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India: mixed results in state elections (www.thehindu.com)

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Elections to the territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Haryana gave mixed results for political parties. A coalition led by the J&K National Conference won 49 (JKNC 42, Congress 6, Communist 1) of 90 elected seats in the territory. This puts JKNC leader Omar Abdullah in a comfortable position to form the next government, even with the addition of five members nominated by the federal government. The BJP, which leads India's federal government and controversially removed J&K's special status, won 29 seats.

In Haryana, the BJP overcame anti-incumbancy and farmer protests to win 48 out of a total 90 seats, thanks to a strong local campaign and a popular leader in Nayab Singh Saini. The opposition Congress improved its vote and seat-share, but failed to dislodge the BJP. Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat - who had accused Wrestling Federation President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh of sexual assualt - was elected from Julana constituency representing the Congress Party.

While the JKNC and the BJP have cause to celebrate, these results weaken the Congress, challenging its demand for the leading position within the opposition. In the upcoming Maharashtra and Jharkhand state elections, it may have to concede seats - or even coalition leadership - to its allies.

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Your belief makes it real (sh.itjust.works)

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Context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election

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Your belief makes it real (sh.itjust.works)

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I'll just post this here and get some popcorn.

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Leading smartphone vendor in each country (sh.itjust.works)

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Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.

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Leading smartphone vendor in each country (sh.itjust.works)

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Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.

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Leading smartphone vendor in each country (sh.itjust.works)

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Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.

Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 66 points 2 months ago

This was just incredibly dumb. Now any positive news about their new phone is going to be seen as planted.

Team earth is best in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gold having 1 more is weird because you would expect no silver if two have gold and therefore a difference of 2.

Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight during the weigh-in of the 50kg women's wrestling final. Her opponent got gold, and both losing semifinalists got bronze.

It became a big controversy in India because she had been <50kg for every match until then, and she had previously protested against the wrestling federation - which chose her dietician and other staff - for covering up sexual assault cases.

silver medal team in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 months ago

He has a female in his team?

I know this is increasingly accepted, but 'female' is actually an adjective. You could say 'has a female athlete' or even just 'has a lady', but the current wording is a bit off.

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Laptop recommendations (sh.itjust.works)

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Low hanging fruit, but whatever. It is what it is.

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Pineapple Pizza insulta fly over Italian - Hong Kong fencing final (www.reuters.com)

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Cheung Ka-long's 15-14 victory in an Olympic fencing final against Filippo Macchi has resulted in a war of words between their fans. Italy supporters have attacked Cheung's social media accounts, arguing that the referees - from South Korea and Taiwan - may have been biased towards him. In response, Hongkongers have posted their love of 'pineapple on pizza' and 'pasta with soy sauce'. Pizza hut Hong Kong has announced free pineapple toppings on pizza orders.

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South Korea Supreme Court recognises some rights for same-gender couples (www.thehindu.com)

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South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that the state health insurance agency should provide the same benefits to spouses in same-gender relationships as it does to those in heterosexual marriages. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed.

South Korea, like most of East Asia, neither prohibits nor recognises same-sex relationships. As of now, only three places in Asia - Nepal, Thailand and Taiwan - have full marriage equality.

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Do or do not, there is no try (sh.itjust.works)

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The Code in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 65 points 3 months ago

The research was paid for by someone. It is not unheard of for a company to offer a grant under the condition that they get the results, say, six months before the rest of the world.

Labour wins majority in UK General Elections as Tories lose two-thirds of seats in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Among smaller parties, the Liberal Democrats have gained over 60 seats, and Reform, the Greens and Plaid Cymru have also gained seats. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, now contesting as an independent, retained Islington North. Labour lost another three seats to independents who ran against its inaction on Palestine. The SNP and DUP suffered big losses, while Sinn Fein's fortunes seem to have remained unchanged.

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Labour wins majority in UK General Elections as Tories lose two-thirds of seats (www.theguardian.com)

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The Labour party has won over 400 seats (out of 650) in the 2024 UK General Elections, and Keir Starmer is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. The Conservatives, in power for the last fourteen years, have suffered a rout, losing over two-thirds of their seats. The SNP has collapsed in Scotland, mostly to Labour, and the Liberal Democrats have gained over sixty seats.

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Splitters! (sh.itjust.works)

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(Context: the 2024 Parliament elections in India, for the constituency of Kollam. The numbers in brackets are lead, not change from last election. Source: Election Commission of India)

China Moves Toward Ban on Japanese-Style ‘Maid Cafés’ in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 46 points 6 months ago

are these cafes quite degrading to women?

Short answer: usually

Long answer: they cater to customers with a maid fetish. It is possible that some staff do not mind, or even enjoy, working there. It is possible that a maid cafe might put clear boundaries, and protect its staff. But in the real world, most of the time, yes it is quite degrading.

the myth of military intelligence and media literacy in c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 60 points 7 months ago

Just to clarify, Evangelion is basically saying 'don't guilt-trip teens into being soldiers, don't put them under the power of horny adults (however well-meaning), don't bully them or treat them like lab mice, and definitely don't cut them off from civilian society and the chance to form normal human friendships'. Seems some people saw all of that and only remembered the cool mechas.

Asking mathematicians about their proofs in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who worked on number theory, infinite series and analysis. He said that he would have dreams of drops of blood (a symbol of his village deity, the goddess Namagiri Thayar), followed by complex mathematical equations. Even with the help of his formally-trained friend GH Hardy, he was only able to prove a small fraction of his insights.

Gregori Perelman is a Russian mathematician best known for solving the Poincare conjecture. He posted his results on arXiv in 2002-03, but never published them in a journal and never accepted any prize or money. He has expressed dismay over the lack of ethics in research.

Anon is a /sci/ user who in 2011 proved the current lower bound of a superpermutation for any size greater than 2 (the Haruhi Problem). Their proof has been archived for posterity, but we don't know anything more about them.

Make it count in c/witchymemes@lemmy.world

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not about surviving, it's about sending a message.

Agnes Nitt, probably

What's a skill that's taken for granted where you live, but is often missing in people moving there from abroad? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 year ago

If you aren't from south / southeast Asia you'll struggle with our traffic. Our roads are a stream of everything from cycles to busses with no dedicated lanes. If you want to cross the road and can't find a zebra-crossing you gang up with other pedestrians, hold up traffic by shouting and waving, and cross.

Understanding languages you don't know - every city will have people speaking three or more languages, so you need to understand what someone is saying even if you don't speak their language. Broken English with gesturing is a lingua franca.

Lemmyshitpost community closed until further notice in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 year ago

lemmy.world is based in Finland.

My sister called this the plant that smells like bubble gum as a kid in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 year ago

Humans aren't the only ones to do this. Many animals eat plants that don't kill them but are deadly to their predators / parasites.