December 2009
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Why do so many terrorists have engineering... →
A research tries to find the answers. And no, it’s not because of their skills to make bombs.
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The Nerd Handbook →
An essential reading for the wife/partner/girl-friend of a computer nerd.
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Things to do when you are bored →
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A Korean journalist correctly identifies the... →
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The decade in pictures : Nepali Times →
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Why Nepali institutions are corrupt? →
via @babinz
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Engineers are 3-4 times more likely as other... →
Engineering professors in the US are seven times as likely to be right-wing and religious as other academics, and similar biases apply to students. In 16 other countries we investigated, engineers seem to be no more right-wing or religious than the rest of the population, but the number of engineers combining both traits is unusually high. A lot of piecemeal evidence suggests that characteristics...
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Population Growth Continues to Hinder Nepal’s... →
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How to retain talented young Nepalis →
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35 young innovators under 35 - MIT Technology... →
Technology Review: TR35 2009
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Indian Lawyer exposes police dramas of creating... →
with Pakistani links, of course. There’s a very dramatic (and very unreliable) coverage of the same story in a Pakistani newspaper.
On the other hand, this is an interesting case of the independence of Indian judiciary system.
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देखिने किशुनजी, नदेखिने किशुनजी →
I have been an admirer of the great leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. Bijay Kumar Pande explains the several shades of the colorful man in this article.
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People would rather live in Angola than in Nepal... →
Top migration destinations: More huddled masses? | The Economist
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“No matter where an immigrant hails from, he can find a cluster of his ethnic kin...”
– Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works | The Economist
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University education: Coming to America | The... →
The average annual growth rate of students going to America. Over 40% of the 106,123 foreign students in US during the 2007-08 academic year came from just three Asian countries: China, India and South Korea.
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Has anyone seen the possible crisis in Nepal's... →
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Facebook CEO's Private Photos Exposed by the New... →
If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can’t figure out his social networking site’s privacy settings, what hope is there for the rest of us?
I totally dislike the way Facebook has made it a habit to make a mockery of the user’s privacy in favour of application developers’ and the advertisers’ interests.
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Business: The end of the affair | The Economist →
The decline of the MBA will cut off the supply of bullshit at source. In 2010, for the second year running, tens of thousands of overqualified MBAs will emerge with nowhere exciting to go.
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“50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush,...”
– Bush closes the gap - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
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Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant →
Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect’s cell phone unless their safety is in danger.
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Two new states Momoland and Tuppiwaan declared in... →
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Microsoft Steals Code From Microblogging Startup →
The story has been covered in multiple media sources. The software theft is hypocritical, given Microsoft’s past threats against Chinese software piracy.”
PS: Today looks like a bad day for Microsoft in Slashdot :(
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How to avoid being blinded by the idea aura →
So, how do you know if you’re doomed to failure? Brant Cooper over at VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner has some bright ideas: First, set parameters, then ask the customer.
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Marrissa Mayer gets married →
One of the most beautiful women in technology is no more single.
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Microsoft fined in India for using `money power' →
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“Be in the world, in all its absurdities, in all its nonsense, noise – and yet...”
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The Great Vegetarian Scam : Rude Food →
I read this long time back in The Hindustan Times. Think it might be useful to all.
There are non-vegetarian items in many of the vegetarian food items. This article details some of them.
Brahmins ask for separate state in Nepal (नेपाली) →
Call for a a ‘Brahmin’ ethnic state in the areas including Chitwan, Nawalparasi and Makwanpur district in Central nepal.
The hands of vegetarians are not free from the...
Nobody’s hands are free from the blood of other animals, not even vegetarians, a research says.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Also read: The Ethics of Eating Meat and wikipedia
There’s another cartoon you may want to have a look:
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BBC News - Hardtalk - Chomsky condemns 'immoral'... →
Noam Chomsky was on HardTalk last month. He spoke to Stephen Sackur on a range of topics. His previous HardTalk appearance on the programme prompted the largest ever response from the HARDtalk audience.
The transcript of his latest interview is available here.
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Of Double Standard and Animal Sacrifices « Over... →
Found this on Himal Blogs: a commentary on the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal, also called the largest animal sacrifice on Earth.
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How to Write a Resume (Poetic)
WRITING A RESUME
By Wisława Szymborska (Trans. By Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh)
What needs to be done? Fill out the application and enclose the resume. Regardless of the length of life, a resume is best kept short. Concise, well-chosen facts are de rigueur. Landscapes are replaced by addresses, shaky memories give way to unshakable dates. Of all your loves, mention only the...
Facebook | An Open Letter from Mark Zuckerberg: →
I like this part: …Somehow we missed this point with News Feed and Mini-Feed and we didn’t build in the proper privacy controls right away. This was a big mistake on our part, and I’m sorry for it. But apologizing isn’t enough. I wanted to make sure we did something about it, and quickly. So we have been coding nonstop for two days to get you better privacy controls…...
November 2009
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