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by anuraj 7y ago
India's right wing government under Modi is trying to impose Hindi on Indians who belong to different ethnicity and speak diverse set of languages. A sure shot recipe for balkanization of a young nation.
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by anuraj 7y ago
Google as an Ad company has interests diametrically opposite to people who want to browse without annoyance. Having a monopoly browser with an ad company should surely be deemed anti competitive. Google should be allowed to keep only one -
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by anuraj 7y ago
UBI can work as long as it can spawn an internal market and micro entrepreneurs in that market. For accomplishing that UBI needs to be delivered as crypto that works within an internal market.
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by anuraj 7y ago
Why is it even running JavaScript? That too for mission critical application.
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by anuraj 8y ago
And to think that this great company was defeated once and for all at the Battle of Colachel by Travancore King Marthanda Varma and faded away soon after :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Colachel
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by anuraj 8y ago
Once you technically solved the problem of sending satellites to orbit using a rocket - you already have the wherewithal to target them as well. ISRO achieved this eons ago. Apart from boasting rights - nobody can really use this for fear o
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by anuraj 8y ago
This is just an election gimmick from india’s Megalomaniac PM Modi. Neither very important nor actually achieved during his tenure.
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India's dreaded Angel tax is killing Startups
7 points by anuraj 8y ago|0 comments
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by anuraj 8y ago
So by obfuscating data from users - Google is salvaging Internet?
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by anuraj 8y ago
UK is staring at supply chain and financial disruptions post Brexit. In the multi polar world - UK is not a heavy weight any more. Without the collective bargaining power of EU - UK would have tough time rebuilding economy in an uber compet
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by anuraj 8y ago
AMP is a project that benefits only a giant corporation. Please don't support it.
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by anuraj 8y ago
Better options would be: 1. Send partial HTTP response (206) with progress details which may be handled using AJAX progress API at the client before sending final response. This is processing and network intensive but may be needed in certa
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by anuraj 8y ago
Cow lynchings, political lynchings, WhatsApp lynchings - many have direct connection with Hindutva organisations. Recently we had an RSS minister openly felicitating convicts of a cow lynching. That is the state of democracy in India. State
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by anuraj 8y ago
Ever since Narendra Modi came to power - India has become Lynchistan. The Hindu supremacist leader and his organisation RSS that stands for ‘Cultural Nationalism’ is imposing ‘Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan’ - a monoculture which advocates ‘One Na
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by anuraj 8y ago
WhatsApp is much more monetizable than Facebook. It is a giant transaction switch that can become the biggest payment and commerce network on the planet. Zuckerberg would do well to unwind and eventually shutdown Facebook which will anyway
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by anuraj 9y ago
So that the big brother watches you over instead of a corporation. Great Idea!!!
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by anuraj 9y ago
Looks like - have been out for over couple of hours now
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by anuraj 9y ago
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2018-arun-jaitleys-...
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by anuraj 9y ago
This is a sham. There is no specific allocation for the same in the budget. State Governments have been instituting insurance cover for population for ages and it is available around the same quantum. Generally insurance in India like any o
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Ask HN: US Board Member Onboarding Norms
2 points by anuraj 9y ago|0 comments
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by anuraj 9y ago
Nothing New - This programme was originally called RAJIV GANDHI GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA (RGGVY) (2004-2017) to electrify all villages. During this period only Kerala achieved 100% electrification to all households. This is old wine in n
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by anuraj 9y ago
Right to Privacy is the cornerstone of Liberty - which is the founding principle of democracy. Government was brazenly trying to push aadhaar for anything and everything - not just subsidies - and this ruling put paid to such authoritarian
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by anuraj 9y ago
India has 22 official languages of which English is the one that works across the country.
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by anuraj 9y ago
After 70 years of independence - right to privacy is recognised as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court of India. Individual rights especially privacy underlie the cornerstone of democracy - Liberty. A small step for Indian Supreme Cour
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by anuraj 9y ago
Sharing at centre's discretion is not enough. I am talking about separate State and Central Income Tax as in several federal democracies. It is an idea whose time shall come sooner than later.
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by anuraj 9y ago
First of all legwork for GST was done by previous UPA government. Modi to his credit has done the diplomatic work to get states ratify the same. And give where credit is due - It is the states with 2/3rd votes in the GST council that d
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by anuraj 10y ago
Native Apps Vs Web Apps is settled and Native Apps won. Web Apps offer compromised UI and performance and shall always remain a security threat - Cross Scripting, Link baiting, CORS my... . We are going to app less economy now - and context
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by anuraj 10y ago
Rigged media coverage and polls, selective voter registration, Debbie Wassermann Shultz incident, Super Delegates - too many to list.
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by anuraj 10y ago
Bernie Sanders was the candidate who could have defeated Trump. The DNC establishment and media rigged the primaries for Clinton but failed to gauge the anger that is building - Trump is the outcome.
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by anuraj 10y ago
You clearly don't understand the implication - wait and watch

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