(1) I love India
(2) Anybody who applies for an e-visa to India knows the website is always comically, profoundly, embarrassingly broken
It looks like it was written in 2003, kicks you out randomly without saving your work, won't charge your credit card until your nineteenth attempt
But this is a new oneโhalfway through the business visa application, it displays a list of the tallest peaks in each Indian state??
Come on folks, I'm just trying to invest in your country!
India has two stumbling blocks to tick all the boxes for a global power: an afterburning turbofan engine and semiconductor chips. Once that is done, we will have accomplished every technical feat that a powerful country to be reckoned with has.
Yes, I know they're hard problems
KL Rahul may not have scored many runs in this series, but you canโt deny he looked brilliant with the bat. Heโs mostly been there, now he just needs to convert those innings into big scores.
Airports are supposed to be 'shitty' because they are just a transit point. In India people don't understand that the cost of having fancy airports ultimately shows up on the airfares.
Facts: SF airport is owned by the state. Many fancy airports in India are owned by capitalists.
Tides are shifting. SW Engineer narrative power is weakening. The miracles have disappeared. The layoffs have happened. The uncles are quiet. The brand has been devalued because of Leetcode UPSCification of what should have been used to solve real problems in the real world.
Would be interesting to compare it with cricket. Similar speeds and reaction times. Except, cricket ball is harder , can pitch on the ground , quite often change direction off the ground / air and requires wide array of foot and body movements to complete a shot.
Another thread of maps I like. This time we are looking loosely at the Indian sub continent. Included are India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
First up, Rivers! 1/13
@vijayshekhar See there are 3 positions
1: Support him
2: Ignore and live your life
3: Go out of your way to hate
I don't understand why most of you take 3. You can take 2 if you haven't been hurt grievously.
What is the logic in celebrating it - arrey dekho paytm doob gaya this that