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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

villgax wrote: post #55
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #43

Khan academy is a wonderful resource and for free. People falling for this utter bullshit is directly attributable to one word. Marketting.

Khan Academy is a golden standard, which these guys can't ever aspire to become.

no. they dont even try. i heard recently that byjus had "done a promotion" at a relative kids' school last year and the only reason they didnt go for it is because his father is not exactly weathly.

the same bs. asking children over the top questions then showing them pretty animations and promising the stars.

this whitehat is another level of disgusting.

i have relatives who i have been slowly teaching scratch, arduino, even a 3 year old who does gcompris and they can now use a computer. will that give them a job? absolutely not. will it help them get a tiny bit interested in computers? yes most definitely.

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Post by aydwi »

kkarakk wrote: post #76
ankit219 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WhiteHat Jr. abuses the DMCA and copyright policies to take down accounts and content. There was this article [1] where they detailed it really well (its a long article and requires login) > It seems that fairly early on, WhiteHat Jr figured out that it can create temporary nuisance for everyone by reporting their video as a copyright or trademark infringement. Which is why after say, 15-30 days, several of Poonia’s…

someone on reddit posted a screenshot of the complete article https://i.imgur.com/LBGtP4f.jpg

I'm in awe after reading that.

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Post by RobRivera »

rendall wrote: post #133
eklavya wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am sure it will be hard for India to come up to that level if people just keep leaving for greener pastures. Europe didn’t get to be Europe by doing that. Of course it’s your choice to leave, I don’t know it somehow smells bad to my value system, but that’s just my problem. If enough people keep landing in Europe like this, I am pretty sure sooner or later, Europeans will be upset. It’s inevitable and human nature.…

"Europe didn’t get to be Europe by doing that..." No, because all the troublemakers left to the US! I kid. I kid .

[Heartchuckle.gif]

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Post by phobosanomaly »

linuxlizard wrote: post #137
rendall wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Europe didn’t get to be Europe by doing that..." No, because all the troublemakers left to the US! I kid. I kid .

(American here.) No, no. You have a point.

Me: Liberal Democrat

Looks in my closet: Variety of legal assault rifles that would shock a European.

Looks in my Garage: 4x4 Pickup truck and a plated dirtbike.

America is packed to the brim with contrarian troublemakers.

But we make some damn good beers.

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Post by aydwi »

ra7 wrote: post #136
mangamadaiyan wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not the phrases themselves, it's (almost always) the context they are used in. They signify babudom at its worst.

It’s used by nearly everyone, not just babus. The memes in fact originate from engineers in India interacting with their international colleagues. In any case, it’s not something worth getting upset about.

I'm genuinely curious as to how do you determine what is something worth getting upset about, when you are not the one who is upset.

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Post by mangamadaiyan »

shi314 wrote: post #156
helmholtz wrote: post #135

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> Europeans will be upset. To an extent, they are. But most of the conversation here seems to be about refugees and asylum seekers rather than legal immigrants. It helps that I'm more than willing to adopt the European way of life: fashion, food, work-life balance and all the rest of it. As to your first point, that was the crux of my post. I no longer care (nor am offended by, mind you!) whether you judge me or not.…

I don't want to sound rude but mob doesn't differentiate between refugees and legal immigrants.

The law, insofar as it exists, shouldn't differentiate between mobs and criminals either.

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Post by robk »

johnx123-up wrote: post #89
tempstar wrote: post #7

They are the biggest scam in India capitalizing on FOMO of Indian parents. They charge heaftily (more than $2000) to teach app development (using Scratch, Firebase etc.). Their staff is poorly paid and just reads off scripts. Their staff doesn't know even the basics of CS (as evidenced in this video: https://youtu.be/1Y21eSn_zSM?t=64 , when the student asks how files are stored in Cloud Storage, she says the files ar…

FWIW. Since you've mentioned Byju's... my Indian friend here informed me that they have a nexus with the Google Playstore team too and bypassing all Playstore policies. For instance, they release a free app without any in-app purchase; but after some time, they'll lock the app and will call the parents to pay 50k rupees.

As in googlers are complicit??

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Post by hn_99 »

helmholtz wrote: post #102
pulkitsh1234 wrote: post #59

I have had my personal stint with trying to "expose" an Indian startup (I am an Indian), also coding related which gained some traction on LinkedIn (around 500+ reactions, if they mean anything). This guy is in serious danger, trust me. I had to delete my linkedin post when my ex-manager called me to delete it otherwise the startup's employees will go crazy and try every which way to make my life hell. Unfortunately,…

I'm an Indian abroad. Do it. Come here to Europe. The baseline level of self-awareness in people here is off the scale when you compare it to the typical Indian. People actually queue, instead of creating a melee at every counter. You're never worrying about people cutting you in lines. Cars stop at zebra crossings to let pedestrians cross. No one honks! They nod and smile "bonjour!" as they cross you on the street.…

>You'll never hear the words "do the needful" or "prepone" or, my most hated "kindly revert back"!

>Life, and especially youth, passes by in an instance.

Considering how you hate these phrases of "Indian English" so much, the grammatical error in your comment is quite ironic.

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Post by helmholtz »

mangamadaiyan wrote: post #142
eklavya wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am sure it will be hard for India to come up to that level if people just keep leaving for greener pastures. Europe didn’t get to be Europe by doing that. Of course it’s your choice to leave, I don’t know it somehow smells bad to my value system, but that’s just my problem. If enough people keep landing in Europe like this, I am pretty sure sooner or later, Europeans will be upset. It’s inevitable and human nature.…

Laudable sentiments indeed. Could you also expound a little on _how_ exactly you expect the parent(s) to "fix their own place"? Not everyone has to be a revolutionary. It is indeed human to tire of the fight, and equally human to want to live life without having to fight all the way. It is easy indeed to judge everybody else on the basis of (y)our value system; it is harder to walk a few steps in the other person's s…

It's funny that that reminded me of James Damore. After his memo, there was I think an NYT article interviewing some women at Google's campus about their thoughts. One of them said something to the effect of "I just like to code, I'm not doing it to be revolutionary", but she was almost forced to take a position just through circumstances.
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