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setumon Show HN: I'm working on a open-source, self-hosted alternative to Disqus

Cool! I would like to try this out in my blog, can this be integrated with statically generated pages using jekyll?

like Trump can’t access Twitter for violating their terms of service, now no one can. It was meant as a joke, I believe.

setumon Facebook removed fake accounts in India until it saw BJP politician was involved

source, if any?

setumon India downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in democracy report

>> a court case which bizarrely considered a Hindu deity one of the winning litigants

Abrahimic deity-view will find it bizarre and difficult to understand.

setumon “Appointment” as professor at Harvard was an elaborate phishing attack

You are all correct, It still doesn’t justify self certifying as righteous. One’s greatness is for others to evaluate, not they themselves.

setumon “Appointment” as professor at Harvard was an elaborate phishing attack

this was all over Twitter in India yesterday when she first tweeted about it. People where making fun of her and NDTV (her previous employer) which I thought was somewhat deserved considering they (she and her NDTV colleagues) pretend to be righteous, above all others, calling others with names like ‘Fake Media’, graduate of WhatsApp University, etc. They claim themselves to be true journalists and guardians of truth. This must be a reality check and sobering moment. (fun-fact: NDTV also runs a program named ‘Reality Check’)

edit: grammatical

setumon The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human

Prāṇāyāma: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama

setumon Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

How is that evidence for ‘capitalization’ or ‘rubber stamping’?

What you may be complaining about is why is it illegal to contempt Indian Judiciary —- which is a different topic.

setumon Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

The government has been tracking foreign funding, as it should. There is no shortage of examples where external government agencies (mostly western) have tried to influence internal politics or topple governments (mostly 3rd world).

setumon This electrical transmission tower has a problem

If you have to ask a government committee every time you go to washroom, you will notice a significant drop in your washroom visits.

setumon India announces plan to connect 600k villages with optical fiber in 1000 days

While at it, they should also put up a pole every village (like electric pole) with high range WiFi router. This will remove the last 100m connectivity hurdle and everyone with a WiFi device can get a taste of high speed internet.

setumon The Importance of India

Did you even read it. There were struggles with Brahmins, but those were political struggles, not existential.

Muslim invaders eliminated them forever from India. Read this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Buddhists#Perse...

setumon The Importance of India

Buddhism was prominent in India till Muslim invaders came and conquered India. Buddhist Monastery were sitting ducks for them, Buddhism was eliminated in the first wave of Islamic invaders.

Of-course there were struggles with others before that, such as Brahmins, but those were political struggles, not existential. Many times Buddhists gained the favor of Kings, other times Brahmins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Buddhists

setumon The Importance of India

What is the distribution of land ownership based in caste, any citation?

> The main problem here is that it's not even in the mainstream public discourse cause the narrative is always set by the upper castes.

mainstream public discourse is set by whoever can set it, it is free for all. In my understanding it is generally the left leaning literate class, talking for suppressed classes. True, most of them have descended from upper-caste, but have since devowed their caste and have become caste-agnostic.

> This won't stop unless caste is uprooted from the society.

Caste is largely getting uprooted from society, I don't see this bringing social equality. In truth, now there is a upper-caste among lower-case -- the early beneficiaries of the reservation with whom others in the lower caste can't compete.

setumon India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa

> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Naga.... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim#Annexation_b....

None of these examples are of aggression. Goa and 'Dadar and Nagar Haveli' were Portuguese occupied territories (much like rest of India was a British territory before independence). India got independence from Britain, but the Portuguese territories remained occupied.

Watch this interview (video) of an Indian officer (Mr. kaul) from during the time of Liberation of Goa to get some perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWTzp3RlJk

setumon India’s destruction of satellite threatens ISS, says Nasa

> Current India was born as the Socialist democratic Republic of India and had closer relations to the former USSR than the US, so naturally, the US aligned itself with Pakistan.

Not true. In-fact just the opposite. India started non-aligned movement and tried to remain non-aligned to the extent possible. Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954[1], India-Russia relations started a year later in 1955[2]

Also, India was not born Socialist, although it may have socialist policies - much like any other country. First mention of socialism was in 1976 [3]

> You are mistaken. India has been an aggressor as much as a victim.

I think you could easily have add examples to support your claim rather than making statements

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organiza...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states#Curre...

setumon Stop Brexit: 700k sign UK petition to stay in EU

Isn't this how most of democratic elections work with many different faces of leader and their different set of plans targeted to different groups of people. Does the burden to separate lie and misinformation from truth along with the responsibility to choose the best not lie with electorate?

setumon Ten people arrested in Gujarat for allegedly playing banned game PUBG

Well it's the same age old policy of banning media. Earlier it was limited to books and news media, what you see with internet & now video games is just it's manifestation in new form as these new forms gain in popularity.

Check out this list of books banned in India and tell me how many are from Modi Kaka's New India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_in_India

setumon Federal HTTPS domains that'll expire soon because of US government shutdown

> But some do cost money, and during a government shutdown there isn’t any.

setumon America is one of the few cultures with insults for smart people?

I think there is clear distinction between being literate and being smart. Many politicians that you noted or otherwise, have used their smartness and political acumen, to achieve what they wanted. Their smartness mostly reflects in the form of misleading voices, captivating their electorate's emotions. Dishonest, but smart. I think an achievement in STEM is not the only proof of smartness.

As far as Kitabi Kida goes - to my understanding, it is used for those who spent inordinate amount of time with books - not necessarily a insult for being smart. I think there's a subtle distinction here too.

setumon H-1B abuse: Bay Area tech workers from India paid a pittance, feds say

Salaries vary not just on individual skill and talent but also on the city of the job. This will make all the H1 jobs go to Bay Area, may be some to NYC, LA & Boston too. But primarily Bay Area.

setumon Kotlin Features I miss most in Java

Your second line, if true, makes your first line wrong.

setumon Google's AI Boss Blasts Musk's Scare Tactics on Machine Takeover

Let military incorporate AI in a significant way, and then we shall see..

setumon Mylan’s EpiPen price hike was a scheme to stifle competition, rival claims

It's hardly a "free market" - the barrier to entry is very high due FDA approval process which can take decades and millions of dollars.

setumon Election Commission of India throws “open challenge” to hack voting machines

> Elections are too important to let the fools and charlatans who say things like "unhackable"

Can there be process that can be guaranteed "unhackable". The paper based Ballot Box election in India were subjected to an even higher degree of reported rigging/hack then EVMs.

setumon Mayer $23M golden parachute as Yahoo names post-Verizon deal executive team

Ah, another bureaucratic solution. As if these work? Companies will start buying their CEO luxury apartments, yacht, etc...

BTW this has been tried before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1942

It was then, that the employers started giving free insurance to get around wage cap, and seedlings for present healthcare mess were planted.

https://www.ebri.org/publications/facts/index.cfm?fa=0302fac...

setumon Facebook is 1-2% responsible for the election?

facebook? why not go all the way and blame internet itself.

note: I have not read the article.

setumon Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

if I'm a father with no opportunity in rural India

"if I'm a father with no opportunity" suffices.

setumon Tesla Model S stolen, as thieves block location tracking

> Still more effort and more rare than a screwdriver and a knife/wireclippers. Not that modern cars can be easily hotwired - but the "good 'ol days" definitely had a lower bar for theft...

Hot-wiring required physical accesss and breaking one car at a time, here one bug can effect all cars. Fat-tails?