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random_ind_dude··on V8 Moving to Git
The commit message "Fix mozilla expectations after regexp change" looked interesting to me and I took a look at the change.

https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/5d65e1374fd9c5...

Looks like V8 runs Mozilla's JS tests too. I didn't know that. Does Mozilla do something similar to ensure that V8's tests work in Mozilla(Firefox) as well?

random_ind_dude··on Show HN: Javelin Browser
I feel "well thought-out" would be a better way to phrase it.
random_ind_dude··on BKS Iyengar, who helped bring yoga to the West, has died
I am not sure that's true, at least in my personal experience. I have lower back pain and this pose, while it relieves the pain temporarily, only makes it worse in the long run. Arching the back like in this asana compresses the lower spine. So I don't think it will cure one's back pain.
random_ind_dude··on Global Internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'
From what I understood, these attacks used DNS amplification. I am no expert on botnets either, but here is the basic idea: they basically send a small request to a DNS server with the source spoofed. The server sends a much larger response to the spoofed source, which in this case is Spamhaus. This happens on those DNS servers that don't check whether the request originated from inside their own network.

So the botnets involved don't have to send 300 Gbps of traffic to Spamhaus. The DNS servers being much more powerful will take care of that. I have no idea about the going rate for a botnet, though.

random_ind_dude··on Game AI vs Traditional AI
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/gdc2006_orkin_jeff_fear.pdf Here's a (pdf) paper presented by Jeff Orkin, lead AI programmer on F.E.A.R, at the 2006 GDC. He talks about how he made the enemies behave in a human-like manner using a technique called Goal Oriented Action Planning. http://web.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/ This is his MIT student page.
random_ind_dude··on Death to MS Word
When you copy some content from MS Word into the clipboard, it gets copied in a number of formats, including plain text. When you paste it to another application, it is for the application to choose which format to use from the clipboard. I think that the author tried to paste the content to GMail and GMail tried to preserve the original formatting and failed.
random_ind_dude··on Don't sell Technology to Indian Businesses
Though I understood the points you are trying to convey, I had to go back and forth a couple of times over the article to make sense of it. You haven't organized your thoughts well. This, coupled with the use of incomplete sentences and incorrect grammar made it harder for me to understand the article. As an example consider this paragraph:

> But now I am of the opinion. Figure out an unnatural advantage. Take it. Otherwise raise VC from day-one for Indian startups. Don't bootstrap because longer runways are needed.

It has sentence fragments like "But now I am of the opinion.", sentences that don't make sense at first reading like "Don't bootstrap because longer runways are needed." and grammatical errors. Sorry for the harsh response, but I feel that rewriting the article will make it easier for the readers to see your points better.

I'm aware that Skitt's law probably applies to my post. :)

random_ind_dude··on People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
David Dunning and Justin Kruger - aren't these the guys who proposed the idea now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect?
random_ind_dude··on Worlds Most Expensive Burger: 1/4 million euros
I think people do end up eating a little bit of others everyday. Won't some of the skin cells shed by humans everyday end up in the food they prepare?
random_ind_dude··on Show HN: A smarter alarm clock.
Not trying to astroturf. I don't own an iPhone, nor do I plan to buy one. Also $89 for the base model plus $20 for international shipping, is a bit too much for an alarm. I have heard of similar alarms and assumed that they're trying to solve the same problem that I face.
random_ind_dude··on Show HN: A smarter alarm clock.
For me the problem isn't that I have trouble waking up with the help of an alarm. I too tend to wake up right before the alarm goes off. The problem is that I wake up groggy and that's the problem I guess this alarm is trying to solve. It wakes you up while you're in light sleep by monitoring your motion, so that you get up feeling refreshed. I think there are enough people out there who face the same problem and can support the OP's business.
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