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by achow 2y ago
The green revolution of India was primarily because of newer strain of crops and mechanisation to some degree. Chemical industry simply was not mature enough in 50s to have been a major factor.
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by achow 2y ago
On the other hand in 50-60s... ..The Government of India signed an agreement with the Rockefeller Foundation to carry out research to achieve higher food production. The program started with research for the development of suitable hybrids
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by achow 2y ago
Problem identification is good. It is in realm of 'painkiller' problem. Huge TAM. Solution for one market can potentially scale to other ones, etc. Why now is also kind of clear (LLMs). However, - No indication of who are people b
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Inside The Canva Juggernaut(forbes.com)
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by achow 2y ago
Now it makes sense.. Human bone is five times stiffer than concrete and fifty times harder to break
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by achow 2y ago
'Western market' is not USA only. EU’s unwinnable price war with Chinese EVs summed up: BYD cars are 11-fold more profitable in Europe vs. China https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/29/eu-unwinn
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by achow 2y ago
PepsiCo acquired Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC to increase its soda fountain sales of Pepsi products.
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by achow 2y ago
From a Swede (top comment): https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/103xqo4/sweden_once...
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by achow 2y ago
Quick search.. Trudeau government had spent $66 million on sole-sourced McKinsey contracts since coming to power in 2015... under the Liberals McKinsey contracts have “exploded” by a factor of 30, according to Radio-Canada. This is particu
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by achow 2y ago
Criminal case? Been there, done that. - McKinsey, probably. 2022 - McKinsey Charged in South African Corruption Case https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/world/africa/mckinsey-cor...
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by achow 2y ago
There is a subtle difference to that than what the author was trying to say in his blog. The thing is when we read, particularly in growing years, the expectation is that we would remember most of things from the book and apply it somewher
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by achow 2y ago
Unlikely that these are mockup screens. The clock (top left) shows that this would be atleast a working prototype app. The 3D map view is intriguing, I wonder where they are sourcing those from.
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by achow 2y ago
> going through the process to receive a redacted report with a request to pay for the full one Thanks. You saved me the effort.
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https://archive.is/R81sU
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by achow 2y ago
They didn't know (expect?) that will happen when they started the protest.
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by achow 2y ago
Graphite, not graphene.
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by achow 2y ago
I always wondered if Spotify could do it for music (which I think are much more zealously protected), why there is no similar service for news articles? Is it because a news article is one time consumption, whereas music is not?
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by achow 2y ago
> the whole of UK economy is based on such scheming Excellent book on this: Butler to the World - How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything. https://us.macmillan
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by achow 2y ago
Different regions can be easily gamed by opening PO Box offices in all the regions.
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OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models within 12 hours of one another(theguardian.com)
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“It’s almost impossible for people outside of this company to really grasp the vast scope and complexity of our vehicles,” said Boeing Chief Engineer Howard McKenzie, who has worked alongside Pope for years. “She is at home in the technica
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by achow 3y ago
https://archive.is/6q2n1
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by achow 3y ago
> University of Iowa Police Detective Ian Mallory.. tested the father’s DNA against Woods’ DNA. The test proved Woods was the man’s son. Such an obvious thing to do. Why it had to reach to University police for this to be initiated, wh
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by achow 3y ago
Right. The key takeaway for me, they being wall street people - customer empathy was missing. 101 of salesmanship - understanding of customers needs, desires and then selling solutions for those. Here their customers were out of town weary
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by achow 3y ago
> At least one company must.. > Find some huge problem(s) that they can charge a lot for. > Ship a solution to that problem at a reasonable price. > Whatever they sell must give customers enough confidence to merit adopti
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Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliveries sends stock down(qz.com)
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by achow 3y ago
Sheesh! I read revenue figure for Atlantic, was curious about how does it compare to NYT, WSJ, found those, got some sense of the publishing landscape, so shared that. People are becoming too aggressive here.
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by achow 3y ago
From the article.. Atlantic annual revenue: $100 Million For comparison.. NYT & WSJ: ~$2.4 Billion
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https://archive.is/snbeV
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Boeing's shakeup and GE's fall: 2 more black eyes for Jack Welch's legacy(finance.yahoo.com)
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