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by laxmin 1y ago
We (a University, in India) are trying to get out of the Google ecosystem, and CryptPad is the greatest thing that has happened to us. Google has been whittling the 'Google for Education' now and the free version called 'fund
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by laxmin 1y ago
Actually we are still discovering and learning about the biology of birthing. We can now support extremely premature babies outside the womb, but as of now, the risks of growing a baby in an artificial womb is not overcome with the benefits
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by laxmin 1y ago
TIL Hono.dev. Thanks! I learn so much everyday from so many people, it amazes me.
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by laxmin 2y ago
Filemaker is great. We created a monster at our University to keep track of Research Grants and it worked for almost 20 years flawlessly. Untill, a consultant replaced it with an 'enterprise' solution that cost 10000x more to run
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by laxmin 2y ago
I am on the spectrum and Yoga helps me a lot to get grounded. I thought it is just a personal thing and was afraid I would be ridiculed if I said it helps, even in support groups. I am not alone, nice to know.
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by laxmin 2y ago
To nitpick, can't compare dog meat's acceptance in western society to Beef in Indian culture. The Cow is revered at different levels in India. From a 'mother' to a 'diety'. The comparator would be eating pork i
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by laxmin 2y ago
You really need to learn that the beef that India exports is largely Carabeef. Buffalo meat. If you had googled for it, you will find the following AI generated summary: Carabeef is a meat that comes from the Asian water buffalo and is the
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by laxmin 2y ago
The Indian Voting Machines are the answer. No operating system, no passwords, no connections, no bruteforcing anything, system on a chip, so widely distributed devices that hacking even a few of them is challenging, etc. The US voting mach
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by laxmin 2y ago
Streisand effect is oversold. It is temporary as heck. People will forget about anything, no matter the extent of Streisand effect and go onto the next tictok video or whatever. Who gives a flying fk anyways about an article on wikipedia.
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by laxmin 2y ago
Yes. How dare they! Only EU must buy Russian oil. The billions of India can go without energy security. Why? Because the white man says so!
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by laxmin 2y ago
> Indian exports of restricted items such as microchips, circuits and machine tools surpassed $60 million 60 million? Not even 100 million? Wow, that is such a high number!
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by laxmin 2y ago
The Almanack of Naval Ravikanth. https://www.navalmanack.com/ I count Ravikanth as one of my gurus. From working as a professor in a medical school to starting up a small microSaaS, I attribute it all to Ravikanth who cond
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by laxmin 3y ago
You need to partner with Universities, Colleges, small specialised schools and preferable a couple, in every major area. E.g. 1. American system: the US, Canada 2. The Commonwealth system: the UK, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and don&
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by laxmin 3y ago
1. Canvas is not really open source. It was open source a long time ago, but now it is open-code really. Instructure was taken over by a Hedge Fund and since then, all the new developments are not part of the Open Source. The open source is
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by laxmin 3y ago
Agreed. We run a self-hosted Canvas LMS as well as Moodle LMS in our University. On Canvas Open Source, We don't have access to the new quizzes, new analytics, RCE text area, and a host of other 'new features'. We are always
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by laxmin 3y ago
India has set an example by banning Platform owners from owning companies that sell on the same platform, therefore ensuring a better level playing ground. It is not perfect, but can be a start. Amazon's subsidiaries must not be able
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by laxmin 3y ago
You are attributing some kind of consciousness and purpose to what was a popular movement. The Hindus of that time were used to different sects within Hinduism, some denying Vishnu the supreme godhead, some denouncing the entire pantheon an
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by laxmin 3y ago
> Buddha's "dhamma" is basically just a different pronunciation of "Dharma" Dharma is Sanskrit, Dhamma is Pali. There is not difference otherwise. Otherwise, agree completely. Nicely put.
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by laxmin 3y ago
The Bat, Pegasus and the Becky were three favourite clients at our University. Till GMail and the browser based email thing took over. I wonder if we will be remembering gmail and the browser clients with such fondness a few years from now
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by laxmin 4y ago
This is oversimplification. Not just on basis of allegation, but the material facts are open to see. Excise duty on Liquor is a huge source of revenue for any government around the world. Mr. Sisodia was the powerful home minister and sole
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by laxmin 4y ago
Let us not forget the difference between the hakenkreuz and the swastika please. Swastika is welcome, the nazi version of it isn't. The better and most appropriate term is Hakenkreuz, that the Nazis themselves used.
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by laxmin 4y ago
Unfortunately, the world is such that losing a job is the least pain and torture. In India, a Lady, Nupur Sharma merely quote the Hadith about Mohammad's marriage to Aisha and she had to go underground. Many people lost their lives. Th
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by laxmin 4y ago
You are missing the point of lifetime deals. The early adopters pay a price more than the actual money - risk and time. Venture capitalism is the same. The money does not matter, the risk undertaken is the true cost when investing in a ver
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by laxmin 4y ago
India is trying to grow and bolster its smartphones manufacturing capabilities. India’s domestic market for smartphones is one of the world’s largest and is still growing. More and more local apps are gaining traction due to cheap data pl
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by laxmin 4y ago
The problem is in defining Democracy.
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by laxmin 4y ago
Assuming both are completely rational and take decisions that are most beneficial to their citizens short and long term welfare. Such an assumption has no rational basis itself.
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by laxmin 4y ago
The Land without accompanying appendages: machinery, know-how, processing, storage, transportation, fertilizers and other inputs including seeds AND RELIABLE WATER .... is actually useless. Zimbabwe redistributed the land without the necess
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by laxmin 4y ago
Hindu numerals if we have to be precise, transmitted to the west by Arabs
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by laxmin 4y ago
We need diverse sources for critical technologies like chips. Right now, there are baskets of eggs in countries like Taiwan that are perpetually under the threat of invasion from China. India, with its stable democracy is a safer bet for t
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by laxmin 4y ago
Unfortunately, the human rights and religious freedom are weaponised by the US while the US itself does not, in fact, tolerate 'fact finding' missions and questionings undertaken by others. The US hosts the world's largest in

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