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by rhuru 3y ago
> The great economist Milton Friedman provides a starting for point. In his best-selling book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman argues that there may be an economic rationale for public provision of neighborhood parks, but there is no suc
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by rhuru 3y ago
Actually all those problems are precisely because NPS does not privatize instead once it figures out it can not provide basic services it grudgingly invites private players with very little freedom to run their business or pricing.
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by rhuru 3y ago
I wish NPS would think of privatizing. It need not involve just selling off the parks but involving more private enterprise providing services.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Yes, you are out of touch. US historically did not have lots of Chinese talent but USA was less Xenophobic post repeal of chinese exclusion ac and civil rights movement and as a result some Chinese people were able to move to USA. China at
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by rhuru 3y ago
The immigration issue in USA overall shows massive incompetence of US Congress and then I really admire the US founding fathers who made it impossible to get anything done in Congress. It is a feature and not a bug. I know at least 3 major
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by rhuru 3y ago
"manipulating truths using symbols" you say, they can get $2M media studies degree to do that as well.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Strategic bullshit reserve of UK gone boom.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Bill of rights is/was not a novel concept. It has roots in many older systems in Europe.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Yes, we use to make that as well with raw tender mangoes. We called it pressed mangoes in brine and was not considered as "achar" or pickle. https://www.facebook.com/Ranchikood/photos/khalatli-amli-raw...
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by rhuru 3y ago
Indian pickles are not same as American pickles. Totally different concept. I come from the background where these pickles and many other things were passed down as family heirloom. It appears one of the china jars we used to store the pick
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by rhuru 3y ago
Your son is in good company.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Glad someone says this this clearly.
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by rhuru 3y ago
I am not OP but what you are discussing is much higher level stuff. Problems of "rights" in India are totally twisted and far more primal that a typical western mind wont be able to grasp at all. Imagine a "right to education
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by rhuru 3y ago
Isn't this a very common requirement though ? India mostly has Russian planes but most new major Indian highways have several stretched that can be used as runways and Air Force also does test landings from time to time.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Dharampal a student of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote a book called "A beautiful tree" which documented at great lengths how British administration destroyed the local schooling system in India which at that time had managed to
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by rhuru 3y ago
True. My MIL is still using that Nexus tablet thought it is completely battered but she only needs Candy Crush.
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by rhuru 3y ago
I think a meaningful "sustainability" goal could be to build devices that can last longer and be used longer without the need to buy the "latest" gadget. Building robust software and hardware should be part of that think
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by rhuru 3y ago
I think the sources of leak are plenty. Khalistani separatist movement of India (actually it is active only in Canada right no) is deeply embedded in Canadian politics and especially close to the current Canadian admin. (For example Trudeau
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by rhuru 3y ago
Broadly I see that EU is engaging in this behaviour a lot where they fine companies with claims of them distorting market but in reality the EU market appears to be less competitive, less innovative and more rent seeking that USA.
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by rhuru 3y ago
I was here just to type this comment.
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by rhuru 3y ago
I am not OP but one of the things I have seen these people do is to insist on removing words like "nitty gritty" from our developer documentation by calling it racist.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Ignorance is bliss. If you do not know what DEI is it is a bit like not knowing how to be an overweight. You are better off not knowing it.
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by rhuru 3y ago
This reminds me of my village story. Two brothers married and lived next to each other. The wives hated each other and competed on everything. If brother 1 got something brother 2 had to buy the same thing but bigger. Over time they ended u
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by rhuru 3y ago
Musk's actions have certainly damaged Twitter and its engineering. When you set the house on fire of course some termites will get killed but then you might also kill some babies and the family dog. A lot of tech companies have bloat i
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by rhuru 3y ago
Looks like those wordpress bots have finally figured out HN as well.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Those people who point out that these phones don't receive regular updates, please note that at $199 you can buy a new phone every 4 years and still be more environment friendly.
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Why Svelte(react.fastx.dev)
3 points by rhuru 3y ago|0 comments
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by rhuru 3y ago
Yeah it is probably bullshit.
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by rhuru 3y ago
Indian government offers different benefits to different castes. For example say you murder someone. The victim's caste will play a big role in how you are treated. If you kill a person belonging to so called "lower caste", y
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by rhuru 3y ago
Cisco did not have any problems, it was Equality Labs which brainwashed an employee to file a lawsuite against his manager (who happened to be Christian). Not only the lawsuite has been dropped the last time I checked the victim (the manage

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