pkphilip

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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   What about all the "consensus" about red meat being bad and that it must be avoided at all cost?
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   This is only true to an extent. Self-love only goes so far.
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   My point is that EVEN IF the donor gives funds towards a project which is immediately looted by those receiving the donation, it is not the donor's fault. The blame for this would still lie squarely on the shoulders of the locals who l
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   It is a complicated problem. A single village may consist of multiple groups who don't get along with each other. Also, there are people who benefit from the status quo in many ways. Secondly, there is this issue of trust. There are vi
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   As someone who has worked in community projects in rural areas, I would like to point out a few things: 1. It is not the donor's fault if the wells are not being maintained properly. Ideally this should be something that the locals are
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   There are ways of getting around this. For instance, the "mutating" code can be organized in the service layer in a single location. For instance, if you are updating a ShoppingCart model, all of that code which creates/updat
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   I think it is good that we have a non-Google, non-Apple OS for mobile phones out there though I am guessing that the surveillance state will be in full operation in Harmony OS as well.
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   I guess it all depends on what you mean by a phone. For me a phone is something which allows me to make/receive a phone call (at the very least) - to any phone number without requiring some special software to be installed on either en
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   by pkphilip 2y ago

   I am not saying that it has something to do with Jesus. But if someone is calling this a fake, they should be able to demonstrate how something like this can be created
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    It is not really a phone - it is more like a Wifi connected device which makes all calls over VOIP. There is no GSM connection and therefore no SIM etc. I like the project but calling this a phone is inaccurate. If a GSM module is also incl
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    1. There is no known painting technique - even now, for getting this image onto the shroud. There were no pigments or dyes in sufficient quantity to explain the image on the shroud. 2. About the second point - it remains a mystery but that
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    There is a lot of evidence showing a direct correlation between TV use and decline in reading skills among children https://www.jstor.org/stable/748102 https://typeset.io/questions/how-does-televis
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    All very sensible points. I would add no TV at home till 16
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    Interesting to see that some of the biggest and closest alternatives to Wordpress are missing from the list: * Joomla * Typo3 * Drupal
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    The reputation of the Tata group is not as stellar as it was under the leadership of JRD Tata. Nonetheless, it is one of the few large industrial groups in India to go above and beyond their commercial interests to look at the interests of
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    This is a huge blow. For those not familiar with the history of Tata group of companies and their influence over India, they will not understand the significance of this death.
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    May his memory live on
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    I am glad that these sorts of projects exist. Even if the implementation may not be the greatest it at least provides an option which is not under the thumb of Google, Apple and others.. and it can always be improved over time. However, I d
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    I have family members who have been life long users of wheelchairs
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    Even then it shouldn't cost $1k. A customised wheelchair will still use the same wheels. Most likely the only customisation available may be for the width/height of the chair. Not a big deal of work at all.
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    Please see the link i sent. These are good wheelchairs. There is ZERO reason why a cushioned seat on a pair of wheels should cost more than $1K. I am always amazed at the extent to which Americans go to justify the crazy cost of medicines,
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    $1k for a manual wheelchair? and that is considered cheap? I have no idea why a wheelchair should be that expensive. We get them here in India for far less - you can buy pretty good wheelchairs for much less than $100. You can get powered w
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    This brings back old memories. My first ever consulting gig in the early 90s was to come up with floppy-based copy protection software for an accounting package. It was written in assembly and C.
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    I use an app called PayTM for online payments. It shows me notifications that I have rent pending on a flat which i rent when I have NEVER used it to pay rent ever. It also shows me that I have pending electricity bills. It also picks up an
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    > Why named named arguments test( a:4, b:3) instead of test(.a=4, b.=3); Why do you consider the second one better than the first (a:4, b:3)?
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    Wow, you mentioned Turbo Vision, OWL etc.. what a blast from the past! had fun developing applications using them
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    I carry mobile phones only out of compulsion. I often wish for the time when we didn't have this leash around our neck constantly. I would drop this and go back to landlines if I could
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    There is nothing "friction-less" about Aadhar. Even with Aadhar you still have to submit a bunch of other documents for getting anything done - even for a bank KYC. Also, different department in the the govt treat AADHAR very diff
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    It is amazing to think that so much of food waste is simply thrown into a landfill when it could actually be used for refertilising soil. but I do know of instances where people have actually bought food waste - including vegetable and frui
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    by pkphilip 2y ago

    The Indian government is extremely duplicitous when it comes to AADHAR. On the one hand they claim it is not mandatory (to comply with the supreme court judgement no this) but on the other hand they make it impossible to get by without AADH