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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 Edu…

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 …

TIL Hono.dev. Thanks! I learn so much everyday from so many people, it amazes me.

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 '…

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. …

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 com…

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 i…

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…

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. Wh…

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!

> 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!

The Almanack of Naval Ravikanth. https://www.navalmanack.com/ I count Ravikanth as one of my gurus. From working as a professor in a medical school to starting up a small microSaaS…

You need to partner with Universities, Colleges, small specialised schools and preferable a couple, in every major area. E.g. 1. American system: the US, Canada 2. The Commonwealth…

1. Canvas is not really open source. It was open source a long time ago, but now it is open-code really. Instructure was taken over by a Hedge Fund and since then, all the new deve…

Agreed. We run a self-hosted Canvas LMS as well as Moodle LMS in our University. On Canvas Open Source, We don't have access to the new quizzes, new analytics, RCE text area, and a…

India has set an example by banning Platform owners from owning companies that sell on the same platform, therefore ensuring a better level playing ground. It is not perfect, but c…

You are attributing some kind of consciousness and purpose to what was a popular movement. The Hindus of that time were used to different sects within Hinduism, some denying Vishnu…

> Buddha's "dhamma" is basically just a different pronunciation of "Dharma" Dharma is Sanskrit, Dhamma is Pali. There is not difference otherwise. Otherwise, agree completely. Nice…

The Bat, Pegasus and the Becky were three favourite clients at our University. Till GMail and the browser based email thing took over. I wonder if we will be remembering gmail and …

This is oversimplification. Not just on basis of allegation, but the material facts are open to see. Excise duty on Liquor is a huge source of revenue for any government around the…

Let us not forget the difference between the hakenkreuz and the swastika please. Swastika is welcome, the nazi version of it isn't. The better and most appropriate term is Hakenkre…

Unfortunately, the world is such that losing a job is the least pain and torture. In India, a Lady, Nupur Sharma merely quote the Hadith about Mohammad's marriage to Aisha and she …

You are missing the point of lifetime deals. The early adopters pay a price more than the actual money - risk and time. Venture capitalism is the same. The money does not matter, t…

India is trying to grow and bolster its smartphones manufacturing capabilities. India’s domestic market for smartphones is one of the world’s largest and is still growing. More and…

The problem is in defining Democracy.