It's fine with many files, the only issue is when it indexes, which can't easily be automated. I just checked and it gets through about 2000 files a second on my MBP.
> I don't think "cowardly" is the right way to put it.
Oh, is "apathetic" a more comfortable label ?
> The level of harassment you put up with is obscene, and that you continue to stick to your guns in the face of it is admirable. That said, it's not something that most people want in their lives.
That guy is getting harassed a lot because he is alone. I don't think the overloads up there have the courage to harass tens of thousands - do they ? Wide ranging support means less heroism will be required to get what people want. He is not fighting a personal battle, right ? It is better to fight smaller battles now and avoid the possibility of all out wars that we are seeing in Africa and the Middle-East.
> Dealing with the level of harassment you face imperils all of those goals. Unless someone is dedicated to a cause and willing to sacrifice a lot to serve it, it's unreasonable to ask them to invite that kind of drama into their lives.
So, that person won't even "want to meet or correspond with" them. Do they realize the stark contrast between Jake's priorities and theirs.
I have visited almost all states in India. And the current status is:
Kerala - c/o Gulf
Tamilnadu - c/o LTTE
Andhra Pradesh - Telangana
Karnataka - c/o Cauvery
Bihar,UP - Their weapons are sophisticated than Indian Army's
Bengal - c/o China.
Seven sister states - Instant death if you are non-Assamese.
Punjab - c/o Khalistan
Kashmir - Kidding?
Rajasthan - They call you 'Paradesi'.
Maharastra - c/o Vidarbha.
UP - Bundelkhand, Poorvanchal etc
Chattisgarh - c/o Maoism
> The solver uses depth first and/or breadth first with constraint propagation to prune the search
That would be backtracking.
Further, the purpose of many the constraint techniques seem to be aimed at creating puzzles that are amenable to humans, not solving them. The article itself states that for solving, backtracking with fewer constraints performs better.
You are right that "the purpose of many the constraint techniques seem to be aimed at creating puzzles that are amenable to humans, not solving them"
I shared the link because I found his sudoku generator and the constraint methods interesting.
> That would be backtracking.
Let me quote the first para in full:
The solver uses depth first and/or breadth first tree search
with constraint propagation to prune the search for the next
best move (forms of forward checking.) There are space/time
tradeoffs between depth/breadth first search and the constraints
used; sudoku(1) has options to control the combinations.
The common characteristic for all constraints, here and elsewhere,
is that they avoid trial and error. Its fine for a computer
to guess and backtrack but a definite breach of puzzle manners
to require a human to do so.
I could be wrong but, yes, it does use backtracking to find the constraint that can give a number for an empty cell but it never has to change a number it has put in a cell. That differs from the trial and error approach that moves forward by guessing values and checking if it leads to a valid solution.
Dating is generally considered a 'dirty thing' outside metros. Urban India is mostly monolithic. The real differences are only seen in semi-urban and rural regions. And yes the sub-cultures are quite varied but that doesn't mean there is no pan-Indian identity to which you can market. Understanding the differences and similarities is the key if you want to reach the majority of the billion plus population.
Yeah western style dating is pretty much taboo if not anathema to most parents in the rural areas. Should be fun monetizing that market, their site seems to fit a niche ideally suited for this. I'd love to see how they monetize services when (and if) they are dealing with the semi-urban areas; maybe they can tie up with a mobile service provider to have their services paid for as part of their mobile phone bill.
When you say Urban India is monolithic, are you meaning to say that all urban life is generally similar in India?
If so I would point out that the Metros in India differ significantly. I'm a Mumbai/Bombay native, and have family in Delhi and friends all over the country. From their discussions and lifestyles, each metro is quite unique and even more so, in the context of male-female interactions.
For example Delhi has been described as bastion of MCP behavior universally, especially by the women who live there. It could be a bad sample, but that view contrasts strongly with the better reputation for female safety that Mumbai, and (afaik) Bangalore enjoy. This leads to major differences - I know someone who moved here from Delhi, and wouldn't travel alone post 8:00 pm for a long time. (Delhi people, please correct me if I am wrong, or something is being missed). At the same time, Delhi-ites seem to have a lot more cultural activities going on than Mumbai. Since space is also not at a premium in Delhi, it also has places like Bookstores that are sorely missing in Mumbai.
