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"One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. No machine can do the work of ONE extraordinary man" -- Elbert Hubbard (b. 1856)

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known··on The richer you are, the more likely you’ll social distance, study finds

Rich prefer more freedom and hence buy/live in Islands

known··on Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner

And 45% of America is uninhabited

known··on Why mmap is faster than system calls (2019)

It's like array access versus hash access;

known··on College campuses are designed at human-scale – cities can be too

Ethnic integration in Singapore https://archive.is/WgXtO

known··on Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

Trump’s legacy—the shame and the opportunity https://archive.is/0KxLJ

known··on The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours

Trump turned America into Africa :(

known··on WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app

If you are not paying, you are the product https://archive.is/lrCEe

known··on What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry

IMO we have to constantly learn and unlearn in software industry.

known··on Truck Art in Pakistan (2018)

Pakistan is also world leader in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery

known··on Ask HN: What does mastery look like in software engineering?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring should do;

known··on Kingdom: Sikkim’s merger with India

No nation can be built/survive on Abuse/Exploitation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)

British stitched 545+ Independent Kingdoms to create India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

known··on Is Everything Securities Fraud?

"Behind every great fortune there is #crime" --Balzac (b. 1799) https://archive.is/GmfLg

known··on DOSBox-X: Free, cross-platform and complete DOS, Windows 3.x and 9x emulation

https://github.com/open-shell for classic windows look/feel

known··on US doctor forgives $650k in medical bills for cancer patients

aka altruism

known··on The Toyota Production System (2013)

Continuous/Incremental improvements aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen

known··on A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize

Sounds rational till GOOGLE treats all its employees as PARTNERS

known··on India cannot vaccinate itself, let alone the rest of the world

modilies.in

known··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?

I believe we will find cure to cancer in 2021;

known··on California Public Utilities Commission fired director who exposed missing $200M

TRUTH is always suppressed in the name of trust/loyalty/compliance/privacy/conspiracy/discipline/patriotism/sedition/job/national security/unity/intellectual property

known··on Fun with IP address parsing

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ip2long and https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.long2ip.php in PHP

known··on Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Churchill (b. 1874)

known··on Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

TESLA

known··on India’s booming dark data economy

Resulting in very lowly ranked in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

known··on Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research

AI should be immune to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases and it's not possible;

known··on SEC Approves NYSE’s Plan for New IPO Alternative

Sounds rational due to diminishing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry

known··on How and why I stopped buying new laptops

I always carry https://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-larger-than-4gb-caspe...

known··on More challenging projects every programmer should try

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists FTW

known··on Fuzzy logic rice cookers (2016)

I own Zojirushi NS-ZAH18 model; Sad thing this rice cooker parts are unavailable now;

known··on Facebook's attempt to vilify Apple looks like sour grapes

aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pot_calling_the_kettle_bla...

known··on An Introduction to Lock-Free Programming (2012)

https://archive.vn/fWRVX should be coupled with https://archive.is/Ah0DO

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