout the 19th century, South American slave raids took away as much as half of the native population. By 1877, the Rapanui numbered just 111…

Very interesting. Can you please provide more details on your setup. I would love to know more as I am interested in doing something similar.

>Even in the Bay Area, a Home is still 5-6X annual income of a typical software engineer. Is this true? I am ignorant of actual prices in Bay Area, but people are always complainin…

A good analysis of the plan and what it takes to implement it successfully: https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/before-those-bulbs-ar...

American mathematical society has a featured column related to use of zero in India: http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-india-zero...

OP said the following about AI SaaS providers: You are using a “ready” product and so everyone gets the updates to model but your own modifications for the model are impossible wit…

I know that there are some stories about bad experiences in the fulfillment centers, but keep in mind that those positions are temporary seasonal work by unskilled labor. The tone …

Yeah, I read about Morris worm a year later in my networking textbook. It was a good feeling to realize what I have done was similar in nature. Of course, Morris worm was a real te…

Good thought :) When I put out the first version, I haven't really understood the consequences or its effectiveness; In fact it had my code name in the greeting :( When it first ap…

Reminds me of a tricky situation I got myself into : When I was in college, I wrote a simple worm to display a new year greeting on all computers it infects. Once it infects a comp…

The point when it became clear to me that Microsoft had lost their way was when they decided to get into the search business. [This was PG's view in the article] In retrospect, thi…

Thanks for the response. I should have been more explicit, but when I said BTC n/w I meant a consensus sort of thing from users/miners. Thanks for your explanation regarding the ne…

I am trying to understand impact of crypto currency. Sorry for my ignorance, and or impertinence. 1. Is it possible to run such large scale ransom demands without cryptocurrency? 2…

I wonder why MySpace couldn't copy some of these features from FB.