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Re:Why I don’t use native Twitter client but Opera Mini on Sunday December 11, 2011 @01:01PM (#3340532)
I believe this is common in all android devices runnning gingerbread. What version are you running ?

Also, i asked r/andoid folks running ICS to check for the same, looks like ICS had added devanagiri suppport.

thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/n8gvd/need_a_little...

Re:Why I don’t use native Twitter client but Opera Mini on Sunday December 11, 2011 @08:53AM (#3340059)
Yup support for devanagiri font is not there. Weirdly, i remember this not being the case on froyo, but on gingerbread its gone.

// Also, from your username, are you also a fellow nepali ?

Re:Missing Person - Tracy Williams, Technorati Employee on Sunday November 06, 2011 @10:53AM (#3202926)
> PS. 112 in Europe.

This explains. My old phone with a physical keyboard would allow me to dial 112 even when it was locked.

Re:Weird World War II Security Puzzle on Friday October 14, 2011 @10:41AM (#3111336)
IIRC it was an British Agent.
Re:Ask HN: What Android apps do you use? on Sunday October 02, 2011 @10:03PM (#3064699)
//* Screenshot to take screenshots

Does the back button + Home combo (works for Galaxy S) not work for S2 ?

Re:History made in India: Govt agrees to anti-corruption bill on Saturday August 27, 2011 @02:39PM (#2932113)
The Indian leader Mayawati has already demanded that there should be reservation for SC/ST/OBC in Lokpal members.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Maya-seeks-reservation-for-SC-...

If this continues, I dont see JLB being any effective in rooting out corruption. It will end up being just another layer of bureocracy.

Edit:added link

I guess this means $35 tablet is only vaporware.
Re:I’m Quitting Email on Thursday July 07, 2011 @02:40AM (#2737496)
+1 for celWEBrity
I see you had replied about an hour ago. Now its 548.
Re:India Graduates Millions, But Too Few Are Fit to Hire on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @02:03AM (#2414092)
Interested in CS, ended up doing Mech Engg, Worked for of those TCS/Infy type software houses in India.

Anecdote: First year in engineering, we had this computers course, so the lecturer was teaching about input and output devices (Yes they teach this even in engineering). He goes on "Computer pheriperals are either input OR output devices"

One student raised his hand and asked, "Sir, what about the touchscrens like in ATMs ?" (Touchscreen mobiles were not common, yet)

Lecturer goes silent for a minute, and replies "Son, dont try to be oversmart in my class"

-- Just something I saw. Not saying they are that bad everywhere.

Re:Turn off the clock on your menu bar on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:42AM (#2174649)
tried that. failed at it. asked my girlfriend to change my facebook password. clicked the 'forgot password' link 2 days later.
There was a article on this on techcrunch. [Techcrunch blocked at work. Cant post the link now].

tl;dr for the TC post:

1.Create a dummy yahoo email id.

2.Import friends from facebook.

3. Export contacts as csv.

4. Import in Gmail.

Re:Stack Overflow hit 1,000,000 questions last night on Thursday October 14, 2010 @04:39AM (#1790268)
its off the topic but i read expertsexchange as expert sex change
Re:Why Text in All Caps is Hard for Users to Read on Monday September 06, 2010 @02:15AM (#1666046)
was going to write same thing. Contrast isn't everything.
Re:Malware Implicated in Fatal Spanair Plane Crash on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @05:16AM (#1632397)
I have seen BSOD on ATMs running XP.
Re:6174 on Monday August 23, 2010 @02:47AM (#1626052)
i remember writing a qbasic program, in school, to count the number of steps required for a 4-digit number to reach 6174.
Re:Indian Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested on Sunday August 22, 2010 @11:27AM (#1624741)
unfortunately none of the indian media are covering this news.