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Will Scaling Solve Robotics? Original
This post was originally published on the author’s personal blog. Last year’s Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) was the biggest CoRL yet, with over 900 attendees, 11 workshops, and almost 200 accepted papers.
Distributional Dynamics of Income in Indian States : Inequality, Redistribution, and Poverty Transitions
Inequality, Redistribution, and Poverty Transitions The distribution of income across Indian states for 2014–19 is examined in this paper. Particularly concerning in terms of high inequality are Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana—both income shares and real income growth in the bottom decile have declined from 2014 to 2019 in almost all these states.
Game installs of 100GB or larger have now become the standard [TechSpot]
As noted by PC Gamer, the recent launch of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor marks another game that many buyers will spend hours downloading. Its 130GB file size makes it the largest PC title released this year. This is a trend that’s become not just annoying for those with slower internet…Read Entire Article View Article on TechSpot As noted by PC Gamer, the recent launch of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor marks another game that many buyers will spend hours downloading.
OpenStructures is a Modular Building System for the RepRap Age [Hackaday]
Modular construction toys like LEGO and Meccano are great for prototyping, but they aren’t so great for large builds. OpenStructures promises to be a modular building system for projects large …read more View Article on Hackaday Modular construction toys like LEGO and Meccano are great for prototyping, but they aren’t so great for large builds. OpenStructures promises to be a modular building system for projects large and small.
COA-Secure Obfuscation and Applications
Paper 2022/1781 COA-Secure Obfuscation and Applications , Boston University , ETH Zurich , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , IIT Bombay Abstract We put forth a new paradigm for program obfuscation, where obfuscated programs are endowed with proofs of ``well-formedness.'' In addition to asserting existence of an underlying plaintext program with an attested structure and functionality, these proofs also prevent mauling attacks, whereby an...
Rerouting
When I tell people that I work on getting robots to cook and do household chores, they often ask me why this is so difficult. “A child can learn to make an omelet,” they say. “Why is it so hard for a robot?” I usually tell them that they think it’s so easy because they’re thinking like a human. To a machine, making an omelet is a lofty, long-horizon goal.
Income and Inequality across Rural-Urban, Occupational, and Caste Divides
The evolution of income in India from 2014–19 is analysed, and it is found that the lower end of the income distribution has experienced significant losses—the bottom ventile shows not only a decline in income share of ~41% but also a negative real average income growth of -5.5% per annum.
Where do we go from here? India should consider digital registration, inter-state welfare schemes for migrant workers' social security
While the Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare measures for migrant workers are steps in the right direction, issues relating to the delivery of benefits remain unaddressed. Creation of a robust registration system, overcoming state level domicile restrictions and a larger policy framework that can address the social security needs of all informal workers are some of the major steps needed. India's development story is deeply connected with migration.
Where do we go from here? India should consider digital registration, inter-state welfare schemes for migrant workers' social security
India Varun Aggarwal and Nishanth Kumar May 28, 2020 19:51:23 IST While the Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare measures for migrant workers are steps in the right direction, issues relating to the delivery of benefits remain unaddressed. Creation of a robust registration system, overcoming state level domicile restrictions and a larger policy framework that can address the social security needs of all informal workers are some of the major steps needed.
Where do we go from here? India should consider self registration, inter-state welfare schemes for migrant workers' social security
India Varun Aggarwal and Nishanth Kumar May 30, 2020 17:36:40 IST While the Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare measures for migrant workers are steps in the right direction, issues relating to the delivery of benefits remain unaddressed. Creation of a robust registration system, overcoming state level domicile restrictions and a larger policy framework that can address the social security needs of all informal workers are some of the major steps needed.
It’s unfair to NBFCs
India is a bank-dominated financial system with about two-thirds of all financial assets in the economy belonging to the banking sector. Yet, it does not match the size and outreach of banking sectors as prevailing in other emerging economies. With banking sector credit depth being low and concentrated to specific sectors, non-deposit taking NBFCs (NBFC-ND) have begun to fill part of the financing gap.
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