avemuri

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by avemuri 13y ago
The low end android sets made by Micromax, Lava etc. are priced very affordably (Rs3000-5000/$50-80). And the market is still flooded with even cheaper feature phones. I don't see how the power of poor people is diminished.
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by avemuri 13y ago
I think most people do make that assumption subconsciously. Hard to blame them, the signal to noise ratio is awful so it's probably easier to not bother. Relatedly, my experience has been people demand cheap if you're from India e
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by avemuri 13y ago
Yup. There's a bunch of impact funds that do this kind of investment and measure themselves on metrics other than IRR. eg. Khosla Impact, Acumen, etc etc.
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by avemuri 13y ago
Some of the UI elements from Maemo/Meego live on in their low-end Asha series. You probably don't see them much in the US, but they're reasonably popular in India.
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by avemuri 13y ago
Furthermore, it is not clear why he hasn't returned to the US, plead guilty, and thrown himself at the mercy of the courts. As requested.
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by avemuri 13y ago
It's not a necessary or sufficient condition, but it's a good signal that you're at least above average if you're at a top 30 grad program. I'd say the majority (but not all) of those foreign students would at least escape the 'low-middling
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by avemuri 13y ago
Source? I'm questioning it simply because I remember from browsing US News stats during my grad school applications that pretty much every graduate department in STEM fields was 20-50% foreign students. I only looked at the top 20-30 school
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by avemuri 13y ago
I'm not in town this Sunday, but I help run a startup coworking space in Mohan Estate. You're welcome to use it if this becomes a recurring thing.
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by avemuri 14y ago
This isn't Google's program, it's Nasscom's (a trade organization) program. Google is one of the partners and they're investing $10MM. There are several initiatives that are working in parallel with the goal of boosting startup activity in
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by avemuri 14y ago
If companies are hiring workers who can't do the job just because they're cheaper, they're only hurting themselves. I'd imagine it's an unsustainable strategy. If companies are hiring workers who can do the job and are willing to do it for