In India, you might throw gazillion-dollar weddings for your children.
If throwing lavish parties was all our oligarchs did, I'd be happy. I know Indira Gandhi did a lot of horrible things, but sometimes I wish we elect someone like her again, to once again put the fear of nationalisation into these leeches.
Wouldn't this violate the EU's DMA?
That already exists. It's called arXiv, and is used by mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists. Everyone else has to pay up.
better yet how about they take enough for donation and decanter a portion out an do blood testing both to make sure the blood is clean but alsoso the individual is aware of they are free of X
This is already how they do it here (India). They'll test all donations for a number of infections, and you can give them your mobile number / e-mail / postal address to inform you if they find something.
Not a mathematician, but I'm pretty sure this isn't necessarily true. What if L is -1 and f(x) = x^2? Also I think your function has to be continuous.
I think it was Charlie Chaplin who said that the best jokes make you first laugh and then cry.
It could be a different stratum of society. Maybe like politicians and businessmen. They say ~5% of Indians have iPhones, but I only know two people with iPhones (and one was second-hand).
I don't think SMIC refuses to sell to non-Chinese companies. Nokia mostly uses Unisoc chips, which are made in China (not sure if by SMIC).
But if they did, it would be a pretty serious problem, since I don't think SMIC even has a viable competitor in the entry-level smartphone chip market.
They have microSD, audio jack, okay chip (Snapdragon 4 Gen 2) and RAM (4-8 GB), replaceable batteries and screens, and HMD has pledged spare parts for seven years. That's a good start, but it's a bit overpriced for its specs and currently only available in Europe, so it probably won't sell very well.
Apple is leading in a lot of countries despite Android being the dominant OS, because the Android userbase is divided among different manufacturers. See China, for example.
Govt jobs in India have 30-40 days, which is 6-8 weeks. But the private sector will riot if you try mandating anything close to that.
The second image in the lead is showing the list of countries who recognised Palestine after the episode in question. Based on the title, you need the list of countries who recognised before.
And yes, we recognised them in 1988.
LibreOffice + me trying to fix things and making it worse + svg to png conversion
You overestimate my artistic abilities. I took the default colour palette LibreOffice gave, and replaced a few with ones that clash less.
I asked how much corn or sorghum they eat. None,the children don't like either.
Isn't niacin found in meat and fish? What do corn and sorghum have to do with it?
Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.
Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.
Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.
Cheung Ka-long's 15-14 victory in an Olympic fencing final against Filippo Macchi has resulted in a war of words between their fans. Italy supporters have attacked Cheung's social media accounts, arguing that the referees - from South Korea and Taiwan - may have been biased towards him. In response, Hongkongers have posted their love of 'pineapple on pizza' and 'pasta with soy sauce'. Pizza hut Hong Kong has announced free pineapple toppings on pizza orders.
South Korea's Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex couples, granting spousal insurance coverage, ending discrimination.
South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that the state health insurance agency should provide the same benefits to spouses in same-gender relationships as it does to those in heterosexual marriages. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
South Korea, like most of East Asia, neither prohibits nor recognises same-sex relationships. As of now, only three places in Asia - Nepal, Thailand and Taiwan - have full marriage equality.
With more than half of the 650 seats declared, Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister as the Labour party secures a majority. Follow the final results and find out how your constituency voted.
The Labour party has won over 400 seats (out of 650) in the 2024 UK General Elections, and Keir Starmer is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. The Conservatives, in power for the last fourteen years, have suffered a rout, losing over two-thirds of their seats. The SNP has collapsed in Scotland, mostly to Labour, and the Liberal Democrats have gained over sixty seats.
(Context: the 2024 Parliament elections in India, for the constituency of Kollam. The numbers in brackets are lead, not change from last election. Source: Election Commission of India)
Results for the 2024 Indian Parliament elections for the state of Maharashtra - constituencies coloured according to winning party (Cyan - Congress (13 seats), Green - SSUBT (9), Orange - BJP (9), Pink - NCPSP (8), Yellow - SHS (7), Blue - NCP(AP) (1), Grey - Ind (1)).
Cyan - Congress (13 seats), Green - SSUBT (9), Orange - BJP (9), Pink - NCPSP (8), Yellow - SHS (7), Blue - NCP(AP) (1), Grey - Ind (1)
The shapefile is from the Election Commission of India website.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 are being announced on June 4, 2024. The elections were held between April 19 and June 1 in seven phases. The election results 2024 will determine who will form India’s next government. All major exit polls have projected a resounding victory for the NDA, with the BJP...
Preliminary results for the 2024 Indian General election suggest that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to lose its absolute majority in the lower house of Parliament. However, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) it leads is projected to cross the halfway mark. The opposition INDIA alliance is projected to more than double its seat count, from 92 to around 200 seats.
I have about 500GB of data (photos, documents, videos etc.) that I have accumulated over the years. Currently, I keep them on my computer and rsync all additions / changes once a month or so to an external hard drive. Do I need to be worried about data loss (sectors going bad, bit rot, bit flip, whatever it is called)?
To clarify,
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None of this is commercially important; I just don't want to get into a situation where I look up an old family photo or video twenty years down the line and it has got corrupted.
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Both my computer and the external HD are HDDs. They are fairly cheap here (and very cheap if second hand). Buying SSDs or dedicated hardware would be expensive.
Exit polls predict BJP-led NDA to win big majority in Lok Sabha polls, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to retain power.
Following the last day of voting for the 2024 Indian Parliamentary elections, exit polls predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance would retain its majority, winning 340 - 401 seats compared to 353 in 2019. The main opposition INDIA alliance was expected to win 109 - 169 seats, up from 91 in 2019. Three 'neutral' regional parties - the BRS, BJD and TMC, were expected to lose seats.
Compared to 2019, the NDA was expected to win West Bengal from the TMC, and to make inroads into south India, where it has historically been weak. In return, INDIA was expected to pick up seats in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar, and to wrest Telangana from the BRS.
Indian Ocean heating accelerates, leading to marine heatwaves, coral bleaching, and sea-level rise, impacting fisheries and monsoons.
The Indian ocean could warm by a further 1.7-3.8 degrees in the coming eighty years, according to a study published by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune. Each second, the ocean is absorbing heat comparable to that released by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In addition to sea level rise, this warming could lead to stronger monsoons and coral bleaching.
Supreme Court recognizes fundamental right against climate change, linking it to Articles 21 and 14, emphasizing solar power transition in India.
The Supreme Court of India, in a case concerning the protection of the Great Indian Bustard, ruled that the right against climate change is a fundamental right. Fundamental rights are rights guaranteed by the constitution (such as the rights to equality and personal freedom) or 'interpreted' as such by the Supreme Court (so far, only the right to privacy). They apply to all Indian residents, rather than only citizens, and cannot be removed except by constitutional amendment. The court also set up an expert panel to monitor the protection of the bird, and urged governments to speed up expansion of solar power.
The paper, which has been co-authored by Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, and Anmol Somanchi, combines data from national income accounts, wealth aggregates, tax tabulations, rich lists, and surveys on income, consumption, and wealth to arrive at the results
A report by the World Inequality Lab, co-authored by French economist Thomas Piketty, has estimated that in 2022-23, India's income and wealth inequalities were at their highest levels since records began in 1922 and 1961 respectively. The richest 1% of the population now own 40.1% of the nation's wealth, higher than in the US (34.9%), China (32.6%) or France (24%). Previously, inequality fell from Indian independence in 1947 to the 1980s and has been rising since.
The Indian Space Research Organisation's crew training facility here is the hub of such activities for the IAF pilots -- Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla.
The Indian Space Research Organisation has shortlisted four Indian Air Force pilots - Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla, for India's first manned space mission, Gaganyaan. They have completed basic training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Russia, and will undergo specialised training at the Crew Training Facility in India.
Tl;dw - Unlike China and Japan, medieval Korea followed an extreme school of Confucianism that emphasized hierarchy and age over practicality. After WW2, the South Korean dictatorship government used this tradition to cement their own power. The video argues that these have made South Korea an extremely hierarchical, and in particular, sexist, society. A video game's refusal to sexualize a female character for their (mostly male) audience was thus seen as an attack on the system. A female artist at the studio was accused of being a 'radical feminist', and either fired or resigned to appease fans.
Tl;dw - Unlike China and Japan, medieval Korea followed an extreme school of Confucianism that emphasized hierarchy and age over practicality. After WW2, the South Korean dictatorship government used this tradition to cement their own power. The video argues that these have made South Korea an extremely hierarchical, and in particular, sexist, society. A video game's refusal to sexualize a female character for their (mostly male) audience was thus seen as an attack on the system. A female artist at the studio was accused of being a 'radical feminist', and either fired or resigned to appease fans.
Edit: As Denjin pointed out, it should be Ming Dynasty and not Tang Dynasty.