This Week I Learned - Week #24 2019
This Week I Learned -
* Azure Backup doesn't use differential backup
* With simplified licensing models following the Oracle and Microsoft Cloud partnership, customers can deploy enterprise Oracle applications on Azure with the same processor mapping as their existing on-premises deployments. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers can also tap into the power of AI, IoT, Blockchain and edge services provided by Azure. Microsoft customers can take advantage of Oracle RAC, Exadata, and Autonomous Database deployed in OCI.
* Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, consent from users of a website on storing their information must be informed and specific. For this, the data subject must be notified about the controller’s identity, what kind of data will be processed, how it will be used and the purpose of the processing operations as a safeguard against “function creep”. The law also states that consent must be “unambiguous”, that is, it requires either a statement or a clear affirmative act.
* Time in the United States, by law, is divided into nine standard time zones. There is an hour's difference between Eastern, Central, Mountain & Pacific time zones. Daylight saving time (DST) begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
* Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. He was born in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India, present-day East Champaran, Bihar, India
* Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and Animal Farm (1945) share themes of the betrayed revolution, the person's subordination to the collective, rigorously enforced class distinctions (Inner Party, Outer Party, Proles), the cult of personality, concentration camps, Thought Police, compulsory regimented daily exercise, and youth leagues. Nineteen Eighty-Four uses themes from life in the Soviet Union and wartime life in Great Britain as sources for many of its motifs.
* India is ranked among the 15 least cyber-secure countries in the world from the list of 60 countries.
* India is now the fifth largest economy in the world and the fastest-growing major economy
* The presiding officer (Speaker of Legislative Assembly) decides whether (and when) to disqualify MLAs for defection. Law doesn’t specify a time-period for the presiding officer’s decision and courts can intervene only after his decision. That puts a lot of power in the hands of the speaker. Aaya Ram Gaya Ram became a popular phrase in politics after Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed his party thrice in a day in 1967 - ToI
* The country is at a point in time where widespread use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement officials (such as Punjab Artificial Intelligence System and Chennai’s FaceTagr) and private companies (Paytm) is taking place without any legislation to regulate its implementation - Medianama
* The battle for Hindi imperialism is not new, its seeds were sown in 1868. India has two official languages: English and Hindi, but no national language.
* 'The status of Urdu is like that of a courtesan. Everybody loves her, but nobody wants to take her home.' - Javed Akhtar
* “The story of Aadhaar is one of coercion, rampant illegality and outrageous contempt of Supreme Court orders through which the project has built its database” - Dr Usha Ramanathan, Legal researcher and activist
* "Leila" is Prayaag Akbar's debut novel that is being developed a series on Netflix. He is the son of Mobasher Jawed "M. J." Akbar, Indian journalist and politician. The story of the dystopian novel involves communities in the district living in gated homes according to their caste, religion and income.
* M. J. Akbar began his journalistic career as a trainee at the Times of India, and was soon made editor of Onlooker, a fortnightly magazine. In 1976, at age 25, he was made editor of Sunday, a new weekly established by the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group, in Calcutta.
* Azure Backup doesn't use differential backup
* With simplified licensing models following the Oracle and Microsoft Cloud partnership, customers can deploy enterprise Oracle applications on Azure with the same processor mapping as their existing on-premises deployments. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers can also tap into the power of AI, IoT, Blockchain and edge services provided by Azure. Microsoft customers can take advantage of Oracle RAC, Exadata, and Autonomous Database deployed in OCI.
* Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, consent from users of a website on storing their information must be informed and specific. For this, the data subject must be notified about the controller’s identity, what kind of data will be processed, how it will be used and the purpose of the processing operations as a safeguard against “function creep”. The law also states that consent must be “unambiguous”, that is, it requires either a statement or a clear affirmative act.
* Time in the United States, by law, is divided into nine standard time zones. There is an hour's difference between Eastern, Central, Mountain & Pacific time zones. Daylight saving time (DST) begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
* Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. He was born in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India, present-day East Champaran, Bihar, India
* Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and Animal Farm (1945) share themes of the betrayed revolution, the person's subordination to the collective, rigorously enforced class distinctions (Inner Party, Outer Party, Proles), the cult of personality, concentration camps, Thought Police, compulsory regimented daily exercise, and youth leagues. Nineteen Eighty-Four uses themes from life in the Soviet Union and wartime life in Great Britain as sources for many of its motifs.
* India is ranked among the 15 least cyber-secure countries in the world from the list of 60 countries.
* India is now the fifth largest economy in the world and the fastest-growing major economy
* The presiding officer (Speaker of Legislative Assembly) decides whether (and when) to disqualify MLAs for defection. Law doesn’t specify a time-period for the presiding officer’s decision and courts can intervene only after his decision. That puts a lot of power in the hands of the speaker. Aaya Ram Gaya Ram became a popular phrase in politics after Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed his party thrice in a day in 1967 - ToI
* The country is at a point in time where widespread use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement officials (such as Punjab Artificial Intelligence System and Chennai’s FaceTagr) and private companies (Paytm) is taking place without any legislation to regulate its implementation - Medianama
* The battle for Hindi imperialism is not new, its seeds were sown in 1868. India has two official languages: English and Hindi, but no national language.
* 'The status of Urdu is like that of a courtesan. Everybody loves her, but nobody wants to take her home.' - Javed Akhtar
* “The story of Aadhaar is one of coercion, rampant illegality and outrageous contempt of Supreme Court orders through which the project has built its database” - Dr Usha Ramanathan, Legal researcher and activist
* "Leila" is Prayaag Akbar's debut novel that is being developed a series on Netflix. He is the son of Mobasher Jawed "M. J." Akbar, Indian journalist and politician. The story of the dystopian novel involves communities in the district living in gated homes according to their caste, religion and income.
* M. J. Akbar began his journalistic career as a trainee at the Times of India, and was soon made editor of Onlooker, a fortnightly magazine. In 1976, at age 25, he was made editor of Sunday, a new weekly established by the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group, in Calcutta.
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