photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture
Brilliant movie, holds a mirror to our faces (because we ARE part of the system that failed those kids).
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photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Uber Taps Eric Holder to Investigate Discrimination Claims
I am not aware of how the system works, but shouldn't authorities voluntarily (don't know the legal term) investigate this case even though there is no official complaint?
There is victim's statement out in the open right?
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?
I have one of this and you will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: One month after launch
Sure will do :)
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: One month after launch
Subscribed, not sure how useful this is going to be for me, but will send a few bucks your way nonetheless.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: GitLab’s Secret to Managing Employees in 160 Locations: Write Everything Down
Kudos to the entire team, as another commenter said, please don't be discouraged by the petty comments. It takes balls to admit mistakes in public. You have earned many people's respect.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: In Its Third Month, India’s Cash Shortage Begins to Bite
And this happened just yesterday, politician's house raided by income tax officials.
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/while-you-stood-line-10...
10 crore = 1.47 million USD
EDIT: Corrected the conversion.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: In Its Third Month, India’s Cash Shortage Begins to Bite
You are right, I didn't read the link you posted because the moment I noticed livemint, I kind of jumped to respond (possibly due to my past experience with the articles on their website). However my point still holds, if RBI is not releasing the data how are these Bloomberg or any other entity getting their numbers?
I went through RBI's press release for December 2016 and didn't find anything stating the $220 billion deposits (as claimed by bloomberg).
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx
PS: I am not trying to argue for the sake of arguing, I really would like to know the numbers to apprise myself.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: In Its Third Month, India’s Cash Shortage Begins to Bite
I see, livemint's reputation for reporting facts is as dubious as nytimes. I say this because, livemint is owned by HT Media whose chairperson was a congress Rajyasabha (Upperhouse) MP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_(newspaper) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobhana_Bhartia
I would rather have some trust in the official RBI's figures, because they are accountable unlike some website.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: In Its Third Month, India’s Cash Shortage Begins to Bite
wrt #1 where are you getting those numbers from? Can you cite the source?
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Screwdriver: Yahoo's Continuous Delivery Build System for Dynamic Infrastructure
Agreed, but I don't see an option to update/edit the title. Do I need to have more karma points for that?
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: High-speed Wi-Fi rolls into 100th railway station in India
The new railway minister has been working relentlessly on improving the situation, we are already seeing a huge improvement. Trains are being run on time, it is a huge problem that doesn't go away overnight. I am willing to give the current government more time if they can stay the current course they are on.
Also, it would be nicer if you keep yourself updated on the latest development on the subject you are going to comment on. RM's twitter handle is a good place to start.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Can jet engines clean up Delhi's air?
There is no silver bullet, govt is probably trying a multi thronged approach to address the problem. A Solar power plant is being built in Rajastan, Western India[0], one more in neighbouring Gujarat [1] & one more just got completed in South India [2], and there are nuclear power plants being built or in the initial design phase. These things take time, but there needs to be some interim solutions as well. Don't you think?
[0] - http://www.rrecl.com/PDF/Solar%20Park%20Bhadla%20Presentatio...
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat_Solar_Park
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamuthi_Solar_Power_Project
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Linux Distribution for Programmers and Web Developers
You forgot to include an editor. ;)
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism
Is it possible that the quoted news site has its own agenda? India as a country is so diverse, within each state we have different dialects/languages, food habits. <s>If someone can pull off a fascist stunt in a country like India, he must be really good </s>
I am actually laughing at the article and many of the comments here.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments
People can still use lower denomination notes you know.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments
Can you provide some reasons as to why you think this is a horrible news?
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Epic Games chief pays $15M to protect 7,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness
You don't have to be rich to do this.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcas...
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: Plasma Mobile – Turns your phone into a fully open hacking device
The best mobile computer I have ever used, I kicked myself when I dropped it on the floor and the screen broke. I ordered a compatible screen from ebay and changed it myself. It was so much fun opening up a terminal and ssh'ing into my workstation. Then Nokia had to go out of the way to ruin it for me.
photonwins | 9 years ago | on: The Ops Identity Crisis
And blatant disregard for performance analysis & capacity planning. Application is slowing down at 5000 QPS? Let's upgrade to 64 core 128GB Server and while we are at it, let's throw in a bunch of SSDs too. </s>
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