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    The "itch" to want to upgrade my computer - How to stop?

    Honestly if you have the disposable income just do it, nothing wrong with spending some money on a hobby you care about and which brings you happiness. When accounting for selling old parts, it's pretty hard to spend obscene amounts of money on an upgrade. Obviously only you know what your...
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    FS: Desktops Zotac Magnus One Mini PC (i7 10700T, 32GB, No GPU)

    What are the dimensions restriction on the GPU
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    Android Fastest way to do UPI payments with fewest taps?

    Sharing the image from whatsapp to Gpay works in Android.
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    Android Fastest way to do UPI payments with fewest taps?

    Yeah it scans it but doesn't open GPay or Bhim, you can just copy the URL. My phone is a Moto. Does your phone do this (open payment app automatically on scanning QR in camera app). Which brand is it?
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    90K+ Best Value Upgrade from Macbook Air M1 16GB ?

    Use case matters a lot. If you are not sure about why you are upgrading you will most likely not get any benefit from an upgrade, as the M1 is still good enough for most tasks. In which areas is the M1 holding you back??
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    What are your views on WFH for tech jobs

    You are describing the ideal situation for WFO, and I agree in that situation I would not mind going to office. However in most situations it's not that way. In my org most teams are spread out over 3 Indian cities and 2 more cities abroad. This is kind of inevitable these days. Very few...
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    What are your views on WFH for tech jobs

    If WFH was even 1% less productive it would have been abandoned IMMEDIATELY after the lockdowns. Companies are able to get what they want out of their employees whether it's WFO or WFH. Now if coming to office is worth it for the employees, they will come, if not they will not (and they...
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    How to prepare for a SIM loss/damage scenario??

    Anyway I can check this?? Couldn't really find anything in the app. I am on airtel would prefer to do this KYC thing rather than port and port back.
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    How to prepare for a SIM loss/damage scenario??

    What do the service providers use to verify that you are the owner of the number?? My biggest concern is that my SIM is not even registered in my name, It's a really old number from 2000s. Airtel app used to show some random guy's name (I'm guessing the shopkeeper) and there used to be no option...
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    How to prepare for a SIM loss/damage scenario??

    I've been thinking about what would happen if I lost my phone. Protecting your device, remotely locking it, and all that is possible and obvious enough these days, but what about the SIM card that we use to register for almost all services, especially critical ones like banking. Some of these...
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    Zotac confirms Nvidia’s 32GB RTX 5090 on their website

    I suspect this will come out just in time for another mining boom. Crypto is about to have a good time as the new US administration will be very friendly to it.
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    Narayana Murthy says Indian youth should work 70 hours a week

    India would have been closer to number one if the top tier of society actually invested in the nation rather than in buying property and going on vacations abroad. In the US their wealthy class created universities, hospitals, and other public institutions with their wealth. Very few of their...
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    That hasn't been my experience, I exclusively follow tech people on twitter, boring professors and startup founders, yet my feed is full of US conservative politics and culture war nonsense and 50% seems to be just Elon tweets. My main point is that all social media algorithms prioritise...
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    Ideologues by definition don't understand nuances. Social media algorithms don't promote nuance. They are for entertainment, good for finding movies, songs, videos you might like, but that method doesn't work for news, only creates echo chambers. Like I said this is the part where what you do...
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    They are not everything, sure, but they are also not useless. Labels exist because most thoughts that come in people's heads are not original, and can be placed on the left-right spectrum pretty easily. What you use the labels for, is a different matter. You can agree with the left on some...
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    You were not able to find that story on mainstream media?? The story itself was broken by New York Post, a right wing news outlet. From left to right and everything in between there is a news outlet for everything. Everyone likes to think their side is the underdog and being oppressed.
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    @lged821 You can get all sides on legacy media too, tell me which side is only found on twitter and I will tell you the legacy traditional media outlet representing it. Problem with Twitter is that it's a popularity contest, so people make things up. It's like getting your news from the kid in...
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    Android Which app do you use to get news notifications?

    With quality of journalism, you get what you pay for. With Twitter I can't even say that, if you pay the feed gets even worse somehow. It's decent for following certain professionals in your field who use it as a broadcast tool, but not much else.