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by setum 5y ago
I really liked your app/website name, play on word Bakasura[1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakasura
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by setum 5y ago
Cool! I would like to try this out in my blog, can this be integrated with statically generated pages using jekyll?
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by setum 5y ago
like Trump can’t access Twitter for violating their terms of service, now no one can. It was meant as a joke, I believe.
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by setum 5y ago
source, if any?
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by setum 6y ago
>> a court case which bizarrely considered a Hindu deity one of the winning litigants Abrahimic deity-view will find it bizarre and difficult to understand.
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by setum 6y ago
You are all correct, It still doesn’t justify self certifying as righteous. One’s greatness is for others to evaluate, not they themselves.
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by setum 6y ago
this was all over Twitter in India yesterday when she first tweeted about it. People where making fun of her and NDTV (her previous employer) which I thought was somewhat deserved considering they (she and her NDTV colleagues) pretend to be
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by setum 6y ago
Prāṇāyāma: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama
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by setum 6y ago
How is that evidence for ‘capitalization’ or ‘rubber stamping’? What you may be complaining about is why is it illegal to contempt Indian Judiciary —- which is a different topic.
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by setum 6y ago
The government has been tracking foreign funding, as it should. There is no shortage of examples where external government agencies (mostly western) have tried to influence internal politics or topple governments (mostly 3rd world).
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by setum 6y ago
If you have to ask a government committee every time you go to washroom, you will notice a significant drop in your washroom visits.
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by setum 6y ago
While at it, they should also put up a pole every village (like electric pole) with high range WiFi router. This will remove the last 100m connectivity hurdle and everyone with a WiFi device can get a taste of high speed internet.
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by setum 6y ago
Did you even read it. There were struggles with Brahmins, but those were political struggles, not existential. Muslim invaders eliminated them forever from India. Read this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecu
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by setum 6y ago
Buddhism was prominent in India till Muslim invaders came and conquered India. Buddhist Monastery were sitting ducks for them, Buddhism was eliminated in the first wave of Islamic invaders. Of-course there were struggles with others before
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by setum 6y ago
What is the distribution of land ownership based in caste, any citation? > The main problem here is that it's not even in the mainstream public discourse cause the narrative is always set by the upper castes. mainstream public disco
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by setum 7y ago
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Naga... . > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikk
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by setum 8y ago
> Current India was born as the Socialist democratic Republic of India and had closer relations to the former USSR than the US, so naturally, the US aligned itself with Pakistan. Not true. In-fact just the opposite. India started non-ali
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by setum 8y ago
Isn't this how most of democratic elections work with many different faces of leader and their different set of plans targeted to different groups of people. Does the burden to separate lie and misinformation from truth along with the
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by setum 8y ago
Well it's the same age old policy of banning media. Earlier it was limited to books and news media, what you see with internet & now video games is just it's manifestation in new form as these new forms gain in popularity. Che
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by setum 8y ago
> But some do cost money, and during a government shutdown there isn’t any.
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by setum 8y ago
I think there is clear distinction between being literate and being smart. Many politicians that you noted or otherwise, have used their smartness and political acumen, to achieve what they wanted. Their smartness mostly reflects in the for
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by setum 8y ago
Salaries vary not just on individual skill and talent but also on the city of the job. This will make all the H1 jobs go to Bay Area, may be some to NYC, LA & Boston too. But primarily Bay Area.
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by setum 9y ago
Your second line, if true, makes your first line wrong.
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by setum 9y ago
Let military incorporate AI in a significant way, and then we shall see..
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by setum 9y ago
It's hardly a "free market" - the barrier to entry is very high due FDA approval process which can take decades and millions of dollars.
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by setum 9y ago
> Elections are too important to let the fools and charlatans who say things like "unhackable" Can there be process that can be guaranteed "unhackable". The paper based Ballot Box election in India were subjected to a
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by setum 10y ago
Ah, another bureaucratic solution. As if these work? Companies will start buying their CEO luxury apartments, yacht, etc... BTW this has been tried before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1942 It was then,
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by setum 10y ago
facebook? why not go all the way and blame internet itself. note: I have not read the article.
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by setum 10y ago
if I'm a father with no opportunity in rural India "if I'm a father with no opportunity" suffices.
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by setum 10y ago
> Still more effort and more rare than a screwdriver and a knife/wireclippers. Not that modern cars can be easily hotwired - but the "good 'ol days" definitely had a lower bar for theft... Hot-wiring required physic

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