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I am able to see the feed from India. Did they block them or block them from posting ? Is this their feed ? https://mobile.twitter.com/thecaravanindia

The bananas were one of the stuffs I always missed during overseas trips. The variety of bananas you get in Kerala is very rare in Europe, where in markets it's always the same type and mostly same brand.

I use software controls as much as possible now. Even for locking the phone. This elongates the hard switch life.

In India TATA tried that. Built $2000 car (tata nano). Target audience were the bike going families.

First , the motor bikes are cheap. So you need car matching that cost and you end up compromising a lot.

https://thewire.in/business/tata-nano-why-did-the-people-not...

State of Kerala in India imposes ban on trawling (a method of fishing) during onset of monsoon. It's an ongoing practice for last couple of decades

https://scroll.in/article/932402/net-profit-or-loss-keralas-...

That shows the masks are working.

Since the number of infected people have increased, the rate of infection should also increase. If it remains same, then there is an actual reduction

..... but a few quiet voices have raised the possibility that no one is responsible for the shocking injuries. On 3 September, Le Monde pointed out that they could be a natural phenomenon – horses that have hurt themselves or died naturally and been set upon by scavengers such as foxes and crows. Previous scares, from the US to Germany, have eventually been explained this way. In the UK, in the decade from 1983, a rash of horse mutilations was widely blamed on a “horse ripper”, but despite prolonged investigations no conviction was ever made. Experts concluded that most of the injuries were sustained through accident or post mortem. A fox’s teeth are razor sharp, apparently; they can inflict damage that closely resembles a knife wound.... From https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/23/horse-...

Leaf arts used to be a common thing in many parts of India. As kids we used to keep fresh leaves in between pages in a notebook and keep it for weeks. aA the end, you are only left with the veins. Peepal leaves were used for its sturdiness.

Some beautiful craft works from such leaves. https://www.google.com/search?q=peepal+leaf+art

Xiaomi now makes their phones in India.

https://in.event.mi.com/in/made-in-india

I use same phone number across multiple bank accounts. So I create unique UPI IDs to receive in each. So Google pay is linked to icici, Airtel is linked to Canara bank. When people send money, I receive it in the corresponding one.

With just phone number, I will need to get multiple sim cards for each bank account.

(User of both UPI and PayNow)

Conditions of Public hospitals hugely depends on the state. States like Kerala has good public hospitals while other states have very pathetic health system.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_model

The India data is per day..so for 90 days total bw is 1.5x90 GB

I pay Rs150 ($2.16 USD - maybe can buy a hotdog at Costco with some spare change) per month (stress the Month.. ) and get 1.5 GB per day (yes, that's data per day) .

If I edit a png file using gimp (open file and make some changes) and then save, I expect that gimp finally make changes to that png file. Whether it stores session or layers or whatever in xcf should be transparent to me.

I don't need to separately export it again to png. Because... I opened a png, I made changes, saved it and closed the file.

If gimp not doing it, then it's an issue.

Maybe, don't let people to open other formats. But let them "import" other formats. This will maintain consistency . Whether usability improves is another question.

Fingerprints

Surprised to see .theguardian tld there. They ask for donation and spend money on this ?

>> if widespread partial hydrogenation were still on the table, plentiful cottonseed oil could have been used instead.

Just curious - If cotton seed is plentiful, why is it not used to make Ethanol ?

Maybe this can be developed on a massive scale for CO2 capture. If people are hesistant to consume this protein, it could even be used to feed fish / animals.

Edit - could be a possible candidate for ycombinator nature fund.

I wonder why drying clothes in Sunlight is avoided in western countries. Even in Summer, i don't see people hanging clothes outside in US. While this is the norm in Asia.

+1 for this.

'Localization' not just language customization. But also what locals want.

- Dual SIM phones. Most people have multiple SIM, mostly prepaid and recharge them based on the cheapest offer. Incoming calls are free. So if a provider has better offer on outgoing calls, that sim is used that month for making calls and next month they use the other number.

- SD card support. Best selling phones support this. People carry lots of movies and music with them, mostly pirated and takes lot of space. And you can normally buy SD cards pre-filled with popular songs and movies that you just insert into your phone when traveling.

- 3.5 inch headphone jack. Yes, people need this. Bluetooth sets are costly.. $30 for bt headphone, compare that to a $100 xiaomi phone.

- And of course, side loading of apps. Android allows this, iphone no. So you get apps from some one and just use it, without going to play store.

But this raises some questions inside me. Maybe some one can shed some light here.

1. The physical letters that I send to a friend are with my friend. So he is now owner of it and when he dies, it goes to his legal heir. Though I am the one who wrote them. Should it not belong to my heirs since I am the creator ?

2. If we are mapping online to offline equivalents, who inherits the facebook messages ? Is it the sender or receiver ? The messages contain both sent and received items as in discussions.

What about opening the window shades before flights land / take off ? I thought it was for the firefighters to see inside during an emergency. Or was it not ?

Whenever I see this, I intentionally select incorrect boxes. Let the AI eat those incorrect data. If sufficient people do this, these AI free loading stuff will stop.

Surprisingly Singapore, a developed country with Budget surplus, and that which can afford a plastic ban, is no where in any list. And the plastic bag use is extreme here.

[1] http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/3-billion-plastic-bags-a...

Guardian has been tracking the death of environment defenders for some time now. Last year 197 people were killed.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-defenders

This is like, make the product and they will come. Making the product is only a small part of the equation. The other aspects (promotion, choosing right niche etc) are most overlooked...

Walking barefoot is not a big deal. And many times there is religious / cultural aspect too [1]

[1]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/In-this...

[2]http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/21235888

In India, specially in remote parts, kids would be seen running around without shoes. And many of them don't have access to even simple slippers.

The global warming brigade hijacked the pollution issue.

There always will be a debate on global warming. So keeping global warming as the prime focus of fossil fuel usage kept people divided.

If pollution was the prime focus from day one, then more push would have been given to renewable.

Maybe, Arnold is able to bring more people to think in this direction.