To learn anything, I always turn towards youtube. Its easily the best for getting started in anything. Cooking, carpentry, masonary, building a house!
But it just stops the moment you get started and make it to the beginner stage. The moment you get one project done, the details around how certain things work is nothing to be found on youtube, unless it’s a very generic skill like cooking.
After that valley of amateur, learning by doing is the best teacher.
Being a developer by profession, apart from programming I spend almost 80% of the rest of the time with the browser. Even in "development process" I use SAAS tools for version control, documentation, communication and collaboration.
My partner almost entirely works on the browser with GSuite and Salesforce.
Though I mourn the loss of control over the software that I own, I appreciate the ubiquity that I get in return.
If I may add to this, the vāda usually composes of 3 parts.
1. Purva paksha.
2. Khandana
3. Uttara paksha.
Purva paksha which literally translates prior view is when the debater should talk from the opponent's perspective. This has to be confirmed by the opponent, which proves that the debater has understood the opponent's view point.
Then comes khandana, which is the actual opposing view point that the debater puts forward refuting the view point of the opponent.
The last is Uttara paksha, the opinion of the debater. (Or siddhānta as mentioned in this article)
On one side they continue to shield Masood Azhar, a person classified as terrorist by all major powers in the UNSC, to appease their all weather friends Pakistan.
On the other side they run "re-education" camps for Muslims on their soil.
> I'm not convinced that China is outright evil. I think they're just taking a different approach.
How about apply the same logic to hate speech, racism and dictatorship. Sure, everything can be termed as "different approach", but there is a certain global world view that defines or normalizes what is considered evil and what is not.
In today's world, refusing people their freedom to express their opinion is normally considered evil. Let's not mix democracy and freedom of expression. There are ample examples of bad functioning democracies(governmental systems) which have granted their citizens with good freedom of self expression.
I'm rather appalled to see how Chinese government gets away with it's treatment of it's 1.3 billion population, while other semi dictatorial nations often earn a bad reputation.
Probably now that China is rich and powerful, all their actions will be forgiven, and their actions be considered as a "different approach" to the mainstream opinion.
China's one child policy, it's treatment of minorities, and it's censorship are evil in my opinion/world view.
The last mile problem is what usually makes me skip the Ubahn. I've tried to solve the last mile problem using the bike.
I would happily stop using the car if this happens along with a solution for taking bikes. Currently, I should buy a separate ticket to take my bike along with me(around €2.50 in Munich for a day) and I'm allowed to take the bike only during 6am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm.
Forget the whole "smart" features in the phone. I am extremely happy if I am able to make calls with this phone, message peeps through Whatsapp, update status on Facebook. As a power user, I'm sure most of us wouldn't want this phone, but imagine the power this could give to the poor people in India. With just Rs.251, communication is just one touch away. This is going to make the farmer, fishermen, plumber, merchants far more connected, productive and simply get onto to the internet and explore the taste of connectivity. I'm definitely thrilled to see the outcome of this. My only fear is the subsidies that the government has poured into this.
Rs.251 is what I spend for a tasty dinner. If someone could have a phone for that cost, why the hell not.
In India, there "could" be a lot of ridiculous laws, but people generally violate all these laws. I think with such a huge population, a law that is quite unpopular is never followed.
Mixed feelings for me. I wrote a paper on the very same thing, "Demand responsive public transportation" but never really had the conviction to implement it full scale as I thought it would simply fail in a country with huge population as india, where there is always demand in all locations. It would be interesting to see how it would fare in a densely populated route.
But it just stops the moment you get started and make it to the beginner stage. The moment you get one project done, the details around how certain things work is nothing to be found on youtube, unless it’s a very generic skill like cooking.
After that valley of amateur, learning by doing is the best teacher.