_the mind virus_ @Full_marx@qoto.org

@freemo @design_RG

This is a great article about Brain Computer Interface by a distinctly Right of Center Indian Magazine.

#programming #philosophy

https://swarajyamag.com/magazine/the-world-wide-mind

@design_RG @Incindia

The only experience (that I can think of) us Indians have with Lockheed Martin Jets is the time when we shot down an F-16 with a mig-21-bison..

That's like a paper plane taking a drone out.

The americans denied it though

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/04/did-india-shoot-down-a-pakistani-jet-u-s-count-says-no/

https://theprint.in/defence/8-pieces-of-clinching-evidence-that-show-how-iafs-abhinandan-shot-down-a-pakistani-f-16/278752/

I'm just boasting here.

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I don't think there is a conflict of interest here that way.

But,

LH is trying to Solicit a deal with India to indigenously build the F-21.

It is still at the proposal stage, but the Indian population is not keen on it.

The F-series lost all credibility in India the day, Pakistan used these 'peace keeping jets' to retaliate against India bombing terror camps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZuWNE1n4cs

(Rajya Sabha Tv is state broadcaster but very good for defence news. English Language)

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So i don't really understand this, its kinda confusing.

US objects to the turkey purchase of S4000 as Turkey has F-35, and it can calibrate the S4000 against the F-35.

But in India, they are selling us F-21 while they clearly know we are gonna have the S4000 as well.

Maybe they are just not worried about the F-21 or the Indian version has an electronic signature different from other versions.

Or maybe they just don't care about the F-21, it's probably not even actively used by them.

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@derek

Some unwarranted Recommendations

Sacred games (crime, thriller, cults) - Netflix
Leila (dystopian future) - Netflix

You know the liberals are impeding India's progress, when they force the government to spend time and money to defend an honest defence deal.

Left Political parties notably the Indian National Congress @Incindia were riddled with corruption and criminally tried.

From Bofors Guns to Coal mines to Wireless Spectrum.

The only thing they liberally did was fill their pockets with taxpayer money.

We welcome the supreme court judgement absolving the Modi Govt of all false charges in the Rafale Deal.

But why did the Supreme Court not punish Rahul Gandhi? Especially when it itself declared that RG's petition was frivolous and intended to malign, while serving no real purpose.

SC should have set an example out of him, why was he spared? Because he is from the Gandhi Familly?

#fascicommunist #supremecourt #JNU #bhakts #urbannaxals #leftwing #rightwing

I want to get up to pee, but my cat has parked herself on me!!

@design_RG

Read this last night, but was too sleepy and didn't want to post a half assed reply.

I have heard of these machines, mostly in videos and movies. And I'm also familiar with the punch card routine.

What a time, where you had to get in an actual physical line to have your turn at the machine.

An age where where computers had humans working inside them, like task managers.

A point in our time where renting a computer for a few hours was considered unprecedented access to technology.

I think it was in a lecture by Linus, where he said that after the Punchcard age, the number of women in programming steeply declined. Never understood why though.

But I must say, I would at least once would like the privilege to "hear" my code being processed. Must have been a great tactile experience.

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We live in age of instant gratification. I for one believe that this has hampered our ability to learn.

If you modify/condition somebody's dopamine circuits you are doing them in for life.You ruin their ability to sit patiently and learn.

The very internet the programmers created is affecting the patience people need to learn programming.

When people stop learning their minds lose all flexibility.

I don't game on my phone. But i look around me and everybody is crushing candy like their life depends on it. its unfathomable.

The amount of time humanity has collectively wasted is a testament that we don't appreciate what we had to do to get to this point in civilisation.

@togs

@pschwede

#bookmarkblur

@thewire

It seems letter writing is back inna fashion eh?

While we are giving back Aatish Taseer his OCI, why don't we just do the same for the entire population of PAKISTAN !!

Elite privilege must end !!

We don't care if you're a Journalist who wrote for Time, as long as you are an Illegal, stay out of my country.

@freemo @Amrit @stux @Gargron @inditoot

I'm shamelessly poaching users !!

What if I told you that one of the accounts you interact with regularly on Mastodon is actually a sophisticated bot.

The same could apply to twitter too.

How can you tell which account is artificially sentient and which is real?

I wonder if it/he/she will pass the turing test.

#programming #artificialintelligence

@digitaldutta

Protests and Counter-Protests

This seems nice.

https://pocket.popcorncomputer.com

#programming #linux #gnu

@freemo

Found it !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nybVFJVXbww

It's actually, exactly what you said.

And also not sure if it has anything to do with SHA.

@Shawshank