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coder, hacker, designer, blogger, father, driver, gardener. http://nambisankaran.wordpress.com https://github.com/snambi http://sourceforge.net/users/snambi
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snambi··on What happens if Japan takes in zero immigrants?
It's perfectly natural for a country to experience periods of growth and decline. Demographic and economic cycles rise and fall over time, and a period of contraction does not mean growth won't return in the future.

What isn't reversible is losing a country's identity. As a foreigner, I'd rather see Japan remain Japan than become a messy cultural mix, like Europe.

snambi··on Getting into Flow State with Agentic Coding
Looks like he generated a lot of code and dumped it somewhere.
snambi··on ICE test train reaches speeds of up to 405.0 km/h
What is special about this train? There are trains that already surpass this speed.
snambi··on Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
Not really true. We have been asked to hire women in our team. Thankfully we found an amazing person. But other teams were not so lucky. It was pure nonsense.
snambi··on Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
This is fantastic.
snambi··on An ancient Indian Buddhist monk buried in Athens
Not true. Unless you learn Sanskrit, you cannot understand that the language can communicate multi[le dimensions of meanings. Ofcourse, it is not needed rudimentary things like physics, chemistry etc.

Ofcourse, Sanskrit can be used like English too. That is like using a super computer as a calculator.

snambi··on An ancient Indian Buddhist monk buried in Athens
Caste system itself was introduced in India by Portuguese in the 15th century.
snambi··on How Southwest Airlines melted down
Too much centralization. Centralization is bound to fail eventually. It happened.
snambi··on Amazon packages burn in India, final stop in broken recycling system
Amazon is highly irresponsible company. It wastes so much packaging for each shipment.
snambi··on H-1B visa holders scramble for jobs after 2022 tech layoffs
As a citizen, if I get laid off, I get a severance package and support from the state. It is ok if I get laid off. Temporary inconvenience, but family doesn't need to suffer. It is not the case for H1B visa holders.

If H1B visa holder gets laid off, they need to find a job in 60 days. That is a lot of stress. Suppose they find a in different state, they need to move. This is stress for the family and children as well. In the worst case, they may need to leave the country. It is harder, because they need to sell all their properties, move the stuff and relocate the family in an extremely short period of time. I think the H1B rules are draconian.

IMHO, H1B must be reformed or abolished. In the current form, it only benefits big companies to hire great talent for cheap and keep under their control. Similar to bonded labour.

snambi··on Queen Elizabeth II has died
Why do you need a queen in 21st century?

Can't the Brits abolish royalty, how they abolished slavery?

snambi··on Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order
This is not the full set of events as it happened.
snambi··on Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order
There were plenty. But I think they were deleted now.
snambi··on Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order
There is a name for it, democracy.
snambi··on Ask HN: What exactly is a mindfulness meditation?
Not really sure what "medidation" means. But the word "Dyan" is clearly defined. There are many types of "Dyans". But, all theory is useless without a Guru.

No amount of googling will not find a Guru. It is your intense desire to find a "Guru" will attract you towards the "Guru".

snambi··on The dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team
It could mean there are more than one.
snambi··on Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed limits for soil function
Industrial farming is a wrong idea.
snambi··on Court Ruling shows the GPL is both copyright license and contractual agreement
True. As a original developer of code, it protects the original author and the real user. However the middlemen (companies who make money using others code) may not like this.
snambi··on BYOT: Bring your own team for new-grads
This is a great idea, but no so great for managers.
snambi··on Super Simple Storage Service
If it is write-only, what is the point. what is the cost of reading, what was written?
snambi··on Tea – the toolkit that builds the Internet
please license brew/tea to enterprises. Most of them are willing to pay for license, if the developers ask for it. It can be opensource, but add some licensable features that company will pay for.
snambi··on Windows needs a change in priorities
The best way to make windows better, is, "stop using windows". That is the only way.
snambi··on Medical student surgically implants Bluetooth into own ear to cheat in final
It is published from UK. Probably a fake news story.
snambi··on Open-Sourcing our Firmware
This is one company I really like. Hope they offer an ARM based laptop soon.
snambi··on More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest numbers in 50 years
Knowledge and education should be free of cost and barriers. Any society that thinks otherwise, will not be able to sustain and expand knowledge in the long run.
snambi··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
If all employees share their salary information with each other, it becomes a headache for the employer. Each employee may quote the other person's salary demanding a raise.

This is the reason behind the "keep your data confidential" idea.

snambi··on Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?
Why would anyone want to build an windows app when there are so many better alternatives?
snambi··on Apple announces Self Service Repair
This should be called "iRepair".
snambi··on Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]
Indian Railways was started by the colonial British for just two purposes.

1. To Return multiple times returns for British investors on the expense of Indian colonies. 2. To move supply of Raw material to the ports and manufactured goods from England to the natives.

The British left India. But the Indian Railways is still in India.

This organization was not built to serve the people of the land. The Indians have improved it, despite being ruled by socialist governments for 70 years after independence.

snambi··on When is the revolution in architecture coming?
Couldn't agree more. The modern buildings are boring, dumb, tasteless and just plain ugly. Not only that, they look very outdated in 10 years. 20 years down the line, the sight of these buildings are just unbearable.
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