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While it will benefit travelers, it’s likely to be used by a large number of people as an economic necessity - travel for work, study , selling and buying goods and services. The c…

Given how notoriously unreliable even the IC and ICEs have gotten over the last few years ( i rarely travel but the three times I tried, the train was either substantially delayed …

AKA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

Yeah if birth rates stay low ( which they have now for a few decades esp in Western countries but true elsewhere), you’ll need either large scale immigration or lots of cash to ser…

Even visiting the place as a tourist left a bad taste - everything is made up, the service industry is mostly unfriendly (our sightseeing bus left us stranded somewhere and then la…

I (re-) developed a strong fascination for Physics last year after chancing upon Feynman's QED lectures. It was such mind-boggling stuff and I realized that that was just one level…

Yep, was out most of the day (until 7 pm I think). Airtel is my ISP as well.

I've seen this news shared through various forums at least 5-6 times and not once did I think it's an actual dinosaur embryo! Sure, science reporting, especially the headlines in m…

Google is up to so many sneaky things, it's stopped surprising me to find out how they're always one step ahead to make their products even more intrusive. A new one I found out is…

Even if it’s a decision that I don’t agree with, if we all agree democracy is the best form of representative government, the decision taken by the lawmakers has to be respected. I…

Not sure about morality but yes it’s unethical and borderline illegal. If an elected body is planning legislations, actively blocking it means you’re suppressing the voice of the p…

Not sure if it's just me but I got my Airpods last March and I've been using it fairly regularly for the work calls. I got an ear infection in August that was pretty severe and aft…

Yes. I meant private bank as in "not a government owned bank".

Long back when I worked in my first job at a large private bank, I remember being in a meeting where they spoke about overdraft fees + late fees + interest on these + god knows wha…

Got it! Thanks and best wishes!

Ah right, thanks!

Cool stuff. Just curious- how does it stack against Metabase ( https://www.metabase.com/product/ ) for example? I used Metabase a few years back and was really blown away with the …

Yep - I am now seriously considering buying an electric scooter because Uber is plain unreliable now.

If there was any time to be skeptical of Uber's longevity, it is now (at least for me). My experience is anecdotal but I visit my home country every year for a few months and I can…

I think mostly due to labour/tax overheads

I think the right stat to measure is - of all the Tesla cars out there, how many had crashes, and compare this against the average for other car brands/models.

"What we are angry about tends to be a reflection of ourselves more than the current state of affairs." Absolutely. It is definitely hard to cut through all the fluff when we are e…

Right - but why would they assume I want to watch the "top" show? I've already paid for it and they benefit by having me browse and allowing myself to find that I like right? And w…