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This is the most horrific thing happening in our lifetimes and America is complicit and does nothing to stop it. Even worse, we fund it.

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The problem now is that both Russian oil and Iranian crude is not priced in USD so why should USD/INR matter to India. I would only look at CNY/INR pair because India now runs a USD equivalent 100 billion trade deficit with China... So CNY is slowly becoming more important for India than USD... and Indian imports are really becoming costly because of depreciation in INR vs CNY which is more than INR vs USD.

@Pixel_Stripes The outrage in comments directed at the easiest target. Hardly anyone is asking a simpler question. Why did the broadcast choose to air this moment so prominently? Broadcasting is not neutral. Editorial choices carry responsibility, especially with a mass family audience.

@Pixel_Stripes People are free to like or dislike it, but the deeper question is about broadcast judgement. A private celebration between two adults is one thing. Choosing to put it on mass live broadcast is another. That's the debate should be, especially when the audience includes children.

I saw the world cup with my 6 yo son for the first time as I have been encouraging him to watch sports. He was enjoying the game and kept saying India will win and was praising the fielders etc. After we won he was all excited and kept asking whats happening now etc. Then this CHAPRI did all the nonsense what children should not watch. Shlok was asking what is that white head guy doing with the girl, who is she etc? I changed the topic and shut the tv. International cricketers influence children. They should set high standards of behaviour like Sachin, Dravid, VVS etc. BCCI should ensure this is not repeated on the field.

1/The Byzantine Conundrum: Why People Stay Until the Walls Collapse Humans are meticulous about trivia and reckless about destiny. They will spend weeks comparing televisions—panel types, refresh rates, warranty clauses—yet give little thought to their financial future, the inevitability of old age, or whether the system they rely on will still exist when they need it. Minor decisions invite obsessive analysis; major ones are quietly outsourced to belief. Belief is not a virtue. It is a cognitive sedative. It allows people to stop thinking while reassuring themselves that they are faithful, patriotic, or historically informed. Most belief systems are not built on evidence, but on hope stitched together with selective readings of the past. Once belief hardens, facts are no longer examined—they are filtered. Constantinople Was Not a Surprise Constantinople did not fall in 1453 because its citizens were uninformed. It fell because they believed. Mehmed II made his intentions unmistakable. He reinforced roads and bridges to move massive siege cannons. He constructed a fortress to sever the city’s access to the Black Sea and named it Boğazkesen—“throat-cutter.” This was not subtle diplomacy; it was an announcement. And yet, the population stayed. They believed the Virgin Mary protected the city. They believed prophecies that claimed Constantinople would fall only at the end of time. They believed that survival in the past guaranteed safety in the future. Belief replaced strategy. By the time belief collided with reality, the gates no longer mattered. The Dollar Is Today’s Constantinople The US dollar now occupies the same psychological space. There is no credible scenario in which the purchasing power of the dollar survives. The question is not whether the dollar continues to exist, but whether it retains meaning. On that point, the verdict is already written. Yet belief persists. Americans believe in exceptionalism—the shining city on a hill, the reserve currency forever, the system too big to fail. The rest of the world plays along, not because the logic holds, but because abandoning belief is uncomfortable, disruptive, and costly. Listen carefully to financial media and hedge-fund royalty. You will hear elaborate narratives, but never the obvious conclusion stated plainly: the dollar is doomed in real terms. The Math Doesn’t Care About Belief This is not about debt-to-GDP ratios. That metric is a distraction. The real constraint is cash flow. The US collects roughly $5 trillion in taxes. Mandatory spending—entitlements, defense, and interest—already exceeds that amount. This is not a future problem. It is a present one, concealed by confidence and complacency. There are only two theoretical escape routes. Both end the same way. Fantasy One: Tax Your Way Out Raise taxes aggressively. Double them. Push tax intake to 60% of GDP. In theory, revenues surge. In reality, markets collapse. Capital gains disappear. Consumption contracts. Bonuses, equity compensation, and risk-taking evaporate. The tax base shrinks. The state collects less, not more. Debt becomes unserviceable. The printing press follows. The debt is paid. The currency is not. Fantasy Two: Grow Your Way Out The political favorite. Growth requires inflation. Inflation expands entitlements, inflates defense spending, and drives bond yields higher—exploding interest costs. Yes, inflation erodes the real value of debt, but only by destroying the currency. The balance sheet survives. The citizen does not. Choose your poison. The outcome is identical Why People Don’t Leave This raises an old question. When great cities in antiquity fell to invading forces, why didn’t the people leave? One can understand populations overwhelmed by sudden barbarian onslaughts. But Constantinople in January 1453 was different. This was the capital of an empire, watching the siege assemble in slow motion. Why don’t the citizens of today’s “City USD” leave? Because belief is easier than action. Because leaving early looks foolish—until it doesn’t. Because the system still functions just well enough to dull urgency. People would rather debate dinner plans than confront monetary decay. They stay because everyone else is staying. They stay because history feels abstract—until it isn’t. The citizens of Constantinople did not stay because they were stupid. They stayed because they were human. And humans do not abandon cities—monetary or physical—until the walls are already breached. By then, belief is worthless, and exits are crowded. The Cruel Irony Ironically, the endgame is less catastrophic for Americans than for much of the rest of the world. Post-debasement, the United States will still sit atop one of the most productive landmasses ever known—rich in energy, water, sunlight, technology, and backed by the most powerful military in history.

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@jasonlk True, hence we have stopped fighting behavior, and have designed around it. SDRs: Presales, focused only on demos. AEs: Sales, split inbound and outbound. FOS for in-person meetings! Each does what it’s best at. No forcing. Just clear structure, aligned incentives, and focus.

95% of sales rep that have only done inbound ... won't start doing outbound, even if they are missing quota. Not really. They'll pretend a bit, send a few emails, but that's about it. 95% of sales reps that will do outbound ... will stop once they have enough inbound leads to hit their comp goals. 95% of sales reps don't really want to visit customers in person. Even many "enterprise" reps. And most will visit the fewest possible. Not all, but most. Most B2B sellers want to just work warm, qualified, in-bound leads and renewals. From home, ideally The full stack AE does exist, but in SaaS, it remains a rarity. If you want your sales team to do more, you have to hire exactly that.

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Course- PhD maths (Delhi University) Marks- 93 Status- Rejected Marks- 0 Status- Selected Imagine a person who can't score a single mark becoming a professor and teaching students. This is just insane.

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