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khrmon Trump is tame compared to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi

Well, demonetisation isn't as big issue as action against Human rights organizations like Amnesty International or Environmental groups like Greenpeace. Trump isn't going to ban them or choke their funding directly. Also Steve Bannon is tame in comparison to Yogi Adityanath, the newly appointed CM of UP (a state with 204.2 million population). This Adityanath guy:

1. Said that he will put hindu idols in every mosque.

2. Said that Shah Rukh Khan(one of the greatest Bollywood) actor is a terrorist(Hafiz Sayed).

3. Distributed arms for rioting.

4. Has a person on his organization stage who said they should rape dead Muslim women in graves.

5. Said those who don't want to do yoga should leave India and should drown.

6. Will kill 10(100 in another) muslim for 1 hindu(killing anyone is wrong).

7. His organization (Hindu Yuva Vahini) engages in nonviolence during valentine. This guy has been chargesheeted but no action.

What I have noticed is that during Bush time, Cheney was boundary of fringe for right in US. Now in Trump's time, Bannon is the boundary of fringe.

Similarly in India during vajpayee time, Advani was the boundary and Modi was fringe. Now during Modi's time, Yogi is becoming boundary. And mark my word, next boundary will be more direct oppression and removal of minority identity.

khrmon TV anchor says live on-air ‘Alexa, order me a dollhouse’

This blunder seems to be mild in comparison to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5p0gqCIEa8

khrmon India rupee ban: Snapdeal to deliver cash

I am quite surprised to see their response. First thing, this whole wallet business is fishy and full of security vulnerability. Who is certifying/auditing these wallets companies like in case of internet banking and card transactions?

khrmon Joe Armstrong Interviews Alan Kay [video]

I can't find that book anywhere in India. Is it available on public domain?

khrmon Category Theory for the Working Hacker [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LbkfSSR58&list=PLbgaMIhjbm...

I love this series

khrmon Include cuts off Y Combinator because Peter Thiel is a part-time investor there

What's normal view of people about Brendan_Eich? Should he have been removed? 1. If you believe, he should have been. Then Peter Thiel should also be removed. 2. If you believe he shouldn't have been, then Peter Thiel can stay.

I have included this test to just weed out hypocritical thinking.

khrmon Twitter lays off around 20, shuts down engineering office in Bangalore, India

Under the assumption that it will increase onshore hiring. But it prolly won't in this case. So onshore team will feel more insecure and keep thinking which low cost team is next.

khrmon Ask HN: Best place to learn GPU programing?

Yes. It's quite CUDA focus.

khrmon Human or Machine: Can You Tell Who Wrote These Poems?

I find poems given at http://botpoet.com by bots to be a bit better. Above one are completely incoherent. Haiku would be probably more easier to generate.

khrmon China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet works

In India too, you need ID card to get sim card. And your sim card is activated after verification. In west you don't need to? How does Security agencies collect data? India is quite free albeit there's a recent surge of fascism.

khrmon How the Gut Affects Mood

Remind me of this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw

khrmon Whoever does not understand Lisp is doomed to reinvent it (2007)

Checkout the VR script by John Carmack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydyztGZnbNs

It's on racket (scheme dialect). There are no language which can make you more efficient. But some languages open your mind. Just read SICP and find out what makes language EPIC. Many big projects are in Php. But surely no one would claim that it makes php "the EPIC" or even great.

khrmon Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, now open-source

It wasn't. He gave conclusive reply which established that it's ethical (just telneting and help). Unless you believe samba and everything else is unethical and you club every reverse engineering under one umbrella, your comment is wrong. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/torvalds_attacks_tri...

khrmon A List of Isaac Asimov's Books

Quite correct. But his stories are also published as anthology. Nightfall is there (1969). So that list might be complete.