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@mokrish @athreya49 @psankar It was TN politicians who failed to privatize much before Modi govt was even formed in 2014.

@athreya49 @psankar Your word salad doesn’t help me either. You are conveniently directing your anger on PSUs without addressing the elephant in the room - Union Govt’s evil ways of allocating funds choking the opposition run States. Please carry on. I am out of this discussion

“That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.” — Noam Chomsky

The next big opportunity in software will be C and C++ coders who can write world class firmware. With Robotics, Automation, EVs, Space Tech booming in India, we will need finest coders for bare metal coding or application development. Right now, there is a big void in this space.

If I could give you one advice as a technologist. Become a builder. Everything else is just talk!

TN Tamil nationalist ecosystem is completely awash with pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. They’ve lost all touch with reality and don’t realize the irreparable reputational damage they’re doing to all Tamils. Our enemies are capitalizing on this. For our own sanity, I urge Eelam Tamils to stay out of this. For our collective good, I urge saner Tamil nationalist voices in TN to take control of the narrative and sideline these crazies. But irrationality seems to be a countrywide problem considering their sanghi counterparts think we’re part of some grand conspiracy with white Christians. Regardless, let’s correct some common misconceptions: - Tamil isn’t the oldest (spoken) language, let alone mother of all languages. Only losers obsess over being the most primitive while winners look ahead. All languages have evolved from ancestral languages but the rate of conservatism varies. The etymologies you see being used to establish mother-daughter relationship between Tamil and non-Dravidian languages are largely bogus from non-academic crackpots. The few exceptions were later loanwords from cultural exchange. Vocabulary is only a part of a language. It’s the structure that determines its genealogy and classification. There’s an established field of linguistics. Trust the science. - Tamil isn’t the mother of Kannada, Telugu or other Dravidian languages, although it’s widely accepted Malayalam evolved from middle Tamil but not modern Tamil. Rather, it is the sister sharing common mother, just as Sanskrit and German both ultimately originated from the same proto-Indo-European ancestor. Yes, we never saw our great great great great…grandmother nor know her name but it would be foolish to doubt her existence. - The Indus Valley civilization is the common heritage of all South Asians, not just Tamils. Even if they spoke a proto-Dravidian language, it was not Tamil. - There was no kumari kandam and there’s no conspiracy to cover it up. It’s a mythology not supported by modern geology. - The Brahmi script was invented by Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE to write Prakrit. Earlier dates in TN and SL are due to contaminated carbon dating. A few unique letters were later developed in TN to represent Tamil sounds. Therefore, all Tamil Brahmi inscriptions must be post-dated Ashoka. - Earliest Tamil literature, the sangam corpus, is dated to the first three centuries of the common era by most scholars. They don’t predate that. Tolkappiyam, the first Tamil grammar, came a few centuries later and shows influence of Sanskrit tradition while also showing originality. - Our modern Tamil Hindu culture has been heavily influenced by northern traditions while also maintaining much originality. The same thing happened in Cambodia: the Angkor Wat is the genius of local craftsmanship despite Indian influences. - Dstocks don’t care about Eelam Tamil genocide not because they’re undercover Telugus but because of the general insularity of TN society. Majority of DMK IT cell abusers are Tamil OBCs, some Christians and Muslims. There are no Telugu Nayaks in Kandy. They were all deported back to South India. The assimilated South Indians among Sinhalese, majority being TN OBCs, don’t maintain a separate identity. The only South Indians in Colombo who supported our genocide were TN OBCs who hold grudge against Jaffna Tamils. Stop making up conspiracy theory to absolve the real culprits of their responsibility. The irony of it all is that TN has the worst mother tongue literacy rate in India and virtually none of them can even pronounce the name of their own language. It’s the same illiteracy that’s driving the proliferation of misinformation. And how much more embarrassing is it for diaspora Tamils with an access to superior education to get their knowledge from a poorer developing society that still struggles to manage basic sanitation? I understand many are also anxious to protect their cultural and political autonomy but there are better ways to do that than responding with your own cultural imperialism. In fact, it’s actually strategically counterproductive as it antagonizes potential allies against Hindi hegemony. But if you’re doing this as a coping mechanism for your low self-esteem, seek therapy. Don’t drag the rest of us down with you.

@dreamseller2000 @polimernews Engaluku irukura airport podhum adha upgrade pannikalam. Parandhur dhaan ipo venum. Chennai oda ilappu, Tamilnadu oda ilappu. Idha understand pannunga.

@polimernews சரியான முடிவு. அடுத்த உலகத்தர விமான நிலையம் அமைய வேண்டிய இடம் மதுரை. மெட்ராஸ் ஜனம் மதுரை வந்து எங்கு வேண்டுமெண்டாலும் செல்லும் படி அமைக்க வேண்டும்.

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@ajayhemant @philpjg @IndianTechGuide Guts ? My man. Indian army's weapons and payroll are in our taxes. We will have our fair share even if we secede (which we won't). Ur bs attitude with 0 output like a typical Thar driving tourist in Himachal Pradesh will be the very reason you will stay in your stone age forever.

@philpjg @IndianTechGuide LOL. Mob states have all agri products plus Army.WHo is feeding and protecting who? If so called Dravidian states have guts declare independence from India. Even Sri Lanka will take over in 4 weeks. Economy is an ecosystem just like sea. Everyone is needed, small fish, big fish.

🚨 5 Indian states cross World Bank’s upper middle-income threshold. Delhi ($6,217) Karnataka ($5,579) Telangana ($5,407) Tamil Nadu ($5,329) Gujarat ($4,734)

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Sushmita Banerjee met Afghan businessman Janbaz Khan in Kolkata, married him secretly in 1988, and moved to Afghanistan with him after family opposition. When she arrived in Khan's ancestral village in Paktika Province, she discovered he already had a wife. In Paktika, she faced severe restrictions, a fatwa, and threats under Taliban rule. In 1995, she escaped after learning of a plan to execute her (scheduled for July 22, 1995). She reached Kabul and flew back to Kolkata on August 12. Back home, she wrote the memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife). It detailed her experiences. A Bollywood film Escape from Taliban was based on it. She wrote other books criticising Taliban atrocities. Sushmita reconciled with her husband later and returned to Afghanistan in early 2013. On the night of September 4, 2013, Taliban militants abducted her and shot her. Her body was found the next day with 20 bullet wounds. She was 49 years old.

For those curious about the complex events surrounding Bluestar, esp in its aftermath when the real chaos began—beyond the simplified black-and-white framings of today—I’d recommend what is probably the most comprehensive and balanced firsthand account of the troubles in Punjab.

Napoleon too obssesively read Plutarch and used his biographies to become a better military and political leader. This is your sign to read Plutarch as well.

gonna jump on the bandwagon and read this throughout the week

There’s an Instagram page called 35mm.learn made for photographers, videographers, and content creators. It covers lighting, cameras, and other useful tips for people in that space. Highly recommend checking it out!

If I need to pick ONLY FIVE courses to learn AI & ML from scratch, I would pick: ❯ CS221 - AI ❯ CS229M - ML Theory ❯ CS229 - ML ❯ CS230 - DL ❯ CS336 - LLM worth more than >$100K. But Stanford is offering them free on YouTube:

New gameplay trailer for the upcoming gunship and helicopter shooter 'Cobra Strike'. Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3411810

今天聊聊改变人类文明的神级机构排名 S+ 神话级 1.贝尔实验室：晶体管、信息论、Unix、C语言、激光、CCD……一家公司实验室拿了10次诺奖。没有它就没有信息时代，个人认为它是毫无争议的断档第一。 2.卡文迪许实验室：电子、中子、DNA双螺旋,统治了物理学半个世纪。 S 传奇级 3.洛斯阿拉莫斯：单一目标下的人类智力密度峰值。奥本海默、费米、冯·诺依曼同处一室。但遗产偏单一，主要是核与蒙特卡洛方法。 4.哥本哈根玻尔研究所：量子力学在这里被谈出来的。以极小的体量撬动了整个20世纪物理。 5.普林斯顿高研院：爱因斯坦、哥德尔、冯·诺依曼、外尔同时在职。但常被批评养老院化，产出人才比其实不算顶尖。 A+ 殿堂级 6. MIT 辐射实验室：原子弹结束了战争,雷达赢得了战争，并且后来还孵化了整个MIT战后科研体系。 7.施乐 PARC：图形界面、以太网、鼠标交互、激光打印机。发明了个人计算的全部，只是钱都让苹果和微软赚了。个人认为，它是伟大发明但商业失败的永恒案例。 8. CERN：标准模型的试验场,顺手发明了万维网。 A 大师级 9.马克斯普朗克研究所：体量巨大、诺奖众多,但它是一个系统，好多个所，单点浓度被稀释了。 10.冷泉港：分子生物学的麦加，个人认为但更像社区，会议中枢而非发明源头。 11.朗道研究所：纯智力水平可能是苏联之最，可惜体制限制了世界影响力。 B+ 风格独特但产出待验证 12.圣塔菲研究所：复杂性科学的旗帜,思想影响力大于硬成果。它更像一种氛围和方法论宣言。 13.RAND：博弈论和系统分析影响深远，但作为智库，功过难分。 14.Janelia：制度设计最自觉,但成立太晚,还没到盖棺定论的时候。 我发现一个有趣的规律。 S级机构几乎都有垄断利润或战争预算在背后，比如AT&T垄断、曼哈顿计划、战时雷达。 自由探索的黄金时代，底下垫的都是不计成本的钱。但圣塔菲那种靠捐赠的清贫模式，思想输出可以，硬科技就难了。 DeepMind、OpenAI、Anthropic 现在大概在 A 与 S 之间悬着。十年后回头看,可能是贝尔实验室second coming，也可能是PARC 2.0。期待十年后，我的回看。

I love it when technology feels like magic.

This indie team is making a hardcore survival RPG that feels like STALKER meets Darkwood in pixel art - You're a scavenger in a broken Soviet world - Ammo is scarce and weapons jam - Avoid the Mist, a fog that warps body and mind It's called Scavland. Would you play this?

Your computer isn't slow because it's old. It's slow because Windows ships with 15+ hidden settings draining your speed by default. I changed 9 of them last week. My laptop went from embarrassing to faster than the day I bought it. Most people have never touched them. Thread 🧵

Id argue the modern one is: The Evil Robot A metal facsimile to life that man makes with good intentions that gets corrupted in some way brought on by hubris or man’s dark nature that brings ruin to humanity -Terminator, Ultron, FNAF, The Matrix, etc.

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Takeshi Kaneshiro's in Chungking Express is one of the most iconic monologues in Asian cinema