Comment Re:Snowden was a dumb moment in tech? (Score 1) 96
Spot on. They are all bad versions of each other. They don't realize that, that's all.
Even more interesting is that the effect measured only applies to paper books. When the same book is read from an e-format, there is no lasting effect.
Research or not the above is bullshit. I am reading Don Quixote right now - on an E Reader. I don't think my brain or me cares about how I read it.
Nations like India, which have restrictions limiting women's ownership of land,
What nonsense!!! There is no legal restriction on women owning land in India. What are you smoking?
And who are the idiots who mod you up?
If it is this bad for outsiders how terrible is it for Indians who manage to have some success?
I don't think you have any idea about India, except some anecdotal tales from "businessmen who were treading dangerous waters".
I am yet to see Indians complaining of lack of respect from Western business world. I don't know what you are talking about...did an Indian say, "please white brother, please respect us".
There are enough Indian companies in various verticals thriving in India. The corruption you are talking about exists in different forms all over the world. In the most business friendly country - US - it will be lobbying groups buying access and may be lawmakers and laws themselves. The corruption which exists in India is of the same character...no need to vilify this country with an extra dose of scorn. And a small country like Canada (you guys have the population of my home state, Kerala, and I know about your country, I was a landed immigrant in Canada who got bored of your country and returned to India) or Scandinavian nations does not make a valid comparison. If you compare Canada with Kerala it may make sense...Kerala has 100% literacy and is relatively non corrupt. If the state was a country, we would be up in Transparency Index rankings.
Judiciary is relatively non-corrupt in India. It was the Delhi High Court which lifted the freeze of assets. A commentator made a sarcastic note "someone was bribed". I don't think so. No one with some common sense will try to bribe a Delhi High Court judge, there is no need in this case and it can backfire spectacularly.
The reality is that unless you've been 50-100 pounds overweight all your life and worked your way down to a healthy weight for at least 5 years, your opinion about what makes people fat is worth less than dog shit.
I am six feet. I lost 4 inches - 40 waist size to 36 - in one year.
What did I do?
Daily 40-50 minute brisk walking (jogging might damage knee joints), some stomach crunches and push ups. The same time reduced carbohydrates (which was easy as a South Indian - all I had to do was reduce - not avoid - the amount of rice in the diet.) I have not avoided sugar. I take alcohol, though now a days its rare. (In India good beer is insanely expensive, so you don't feel having one.)
Was the exercise regime easy to follow? Yes...it was, at least for me. The exercise gave me so much energy it became some type of addiction.
Can anyone do the same? Yes. But they won't. The key is both exercise and reduced carbs - a mix not easy for everyone to adopt. I regularly see people start on a routine and drop after a few days. And I also notice long time dedicated walkers and joggers.
Is genetics to blame if you cannot be disciplined? I have no idea. But I don't expect everyone to have willpower and focus for such situations. May be I was lucky.
South Africa of today is one of the most dangerous and violent places on earth; Mandela did next to nothing to address black on white or even black-on-black violence. There was a huge white-flight out of SA during the 90s.
Mandela's biggest legacy and creditable achievement as the President is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa) Also he was the premier for five years, that too on a country as big as South Africa without any administrative experience (he was in prison for 27 years.) From all accounts he did well. He may not have micromanaged the affairs, but on a policy level his actions look far reaching and inspirational.
Wikipedia says from 1995, 800000 of a total white population of 5.2 million left the country. I think the white flight out of South Africa would have happened even if Mahatma Gandhi was the President. Its an inevitable knee jerk reaction.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
