Internet voting breaks secret ballot. If you are being bribed or threatened into voting for someone & you are voting at booth, then you can vote for anyone without the perpetrator knowing who you actually voted for.
Internet voting, OTOH, doesn't ensure this - the briber or the "threatener" will be looking over your shoulder when you are e-voting.
> - Everything here relies on a digital wallet - PayTM being the most popular.
Not true. I am an Indian living in India & I don't have any digital wallet. I do most things using netbanking payment gateways. But of course for that, you need an Indian bank account.
But, a point was made, black money in cash is not safe.
Actually, even before, just around 10% of "black money" was kept in cash. Nobody hoards cash for years. People change it to gold, real estate, take it for foreign accounts etc regularly. Plus they spend it. The cash people have is mostly just whatever black money they accumulate during the year.
Indian government is making serious efforts to reduce tax evasion, and personal fraud by making cash transactions difficult. Suddenly announces denomination of large currency notes, and only people who can prove they really earned the money legally get new notes, and all the old black money notes become useless.
But 99.3% of the old notes came back into the system. So the supposed blackmoney people were able to exchange their cash for new notes. By bribing bankers, by employing people to stand in line and exchange old notes in smaller sums, by paying workers in old cash which the workers would then exchange etc, etc. So essentially it was an exercise in futility.
A smartphone is essentially 2 things - A phone and - A computer
Unlocking refers to the phone part of the computer. For some strange reasons Americans buy phones only from their telecom service provider (that's like buying light bulbs only from your utility company). So the telecom provider locks the phone to their network. Unlocking allows you use the phone with other networks
Rooting is process getting admin privileges on the computer part of your smartphone
Why are these 2 terms used interchangeably in the article and the comments?
> . So, how do you feel about requiring voters provide government issued ID in order to vote? Because requiring voters to identify themselves and verify eligibility to vote is part of securing an election.
I don't know of any country which allows you to vote without an ID. My country does not.
This gives a blank page which is not truly a blank page. The blank page shows some icons for frequently visited pages. That's why I also use an add-on to get a real blank tab.
> It is long past time to return to designing tools not just for rock stars at Google but the vast majority of programmers and laypeople with simple small-scale problems,"
In my country, Pizza Hut & Dominos don't deliver after 11pm except on Friday & Saturday when deliver up 12:00. Most local shops also close by the same time.
> I can see a case where City people may be more Android focused, (higher cost of living, meaning less money for a phone) would get a cheaper but good quality Android phone. But being in the City they have access to faster internet speeds.
> While the Suburban and Rural users who have lower cost of living, may be willing to splurge more on an iPhone. However those area they don't have access to such high speeds.
While the article (and their conclusion) itself is not that meaningful, your mental gymnastics deserve a medal the size of a dinner plate.
Tata Motor was the #2 car company in India after Maruti Suzuki before they introduced the Nano. Nano was their CEO Ratan Tata's pet project. Ratan Tata assumed the car would sell on it's own without much marketing & advertising expenditure. But the car didn't. People preferred to buy a 2nd hand car which cost the same as a new Nano but was a much better car. Ergo, the Nano was a flop. But because it was the CEO's pet project, the company wouldn't let it go, they spent a lot of money & effort over years to make sure the car doesn't die. Tata Motors went to losses because of the time, effort & money they spent on the car. They lost their position in the market. It was only after Ratan Tata resigned & a new CEO took over that the company was turned around again. And now they have at last stopped production of the car - something which should have been done 5-6 years back.
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This guy was a murderous barber, wasn't he?
Internet voting breaks secret ballot. If you are being bribed or threatened into voting for someone & you are voting at booth, then you can vote for anyone without the perpetrator knowing who you actually voted for.
Internet voting, OTOH, doesn't ensure this - the briber or the "threatener" will be looking over your shoulder when you are e-voting.
Nope. I don't have any digital wallet at all.
> - Everything here relies on a digital wallet - PayTM being the most popular.
Not true. I am an Indian living in India & I don't have any digital wallet. I do most things using netbanking payment gateways. But of course for that, you need an Indian bank account.
> Let's see how the corrupt Indian politicians react when all those remittances start to slow down.
Less than 15% of India's remittances come from the US.
The Obama Phone program was actually started by Bush43.
> he can walk more than half a mile with the implant turned on.
Let's hope he remembered to turn back after a quarter of a mile.
Kickstarter is essentially a way to get funding without having to give away anything much to the funder.
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Actually, even before, just around 10% of "black money" was kept in cash. Nobody hoards cash for years. People change it to gold, real estate, take it for foreign accounts etc regularly. Plus they spend it. The cash people have is mostly just whatever black money they accumulate during the year.
But 99.3% of the old notes came back into the system. So the supposed blackmoney people were able to exchange their cash for new notes. By bribing bankers, by employing people to stand in line and exchange old notes in smaller sums, by paying workers in old cash which the workers would then exchange etc, etc. So essentially it was an exercise in futility.
So how was he planning to make money from WhatsApp?
How much does it cost?
A smartphone is essentially 2 things
- A phone
and
- A computer
Unlocking refers to the phone part of the computer. For some strange reasons Americans buy phones only from their telecom service provider (that's like buying light bulbs only from your utility company). So the telecom provider locks the phone to their network. Unlocking allows you use the phone with other networks
Rooting is process getting admin privileges on the computer part of your smartphone
Why are these 2 terms used interchangeably in the article and the comments?
So 4 countries out of 200 don't require ID to vote?
> . So, how do you feel about requiring voters provide government issued ID in order to vote? Because requiring voters to identify themselves and verify eligibility to vote is part of securing an election.
I don't know of any country which allows you to vote without an ID.
My country does not.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DS...
This gives a blank page which is not truly a blank page. The blank page shows some icons for frequently visited pages. That's why I also use an add-on to get a real blank tab.
> It is long past time to return to designing tools not just for rock stars at Google but the vast majority of programmers and laypeople with simple small-scale problems,"
FoxPro on DOS fits that.
Do you have warranty in your country?
Do you buy your shower heads & other plumbing from your water utility company?
Do you buy your Air-Conditioners from your Electricity Company?
I was checking out the ASUS laptop you linked. I think the SSD is SATA rather than NVMe.
Is getting a SATA SSD a good idea? I thought SATA doesn't allow you to use the full potential of SSD.
In my country, Pizza Hut & Dominos don't deliver after 11pm except on Friday & Saturday when deliver up 12:00. Most local shops also close by the same time.
> I can see a case where City people may be more Android focused, (higher cost of living, meaning less money for a phone) would get a cheaper but good quality Android phone. But being in the City they have access to faster internet speeds.
> While the Suburban and Rural users who have lower cost of living, may be willing to splurge more on an iPhone. However those area they don't have access to such high speeds.
While the article (and their conclusion) itself is not that meaningful, your mental gymnastics deserve a medal the size of a dinner plate.
Tata Motor was the #2 car company in India after Maruti Suzuki before they introduced the Nano. Nano was their CEO Ratan Tata's pet project. Ratan Tata assumed the car would sell on it's own without much marketing & advertising expenditure. But the car didn't. People preferred to buy a 2nd hand car which cost the same as a new Nano but was a much better car. Ergo, the Nano was a flop. But because it was the CEO's pet project, the company wouldn't let it go, they spent a lot of money & effort over years to make sure the car doesn't die. Tata Motors went to losses because of the time, effort & money they spent on the car. They lost their position in the market. It was only after Ratan Tata resigned & a new CEO took over that the company was turned around again. And now they have at last stopped production of the car - something which should have been done 5-6 years back.