The quora reproduction of Mr G today where my facts as well as the truth is thus explained; at times even gossip gives us ideas.
Q1 Why can't the richest people’s wealth be capped at a certain amount beyond which the government takes over to reduce growing inequalities? A1 Balaji Viswanathan, CEO of Invento Robotics. Tue Fight the crony capitalism — *If you have to vote for reducing inequality, vote for more productive competition*. Q2 How does the United Kingdom's railway system compare to other countries in Europe? Q3 What are the benefits of having an electrician in your home? What does an electrician do when there's no power in your home? How can you find an electrician who will help you out of this situation quickly and efficiently? Q4 How do you get a lower berth in sleeper class train tickets when booking online? Q5 Why is KSRTC ahead of TSRTC/APSRTC? What should Telugu states learn from Karnataka in terms of public road transport? Q6 How does the amount of soap used affect the cleaning of clothes in a washing machine? Q7 What are the unwritten rules of middle-class people? Q8 Why do people still use top loading washing machines when they're more expensive, less efficient, and take longer to wash clothes than a front-loading washing machine? Q9 Do buffet restaurants really mean it when they say "All you can eat"? Q10 What are some unexplored hill stations of South India that most Indians are unaware of? Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q1 A gossip question in my opinion. Velayilladhavan, poonayai pottu saraichaanam. There were capping that took place in the history by tyrants as well as the democratic govt for greed and controlling the inflations. It happened, rarely. Inequality is in all the spheres of life. No one is equal to any one subject to the conditions of the comparison. I had seen where the peon of the top bureaucrat who used to bow before in the office, became the Poosari of a temple where that securocrat used to go bowing his head. Hence wealth is also one such where the King the wealthy had to bow his crown before the Guru. Wealth direct and indirect of a nation alone is its level and growth, where wealthy play an important role. Only because of the Elon musk etc uSA becomes a nation approached by the citizens of so many countries. Sauch stupid questions is neither economic nor advancement of a social life. However, the richest must possess a quality of underplay like The Janaka where even Rishis like Yagna Valkya were forced to address HIM with respects. (B U). Tirukkural also said “NEER NIRAINDATREVAM ULAGU; PERARIVALAN TIRU ETC”; WEALTH OF THE RICHEST IS FOR HELPING THE POOR. Govt can do in 2 ways: one by the law and 2 by the terrorism. The latter is dead end; the former is questionable. So economically viable nations may not do. Communist oriented nations will rule by the sticks and guns. Q2,3,4,6 & 8 are nth time. Q5 Karnataka road transport? Free from corruption?. All road transport corporation is a source of corruption and Karnataka courts had a lot of cases againt the corporation. An Volvo buses transfer had many problems. H.V. Ananthasubba Rao, general secretary of the federation, told *The Hindu* that they have demanded that the government provide a subsidy of ₹1,000 crore to the corporations to bail them out. Other prominent demands include exemption from paying motor vehicle tax, payment of employees’ salary, reducing the State cess on fuel, and releasing pending student bus pass subsidy of ₹2,500 crore (between 2014–15 and 2018–19), he said. In another major demand, the federation has sought removal of D.C. Thammanna as the Transport Minister for “not protecting the interests of the corporations and employees”. Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara has promised to hold a discussion with the Transport Minister and senior officials of the department on the issues raised by the federation. Interestingly, after recording a profit of ₹4.5 crore in 2017–18, the KSRTC incurred a loss of ₹134 crore in 2018–19. KSRTC managing director Shivayogi C. Kalasad said this was owing to steep increase in fuel cost and rise in staff salary. “The corporation had spent additional ₹180 crore on fuel expense and increased salary of staff. This resulted in increased operational cost. The same was the case with other corporations as well,” he said. In Bengaluru, the BMTC has incurred a loss of about ₹300 crore in 2018-19. The corporation has been incurring losses for three consecutive years. An official of the BMTC said, “In addition to increased spending on fuel and the salary component, the corporation is suffering losses for other reasons as well: increased traffic in the city has hit the operational efficiency of buses and fall in ridership owing to factors such as metro and taxis has affected ticket revenue.” In the last three years, the BMTC has incurred a loss of over ₹770 crore. *CfB opposes plan to shift AC buses* Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s announcement that the State government is planning to shift AC buses operated by the BMTC to other State road corporations to minimise losses has been opposed by citizens’ groups in Bengaluru. Citizen for Bengaluru in a press release said that it would a “regressive” step to shift AC buses from the city. The BMTC should instead be asked to rationalise the routes and deploy these buses on those routes where optimal utilisation of the AC fleet can happen. The CfB has also suggested that the government subsidise the fares in AC and non-AC buses to encourage more people to use public transport. Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike in a release said it welcomes the move to re-think the presence of Volvo AC buses in the city and replacing them by ordinary buses as it would help urban poor commuters and the corporation itself. The Vedika, however, maintained that no bus should be taken off the road till new buses are added to the fleet. Q7 For fun as a SIKH JOKES it may be; but today all middle-class lives far better than the rich class!! Q9 Buffet is a west concept; the profit is first determined at 30% minimum depending on the star of the Hotel, and then served; waste is not considered as loss since, even the remaining food, is converted for profit. And one thing is sure; no one can eat even double the quantum of normal eating as only a few would and many may not; so on an average, in food industry profit is so high and hence buffet system makes as usual profit. Q10 All these stations are fully crowded in the season and crowded in the off season by visitors of local crowds. Near Trivandrum there is an hill station many people are not aware and there is least facility for the tourists. KR IRS 271022 On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 08:02, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 10-2022-27* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 Why can't the richest people’s wealth be capped at a certain > amount beyond which the government takes over to reduce growing > inequalities? > > A1 Balaji Viswanathan, CEO of Invento Robotics. Tue > > *In theory it sort of makes sense. In practice it has been tried and > worked terribly.* > > Let’s see we keep a wealth cap as $1b. Sounds a reasonable amount. > However, most of the top entrepreneurs have equity wealth way over this. > > *What should Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Sundar Pichai do? Hang up their > boots?* Or be expected to work for free? If they hang up their boots, > there will be a significant harm to the economy as they are among the most > productive members of the society. > > *Neither will happen. What they would do is specialise in hiding wealth*. > That is what entrepreneurs across the developing world do. The guy who is > smart enough to run a great corporation will also be smart enough to buy > politicians and tax authorities. There will be rampant corruption. Do you > want their intelligence to go in corrupting the society? *Or in > productively working with the society?* > > We are born unequal and thus will have inequalities in wealth. Some will > be smart with great careers while others might not be. > > *Here is a simpler way to reduce income inequality:* > > Fight the crony capitalism — where the governments favor particular > companies. Instead make it easy for the small entrepreneurs to succeed and > thrive*. These small companies would compete with the large companies, > driving down price & profits - helping consumers save more as well as > reducing inequalities*. EU is the only place where they do a somewhat > decent job at protecting competition and thereby having lower inequalities. > > *If you have to vote for reducing inequality, vote for more productive > competition*. In sectors with monopolies (on say Operating system for > mobile phones or laptops), governments should be mandated to fund research > on alternatives and provide the R&D free to the domestic companies. US > government’s work on Internet and GPS, and India’s UPI payment system > created 1000s of companies in a competitive economy. That is the perfect > example of government at work. The same could be done for a lot of sectors. > > Q2 How does the United Kingdom's railway system compare to other > countries in Europe? > > A2 Nicholas Stone, Life long interest in trains.23h > > *The United Kingdom’s railway system compares well enough to many other > European countries.* > > As with most other densely populated European countries, trains are > frequent on many main routes. *Much of the fleet is modern, with > passenger display systems, disability access, air conditioning and charging > points*. Rural services are often infrequent and require planning. > > Again, as with other large population areas, there are well developed > regional networks radiating out of London, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow, > Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool and Cardiff. Other European cities > including Paris, Madrid, Rotterdam, Milan, Frankfurt and Zurich also have > similarly well developed regional networks. > > A modern UK electric train operating on the Airedale line in West > Yorkshire, an area with frequent regional rail services. Here we see a > train *arriving at my own local station of Crossflatts - opened in May > 1982. This station has six departures per hour serving Leeds, Bradford and > Skipton.* > > Intercity routes across the UK see many trains operating between 160 km/h > and 200 km/h. Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Belgium have high speed > networks with train typically operating between 250 km/h and 320 km/h on > these lines. There is one high speed line in the UK, with domestic trains > running at 225 km/h and international trains at 300 km/h. > > *Where UK railway system is a disappointment are the convoluted fares > structures, resulting from inconsistent, botched or delayed government > policies*. Season tickets are notoriously costly. There are complex and > restrictive off-peak fares. Unlike Switzerland, Austria or Germany, *there > is no national railcard*. UK advance ticket sales are erratic and > sometimes bizarre. > > Q3 What are the benefits of having an electrician in your home? > What does an electrician do when there's no power in your home? How can you > find an electrician who will help you out of this situation quickly and > efficiently? > > A3 Alan Brase, Former Master Electrician (1978–2016)Tue > > As a long time electrical journeyman with experience in residential, > commercial and industrial, *I can usually determine the problem in > minutes. Sometimes it takes hours or DAYS to repair failed equipment.* > > This reminds me a great story, happened 25 or so years ago. > > I’d rewired a small local farmstead. New service and meter on the pole and > new connection from the pole across the road. Got it finished and customer > paid. About a week later, they called and said it had *ALREADY FAILED*. > Power was off. WTH? Customer was about 8 miles away, but i immediately > drove over. > > Literally from a 1/8 mile away, i could see the primary fuse holder on > the transformer hanging down. In 1 minute I had the power company service > rep on the line to tell them they had a blown primary fuse at that address. > > *After that, I went over by the pole and picked up the dead squirrel. It > was still WARM. From the electrocution.* > > I usually charge for such a service call, but considering it was so soon > after they had paid for the other work, I just waived the fee. > > > > *Plus, i was pretty relieved it was not a failure on my part.* > > *My note- Today morning I found my new sump motor* installed about > three months back is not working. *The motor is in floor level. So I > comfortably sat on cemented floor, removed the fan cover and found fan is > struck up.* I lubricated the rod from motor to fan. I tried to rotate the > fan*, it rolled 180 degrees only*. > > I lubricated again and waited 5 minutes and then tried to rotate the fan. *I > succeeded this time, lubrication took time with slight force I could rotate > fan.* > > I put the cover and switched ON motor, it started working and pumped > water. I checked the pump working *since testing point is at hand reach.* > > I could do the same at the age of 79 because, the equipment was in ground > level. Other way I had to call the technician, if at all I know the job. So > the age of the technical person, location etc are also important. > > Q4 How do you get a lower berth in sleeper class train tickets > when booking online? > > A4 D S P CHANDRA SEKHAR,Lived in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India > Sat > > *Earmarked lower berths quota is allotted to Males above 60 years Females > above 45 years and* pregnant women with doctor certificate. Those from > these above three categories can book that quota in PRS counters. But first > two categories can book online also. Others who want to book lower berth > should give option and if available lower berth would be allotted. But i > think it is possible in the initial one or two days when booking starts for > a particular day > > Q5 Why is KSRTC ahead of TSRTC/APSRTC? What should Telugu states > learn from Karnataka in terms of public road transport? > > A5 Venkatesh Kulkarni, Former Product at Multinational > Corporations Sat > > *KSRTC is constantly changing fleets hence they become reliable and reach > in time in most cases.* > > The service is at par with private players, the drivers are usually > trained to be hospitable to the passengers, the drivers take care of their > buses like it belongs to them only, the fuel and speed limit is already > restricted so minimal rash driving or wastage of fuel. > > The buses are clean in most cases, I have not yet come across buses that > have been shabby. > > The engine performance is always good as they are new hence better pickup, > mileage etc. > > Website is top notch, accepts all payment modes, reservation fees is even > less than Indian railways and you can reserve seats in regular,non AC buses > as well which are super cheap. So KSRTC is not behind money and they want > to offer quality service to passengers. > > *For the above reasons it is consistently getting best prize all the > years.* > > For example travel in one of their AC buses like Airavata or Ambaari, you > will barely feel it's even a government bus, clean, well maintained and > passenger friendly staff is guaranteed! > > My note- Service is very good from airport to city in Bangalore, but the > problem is if bus stop is in service road, they stop only in Main road, > Very difficult to to cross to service road stop to get auto etc. > > Q6 How does the amount of soap used affect the cleaning of > clothes in a washing machine? > > A6 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at > Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > it depends on the quantity of soap powder, detergent powder or detergent > liquid added, the weight of wet clothes and cycle selected in an automatic > washing machine. *If soiling is more, cycle selected is short, > irrespective of the detergent added, the cloth will not be washed perfect*. > For soiled clothes washing cycle selected must be for more duration. > > *If excess detergent is added for short duration not much soiled clothes, > it may stick to clothes.* To avoid this rinsing and drying may be > repeated a 2nd time. Detergent will be removed. > > Q7 What are the unwritten rules of middle-class people? > > A7 Anubhav Jain, Written 3 books on Life, living and motivation.2y > > Two BHK: Biggest goal. > > Out of budget, English medium school for children: Biggest dream. > > *Transfer of clothes from one sibling to the other and then to cousins and > sometimes to the next* generations: Biggest saving. > > Playing pro badminton on streets and simultaneously giving way to > vehicles: Biggest leisure. > > Utilising vehicles at double the capacity, two-seater scooter for four, > five-seater car for eight or ten: Biggest economy. > > *Summer nights. 10 pm to 1 am, Airconditiner. 1 am to 8 am, fan: Biggest > manipulation.* > > Home cooked paranthas and pickle: Biggest lifeline. > > *Getting a new sofa and then covering it with a white sheet and then not > letting people sit on it: Biggest irony.* > > Old Roohafza bottles: Luxury aromatic water storage devices. > > Naani's old house, cousins, aunts, games and fights, during summer > holidays: Exotic destination. > > Local chaat-papdi thela (stall). Golgappa, Tikki, Dahi Bhalla, Pav Bhaji. > (Snacks): Exotic restaurant. > > Q8 Why do people still use top loading washing machines when > they're more expensive, less efficient, and take longer to wash clothes > than a front loading washing machine? > > A8 Jules ,Lives in Australia Oct 21 > > *Top loaders use less energy on a cold wash and have a shorter wash than > front loaders*. My the ignorance you display in your question. The > following is copied and pasted from another answer I gave to this. > > I bought a top loading washing machine, because when I bought it, it was > the most efficient washing machine with cold water, energy wise, in the > showroom, using less electricity than all the front loaders. (It uses more > water though, but I have my own rainwater tank for that.) > > *What, you say, but front loaders are the most efficient.* > > Yes they are, but with HOT water (unless you have 100% solar heated > water…or your own underground hot water supply, and then that’s the same as > cold water, energy wise.) With cold water though, at least some top loaders > use less energy. Take a look at the ratings shown, or at least here in > Australia this is how it is. Front loaders only show one rating, and that > is taken from the HOT water rating. They used to show a cold rating too, > but strangely; actually not strange at all, the cold rating disappeared. > Poof! Why would this be so…think…could it be because top loaders were > getting better ratings on the cold wash and front loaders can’t compete > with that. Yes, you got it. They get worse ratings compared to front > loaders, so the manufacturers, only needing to show one rating, only show > the hot water rating where they do better than top loaders. Less hot water > used for instance. So, if you only wash in cold water, or 100% solar heated > water, a carefully selected top loader is likely to use less electricity > than a front loader. Unfortunately though these days it’s very hard to find > the rating for cold water for front loaders, as it seems that is a tightly > held secret the front loader manufacturers don’t want you to know. > > Always make sure you know how the ratings are made, before slavishly > following them. > > Q9 Do buffet restaurants really mean it when they say "All you > can eat"? > > A9 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller | > Foodie7h > > *In India, they really mean it. I* have never seen or heard anyone being > asked to stop eating or shown the door or being blacklisted (which is > common in the US) just because someone ended up eating a lot of food. > Buffet prices at these “all you can eat" restaurants are not fixed just > like that, they take into consideration what an above average human being > can eat and then put a profit percentage before coming to that figure. > > *In most buffet places, you will see that the main focus is on the > starters and the desserts*. That is because they are cheaper to the > restaurant compared to the main course. *These are some tactics they use > to save some bucks, but in the end, they always end up making profits.* > > Yes, it might happen on a rare day that a customer comes and eats more > than he pays for. But the restaurant owner would be willing to take that > loss against that single customer; in return, he is making profits from the > other 50 customers seated at the same time. > > *Back in my college days, I used to have a huge appetite. I could eat a > lot at these buffet places and it wasn't just me. My friends confirmed the* > same when they saw me eating at these unlimited buffets. But never was I > asked to stop or refused to be served. I was treated like any other > customer. There was this one time in the picture above, when I had eight > scoops of ice cream — two generous scoops each of four different flavours. > Nobody batted an eye. > > Q10 What are some unexplored hill stations of South India > that most Indians are unaware of? > > A10 Rohit Virmani, I Love travelling Oct 19 > > Some unexplored hill stations of South India that most Indians are unaware > of: > > 1. Valparai Hill Station, Coimbatore 2. Munnar Hill Station, Idukki3. > Kolli Hill Station, Namakkal > > 4. Vagamon Hill Station, Kottayam5. Araku Valley Hill Station, Andhra > Pradesh > > 6. Chikkamagaluru Hill Station, Chikmagalur7. Meghamalai Hill Station, > Theni District8. Kudremukh Hill Station, Chikmagalur > > 9. Yercaud Hill Station, Salem10. Coorg Hill Station, Kodagu > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 26-10-2022* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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