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Evicted poor people

vendredi 2 mars 2018 à 01:00

Mumbai moves evicted poor people into a modern slum where the air is so polluted that nearly everyone is ill from that. The neighborhood has no schools, pharmacies or work. They have been sent there to die.

It is certainly possible for India to treat them better -- today. But if India's population keeps growing, there will be a time when that is no longer possible.

Using touch-screens

vendredi 2 mars 2018 à 01:00

Using touch-screens and not using pencils leads to children that don't have the finger strength to hold a pencil properly.

Biometric identification

vendredi 2 mars 2018 à 01:00

The Mozilla foundation called on India to release the software for its biometric identification system as free software (actually they said "open source", but I don't advocate that).

Their recommendations don't go far enough. The existence of a national ID system is a tool for repression regardless of how it is implemented.

Biometric data snooping

vendredi 2 mars 2018 à 01:00

EFF: Customs and Border Protection's Biometric Data Snooping Goes Too Far.

I think it is wrong for the state to make a register of people's biometric data, aside from people convicted of serious crimes.

'Inappropriate touching'

vendredi 2 mars 2018 à 01:00

The accusations against Geoffrey Rush have been made somewhat more specific.

Pursuing a woman into the women's bathroom and making some sort of demand from just outside her toilet stall would be hard to justify.

As for touching her in some unspecified way while carrying her, that is still too vague. I could imagine things it might mean which she would validly object to, and other possible meanings that would not deserve criticism.

Anyway, this is a big step forward in clarity from "inappropriate".