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I agree and would like to add 2 more point ...i.e "population" and "education" .... countries with high population has high corruption because gap between rich and poor increases along with heavy unbearable weight on providing food, housing, education and other infrastructure ....
same goes with literacy rate: highly literate society has low corruption ...
Just wondering whether there is any REGULAR electric bike (100cc-200cc engine) - that would be an instant HIT in the developing countries like India and China ....
whats app has a huge privacy & security issue and their user are realizing it now so i hope BBM become their next choice .... it would be great if someone introduces true encryption though :)
its not about whether elite is saved or not ... its about whether you're healthy or not ....
Imagine you have two groups of people: Group A and Group B. Group A is living longer but unhealthy and Group B is living shorter but extremely healthy , which one do you pick - I rather pick Group B ... dont know whether Calico will be about living longer or living healthier - its not a easy thing to crack but I hope they succeed ...
I've heard good thing about work done by AKDN and AKF ... they are so reputable that they leverages every dollar received through matching grants from leading donor agencies and partners, including the U.S. government, to create a multiplier effect that stretches resources and amplifies the impact of every donation....
i liked the purpose of the whole story and concern ... movies portray most impractical things of life ... they take you to Lala-Land which doesn't exist .... they sell dreams - when you realized that your love life is nothing like hero and heroine in the movies then you're heartbroken and then life goes down the spiral ... especially in Bollywood movies - they take your emotions to the highest point with no real life conflict ... dancing in the rain and/or Switzerland scenic beauty is not love ... in real life, the dance starts with the conflicts and arguments and debates for every small thing which you just cant figure out how to resolve because in your head you're still that hero/heroine looking for that ever sacrificing spouse :(
Also those people are purely native speakers, meaning people whose first language is Hindi - while there are many whose command over Hindi is very strong but their first language is Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi etc.
If you count all those people who can speak/write Hindi then the count goes way over 500 Million ....
Artificial language? :) it is not a language cooked in someone's kitchen :-) it was widely spoken before independence - though Sanskrit would have become more acceptable ...
India is also in similar situation where many dont speak Hindi - its like a Britain or American cant speak English ... being multi dialect/language country shouldn't be an excuse of not being able to speak the national language - i guess past and present government is to be blamed...
i guess there are 2 things here :
1. having accent is ok as far as you can make others understand your point in english ... 2. bad english (i mean really bad) will be turn-off anyway with or without accent .... so it is not accent but its all about english as a language i guess ...
I've seen people with english and no bad accent but still having trouble in making other people understand :) and they are either Dumb OR they're P.hd holders (not generalizing though)...
The most tedious and boring part of laundry is ironing and i guess it is not included(?) - they say 'fold' but it doesn't mean ironing(?)
I hope Loom founders are reading this comment :-) ...
I want a feature of removing duplicates automatically with help of raw-meta-data hiding behind every digital pics/movies .... is there any such service?
BTW why YC keep funding this kind of startup all the time ... I guess they are getting awesome exit as some big boys will acquire eventually even if you have only one nice features that you get traction with ...
Universities offering degrees thru MOOC will bring revolution in terms of employment/unemployment and labor market in general .... i can foresee a scenario where for every single job position there will be lot more international applicant ready to work remotely 10 times cheaper than the same qualified person in 1st world countries ...
So how far are we from real crowd-funding? i mean no requirement of accredited investors? i'm sure someone is already working on that bill ...
No GRE .... superb
This is going to change the higher education not only in USA but worldwide .... kudos to all who put this kind of effort in disrupting the long due stagnant eco-system ... it is going to be proven as a god-sent-gift for a student coming from a poor financial background from 3rd world countries ...
SpiderOak is the best solution ... client side encryption and fully secured with zero-knowledge policy ....Bye Bye Drive, Skydrive & DropBox :)
Its better to use service from someone who follows Zero-Knowledge policy ... one such service is SpiderOak - may be there are few more ... on this platform we need to encourage to use those services so that other can notice the demand and change their policy too (though difficult but not impossible) ....
It is not completely impossible as SpiderOak and others are able to offer.... it could be the cost of implementing it .... Cost vs. Benefit ... benefit in terms of how much revenue it can generate by adding particular feature....but the demand is growing so lets hope that things change soon.
your website is way too confusing .... I'm sorry but you need to add a video about 'how it works' and include how you're different than other networks and where is the savings coming from and for whom (publisher or advertisers or both)....
also is it free for publishers or is it free for advertisers??? ... do u mean u dont charge fees or commission that other network charge to advertisers???
btw, if your basic service is free then there is no need to tell people that u charge for adding value because the subconscious mind doesnt accept that well .... so just create a comparison chart to show how your service is FREE compared to others and in 3rd column you add your value added service which in fact should be really something that others are not offering or its too expensive ....
Good Luck
I think RISUG (Vasalgel) is the most promising male contraceptive ... its waiting for FDA appoval and is being used in India for more than a decade, it looks like it will change the world :) , ofcourse we need more data before we can really say RISUG will be effective against HIV transmission ... but nevertheless its very promising amongst all other options ...
>> Nothing I will tell you, can explain you what it feels to be in that place- I only hope no other kid goes through that ..
I can understand what you're trying to say, the problems, issues and challenges are on so many levels and there are so many layers that unless you experience it yourself there is no way you can put words to it ...
- first of all, parents are uneducated and to motivate them to educate their kids is the biggest challenge of all ...
- then double it with lack of resources (this includes time, money, energy, good schools, good teachers etc.)
- triple this with no free schooling in india, not even primary , there may be few government schools which are like good for nothing (although there might be an exception like one in million)
- then there is peer pressure for parents whose kids are not earning but spending time in school.
- then there is huge corruption and bureaucracy
- then there are other family responsibilities like getting your sister married (when u dont even have money for your kids school fees or even worst when you cant provide proper food, clothing and shelter) OR taking care of your elderly parents when you cant afford medicines OR someone died in the family and you have to burden the burial cost etc etc etc..
And the list goes on and on.....
SO I SALUTE to all those parents who won uphill battle by going against the tide and made sure that their kids are well educated ...