Saturday, October 13, 2018

Quick notes: Netflix addiction, Drone risk...

  • Indian millenials are turning to Vipassana: “Excessive exposure to technology, which is leaving kids more confused than focused, has become the bane of our lives.”


  • Obsession with streaming services: A clinic in Bengaluru is treating its first case of Netflix addiction. Improving connectivity has made binge-watching the norm in both small towns and big cities.


  • Rise of the vernacular: YouTube scouts for more Indian content creators as local languages trend. "Roughly 95% of the content consumed is in native Indian languages and that is something we hadn’t seen earlier. Back in 2014, it was all Hindi and English".


  • Risk in the Sky? This is what happens when a drone hits the wing of an airplane 



  • Demise of IC engine: Israel plans to end internal combustion car sales by 2030. Court bans diesel cars in parts of Berlin.  How IC engines will die out in Eurasia.


  • Vitamin D: If you are an office worker, get your Vitamin D level checked. If you are an office worker in India, get your Vitamin D level checked as soon as possible. If you are an office worker from India working in a cold country, get your Vitamin D level checked today. Most likely you’ll be Vitamin D deficient. A study in India found that 80% of the urban population and 70% of the rural population is Vitamin D deficient.


  • Indra Nooyi's Advice: Ms Nooyi said that her mother's advice to "leave the crown in the garage" holds true.  "Do not bring it in. If your husband wants to bring his crown in, that's just fine. That's crown. But don't take your crown in," she said, adding that some people may "hate" her for making such a remark.  "If you want to stay married, if you want to be a daughter, wife, mother, unfortunately the crown stays in the car. Somebody has got to play the role of getting everybody together," she said.


  • Boston Dynamics: Parkour Atlas.



  • Big Cola and pollution: Whose plastic waste most pollutes our environment?
    https://qz.com/1419211/the-worlds-worst-plastic-polluters-ranked/



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