Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 01:31:42PM +0530, Ingrid Srinath wrote: > On 22 Mar 2013, at 17:46, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Ingrid Srinath > > wrote: > >> This TED Talk touches on some of the perverse disincentives non-profits > >> face that hamper scale, innovation, s

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 07:47:49AM +0300, Charles Haynes wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Kragen Javier Sitaker > wrote: > > It would be like Christians or Buddhists fighting in a war. > > And we know THAT never happens. Certainly not. Although sometimes people

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 09:48:58PM +0530, ss wrote: > In fact with 80% Hindus at least 80% of all of India's problems can be blamed > on Hindus. It would be cognitive dissonance if anyone who dares to call > himslf > Hindu to deny these charges. The statistics are there for all to see. Well, I'

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 10:33:45PM +0530, ss wrote: > On Friday 09 Sep 2011 10:55:03 am Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > Maybe you should share a generator with them as well as a vacuum cleaner. > > <http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM125101348P?prdNo=14&blockN

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:26:38PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Kragen Javier Sitaker > wrote: > > So I left out things that only applied in one of those two places, like > > "shop at garage sales" (I don't know what the equiva

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:50:39AM -0500, Venkat Inumella wrote: > I'd say that many characterizations of individual decisions as irrational > are precisely a result of narrowly defined utility functions. Saying that > the rational decision in buying shoes should be based just on ROI as you > calcu

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:59:13PM -0700, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Kragen Javier Sitaker [09/09/11 00:51 -0400]: > >A beans-and-rice diet is pretty healthy, and whatever its deficiencies might > >be, raising your cholesterol isn't among them! > > Brown rice certai

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:46:59PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > A lot of lists like this may not be relevant to countries and cultures other > than the one in which the author lives. True enough. They may not even be relevant to other people in the same country; the guy I passed this afternoon on

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:50:43PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > 6. Yes you can cook cheap (beans and rice with hot sauce) or you can cook > cordon bleu gourmet with imported cuts of meat and spend a fortune on sous > vide vacuum sealers and temperature controlled cookers if you think you'

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:52:13AM +0200, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Stripped out one additional layer of forwards. > > > > - Forwarded message from Kragen Javier Sitaker > > - > > Thre

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 01:04:41PM -0500, Venkat Inumella wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Kragen Javier Sitaker > wrote: > > To compete with a 3% ROI from other possible investments of your capital, a > > US$239 investment needs to earn or save you US$7 per year, even

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:50:43PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Bah Heh! > 1. Opportunity cost = the cost of fixing whatever shit it was yourself > instead of paying someone to fix it for you, and getting on with whatever you > do that puts food on your table. [leave alone whatever tin

Re: [silk] India's Selective Rage Over Corruption

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:14:15PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > On 19 August 2011 19:10, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > All viewpoints are generalizations! > > And if you don't agree with them, they're nonsense. While I appreciate the flattery, I assure you

Re: [silk] India's Selective Rage Over Corruption

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:03:36PM +0530, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > Are all viewpoints you don't agree with generalisations? All viewpoints are generalizations!

Re: [silk] The future of learning?

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:13:48PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > This list contains a large number of self-taught programmers. How did > you get started, and how did you get to a moderate level of skill? (If > you want to talk about what happened after that, great, but I am more > interested in t

[silk] WikiWars conference

I heard about this conference last year, but I had forgotten about it until today, when I was reminded that my friend Rut Jesus was going. Any Silklisters going to this? Apparently registration closed on the 3rd. > **WikiWars Conference**: The first [of two co

Re: [silk] Narayan Dutt Tiwari

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 07:54:24PM +0530, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > - The usually unscrupulous Indian media is keeping a tight lid on > replaying the actual tape itself - strange behavior since they are > certainly in the habit of cashing in on controversies by delivering a > blow by blow *ahem*

[silk] Narayan Dutt Tiwari

Wikipedia claims that Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who was imprisoned under the British Raj for leafleting against it, married Dr. Sushila Sanwal in 1954. But it does not mention whether they are still married. At least to me, this scandal with the tape showing him is in bed (having sex, I assume, althoug

Re: [silk] Is voter ignorance killing democracy?

> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Bruce Metcalf wrote: > > I've got to side with lukhman here. I do not wish the mentally deficient to > > help decide the fate of my country. We can all imagine those so enfeebled by > > age, disease, or damage that their vote could never be more than a random > > s

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 04:41:50PM +0530, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Pranesh Prakash > wrote: > > A friend recently asked me if belief in 'jhoota'/'yechal' meant that a > > person couldn't kiss another! > > This whole kissing thing is a Western concept, and is against

Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:46:16 +0100, Dave Long wrote: > So, apart from the former being atoms and the latter being bits, > what are the differences between khadi and open source software? Most of the work in khadi is manufacturing each individual instance of a garment, rather than in figuring out t

Re: [silk] Finding coders on the subcontinent

7;d better be ready to eat shit." What leads you to ask such a question? On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:02:58 +0530, shiv sastry wrote: > On Sunday 12 Nov 2006 4:45 am, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > Other dimensions of being a bad programmer might > > include producing no code at

Re: [silk] Finding coders on the subcontinent

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 15:19:18 +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > On 04/11/06 06:10 +0530, sastry wrote: > > On Friday 03 Nov 2006 8:43 pm, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > > I wonder what makes one programmer good, and another average > > > > What makes a programmer &

[silk] Genghis Khan genes (was Re: Decode genes, win $10m)

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:47:31 +0530, sastry wrote: > On Thu October 5 2006 8:09 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > IIRC, another DNA tied a demolition crew supervisor to Genghis Khan > > in the first chapter of HHGTTG [1]. > > IIRC Gengis Khan genes have been found in 25% (or some such > ridiculously h

Re: [silk] Finding coders on the subcontinent

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:20:59 +0530, Ramjee Swaminathan wrote: > On 10/31/06, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cue reference to The Mythical Man Month. A good programmer is 10 times > > as productive as an average one. Nationality doesn't matter. I wonder what makes one programmer go

Re: [silk] trust

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:09:28 +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > adage about a civilized > > nation being one where a beautiful woman bedecked with jewels can walk > > alone confidently in the middle of the night? > > Is there anywhere in today's world where this can happen? I don't really > think so...

Re: [silk] Contacts

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:39:23 +0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Really really sorry I have no idea how this got to silk, it was a > personal mail to me from a non-member, how did the silk id get into > this when I hit 'reply'. All you techies, figure it out. > > I am writing from vsnl webmail which

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:02:14 +0100 (BST), Badri Natarajan wrote: > > On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some > >> university, or is it more like DeVRY? > >&g

Re: [silk] trust

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:33:10 +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > That was interesting about vestiges of trust and non-trust, > KragenIn India, across public spaces, I always come across this > strange half-trust/half non-trust...the gates of banks, even their > front doors, the access gates to public p

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:29:15 +0530, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > I am not sure how true this is (I checked it was not published on > Apr 1st :-). I googled for Oliver Curry and the guy seems genuine. What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some university, or is it more like DeVRY? He's

Re: [silk] The Economist effect: Not all news media are dumbing it down

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:37:51 +0100 (BST), bonobashi wrote: > Very briefly, while the overt aim is to 're-position' TIME > magazine, the covert one is stated clearly, almost too clearly to > make it covert - that of reaching a different cross-section of > readership, thereby attracting a dif

Re: [silk] India as a nation of self-employed

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:30:10 -0700 (PDT), Udhay Shankar N wrote: > http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/04/20/stories/2006042000341000.htm > Are we killing the self-employed? > R. VAIDYANATHAN > ... > Our economy is not that of wage earners and shareholders. A significant > portion of the econo

Re: [silk] Shared Source licensing vs Open source....

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:41:19 +0300, ashok _ wrote: > On 9/29/06, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that the DMCA is really an issue here, unless he plans to > > distribute software in the USA. > > Yes...in my opinion DMCA will not be an issue since we are not > distributii

Re: [silk] trust

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:07:23 +0200, Dave Long wrote: > It's always nice to see when the architectural signs of lack of trust > become vestigial. The courthouse in Santa Barbara was built in a > somewhat romantic style, and so it includes things which in real > castles would have been arrow s

Re: [silk] human rights and policing (was Re: security and choosing sides)

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:06:27 +0530, Ingrid wrote: > kragen writes: > > So I think arbitrary detention of innocent people based on group > > membership is even worse than random arbitrary detentions, because it > > causes that group to become isolated and likely to fight back. > > = > >

Re: [silk] Poking holes in FOSS..

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:40:48 +0530, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Too, trust isn't binary. It can be viewed as a continuum, based on > > exactly what your threat model is, as I mentioned earlier. > > Indeed. Do you trust the processor that runs your code to not to act >

[silk] human rights and policing (was Re: security and choosing sides)

Ram writes: > Indian security agencies have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to > create fake "encounters" to kill people who may or may not have been > criminals, as they never were tried by a court of law. I hope you are > not suggesting that an "unfettered" environment for these agencies >

[silk] What makes the US safe (was Re: QotD)

Rishab Aiyer Ghosh writes: > At 03:35 24/08/2006, sastry wrote: > > "There they were shackled and put on a U.S. military plane for > > transport to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During the flight their lips were > > sealed, eyes covered, hands and feet and backs were chained. They were > > each given nothi

[silk] Javier (was Re: security and choosing sides)

Carey Lening raised an eyebrow: > Kragen 'Javier' Sitaker? ;) I've always had the Javier, but before coming to South America, it was never much use.

Re: [silk] security and choosing sides

Ram asks: > Thanks for articulating something so clearly that I have incoherently > been trying to get across to people for a while. Thanks for the compliment. I think Amartya Sen's new book "Identity and Violence" explains it better, and in a less incendiary manner, though. > Do you mind if I f

[silk] security and choosing sides

At 2006-08-16 11:01:53 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That is exactly why I said (I repeat): "We the public have a duty to > choose which side we want to be on" I think you're confused about what the sides are. As time goes on, we'll figure out what happened in this particular case: were these

Re: [silk] Free energy!

Udhay quotes Reuters' usual failure to report: > "We fully accept there is going to be cynicism surrounding this but > what we're saying to the world of science is come and prove us > wrong," said Steorn Chief Executive Sean McCarthy. What nonsense. Why would anyone bother? > The concept of "f