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by shripadk 10y ago
Sure. Flipkart and Snapdeal are not thinking (or have plans that they have declared publicly) of becoming Multi-Nationals to compete with the likes of Amazon and Ebay. Compare that with Alibaba which already has a US arm. I can, as an India
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by shripadk 10y ago
I have to agree with you on this. Amazon India has a wide range of product selection compared to both Flipkart/Snapdeal. I can also import US products from Amazon.com (or Amazon US) and also their equivalent (but slightly smaller) &quo
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by shripadk 10y ago
Just open source macOS and let us build our own machines. Or at least do what Microsoft is doing and sell macOS independent of Mac. Apple doesn't seem to care about the Macs anymore anyways. Wish Steve was still alive and running the s
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by shripadk 10y ago
But you don't get the point I made in the previous reply that even if India went 100% clean energy it won't have any impact on fixing/reversing climate change. India's emission per capita is only 1.8t. US and Europe acco
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by shripadk 10y ago
You are wrong about facts. India did industrialize ALONG WITH the West and not AFTER it. The pace of industrialization was impeded by British colonialism. Whatever India you see today is actually the impact of industrialization post Indepen
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by shripadk 10y ago
Ah ok I get what you are saying. The thing is, in Karnataka, we use Vade/Vada interchangeably for "Medu Vada" even though it is not the same as "Vada" in "Vada Pav". Hence the confusion. Thanks for the cor
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by shripadk 10y ago
Just a few corrections for fellow travelers: 1. Kulcha and Paratha is available in any North Indian restaurant in any part of India. It is not restricted to Kashmir / Punjab or North India as the article suggests. 2. Vade originated in
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by shripadk 10y ago
And as far as cities like Delhi being covered in dangerous smog: it has more to do with city/town planning than climate change alone. Most of India's "pollution-creating" populace is situated in cities. You and I both kn
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by shripadk 10y ago
I'm talking about "seriousness" of moving to clean energy. The emissions per capita is highest in China, US and EU. India comes 4th. Asking India to move quickly towards clean energy while these bigger emitters continue pollu
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Regardless of whether hypocracy is involved, wanting India and China to avoid the mistakes the West made is entirely reasonable. If nothing else, the US and Europe built coal plants before better technologies were available. India has
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Anyhow, western countries do not have enough resource to finance clean energy in India. Then they should refrain from advising India on it's energy program. The biggest polluter, after China, is the United States and the EU. Emiss
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by shripadk 10y ago
I remember seeing a story on BBC a while ago about how one guy, who lost the top portion of his finger while operating a toy in his hobby shop, was able to regrow it completely. It only took 4 weeks to regrow, including the nails, fingerpri
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by shripadk 10y ago
3D Secure (at least in India) offers both SMS OTP and Password validation. So you can use your 3D Secure Password (which is different from bank credentials) or use SMS OTP to confirm the transaction.
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India: Revenge of the Middle Class(haradona.com)
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by shripadk 10y ago
"There is talk going on about a possible Bank Run." Stop spreading false rumors that will cause fear or alarm to the public. It's an offense, according to Section 505, in the Indian Penal Code: https://indiankanoon
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by shripadk 10y ago
It's happening everywhere. Started with India in 2014, Brexit in June 2016 and now USA with Trump. Possibly France in the upcoming elections (2017)?
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by shripadk 10y ago
You can't compare 1978 with 2016. Removing 500 and 1000 rupee notes as legal tender in 2016 accounts to more than 80% of total cash circulation. This is huge. 1000 Rupee note was a very small percentage of cash circulation in 1978.
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by shripadk 10y ago
You can't compare '54 and '78 with 2016. Removing 500 and 1000 rupee notes as legal tender in 2016 accounts to more than 80% of total cash circulation. This is huge.
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by shripadk 10y ago
After 60 odd years of corrupt rule by various Governments anyone would be cynical. So no there is nothing wrong with being cynical. However, India has formally asked Britain, through an official letter, to extradite 60 fugitives (including
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by shripadk 10y ago
Well the tech salary a decade ago was slightly greater than government employees. Today, it is again slightly greater than government employees. According to your logic there should have been great disparity between salaries over a decade.
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by shripadk 10y ago
But you just can't compare private company salaries with government salaries. The perks that are enjoyed by government employees far outweighs that enjoyed by private employees. You might be tempted to think that private employees get
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by shripadk 10y ago
That trend slowed down a long time ago. There are as many smart people in India as there are in the US. Those who migrated/are migrating to the US, migrate for greener pastures. There is no reason to believe that those who migrate to U
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by shripadk 10y ago
ISRO is moving towards it's first manned mission as well. It recently tested it's first Reusable Launch System: RLV-TD (Launch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxe6q60R70 )
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by shripadk 10y ago
When you say "ISRO doesn't appear to pay competitive salaries for engineers" who are you comparing with? SpaceX/NASA? ISRO pays competitive salaries for engineers. At least as per Indian pay scale. Most ISRO scientists&#
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by shripadk 10y ago
How does Indian government financing ISRO have anything to do with the cost of the rocket? ISRO is wholly owned by the Government. Would the cost of building the rocket be substantially higher if it was a private company? Nope! SpaceX is de
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by shripadk 10y ago
You really need to read up on Indian history my friend. The first and second article you link to is Indian territory that was re-acquired after India's Independence. At that time, India was not even a nuclear power. The third article (
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by shripadk 10y ago
Read this article: http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/why-modi-governments... and you'll know why. The problem is not "lack of enough demand that can pay for electricity". The problem is meeting env
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by shripadk 10y ago
Can't agree with you more! The lunatics have indeed taken over.
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by shripadk 10y ago
> From where I'm standing, Apple are redefining (shrinking) their target audience for the Mac platform. If you feel left out by the latest updates and the neglect on the desktop, it's simple as Apple deciding not to serve your
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by shripadk 10y ago
I think that the Apple Macbook Pro Magic Toolbar is context aware unlike the Lenovo one where they just replaced tactile keys with equivalent touch based keys (mostly a gimmick with no real functional significance). Just my guess though. We

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