Readit NewsPower was missing for 12 days for certain sections of it : https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/energy/bangabandhu-hi-tec...
Across the border in West Bengal, a similar concept in Salt Lake City has done relatively well https://www.flickr.com/photos/debashissaha/8637092181/in/pho...
tbf, Salt Lake is the only place in east india with mncs like IBM, Samsung etc
As long as there is road/rail infrastructure and cheap housing close by, tech workers will flock. The foundation need to be setup first and I guess that's what was missing here.
I used to work in Salt Lake, it's a really weird place. Very jarring with all the glass buildings that heat up the place, and horrible connectivity to the main city (in terms of public transport).
ishandotpage commented on Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab anori.app/... · Posted by u/OlegWock
Hey, this is pretty cool! I used to love iGoogle back in the day. Great job!
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Hey, this is cool, well done!
ishandotpage commented on Computers are an inherently oppressive technology (2022) devever.net/~hl/ruthlessn... · Posted by u/ishandotpage
I think this is a phenomenon we observe when people become parts of machines. The cops, the conductor, a bureaucrat at a paperwork filing office, they all take on this position of neutrality, of deference to the system in which they function. Any autonomy they exercise becomes an unpredictability in the smooth operation of the machine, one which they believe is more good than bad and a worthwhile trade off, so in situations where the answer is not clear, the mechanics of the machine must be maintained. Truly they are cogs in a machine.
In a McLuhanistic interpretation,
"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us"
ishandotpage commented on Computers are an inherently oppressive technology (2022) devever.net/~hl/ruthlessn... · Posted by u/ishandotpage
A few weeks ago I was taking the train but before boarding I noticed two police officers doing their daily patrol and started chatting with them about a crazy lady at the top of the station's stairs. They said they couldn't do anything because it was not their job to take care of the insane to which I couldn't really say anything other than "I guess that sounds about right". The train I was going to take started to depart but one guy managed to stick his arm out to keep one of the doors open. The conductor saw this and refused to re-open the doors even though the guy seemed to be visibly distraught and maybe even in pain. He was trying to help me catch the train but the conductor had other ideas.
It's not just the machines that are ruthless. The operators also take on attributes of the machines they manage and in the process inflict willful cruelty on others through their control of the machinery. The most obvious example of this is, of course, war and the technology associated with its execution. So this essay is right, machines/algorithms are ruthless but it is the people that use them to inflict pain and suffering on others that makes the whole thing into a grand tragedy.
> The operators also take on attributes of the machines they manage and in the process inflict willful cruelty on others through their control of the machinery. The most obvious example of this is, of course, war and the technology associated with its execution. So this essay is right, machines/algorithms are ruthless but it is the people that use them to inflict pain and suffering on others that makes the whole thing into a grand tragedy.
This mirrors my experience. About six months ago, I had an accident on the metro in my city, where my leg slipped between the train and platform while deboarding. Not only did passers by not help, the "operators" stood idly by. While I am lucky to have escaped with "just" an ACL tear, I would have lost my leg that day if my friend hadn't been there to pull me out.
So far, all the ones I have tried actually try to answer the question. 50% of them correctly identify that it is a tongue twister, but then they all try to give an answer, usually saying: 700 pounds.
Not one has yet given the correct answer, which is also a tongue twister: "A woodchuck would chuck all the wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood."
Not one has given me the correct answer yet.
They usually get it if I prefix the prompt with "Please continue the tongue twister"