Anand

AI & ML guy, electronics and DIY guy, IITian, Stubborn, Stiff-necked, Incorrigible, Madrasi aka south Indian & a seeker, BS irritates, CS invigorates.

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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged.
https://t.co/LH3ca36VHI

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@prasanna_s @gautambhatia88 @no2uid ...opening of accounts...

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@prasanna_s @gautambhatia88 @no2uid Employers are being forced to violate the Supreme Court rules vis-a-vis Aadhaar since EPFO mandates it for any online operations including opening or accounts or updation. What part of Aadhaar act allows Employers to have this information.

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@monteskw Pytorch is better.

[#DestroyTheAadhaar @Orionis57]

On 21-Aug, UDie announced that it had saved 90,000 crores.
https://t.co/UgNauYzTQ2

Intrigued by the magnitude of the savings, I decided to file an RTI request. This thread documents my journey into the labyrinth.

#DestroyTheAadhaar

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@digitaldutta @iam_anandv @prasanna_s

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@zoo_bear His mouth is spewing brain-eating acid.

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@mathew111938 Even if biometrics are unique, the tech that is used to a) match them is not guaranteed to do so and b) doesn't necessarily ensure that it matches the right biometrics. Hence the probabilistic measures of FRR (False rejection rate) and FAR (false acceptance rate)

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@digitaldutta But then I was forced to move to 17.10 early from 16.04 because of driver reasons. So got used to the UI changes much faster.

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@digitaldutta Alt+f4 still works. Personally prefer the adapted gnome shell to the traditional unity+lightdm. Much more responsive UI

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@gautambhatia88 @taah_zzzz Except that they can bring in a law to curtail right to privacy like they did post emergency to the fundamental right to property.

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@MishiChoudhary @logic What this does though is it fails to take into consideration the cause of problems or actual end use cases. Most software projects that get scrapped are because of failing to fulfil the goals that users had in mind as opposed to what the devs had in mind.\2

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@MishiChoudhary @logic Would like to clarify that most software developers are not engineers. And even being in the Industry for so long don't understand why the term engineering is used for software development. For most software developers IT is the solution to all problems. \1

[Prasanna S @prasanna_s]

@nixxin @icitizen47 My friend Lily was unable to enrol for Aadhaar as all her attempts failed.
When queried, UIDAI official responded that she can't as long as Aadhaar system was phool-proof.

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@gautambhatia88 Once companies realise they need customers more than they need Aadhaar, they will automatically fall in line. Companies whose business model relies on Aadhaar have a really bad business model.

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@gautambhatia88 Hmm. My experience with BSNL has been different. 4 hours with or without Aadhaar. Just couple of months back.

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@asinharoy @nixxin @sid88 @2shar @HDFCBank_Cares Apparently banks and RBI override SC.

[lutyenslafanga @lutyenslafanga]

@sardesairajdeep The question to ask @TVMohandasPai is, if a girl from Meerut won a gold at the Olympics would he call her "the pride of Meerut" or the "pride of India"? Is Infosys the "pride of Karnataka"? If not, then this is also the shame of India.

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@gautambhatia88 @iam_anandv Well that is why you can expect a law sometime soon to link DNA profiles with Aadhaar.

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@prasanna_s @nikhilkumarks @logic @sahilkini @tam_arund @chandrarsrikant Well banks are still demanding Aadhaar for opening bank accounts. They will wait for RBI circular and won't rely on Supreme Court.

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@MirrorNow Despite the SC ruling, Banks are still demanding for Aadhaar for opening bank accounts.