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New comment by pramaanik in "Show HN: Frameworks to Understand Public Policy"

pramaanik — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:28:06 +0000

thanks

New comment by pramaanik in "Nvidia and its partners built a system to bypass U.S. export restrictions"

pramaanik — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:26:35 +0000

In 2022 TSMC Chairman Mark Liu appeared in a rare interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakariya.In the interview, Liu categorically says that if China were to take over Taiwan, it would find TSMC’s facilities unusable because their secret ingredient is human capital and real-time international collaboration with companies for materials, software, hardware, and know-how.

Part 1: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/07/31/exp-731-taiwan-... Part 2: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/07/31/exp-gps-0731-ma...

Show HN: Frameworks to Understand Public Policy

pramaanik — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 06:09:17 +0000

This is our long list of public policy frameworks. Over four years of writing a news letter (publicpolicy.substack.com), we have compiled many frameworks that can help us analyse public policy issues.

We believe in the power of frameworks to zoom in on the most important aspects of complicated public policy issues. They are helpful in sense-making and should be thought of as a starting point to reflect on public policy issues rather than definitive solutions.

Some of these frameworks are our own creations, but most are credited to leading thinkers of public policy, politics, and philosophy.

For ease of reading, we’ve put these 80+ frameworks into a few categories. Click through on any of them and hopefully, you’ll discover a new frame to observe the world.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42024363

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New comment by pramaanik in "Ask HN: What explains China's rise as an innovation powerhouse?"

pramaanik — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:56:34 +0000

China is the only middle-income country in the Global Innovation Index top-30 (at 11th place in 2022).

There are a range of theories that try to explain China's rise in this area: state capitalism, technology theft, returnee talent, or forced technology transfer.

I feel it's a combination of some fundamental factors. Higher investment in education and infrastructure, a benign geopolitical climate that permitted technology transfers, and a State focus on innovation.

While many individual policies have failed to deliver the promised results, they have been able to spur private R&D investment.

What is your view?

Ask HN: What explains China's rise as an innovation powerhouse?

pramaanik — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:56:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34831666

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Ask HN: Why do cameras stop recording after 30 minutes?

pramaanik — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:14:41 +0000

Some say it's a technical limitation for heat management, memory management. While some others say it's to escape the additional tax that applies if a camera is classified as a video camera, the latter being defined as something that records beyond 30 minutes.

What's the true reason?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34640107

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Ask HN: Does anyone know the core reasons behind the ongoing paper shortage?

pramaanik — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 04:53:33 +0000

I've read up the basics, but I don't understand why alternate sources of raw material supply have not come up?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34396962

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A Case for Societism

pramaanik — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:58:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thinkpragati.com/opinion/1574/a-case-for-societism/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30243065

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New comment by pramaanik in "ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory"

pramaanik — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:05:20 +0000

At a broader level, this accident again shows how vulnerable the semiconductor supply chain is, and it's not just because of geopolitics. I like the analogy by Willy Shih at HBS - "semiconductor supply chain is like a transcontinental relay race with hidden hurdles".