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Re:Opium, Empire, and India on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:29PM (#14044386)
This might be interesting to readers : ibis trilogy from amithav ghosh https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy
Re:Milk that lasts for months on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:02AM (#14023222)
Not really correct. Lack of refrigeration prevents that and not many got cows in their 600 - 1200 sqft flat
Re:Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna on Sunday April 02, 2017 @01:21AM (#14015924)
Same here, with chrome / Android
Re:Learn Redis the hard way: in production on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:02PM (#13992528)
Redis code is poetry in c. Please don't abandon c book
Re:Researchers create gel that regrows tooth enamel (2015) on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @05:12PM (#13274127)
Dental technology comes out of stone age :) Most of 'innovation' was around x-ray machines and nice chairs for last several years ( at least for most of patients )
Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:28PM (#12903637)
ah thanks - turns out to be a hoax - http://trak.in/tags/business/2016/11/08/rupees-2000-currency...

shouldve thought abt that first :)

Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:01PM (#12902447)
India did this once already . 1978 - all denominations gt than 100 INR were demonetised
Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:26PM (#12902117)
not sure about economics , but is NGC proposed ( Nano GPS Chips) a privacy concern?
That's why it comes with GPL - which means , you can use it subject to this agreement . so sounds like 'theft' is right word to pick .
Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:41AM (#12310619)
I wonder why there is no integration with default contacts app in android . I think its a bad idea to release app with simplicity as objective with out providing a simple way of using it with out knowing much about it.

.. or is it because its two teams at google ?