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by pratik661 3mo ago
Also, motorized blades and grinders were revolutionary for the categories of recipes they unlocked
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by pratik661 11mo ago
This is analogous to an elevator that’s unidirectional
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by pratik661 11mo ago
A lot of field studies on chimpanzees also indicate similar behavior (ie taking care of former leaders after they aged out of their prime)
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by pratik661 1y ago
I think we are undercounting how much silt gets deposited by major river systems over millenia. The ruins of Lothal, which was a Harappan port city contemporary with Ur are pretty far inland as well. Who knows? Maybe Giza was closer to the
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by pratik661 1y ago
The Persian Gulf would be a goldmine for this.
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by pratik661 1y ago
My thoughts exactly. In physical environments where people are bombarded with low-information “noise”, gatekeeping (ie credentialism) emerges as a natural mechanism.
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by pratik661 1y ago
Could this lead to a situation where user agents also need to have their identities verified with a certificate authority the way websites do?
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by pratik661 2y ago
All this needs is a song that starts immediately playing when this loads in your browser and you have a full nostalgia trip
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by pratik661 2y ago
Bell Labs like orgs can only exist within companies that are protected by a rock solid moat (ie ATT monopoly)
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by pratik661 3y ago
As opposed to sex workers in other countries? This article has a “every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes” or “In Japanese culture, killing someone is frowned upon” vibe to it.
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by pratik661 3y ago
So was Europe. However, most European countries have not grown much since then. 2008 is an important year in divergence between the two
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by pratik661 4y ago
Paying people to alter historical genealogy records to hide caste origin was a fairly common practice in India, especially by new kings.
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by pratik661 4y ago
As a farang, you SHOULD pay 10x local prices.
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by pratik661 4y ago
We tend to underestimate how complex even pre Bronze Age kingdoms were. To rule them, our ancestors came up with an intricate way to let different combinations of symbols represent abstract thoughts.
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by pratik661 4y ago
Rights to privately acquire land, create corporations, and sell across markets were extant across different civilizations throughout history. The Chola merchant guilds had formalized corporate structures that dissipated the risk of long vo
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by pratik661 4y ago
Just got Arthashastra. It’s amazing. Han Feizi is next on my list.
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by pratik661 4y ago
Ive always wondered this: has a species have an evolutionary history where they originated in land but adapted to living in water and then adapted to living on land again?
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by pratik661 4y ago
I know that’s it’s established that some of the oldest civilizations started in Anatolia/Mesopotamia. Could it be because the dry climate there preserves old structures better than damp Germany or tropical Southeast Asia?
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by pratik661 4y ago
Solved problem, but not a scalable problem. Unless we can fork dang reliably N times.
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by pratik661 4y ago
Imagine the beauty of Boston city hall, but spread across the whole city..
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by pratik661 5y ago
The former Indian Prime Minister Narasina Rao used to code as well. https://princeezraj.medium.com/the-indian-prime-minister-who...
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by pratik661 5y ago
India doesn’t produce a lot of consumer goods. However, there is a good chance that the lab equipment and chemicals used were manufactured there. For some reason, most drain caps in the US happen to come from scrap iron mills in India..
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by pratik661 5y ago
Indian English is different. For example a ‘promoter’ is someone who has fiduciary responsibilities towards shareholders in a company (CEO, founder, board member,etc) and not someone who is trying to get patrons to visit a nightclub https:
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by pratik661 5y ago
A good proxy for a party’s influence is how much declared assets they have. By that definition, there are regional parties like BSP that are better funded than INC. it’s safe to say that INC is a national party only nominally.
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by pratik661 5y ago
I’d check out some UK/US based remote first companies as they would be less of a culture shock. A lot of companies have a dev presence in SEA and India and would love to have more on call coverage for those regions
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by pratik661 5y ago
This is an empirically accurate assessment. The priorities of the Anglophone elite (which dominate the IAS and other parts of the admin) are divorced from the priorities of the rest of the country. This manifests in issues akin to what they
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by pratik661 5y ago
That’s really interesting to know. Happy to see another desi doing really well.
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by pratik661 5y ago
That’s interesting. I wonder how much that applies to South Asians though. I think most of the dating advice in these threads is tailored towards white people who have different experiences from other POC.
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by pratik661 5y ago
> if you're in north America, take heart that its not your fault! The American dating market is absolute garbage. What do you mean?
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by pratik661 5y ago
Possibly a controversial opinion: No one looks unattractive when lean (reasonably lean, not body builder sub 5% body fat)

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