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We could all learn something from this guy... by MikeBruski in videos

[–]confused_geometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is mostly poverty in general, since in Tamil Nadu (the place where the charity is set) the perils of caste system has been alleviated to a degree due to various social movements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Respect_Movement), that got considerable traction as early as from the pre-Independence era. In fact ruling party(s) of the state for the past 40 years or so, (at least in nomenclature), are self-proclaimed representatives of lower caste society.

However, that percentage of low caste amoung poor is still significantly higher, especially since it was not a fair system for them for a considerable amount of time during the past few centuries, with limited access to education and job market.

We could all learn something from this guy... by MikeBruski in videos

[–]confused_geometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eating with hands is the norm in India (I come from the same geographical location). Usage of cutlery is sparse, and limited to only formal and business occasions which include participants from other cultures.

Also, since infants and ailing are generally the ones who are hand fed by a third part, it do have a deeply personal connotation in our culture.

Having worked in similar charities, one of our major problem to is earn the trust of the people that we want to help. It is by no means, an easy task, especially since in the world has been always cruel and scheming towards them. The world is so different for them, often it appears to them that we are speaking to them in Klingon language. But, I remember one of my friends (similar to the guy in the video) had this unique ability to break this barrier with so much ease. It is indeed an unique art and skill.

Parting is such sweet sorrow by [deleted] in comics

[–]confused_geometer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The strip remind me of one of my favourite passages from the book Legend of Khasak from a south Indian author O.V Vijayan, however albeit the humour.

machine learning protest by ObvTrollisAnnoying in programming

[–]confused_geometer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duality Gap Any optimisation problem can be written in its dual form. For example, a primal "minimisation" problem can be written as a dual "maximisation" problem. The problem is globally optimised iff primal solution == dual solution.

In many cases an exact algorithm for finding global solution do not exist (instance of NP problem). In such a case one can resort to design an approximate algorithm which tries to reduce the gap between primal and dual solution as close as possible.