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I think it's the old that need to be protected more on the Internet since they disproportionately fall prey to online scams. So let's age-gate their access to online services too. …

Non-fossil fuels make up 50% of India's installed power capacity. This year's peak power demand was 270GW, out of which 34% was supplied by renewables. The percentage of renewables…

Reminds me of that sci-fi short film where kids are playing a VR game controlling virtual avatars looking for and shooting virtual enemies, while in the real world, unbeknownst to …

They do have the power to change things. Institutions can be made more accountable. The people just chose the option to continue with the status quo.

The system doesn't exist independent of the people. If those who are harmed do not punish the offenders, the offenders will see no reason to change their behaviour.

Damn. I hope he/she remains safe. India's administration is stupid and extremely vindictive.

India's education sector is a real shit-show. The rot starts at the bottom: students that resort to cheating, the endless question paper leaks of national level examinations, and c…

I don't think one has to wait for someone to start a movement. I pick up plastic bottles whenever I see them and drop them in the nearest trash bin that is meant for plastic bottle…

Yeah. If anything, Modi/Shah would probably burn those co-operatives to the ground if they could. Tamil Nadu hates the BJP.

You can buy an angle guide like the one below to keep the angle consistent while sharpening. https://www.amazon.com/Accurate-Whetstone-Sharpener-Effortle...

I think I was a bit hasty in expressing disbelief about your experience. Your team asked you not to set up a development centre in Kerala probably because it was not really known f…

I have a hard time believing that your team who were mostly from Kerala asked you not to set up a development centre there, as IT is pretty immune to militant trade unionism. A lot…

Kerala has alternated between a left-wing coalition(the Left Democratic Front - LDF) and a centrist to centre-right coalition(the United Democratic Front - UDF) for a long time. Th…

Some CRTs had a button to degauss the display, to remove the distortion on the screen. You could also purchase a tool that could be used to degauss a CRT.

I think it may be a good idea to either enable auto-save or remind the user that there are unsaved changes before navigating away from the page.

Till the 1700s India was the largest economy in the world, with China being a close second, based on the chart below, which in turn cites British economist Angus Maddison as the so…

>It's NVIDIA, not nVIDIA Take a look at their logo. It starts with a lowercase n.

Will defense contractors be known as war contractors from now on?

I pay for YouTube Premium, but what I am afraid will happen is that once enough users opt to pay for the service, YouTube may pull an Amazon Prime and show ads, and then ask for mo…

This[0] is the Wikipedia article that ANI has beef with. The claims of propaganda are all supported by ample secondary sources from Indian news organizations like Caravan Magazine …

I understand that Wikipedia has done this to not lose the possibility to appeal the court's decision. However, if the appeal is not successful and ANI wins, I think Wikipedia shoul…

Look at their username.

I remember reading that development of the MCAS system was not done by offshore companies, which was confirmed by Boeing. So saying that $9/hour employees caused the 737 MAX issues…

>It sounds like your copies were printed with less stable ink. Yeah. That's plausible. I haven't actually seen how he dries the photos. I don't think he keeps them in direct sunlig…

My uncle has physical copies of photos that are more than 30 years old, that still look like new. I have copies of some of the photos that he has, but the colors have deteriorated …