furiouslysleepy

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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
There are two things here: 1. Microsoft does not make decisions (mostly) based on fairness to prospective employees. It DOES make decisions based on having a good public image, part of which is being seen as diverse and inclusive. 2. The
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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
What about YouTube? Or Zynga? Or Facebook for its photos? I think when people hear the phrase "digital media", they think of it has traditional-media-delivered-digitally. But I think the internet enables entirely new variations of tradition
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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
China is less socialist than India? Citation?
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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
I'm a professional programmer who feels like he maybe shouldn't be. Articles like these are encouraging, even if never wind up quitting.
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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
Just one really shitty cubicle.
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by furiouslysleepy 14y ago
C'thulu?
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Perhaps... I'm not entirely sure why this is the way things are. The histories of specific Indian communities are often completely fascinating, and I wish there was more literature on the subject and I had more time to read it. :)
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Ok, I looked it up, you're right. I've never lived in a village, my perception of Panchayats was wholly informed by the news.
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Well, I mean, obviously. Not that it's passable, but do you want to spend energy bringing every pickpocket to justice or do you want to spend energy bringing justice to ONE man who scammed the country out of as much money as HALF IT'S POPUL
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
I especially love the part about Panchayats losing their authority -- those old fucks need to all resign, and quickly. I'm not being anti-tradition or whatever. Panchayats routinely carry out horrific human rights violations against women a
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Let's not forget the slave trade.
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
No, resource strip-mining was a HUGE problem, and was compounded by the fact that India missed the Industrial Revolution at least partially because the British willfully sabotaged Indian attempts to gain technology. (It was in the interests
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
I take those literacy and poverty numbers with a grain of salt -- they're manufactured by the govt to make itself look good. While literacy and poverty have both been addressed somewhat, it's a far cry from the official numbers. And frankly
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
That's a nice observation, and definitely true in India's case. Out of curiosity, is this a robust thing? Is corruption a good indicator of 'brain-drain'?
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Ironically, I agree with the comment you're replying to but not with you. Political hypocrisy favoring people you like is seen everywhere. Even if that were NOT the case, I find it difficult to get less worked up about 1,72,00,00,00,000 rup
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by furiouslysleepy 15y ago
Well, most people around the world are averse to business. Is there really a bigger proportion of Chinese or Russian or Egyptian businesspersons than Indian? (In fact, India has a handful of extremely business-minded communities -- the Marw