Quick notes: Not an 'ism' | Harvard under fire...

• 'Hindu Dharma', not ism, declares World Hindu Congress: "In the term 'Hindu Dharma', the first word, i.e, 'Hindu' is an unbounded word. It signifies all that is Sanatan or Eternal. And then there is Dharma, which means 'That, which sustains'. Hinduism is totally different because it is suffixed with an “ism”, an oppressive and discriminatory attitude or belief".



• Stone age solution to proselytizing: Remember John Allen Chau, who believed he was on Yesu's mission to convert the island’s Sentinelese aboriginals? Now Chau’s story has been turned into a film, The Mission, produced by National Geographic.



• Not so green: In 2032, India will need a billion tonnes of coal, partly to charge EVs in urban areas via power generated by thermal plants. How electric vehicles harm the environment that they’re supposed to save



• Harvard perpetuates inequality: Who knew! Harvard exposed helping the elite skip the queue. Publicly promoting inclusion, privately helping the elite. Meritoracy gets death sentence.



• Chinese illegal immigrants: More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the US in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined



• Airloom's radical wind turbine design: Airloom’s equipment can be installed on farm fields, with crops growing underneath. It can also sit next to roads near power lines so that less wiring is needed to connect back to the grid. It should be able to produce more energy than a standard wind farm on the same amount of land, because traditional wind turbines need to be spaced farther apart. The layout may mean that it’s safer for birds and bats than other wind turbines.




• Games Big Tech plays: A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees. Google fought to keep the Spotify numbers private during its antitrust fight with Epic, saying they could damage negotiations with other app developers who might want more generous rates.



• How to become the world's 27th RICHEST PERSON:

Quick notes: Nvidia | Resistant starch...

• "Nvidia armed China single handedly": "If you think about Chinese AI capabilities, Nvidia gave them extraordinary amounts of Nvidia GPUs. There's no other way to look at it. It was legal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't carry a moral responsibility."



• Microsoft wants to be less dependent on Nvidia: Microsoft unveils its first custom-designed AI, cloud chips. . . . . Why no chips from India, the "design powerhouse"? Waiting for domestic 28nm fabs to come online? By then, leading-edge tech will go past 2nm.



• China’s 7nm Breakthrough: How Far Can China Push its Technology?




• Game-changer, as long as we limit this to STEM: Say no to woke poison.

Serious issues nobody discusses:
1. How many billions spent by the 2,68,000 Indian students annually in USA & would it be better spent improving Indian universities
2. Impact on brainwashing them with Breaking India narrative.https://t.co/VpgbBvKieM

— Rajiv Malhotra (@RajivMessage) November 13, 2023




• Eye drops recalled by Indian maker: Tainted eyedrops came from a company in Navi Mumbai called Kilitch Healthcare India Ltd.



• Traffic Acquisition Costs: Alphabet pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, Sundar Pichai confirms. Google spent nearly $49 billion in Traffic Acquisition Costs in 2022. Google’s TAC costs include all of Google’s payments to companies like Apple and Samsung to place its search engine in front of users.



• SriLanka redux: Nepal Is Investigating New Airport Made by China. Nepal’s $216 million international airport in Pokhara, the country’s second-biggest city, opened in January. The airport has failed to attract any regular international flights, raising concerns about whether it will generate enough revenue to repay loans to its Chinese lenders. Nepali officials have asked Beijing to change the loans into a grant to ease the financial burden, but China has not agreed to do so.



• Pasta and Rice May Be Healthier as Leftovers: Cooking and cooling causes the food’s starch molecules to become “resistant,” meaning its sugar molecules aren’t as easily broken apart and absorbed into your bloodstream as they normally would be. Because resistant starches aren’t easily digested, they don’t spike your blood sugar as much as regular starch does. Instead, it continues on in your intestines, where it can feed the good microbes in your gut.

Quick notes: Colombo port | 75% reservations...

• "Minorities have the first right to the country's resources": Cong releases ‘Minority Declaration’ in Telangana, promises Rs 4,000 cr budget for welfare. Additional Rs 1,000 crore per annum to provide subsidised loans to jobless minority youth and women. Newly wed couples belonging to minority communities will be given Rs 1.6 lakh.



• Countering Belt and Road: US commits $553 mln financing for Adani terminal venture at Colombo port



• Why not 100%? Bihar cabinet approves raising quota cap to 75%. . . Nitish wanted 87%.



• US Presidential poll 2024: RFK Jr. beating Biden and Trump among young voters in key states



• Canon’s chipmaking tech promises advanced chips for less: "The price will have one digit less than ASML's EUV [litho tool] which costs more than $150 million a piece. Canon implies that its Nanoimprint litho machine will cost around $15 million.




• Chinese EDA: Chinese chip design software devs receive massive govt support. . . . EDA is perfect fit for Indian software companies.



• Antimicrobial resistance: Antibiotics that fight deadly infections in babies are losing their power



• Lesson for India: Students are sharing AI-generated fake nudes of classmates. There's no US federal law to stop them. . . calls for action.



• Tech’s 'legal liability shield' to blame: Second whistleblower testifies against Meta.. Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to protect teens who use Instagram.



• Honda e-MTB Concept: Honda shows off its first electric bicycle.




• Honest Mohammedan:

MusIim man in Germany:” when MusIims are in majority, we would take over Germany with force.
Sharia law will be instead of Germany laws.
When Germans stand against our sharia they will be attacked.
Christians and Jews have to pay Jizya,Hindus,Buddhists have to leave or be killed” pic.twitter.com/OiN19m6DYR

— Azzat Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaalem) November 4, 2023

Quick notes: Donor revolt | Default search engine...

• Put a billion-dollar hole in the University’s books: Wall Street titans help to fuel Ivy League donor revolt. Billionaires plan to stop donating to their preferred universities to protest how they have responded to the war.



• Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus: “We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses,” the firms wrote. Elite law firms send a message.



• $26.3 Billion: Google spent a staggering $26.3 Billion to maintain default search engine status on browsers and phones in 2021 according to a slide made public in a federal antitrust trial. Bernstein previously estimated Google could pay Apple as much as $19 billion this year for the out-of-the-box default placement on Apple devices.



• How Erode-native KP Ramasamy walked into the exclusive club of India’s richest: A visit to his native village Kalliyampudur will, however, lay bare endearing anecdotes of his philanthropy stitched across decades.



• When in Karnataka, speak like a Kannadiga: Online tuitions to make learning Kannada easy for non-native speakers. For details, visit kannadaonlinetuitions.com. Experienced moderators make learning easy, adding a personal touch, and improving fluency in no time.



• 1.7 million: Afghans forced to flee Pakistan as Islamabad cracks down on refugees



• The Left-Islamist coalition: Yasmine Mohammed author of Unveiled




• Alcohol Might Be Ruining Your Orgasm: “It does make you think, ‘Oh, I feel hornier!’. But the irony is that, in fact, it’s a central nervous system depressant.” While it may contribute to relaxation and inhibition reduction initially, it can hinder the brain’s ability to process sexual stimuli and coordinate muscle contractions, which are central to the orgasmic response



• AI for Chip Design: Nvidia has unveiled ChipNeMo, a specialized large language model with 43 billion parameters aimed at bolstering chip design productivity. The tool promises to streamline various aspects of chip design by answering questions, condensing bug reports, and crafting scripts for electronic design automation (EDA) tools.



• Chinese tech: Chinese Phytium's New CPU Claimed To Rival Arm's Neoverse N2