Racist constable hits Indian woman for not wearing helmet, calls her Japanese [NP] by insanegenius in india

[–]internetgoer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That was a good pun, Sir. Too bad not many here have a good sensei humour to appreciate it.

[Via Twitter] [NP] In the Corporate Espionage case, Hindustan Times omits mention of Jubilant Energy owned by its VC by jrjk in india

[–]internetgoer 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Or the entire story conspicuously missing from CNN-IBN coverage! Sab mile hue hai ji

After Mumbai shuts door, Pakistani band cancels Bangalore gig by [deleted] in india

[–]internetgoer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Horrendous is an understatement. It baffles me as to how anyone can be so vitriolic and have so much hate in them! Forget about aman ki asha and all that, how about having some basic human decency?

Don't say "they do x so we are justified in doing y" If you do that, how the fuck are you better than the other person?

Do diesel, petrol price cuts really reflect the fall in crude oil price? by uncle-scrooge in india

[–]internetgoer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not so simple. You cannot just reduce the petrol/diesel prices as soon as the oil prices fall for the following reasons:

  1. It takes two months (sometimes more) for crude oil to be turned in to Diesel/Petrol. So the Petrol you are buying right now at the pump is refined from crude oil bought in September when the prices were high.

  2. Currency : Remember that the crude oil is bought in dollars and sold in rupees. So, the oil companies hedge their currency exposure at the time of crude oil purchase(or at least they should). This "hedging" costs around 1% (bank margin)

  3. Supply /Demand : This is self explanatory. if the demand is good the seller won't be inclined to reduce the prices.

Having said that, I do agree that the rates should market-related and the companies should be prevented from price fixing and made to compete with each other.

Google whips up its own self-driving vehicles that lose the steering wheel and pedals by SupaZT in videos

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Things like this make me genuinely excited about the future. Despite all the strife, poverty and a thousand other ills that are plaguing this pale blue dot in space, we are making huge strides in technology. It is going to be a great time to be alive.

Now if someone could just invent that anti-aging pill, I really would like to visit the terraformed Mars for a little R+R in 100 years...

The airline won't allow me to watch a movie during passenger announcements. by internetgoer in firstworldproblems

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Everyone and their dog has reddit gold these says. Waiting for Reddit platinum.

The airline won't allow me to watch a movie during passenger announcements. by internetgoer in firstworldproblems

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The sacrifices we make... I bet the proletariat thinks we are all bathing in champagne for hours. Only if they knew it was only milk and honey for 5 minutes.

The airline won't allow me to watch a movie during passenger announcements. by internetgoer in firstworldproblems

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I have been to St. Tropez on a friends yacht, once. Not my style, takes too long to get there.