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laxmin
·anno scorso·discuss
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 'fundamentals' has been stripped of many things and we can see the future where the cost of using Google might be a significant impactful expenditure on our tight, already stretched to the limits budget.

Also, the word, 'Crypt' is cool. Our teachers feel like Hackers.

Seriously - that was some of the great feedback we received.
laxmin
·anno scorso·discuss
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.

Why?

Because you are trivialising the emotions of pregnancy and motherhood. It is not stress all the time, it is also joy and satisfaction and like everything in life, a roller coaster.
laxmin
·anno scorso·discuss
TIL Hono.dev. Thanks! I learn so much everyday from so many people, it amazes me.
laxmin
·anno scorso·discuss
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 and maintain.

Sometimes, well designed systems, however simple they might be, would be all that is required.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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 in a Islamic State.

In the multicultural society, we need tolerance. The ban on beef is not intolerance, but a form of tolerance. You are welcome to eat any meat, but beef. This is at best an inconvenience, but of great significance to Hindus.

This again brings up a similar topic of tolerance of intolerance.

Here is the bargain that exists in a multicultural, multilinguistic, multireligious society like India (There is no other country that comes even close) - We don't eat Beef or Pork. There, all accomodated, tolerated and agreed upon.

Simple social contracts work.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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 primary agricultural export of India: Production India is the world's largest producer of carabeef. In 2023, India's carabeef production was estimated at 4.4 million metric tons (MMT). Exports In 2022, India exported 1.44 MMT of carabeef, which was 33% of its production. India is the fourth largest exporter of red meat in the world.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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 machines are just waiting to be hacked, just a matter of when, not if.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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.
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
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!
laxmin
·2 anni fa·discuss
> 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!