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prakashk

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    Comment #46255736

    The hypocrisy is not because they are limiting access to their kids. It is because they are limiting access to their kids, while actively creating and executing algorithms to incre…

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    Comment #40877822

    Is there a path (short of going through a Physics undergrad curriculum itself) to enjoy and get more 'return' from Feynman for someone without formal Physics background? Any recomm…

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    Comment #36143774

    I hope you aren't using the "everybody does it" argument to normalize, or worse, justify this stupidity. That every country has its share of people who engage in such backward-look…

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    Comment #34582265

    Do you, by any chance, mean to say "gait" analysis, instead of "gate" analysis? If not, can you please explain what "gate analysis" is?

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    Comment #23173180

    Normal error message in Perl: $ perl -Mstrict -e 'say $x' Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my $x"?) at -e line 1. Execution of -e abort…

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    Comment #20587621

    You forgot to add: ... in any language.

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    Comment #20586954

    Every (most?) special variable has a non-cryptic alias, if only one were disciplined enough to choose to use the alternative.

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    Comment #20586769

    Hopefully, the author discussed it in detail in her book.

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    Comment #20383638

    Transcript: https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...

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    Comment #18410384

    > Is it not possible that the low-hanging fruit had been found earlier, in the 1970s-1990s, and the problem got harder? The problem of "problems getting harder" is a continuous phe…

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    Comment #16548191

    India, UTC+05:30, all through the year. Despite having widely different climate zones in various regions of the country, there is no "Daylight Saving Time".

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    Comment #15755828

    No need for a separate preprocessor. org-mode offers org-babel which enables you to practice "literate programming" to create your init file, where you interleave text and code. He…