Readit NewsWe should require the IRS to release the tax forms in a machine-readable format, e.g., as open-source software. The human-readable instructions should merely be the spec. Other people can write nice interfaces on top of that. Then you can run the code on your phone to figure your taxes.
PDF Link: https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/eFiling/Portal/StaticPD...
Other than this, the government run e-filing website also has a nice interface to do your taxes. It's fairly simple. Just fill in numbers and click Next Next Next Submit, and you're done.
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/03/22/521132960/episo...
TL;DR:
* 99% of people liked the pre-filled forms
* He took this idea to California state congress, but Congresspeople were "warned" about him by Intuit lobbyists
* He hired his own lobbyist but lost by 1 vote in the Congress
Edit: Grammar
To help us troubleshoot this, my boss asked me to program the unit to give a missed call to the server every hour. If we got a missed call, we knew that unit was still working. In countries like India, giving a missed call is a zero cost way to communicate. For example: You would pull up in front of a friend's place and give them a "missed call" to let them know that you are waiting outside etc.
Anyway, I implemented the logic and we sent off our field techs to intercept trucks at highways and update the firmware.
The way I implemented the logic was the unit was to call our server's modem number every hour at the top of the hour. No random delay nothing. So, soon after that, around 50 units tried to call our server at the same time. Remember the clocks in the units are being run off GPS and they are super accurate. This caused our telecom company's cell tower BTS to crash. Cell service in my office area, a busy part of Bangalore, was down for a whole 2 hours.
I was called into the telecom company's head office for their postmortem. They didn't yell at me or anything. They were super nice. In fact, when I finished explaining my side of the story, one of their engineers opened his wallet and gave a hundred rupees to another guy. Guess they were betting on the root cause. From what I understand, they escalated the bug to Ericsson who manufactured the BTS and got it fixed. For my part, I added a random delay and eventually removed that feature.
Also, one of the meanings of my first name "Mani" is literally "Bell".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script Also: I'm Tamil.
Also, one of the meanings of my first name "Mani" is literally "Bell".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script Also: I'm Tamil.
Two questions:
1. Does this mean you are an ISP? If so, how did you go about registering as an ISP.
2. Most other WiFi (ex: at Cafe Coffee Day) requires one to register via SMS and pay by credit card. So the mobile number and Credit Card number becomes the primary key for our Government's Big Brother program to track the person. Have you side-stepped that by selling tokens that one can purchase anonymously using cash?
(Not related to howdy.ai in any way, just a happy user)
In the middle of all of that, I found Sadhana forest to be a wonderful community in Auroville that is far away from the madness of Matrimandir both physically and spiritually. Aviram and his family, along with volunteers, are doing a fantastic job of reforesting the area west of the Tindivanam highway. If you are going, once we are past this global Covid19 pandemic that is, I would highly recommend a volunteering stay at Sadhana forest.