yedava

18 ms·

151.
by yedava 6y ago
Caste is not just some arbitrary marker. It dictates quiet a few things in your life - like what dialect you speak, your diet, who you marry, which part of the city/town/village you hail from, and even your politics. So for an Ind
152.
by yedava 6y ago
Spotify's responsibility is to cater to its users' preferences. But preferences don't exist in a vacuum. They are a consequence of a society's values. If a society cares only about a few winners taking it all, then yes,
153.
by yedava 6y ago
Yes, those industries are exploitative and we've even had presidential aspirants take aim at those exploitative practices. But the OP seems to think that only the gaming industry gets special attention.
154.
by yedava 6y ago
I'd say the video game industry is quite distinct from other industries in that the consumers have great say in how the industry should operate. The selfishness and narcissism of our consumerist culture are quite prominent here and it
155.
by yedava 6y ago
For a lot of internal corporate web applications, server side rendering is what makes most sense. These applications are always used from browsers on a company provided laptop. You don't need to worry about multiple frontends and &quot
156.
by yedava 6y ago
It has been years since the media ecosystem split into multiple mainstreams. There is no one canonical Mainstream anymore. Several enterprising individuals have recognized this fact and established thriving careers catering to various viewp
157.
by yedava 6y ago
Most restaurants have a website. Their real phone number will be listed there.
158.
Decoding the Music of the Matrix(youtube.com)
1 points by yedava 6y ago|0 comments
159.
by yedava 6y ago
The protests are happening because the police have made a habit of treating the people as the enemy. So policing as usual, with excessive displays of force just because they can get away with it, will do nothing to quell the violence. I thi
160.
by yedava 6y ago
After using light mode for several years, I tried dark mode for a few months. Initially I really liked it, but after a while, it just felt gloomy and I switched back to light mode.
161.
by yedava 6y ago
Really? People who steal should be shot?
162.
by yedava 6y ago
It is indeed a perk for an introvert like me, but having to chose between empathy for another human and my discomfort, I prefer the former. Yes, it will cause me anxiety to talk to someone, and go pickup an order. But if I was to avoid that
163.
What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?(lithub.com)
3 points by yedava 6y ago|0 comments
164.
by yedava 7y ago
What if an author gets inanimate physics right, but horribly botches the realm of the mind? After all, science deals with organic matter, and how that matter manifests thought and emotions. If an author can't even get that part of scie
165.
by yedava 7y ago
Regarding advocacy groups, a few years ago, it was quite easy to setup a page on Facebook, build an audience and spread your message organically. But then Facebook severely limited the content from liked pages that was showing up in your fe
166.
by yedava 8y ago
In countries like India you would be laughed at if you aren't rich and take an arts degree. It is because in a country with limited earning opportunities, it doesn't make any sense to invest in a degree that has virtually non-exis
167.
by yedava 8y ago
Communities become echo chambers when a tiny minority of people who have too much time on their hands monopolize discussions. I'd even argue that this is the primary mechanism of echo chamber creation. Other mechanisms like the one OP
168.
by yedava 8y ago
The dystopian literature of the last century tended to view the TV as a device that enslaved the masses, turning them into obsessive, entertainment consuming automatons. I feel like we're living in that dystopia, only with the Internet
169.
by yedava 8y ago
I don't think authors mean that men need to be "emotional" all the time. They seem to be saying that being detached and hiding emotions prevents men from seeking help or forming stronger relationships.
170.
by yedava 8y ago
Clever scripts tend to be easy to understand only for the author. Heck, even the author sometimes will have difficulty understanding the cleverness of their own old code. Since Java enterprise applications can easily live on for a decade or
171.
by yedava 8y ago
Hindu nationalism has always been a thing and Congress too practiced it. Otherwise they wouldn't have been in power for over half a century. The difference between Congress and BJP is that Congress is a bit more opportunistic, so will
172.
by yedava 8y ago
The cause of my RSI was using arm rests on the chair and resting the wrists on the desk. It led to scrunching up my shoulders which ended up causing severe neck and shoulder soreness. This setup also caused pain in the underside of my forea
173.
by yedava 8y ago
Code spends most of its time being in production and not in development. During that time in production, developers will leave the team, bugs will show up, major enhancements will be made. So it is important that the codebase is easy to rea
174.
by yedava 9y ago
It should be noted that enlightenment era ideals failed to include many classes of the members of homosapiens. Enough credit is not given to those classes who actually fixed the ideals and made them what they are today - universally applica
175.
by yedava 9y ago
Linus seems to inspire a lot of poor and motivated reasoning - since Linux is successful, it must be because of his toxic personality. If a toxic personality is a requirement (or a major contributing factor) for a successful engineering pro
176.
by yedava 9y ago
I agree it has to be a democracy. The right points to harms of government overreach to argue for less government. The left points to exploding inequality and argues for more government in order to tackle it. A good faith assumption could be
177.
by yedava 9y ago
I like to view this another way - too much concentration of power is a bad thing and we should strive for decentralizing it. So if merchants, in collusion with the state hold too much power, then the state needs to be cut down. Conversely i
178.
by yedava 9y ago
The fact is that the well off in India come from traditionally "upper" castes. Linguistically speaking too (like English speakers), the caste correlation is quite strong. Even among the non-English speaking rich (like wealthy farm
179.
by yedava 9y ago
According to the article, it was Midwest (aka "red" state) universities which have mostly benefited the most from foreign students. Also what visa allows immigrants to skip university enrolment and be directly employed in a small
180.
by yedava 9y ago
Wealth inequality leads to a form of centralization of power. One could even say that libertarian inspired deregulation of the past few decades has accelerated this centralization of power. So it shouldn't be surprising if people are l

More ›