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There are other scams Indians run too. And I am sure it is not what you think.
Re:Ask HN: Why do people stack plates? on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:53PM (#34140568)
The simplest way is to cook with a cast iron skillet and directly eat out of the skillet then there is no plate to clean. And you don't even need detergent to clean the cast iron skillet. Just hot water with a brush is good enough.
If someone can break down the languages used by these companies that would be great.
Re:Ask HN: How to build F-You Skills on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @02:15PM (#34085050)
I found out that the most important skills in the IT industry is the bullshit skill. That's the kind of skill you need to build.
Re:Why Picnic Picked Java on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @03:22PM (#34071949)
Same for me. I use LINQ extensively and can't imagine without it.
Re:Why Picnic Picked Java on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:12PM (#34070845)
What about C#? Have you guys considered the .net framework?
Re:Ask HN: How to tell the world about your project? on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @01:07PM (#34069740)
Is this like a chicken and egg thing? You need ads to generate income. You need income to buy ads.
I am like you. I would prefer to buy once and own it instead of subscribing.
Who are the people who wrote these buggy software?
Re:Ask HN: What is the most expensive startup failure? on Friday December 09, 2022 @04:54PM (#33926866)
Probably not the most expensive but certainly one of the most prominently featured failure in the early days of the internet.

Govworks.com by that sleezy dude Kaleil Isaza Tuzman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjk-WmtNs3g&t=19s

Re:Ask HN: What Books helped you sharpen your brains? on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:32PM (#33911329)
Being smart and see the world through a different angle are two totally different things.
Re:Ask HN: Should I be scared of you stealing my idea? on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:05PM (#33871912)
It is a real threat. Is your app technically difficult to build? If it is then the threat is not as high as app that is easy to build but the idea is novel.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:57PM (#33857184)
I might add that India acquired a new territory dispute with Nepal just a few several years ago by unilaterally publishing a new map incorporating what used to be part of Nepal territory (according to India's old map) into India's new map. The action triggered a counteract by the Nepalese government when it published its own map.

These newly acquired disputed territory is different than the old dispute of Kalapani. In that case India requested Nepal to grant India access to Kalapani to better monitor China's troop movement during the 1962 war with China because Kalapani is on a high ground. The problem is once India squatted on that land it never leave and is still squatting on Kalapani to this day.

Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:18PM (#33856718)
You can look it up yourself. I don't believe it either at one point and I did some digging and all the evidence points to a low IQ Indian population. There is of course very smart Indians but the distribution of the population as a whole is center around 82.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:15PM (#33856689)
European outcompeted by their Indian origin fellow citizens? If you people are so great how come India is a shithole?
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:14PM (#33856666)
Stop using racism as an excuse when caste culture runs deep in your country.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:10PM (#33856631)
What about the AFSPA in Kashmir and the northeast? For people who are not in the know this is a law that gives the Indian state the power to detain or kill anyone with impunity. These areas are brutally ruled by India and is extremely oppressive. Democracy my ass you stupid desi.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:03PM (#33856552)
In your dreams. Bharat is a shithole.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:00PM (#33856527)
India has never been a democracy in the sense that the Westerners understood it. India is also a fucking land grabber. It has land grabbed every single of its neighbors once the British left town. You never hear it in the West because it doesn't fit the narrative the West has on India.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @11:31AM (#33855078)
There is a general lawlessness in India the 'biggest democracy' but aside from that large swathes of area in India is under a law that gives the state the power to imprison or kill anyone with impunity. No due process, no question asked. Anyone can be jailed or be killed by the state if the state deemed the person a security threat for whatever reason. The law is called AFSPA (Armed Force Special Power Act) and is imposed in Kashmir and the northeast. It is a brutal law that no civilized country should have.
Re:Apple to move 40-45% iPhone production to India on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:47AM (#33852425)
If Apple want to exit China for geopolitical reason it should move to Vietnam. Western manufacturers have set up shops in India before and there were few successful stories and many have exit eventually. Ford for example exit India after not turning a profit for decades. When people point out India's problem it is the usual suspect like government red tapes, poor infrastructure, unreliable electric grid...etc. Some even blame India's problem on democracy, which is absurd. Germany is a democracy and is a manufacturing powerhouse. But the fundamental problem underlying all these is the average IQ of a nation. India's population average IQ is 82 and this is the fundamental reason why the workers productivity is so low. This is the elephant in the room that every manufacturer who want to set up shop in a foreign country should consider.
There is a tool that do something similar but I think it is a desktop app.

https://www.ndepend.com/

Why you choose Wyoming and not Nevada for example for your LLC?
I used to use software for task management. Now I use post it notes.
In his sentencing statement, Judge Edward Davila said the case was "troubling on so many levels."

"What went wrong? This is sad because Ms. Holmes is brilliant.”

Brilliant of what? Of dressing in black turtleneck and imitating Steve Jobs? Able to lower her voice one octave down?

How do you market your software? Please let me know if you don't mind sharing. Thanks!
At least Xi is much more assertive (not aggressive) in safeguarding his country's territorial integrity whereas Mao didn't give a hoot and let his country land grabbed by its neighbors left and right.
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:54PM (#33513090)
India's political system has all the forms but none of the substance of a democracy. Yes Modi is from a backward caste but his policies are biased towards the upper caste and he is beholden to the upper caste support. The proof in the pudding is how well off the lower caste compared to the upper caste in the last seventy year. And the answer is the lower caste is worst off compared to their upper caste counterpart after seventy years of upper caste rule.
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:33PM (#33512816)
What I am saying is that upper caste don't need to vote because they have complete control of the country. Democracy confers power to the people because you would assume people who vote can affect policies to their favor but this is not the case for the people who vote in India. They are totally disenfranchised and marginalized.

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