machz's comments

Solar is the only solution.

Forget Coal. We can now go Solar directly!

This comment and your following comment seem to show a reluctance to accept EVs as solution. You haven't considered some major points:

1. "Import duties are high", "Direct import is not viable" - it's the govt we are talking about. They'll HAVE to ease the import to make it work.

2. Vehicles age; and they break down faster on indian roads. Current vehicles will eventually expire and open up space for electrics. no one is going to ask you to smash a new car.

Thankfully, labour is cheaper in India than many herbicides, so farmers didn't subscribe to them in big numbers. I can tell you with certainty that we don’t use glyphosate on wheat or sugar cane (at least in a large part of India that I know).

There's a danger these companies can make inroads though: I was in field few days back and there was an Agriculture University professor who quite paternalistically suggested to a farmer that he use this product to de-weed the field. Gosh, degrees and education aren't enough sometimes. I wasn't in the position to debate (as someone younger and a software engineer), it made my stomach growl.

We honestly need to have ethics trainings for Professors/Researchers across the globe.

> Nothing wrong with GPL3.

Wrong

> I'd rather use an OS that's willing to ship essential software.

Ok, there's Linux in that case.

> The OS is there to serve the user, not make their lives more difficult because of petty licensing concerns.

"Petty licensing concerns" are an issue for big companies.

The 256GB model is an old Apple hack to show a lower starting price (which rarely anyone would buy at this time) and which quickly goes up as you upgrade the components.

These states are also not very humid. Temperatures in Rajasthan have exceeded 50 several times and people have traditional ways of dealing with it.

Not saying that #climatechange isn't an emergency; but people won't suddenly die.

brew (used on MacOS) is working on extending support to Windows and Linux.

"I'm addicted to Domain Names... but for kicks & giggles, I dropped in a bid around $2,200".

Not trying to be a killjoy, but everytime I hear about people reserving domains for fun or future, it just tells of so much privilege. Americans and other Westerners people have already reserved so many domains. Domain name squatting always is a rich-get-richer story.

Some recruiters can truly get on your nerves. I once applied to Expedia; the recruiter once called and asked me what's an 'Epic' (from Agile Methodology). That was my first call after email communication. I expected the HR guy to ask questions about my experience and setup an interview time with an engineer. I just didn't get why asking for a definition of keywords from the Agile Method was the first step in their interviewing process at all!

It's so unfortunate that LinkedIn is successful in its domain despite its passively unethical ways. This company never gave me any positive vibes. It's always been recommendations that people begged from their co-workers and fluff talk about own profile. They are like the Ryanair of software industry. Least concern for the users. It's on my todo list to get rid of my minimal account info on LinkedIn as soon as possible.