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willwinger

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    Comment #38622249

    All business inherently know that the most difficult thing is to get a customer to open their wallet. A subscription commitment is far more valuable than an impulsive/interest driv…

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    Comment #38622222

    A 'path to profit' is the time tested lifeline of any enterprise. However this is never highlighted as it doesn't bode well with the general social psyche of humans. For last 20 ye…

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    Comment #38139320

    Very well identified, the cropping up of such an article should not be taken at face value. Consider such scenarios too which impact profit of specific industries namely Pharma 1. …

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    Comment #37904754

    In that case, If you end up using OSS without any necessity of contribution from you, would you pay for that OSS software? since you did not contribute labor to it.

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    Comment #37808787

    Thanks good to know.

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    Comment #37808039

    Unrelated, is the word pagan used in the headline, appropriate in this day and age? It is an umbrella term that is used to refer to non Abrahamic religions with a derogatory slant …

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    Comment #37321824

    All Microsoft applications such as Teams, Outlook now open links only on Edge, completely ignoring the default browser setting.

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    Comment #36121602

    Had a smile reading through this. So many web developers out there who have no idea about history of HTTP. That it was designed for static document serving and since been twisted t…

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    Comment #33618938

    As an ancient civilization with an undeciphered script, Indus Valley Civ. is mired in controversy and claims Religion wise though article claims an Egyptian link which is new to me…

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    Comment #33515483

    Weather is an underrated reason. India perhaps has the best suited weather conditions for humans to thrive. 80% or more of the land have non-extreme weather

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    Comment #33256813

    Before Sugarcane was adopted in India, Palm sugar was already widely used as a sweetener and the process was Palm alcohol(Kallu), Palm juice (Pathani) and Palm sugar(Karuppatti)

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    Comment #33213269

    In Abrahamic religions it is common I believe to say thank you to God before a meal. This is a key difference between these religions and religions like Hinduism. The thanks is to …

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    Comment #32888632

    Salary in India is a wide spectrum. At the top end of the talent pool, it is indeed reaching West European levels. I know because I managed a team that was in Spain and India. Howe…

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    Comment #29755145

    The poem which started and inspired my whole adult life so far... has helped me many any times over

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    Ask HN: Will Open-Source Survive?

    I raise this question to understand if open source is viable going forward. 1. Increasing Complexity: Open source software is now beyond core libraries and into full solutions/prod…

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    Comment #26203286

    I agree, however last time I checked Servo was not that stable.

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    Comment #25854991

    The ancient Dravidian language mentioned in this article is "Tamil" where citrus fruits are associated with the word "narumanam"(fragrance) or "naatram"(bad smell). Narthangai whic…

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    Comment #23739864

    I understand but in this case we have the lifetime as s, seed as S and copy as A. And you can see how it creates that extra effort for someone who is seeing it for the first time. …

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    Comment #23736368

    I have been using Rust for my side project https://github.com/elasmojs/rooster Rust is just great! I feel liberated from Java and Node. But what intrigues me is why do programmers …

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    Comment #23542045

    Yes definitely,thanks!

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    Comment #23541058

    I am Product Manager, this is a personal experimental project to scratch an itch and learn something new :-)

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