> While the tech bodyshops (TCS, Infosys, etc.) might have a poor reputation in the US, these companies have been absolutely critical in helping move tens of millions into middle-class respectability.
couldn't agree more. In my previous comments, I've criticized bodyshops for their business model but this is so true. While I never worked for any of the WITCH company but I worked with few product based and service based companies, In my case, we do not had our own house, in my 10 years of Software Engineer career, I was able to bought house and also paid my whole housing loan. Own a second hand car. I could also buy a new car but I decided to go ahead with used car instead. For those who don't know, car is necessity in US but in India it is considered a semi-luxury.
Agreed, I would say, I am relatively good at what I do so it also translated in to comparatively higher salary (and still way less than what I could have made if I would have moved to Bengaluru - "Silicon Valley of India")
it isn't fabrication, when fingerprint authentication was (may be still) the ONLY option provided by Jio. I went to buy Jio sim and decided to not buy only because there wasn't other option like submitting copy of document which all other telecom companies provide.
> The Ambanis are no one's poodles all Indian Politicians are their poodles.
I am not denying that. But the way, current government is working, good luck with current situation improving anymore. And BJP or Congress or any other party politicians, especially in India, like to enjoy absolute control over citizens. So by some miracle if other party got in power in future then also they will not work to correct wrong done by current government.
As an Indian, unfortunately I don't have much hope. Even if this is true and somehow got implemented, it has even far reaching worse outcome for the country. I hope that i am wrong but see my other comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33278016
other comment mentioning that "Ambani’s Reliance co will launch search next month." is not realistic. I mean even Bing is not able to capture significant market share of Google after all these years.
> Google forbidding Indian telcom companies and Chinese smartphone manufactures from installing adwarecrap has made the ultra-cheap smartphone experience somewhat tolerable for hundreds of millions of people.
however, this comment is also related to Ambani’s Jio (Subsidiary of Reliance) are planning to launch Android devices. And mind it, Jio is one of the largest telecom provider in India with the blessing of ruling party. Jio also have suits of all kind of applications like chat, payment, audio streaming like Spotify, and what not, etc. which is less of utility app and can be use as surveillance system for the government in the future.
India is heading towards government system like deadly mix of Russia in terms of democracy and China in terms of surveillance system (look at the recent telecom act amendment proposed by government in last month. Basically it can force any VoIP services such as WhatsApp to verify user identity.)
I checked on homepage and I didn't see any story about it so I posted it. But later, I tried to delete this but i can't see an option to delete. Maybe Hide will works?
13. Accordingly, in terms of the provisions of Section 27 of the Act, the Commission has imposed monetary penalty as well as issued cease and desist order against Google from indulging in anti-competitive practices that have been found to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 4 of the Act. Some of the measures that were indicated by the Commission are as follows:
i. OEMs shall not be restrained from (a) choosing from amongst Google’s proprietary applications to be pre-installed and should not be forced to pre-install a bouquet of applications, and (b) deciding the placement of pre-installed apps, on their smart devices.
ii. Licensing of Play Store (including Google Play Services) to OEMs shall not be linked with the requirement of pre-installing Google search services, Chrome browser, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail or any other application of Google.
iii. Google shall not deny access to its Play Services APIs to disadvantage OEMs, app developers and its existing or potential competitors. This would ensure interoperability of apps between Android OS which complies with compatibility requirements of Google and Android Forks. By virtue of this remedy, the app developers would be able to port their apps easily onto Android forks.
iv. Google shall not offer any monetary/ other incentives to, or enter into any arrangement with, OEMs for ensuring exclusivity for its search services.
v. Google shall not impose anti-fragmentation obligations on OEMs, as presently being done under AFA/ ACC. For devices that do not have Google’s proprietary applications pre-installed, OEMs should be permitted to manufacture/ develop Android forks based smart devices for themselves.
vi. Google shall not incentivise or otherwise obligate OEMs for not selling smart devices based on Android forks.
vii. Google shall not restrict un-installing of its pre-installed apps by the users.
viii. Google shall allow the users, during the initial device setup, to choose their default search engine for all search entry points. Users should have the flexibility to easily set as well as easily change the default settings in their devices, in minimum steps possible.
ix. Google shall allow the developers of app stores to distribute their app stores through Play Store.
13. Accordingly, in terms of the provisions of Section 27 of the Act, the Commission has
imposed monetary penalty as well as issued cease and desist order against Google from
indulging in anti-competitive practices that have been found to be in contravention of the
provisions of Section 4 of the Act. Some of the measures that were indicated by the
Commission are as follows:
i. OEMs shall not be restrained from (a) choosing from amongst Google’s proprietary
applications to be pre-installed and should not be forced to pre-install a bouquet of
applications, and (b) deciding the placement of pre-installed apps, on their smart
devices.
ii. Licensing of Play Store (including Google Play Services) to OEMs shall not be
linked with the requirement of pre-installing Google search services, Chrome
browser, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail or any other application of Google.
iii. Google shall not deny access to its Play Services APIs to disadvantage OEMs, app
developers and its existing or potential competitors. This would ensure
interoperability of apps between Android OS which complies with compatibility
requirements of Google and Android Forks. By virtue of this remedy, the app
developers would be able to port their apps easily onto Android forks.
iv. Google shall not offer any monetary/ other incentives to, or enter into any
arrangement with, OEMs for ensuring exclusivity for its search services.
v. Google shall not impose anti-fragmentation obligations on OEMs, as presently being
done under AFA/ ACC. For devices that do not have Google’s proprietary
applications pre-installed, OEMs should be permitted to manufacture/ develop
Android forks based smart devices for themselves.
vi. Google shall not incentivise or otherwise obligate OEMs for not selling smart
devices based on Android forks.
vii. Google shall not restrict un-installing of its pre-installed apps by the users.
viii. Google shall allow the users, during the initial device setup, to choose their default
search engine for all search entry points. Users should have the flexibility to easily
set as well as easily change the default settings in their devices, in minimum steps
possible.
ix. Google shall allow the developers of app stores to distribute their app stores through
Play Store.
Pwned Passwords project by Troy Hunt is served by CloudFlare cache. I don't know scale of bandwidth usage by Pwned Passwords. But CloudFlare can definitely make the similar arrangement here too.
[1] Earlier The Wire reported that "Seven posts by satirical account @cringearchivist were removed without any verification because the head of the BJP (India's ruling party)'s IT Cell falls under Meta's controversial 'XCheck' programme."
[2] The Wire publish another article that and shows internal screenshot that Andy talked about previously mentioned article and asked to put both journalists on watch list.
[3] Meta denied it that email and url is fake.
[4] Guy Rosen (CISO @ Meta) denied it
[5] Andy Stone (Communications, @Meta) denied it
[6] Andy Stone challenge The Wire to publish proof that how email and url is not fake
The Wire publish third article (and actually submitted link here) with bit of technical details on DKIM that why internal email is not fake
> They would all be committing to code repo with single "[email protected]"
it really depends, what's the process of end client. In many cases, even each offshore developers have client's email and it's used as SSO with GIT/Slack/etc. Not saying that what you are describing is not possible with this but it certainly makes it difficult and almost not feasible.
> With the turnover of good staff, the only way to keep the better ones was to get the visas sorted to nearshore them in US
> largely defeating the purpose of the cost saving.
agree on most part including that onshore billing is obvious more than offshore but still for client it's saving as oppose to hiring FTE. Often client also want good resource to stick so they allow them to move to onsite. In my case, we informed client after my H1B was stamped, that I have to move to States either in this project or other project, client approved in 2-3 hours. For the another resource, client took 4-5 months to decide and then replied that we don't have budget for onshore billing.
So in case of good resource, it's often win-win for everyone involved.
> And as soon as someone got good, they left the team/company because they could get a better job anywhere else.
they left the company because they could get a "better pay" anywhere else.
For offshore outsourcing company, their only business model is: amount they receive per resource - A. salary per resource - B. fix cost at company level. i.e. office rent, office maintenance, etc.
And Project manager's OKR are mostly to increase margin. Project manager have only control over A. hence they will always try to hire junior resource. So good resource often have to waste time in spoon feeding to rest of the team and they will leave the company as soon as they got better offer/company.
and then pay % of your refund as a fee to CPA, so they help you maximize your refund.