This is all you need to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9UyPurVok

You are not as important as you think you are.

Not all HN users are in America/Europe, stupidly ignorant about the rest of the world.

To us, Ukraine/Russia is the same old tiresome story.

It definitely crossed 8M, but not sure if it crossed the previous highest (Felix Baumgartner freefall) which is also around 8M.

Can you clarify how is history being rewritten here? All I see is a discussion of historical events to the best extent possible using available data. Everything can be googled for references. Are you discrediting the BBC? And where is the anti-Muslim sentiment? I reckon your victim complex is the real problem here. I suggest reading more rather than falling for cheap simplistic narratives that are widely available for consumption.

Yeah, people who think jobs being shipped to other countries is bad should realise that in the long run this increases their own mobility. The quality of life gap between the US and these countries decreases, because higher per-capita income makes everything better. This leads to fewer visa restrictions between those countries. Believe me, India's geographical diversity and cultural openness makes it an amazing place to live provided it fixes its pressing issues and increases its HDI.

Tangentially, this shows why moving jobs to countries with similar values of democracy/pluralism/diversity (e.g. India) is better than authoritarian states, as the latter does not really improve the mobility of your citizens.

I think this ignores the fact that there's not enough wealth to go around for everyone on earth to live at a US level QoL.

QoL != wealth. For example, many Americans live in Europe and more would gladly do so despite significantly lower per-capita income.

Despite continuous cries of "capitalism bad" these days it continues to uplift people all around the world by offering skilled people a fairer chance to compete, while also promoting long lasting world peace. We need more of it, not less.

It uplifts people across the globe while hurting your fellow citizens. We need less of it, not more.

> Indians are only good at talking a good talk.

Citation needed.

Angela Saini in her book "Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World" bragged that India is a up and coming scientific superpower. That book was published a decade ago.

While I somewhat agree that progress has been slow, a decade is hardly anything considering the scale of a country like India.

One person's speculation is a citation now?

Either they will adapt to working with a demanding global company or they won’t.

Apple won’t accept any other outcomes. And they have the leeway to abandon projects this size easily.

And if they don’t; it would be very damaging to India’s reputation (and GDP) for decades. I feel like they’ll figure out how to make it happen.

Apple might have the resources to make it happen. Anyone else probably doesn't want to hand-hold and threaten for years until they get it right.

These nonsense generalizations have no place on HN. Similar cultural norms exist in many European countries, but they are never brought up. Such thinly veiled racism against Asians is nauseating.