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Comment · 5 years ago
This raises questions on the legitimacy of 2019 GE.
Comment · 5 years ago
FYI, considering your voluntary ignorance, BJP has bigger, broader and older dynasties than any other party in the whole country.
Comment · 5 years ago
Don't forget the Rafael Deal too...
Comment · 5 years ago
Study finds that 34% of humans are sick of stressful and exhausting daily commute to work.
Comment · 5 years ago
Highly irresponsible and foolish move but what else can you expect from him these days.
Comment · 5 years ago
> Intestinal tract infections can kill you within days after a single gulp of polluted water.

Your point being? What do you think water treatment plants are for?

Comment · 5 years ago
What's worse than radioactive isotopes that can't possibly be filtered out in conventional water treatment plants?

Pollution is an issue in majority of rivers in the world, especially in developing countries but doesn't justify or discount radioactive waste in there.

Comment · 5 years ago
Last week, I went into the rabbit hole and researched about the whole incident as my drinking water comes from one of the tributaries of Ganga river and this device has polluted a source glacier of the river - with plutonium. Great.

One of the climbers, Jim McCarthy claimed he got cancer due to the time he spent in close proximity of the device and according to him, the local people who helped them in the trek are long dead because they spent much more time huddled close to the device. They were not cautioned about the dangers as the mission was "top secret".

When this story came to light back in 1978 after an article was published in a magazine and someone in US congress wrote a letter to the president, Indian govt. finally felt the need to assess the consequences of their blunder.

Researchers hypothesized that the device melted through the snow before reaching the mountain rock surface where it remains stuck to this day. They tested water samples from the river for a year or two while the story was hot and public pressure was on. Ideally, they should have continued periodic testing forever and annual search missions to locate the device.

Comment · 5 years ago
Ummm.. no.
Comment · 5 years ago
Oh! I must have overlooked that option in settings. Thanks.
Comment · 5 years ago
Hi, another happy user here. I've been using it for about a year now and it has helped me to be more productive.

Not sure if you already know, it can be tricked by setting system clock to a future datetime :)

Comment · 6 years ago
Boycott Apple completely. How did we go from open development to some overpriced, only half decent and walled mess that's now worth $2 trillion? Shame.
Comment · 6 years ago
Exactly.

> JIO is deeply embedded into the rural populace. Exactly the ones who are vulnerable to disinformation campaigns.

This deeply concerns me as it will have unwanted consequences.

Comment · 6 years ago
This is a proxy move by Facebook for all the same shady motives that led to Internet.org. GoI should look into this very carefully from a long term perspective of India's internet space. Zuck can't be allowed to take hold of Jio's scale in India.

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