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by kumarvvr 5y ago
The internet is an oversized megaphone. A couple of 1000 dedicated workers can spread rumours, panic and propaganda. When you have a country of 1.3 billion people, a large portion of whom also have smartphones, who, unfortunately are also u
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Why is a government elected through due process, with free and fair elections a "crony" govt. I can understand ones hate for the policies of a govt, but this is absurd.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Can you explain what the traceability law is?
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
They do. In testimony afyer testimony, they swear they are neutral and only censor illegal materials like trafficking or porn.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Unfortunately, it acts as both in many instances. User profiling and data mining, coupled with corporate interest to keep users on the site as long as possible, leads to slow but firm biasing. Search results are not objective, but subjectiv
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
To characterize appointment of a legal compliance officer as "staffing requirements" is wrong. It makes it seem like India is forcing Twitter to hire local people. If you are a global MNC with multi billion dollar valuation, and w
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Somehow this does not register well with free speech enthusiasts. As much as twitter removes or labels one set of media, it also refuses to remove or label another set of media. It is unfortunate that what is true and false has devolved int
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
What you are suggesting works for perhaps 1% of the area out there. To scale up the presence of trees in cities, that may not be enough.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Trees bring in a lot of maintenance activities. Cleaning, bug removal, etc. I know many people who do not like big trees near their houses. Some also complain about the roots of trees disturbing foundations and walls.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Bit-torrent was a failure in my opinion. I really wish there was a client / protocol that allowed for sharing of files, but remove control from the user for what to share. Also limit the bandwidth on a monthly basis. Sort of like a glo
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
I think we have to abandon the norms of aesthetics and, at-least temporarily, create tree management groups to select and plant trees in an around cities. You cut down on cooling costs, improve air quality and provide numerous jobs. Sure, y
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
It is advice like this that gives ammo to those in power to outright reject important ideas. You can't "get rid" of real estate for cars. Why not make it mandatory to have a certain number of trees per unit size of parking lo
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
The 385% seems to refer to obtaining de salination in lesser solar collection area requirements.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
"Nothing causes a group to galvanize like an external enemy" Yup. This is how vote banks work. Seed the idea of an external enemy to a group of loosely cohesive group and suddenly they become like a huge entity difficult to be rea
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Why not? Don't we all want to know about various cultures around the world?
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
The art of Indian Dance (traditional) is a amalgamation of facial expressions, body postures and hand gestures. All three must be used in unison to express a feeling / event / scene. Most Indian dance routines have a context and a
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
What I understand is that Musk is very skilled at taking highly technical decisions, that have huge risks and financial implications. Take the example of the decision to re use rocket engines. Its a highly technical decision that has huge f
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Snake oil salesmen do not send self landing rockets to the ISS. He may have a bit more hype and may be manipulative in some ways, but you have to admit that he has given a good amount of technological progress to the world. Would you think
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
In the context of working hard and moving ahead in life, having no time to think severely inhibits the ability to move up. Take for example those working 2 or 3 jobs. Their ability to do smart work is low to non-existent. The context of hom
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
> To be really good at anything means doing it a lot is applicable to everyone . > working smart is figuring out another way to do it that doesn't require skill is applicable to the creative types. Ones who have the time and lux
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
The amount of propaganda with regards to working perks and probability of making it big is brainwashing many. Just look at trends like 30 second videos on TikTok or IG. There are thousands of kids who plan to make a career off of these pl
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
OT : When I open this link on my mobile, I get a prompt to use the app, and the page doesn't load fully. But when I open it in on my PC, everything is fine. No wonder Medium gets so much hate.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
iOS is different from Mac right? There are a lot more phones than Macs in China I believe.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Yup. The starting price of an apple computer in India is almost 10 times the median salary of a young worker / executive. You will not fine Macs in India, except in the 1%, or in movies. I am sure that is true for most of South Asia. I
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Energy density of solar power and battery setups is nowhere close to that of oil based ones. Also, as oil is consumed, the ship gets lighter and easier to push. Not so with batteries. Making it more efficient is the only way forward.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Great analysis. I would like to add a few more points. Energy extraction from oil is typically a low efficiency cycle. ICEs are around 30% efficient. Gas Plants are around 40% efficient. Energy from solar -> batteries -> application u
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Is this a free upgrade? or a paid one? Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
They are merging the meta-data from both stores and presenting a unified interface, branded as windows store.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
This is an absolute win-win for Microsoft and Amazon. Microsoft gets Android Apps, Amazon expands its app store and Google is shunted out of the Microsoft eco-system. I see this as an absolute brilliant thing to happen to the app ecosystem.
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by kumarvvr 5y ago
Not sure about the sitting ducks part. Carriers have mini iron domes to protect themselves from incoming ballistic missiles. Not to mention that they are moving targets, often themselves loaded with nuclear armed missiles (in case of an act

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