mod 1973 Yamaha RD 200 stripped down, refurbished, polished to original glory with a touch of modern By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-11T12:12:00+05:30 Full Article
mod Insane motorcycle modifications! Top 5 out-of-the-box custom Royal Enfields By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-24T11:15:07+05:30 Full Article
mod In Pics: Hrithik Roshan’s DC modified Mercedes-Benz V-Class interior looks extremely luxurious By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-06T12:40:00+05:30 Full Article
mod Polestar Precept Concept Gallery: See the upcoming Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan rival in detail By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-09T15:21:00+05:30 Full Article
mod Tastefully modified new-gen Isuzu V-Cross looks awesome and menacing! By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T16:10:00+05:30 Someone thought to take an all-new third-generation Isuzu D-Max V-Cross and turn it up to eleven! Feel free to welcome this Thailand customised Japanese pick-up truck. Full Article
mod PM Modi extends best wishes to India, Australia ahead of Women’s T20 World Cup final By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-07T18:23:00+05:30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his best wishes to Indian and Australian teams ahead of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Full Article Sports
mod IOC chief Bach thanks PM Modi for his support to Tokyo Olympics By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-02T16:24:00+05:30 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has thanked India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his unflinching support to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Full Article Sports
mod Coronavirus: PM Modi discusses COVID-19 situation with 49 sportspersons, including Kohli, Tendulkar, Sindhu By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-03T15:12:24+05:30 Coronavirus in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the COVID-19 situation with elite sportspersons of the country. Full Article Sports
mod Why Ops-ing is in (DevOps, ModelOps, DataOps) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:31:48 +0000 Jim Harris explains the relevance of DevOps, DataOps and ModelOps for data analytics practitioners. The post Why Ops-ing is in (DevOps, ModelOps, DataOps) appeared first on The Data Roundtable. Full Article Uncategorized dataops DevOps ModelOps operationalizing analytics
mod Portals of Kedarnath temple opens for priests; first puja performed on behalf of PM Narendra Modi By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T11:46:24+05:30 The doors of the eleventh jyotirlinga at Kedarnath in the Garhwal Himalayas were opened at 6.10 am. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
mod Vistara airlines issues inflight modifications to tackle Coronavirus infection; Read full list By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T15:44:00+05:30 The airline may make further changes in compliance with regulatory guidelines once they are finalized and notified, Vistara said in a statement. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
mod Modi government likely to operate over 60 flights to bring 14,800 nationals back to India; check dates By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T13:46:37+05:30 India will send flights to several countries between May 7 and 13. Among the countries, India is likely to send 10 flights to the UAE, seven flights each to the US, and the UK. Apart from these, India will send five to Saudi Arabia, five to Singapore, and two flights to Qatar Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
mod Defence, water issues and agriculture to top Narendra Modi’s agenda during Israel visit By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2017-06-30T02:09:59+05:30 Defence, water issues and agriculture will top the agenda of talks when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Israel next month. Full Article India
mod North Korea tests new ultramodern tactical weapon By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2018-11-17T00:25:00+05:30 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of an unspecified “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon,” state media reported Friday, in an apparent bid to apply pressure on the United States and South Korea. Full Article World News
mod We’re in conserve, consolidate mode; crisis a great time to go digital: Mahabaleshwara MS, CEO, Karnataka Bank By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T04:30:00+05:30 Loan waiver schemes for agricultural loans introduced by some of the state governments may also help reduce stress to some extent. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
mod ISRO’s Young Scientist Programme: Registrations see 2 fold increase post PM Modi’s Mann ki Baat mention By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-03T19:32:00+05:30 The number of registrations before PM Modi's mention was hovering at only 74,000 which jumped to 1,53,000 after PM's mention. Full Article Lifestyle Science
mod PM Modi’s inspiring message on Earth Day: A shout out to all working at forefront to defeat COVID-19 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T10:34:41+05:30 PM Modi also said let us pledge to work towards a cleaner, healthier and a more prosperous planet. Full Article Lifestyle Science
mod Stranded in lockdown? Modi govt brings this change in residential status for tax purposes By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T12:25:17+05:30 The nationwide lockdown suspended the operation of international flights and such people were had to prolong their stay in India. They were concerned that the extra stay due to lockdown may make them a resident of India for tax purposes under section 6 of the Act. Full Article Money
mod Central Government Employee? Modi govt makes new clarification on travelling allowance By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:04:22+05:30 Central Government Employees Travelling Allowance: This order was issued after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, as mandated under Article 148(5) of the Constitution. Full Article Money
mod TDP chief urges PM Modi to set up scientific experts’ committee to probe Vizag gas leak incident By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T14:48:00+05:30 Following the gas leak incident, the National Green Tribunal ordered LG Polymers India to pay interim damages of Rs 50 crore and issued notices to the company, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state and Centre. Full Article India
mod ‘Disciplined’ northeast emerges as model of COVID-19 management: Jitendra Singh By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T14:57:00+05:30 He said within six years of the Modi government, the northeastern region has emerged as the model for development for the entire country. Full Article Health Lifestyle
mod Dark mode on Facebook starts rolling out with brand new desktop site - Livemint By news.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:14:24 GMT Dark mode on Facebook starts rolling out with brand new desktop site LivemintFacebook for desktop gets dark mode for all: Here's how to get it India TV NewsFacebook redesign is finally rolling out for everyone | BGR India BGR IndiaFacebook rolls out Dark Mode for desktop, other features for all users India TodayYou Can Now Activate The New Facebook Website on Your Computer The QuintView Full coverage on Google News Full Article
mod Google Duo update delivers AR effects, ‘family mode’ and a whole lot more By phandroid.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:49:50 +0000 Google has already rolled out a few updates to Duo since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since video chat is more important than ever, Google is making Duo a priority, bring its video chat up to parity with its biggest competitors.This latest update packs in new AR effects which always make video calls a bit more ... Full Article Android Apps Duo Google Duo video calling video calling apps video chat
mod Economic development with Inclusivity - Narendra Modi, PM By www.banknetindia.com Published On :: Economic development with Inclusivity says Prime Minister Modi in his maiden speech in Parliament Full Article
mod PM Modi address at Gyan Sangam - The Bankers Retreat By www.banknetindia.com Published On :: Gyan Sangam - The Bankers Retreat - Address of PM Narendra Modi Full Article
mod The growing friendship of Obama and Modi By www.thebuzzdiary.com Published On :: The growing friendship of Obama and Modi- Indo-US relations enter a new era Full Article
mod Modi govt has made no improvement to investment climate - HDFC Chairman By www.banknetindia.com Published On :: Narendra Modi govt has made no improvement to investment climate, says Deepak Parekh, HDFC Chairman Full Article
mod US Senators gave PM Modi standing Ovation By www.youtube.com Published On :: US Senators lined up to meet PM Modi and gave him standing Ovation. Video- Speech to US Congress Full Article
mod ~$CPIL$372155$title$textbox$Ag's Mission to Feed the World Wouldn't be Possible Without Modern Technology Says Gary Sides$/CPIL$~ By Published On :: September 29, 2017 Full Article
mod Connecting Modern Agriculture and Innovation By stagecorp.ztsaccess.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Clint Lewis, Executive Vice President and President, International Operations at Zoetis, shares his insights on the critical role that animal health plays in creating a safe and abundant food supply for a growing global population. Full Article
mod The Hard Edges of Modern Lives By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2009-03-20T08:26:00+00:00 This new film is the latest remake of Devdas, but what is equally interesting is the fact that it is in conversation with films made in the West. Unlike Bhansali’s more spectacular version of the older story, Anurag Kashyap’s Dev.D is a genuine rewriting of Sarat Chandra’s novel. Kashyap doesn’t flinch from depicting the individual’s downward spiral, but he also gives women their own strength. He has set out to right a wrong—or, at least, tell a more realistic, even redemptive, story. If these characters have lost some of the affective depth of the original creations, they have also gained the hard edges of modern lives. We don’t always feel the pain of Kashyap’s characters, but we are able to more readily recognize them. Take Chandramukhi, or Chanda, who is a school-girl humiliated by the MMS sex-scandal. Her father, protective and patriarchal, says that he has seen the tape and thinks she knew what she was doing. “How could you watch it?” the girl asks angrily. And then, “Did you get off on it?” When was the last time a father was asked such a question on the Hindi screen? With its frankness toward sex and masturbation, Dev.D takes a huge step toward honesty. In fact, more than the obvious tributes to Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, or the over-extended psychedelic adventure on screen, in fact, as much as the moody style of film-making, the candour of such questions make Dev.D a film that is truly a part of world cinema. Rave Out © 2007 IndiaUncut.com. All rights reserved. India Uncut * The IU Blog * Rave Out * Extrowords * Workoutable * Linkastic Full Article
mod To Escalate or Not? This Is Modi’s Zugzwang Moment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-03-03T03:19:05+00:00 This is the 17th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. One of my favourite English words comes from chess. If it is your turn to move, but any move you make makes your position worse, you are in ‘Zugzwang’. Narendra Modi was in zugzwang after the Pulwama attacks a few days ago—as any Indian prime minister in his place would have been. An Indian PM, after an attack for which Pakistan is held responsible, has only unsavoury choices in front of him. He is pulled in two opposite directions. One, strategy dictates that he must not escalate. Two, politics dictates that he must. Let’s unpack that. First, consider the strategic imperatives. Ever since both India and Pakistan became nuclear powers, a conventional war has become next to impossible because of the threat of a nuclear war. If India escalates beyond a point, Pakistan might bring their nuclear weapons into play. Even a limited nuclear war could cause millions of casualties and devastate our economy. Thus, no matter what the provocation, India needs to calibrate its response so that the Pakistan doesn’t take it all the way. It’s impossible to predict what actions Pakistan might view as sufficient provocation, so India has tended to play it safe. Don’t capture territory, don’t attack military assets, don’t kill civilians. In other words, surgical strikes on alleged terrorist camps is the most we can do. Given that Pakistan knows that it is irrational for India to react, and our leaders tend to be rational, they can ‘bleed us with a thousand cuts’, as their doctrine states, with impunity. Both in 2001, when our parliament was attacked and the BJP’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee was PM, and in 2008, when Mumbai was attacked and the Congress’s Manmohan Singh was PM, our leaders considered all the options on the table—but were forced to do nothing. But is doing nothing an option in an election year? Leave strategy aside and turn to politics. India has been attacked. Forty soldiers have been killed, and the nation is traumatised and baying for blood. It is now politically impossible to not retaliate—especially for a PM who has criticized his predecessor for being weak, and portrayed himself as a 56-inch-chested man of action. I have no doubt that Modi is a rational man, and knows the possible consequences of escalation. But he also knows the possible consequences of not escalating—he could dilute his brand and lose the elections. Thus, he is forced to act. And after he acts, his Pakistan counterpart will face the same domestic pressure to retaliate, and will have to attack back. And so on till my home in Versova is swallowed up by a nuclear crater, right? Well, not exactly. There is a way to resolve this paradox. India and Pakistan can both escalate, not via military actions, but via optics. Modi and Imran Khan, who you’d expect to feel like the loneliest men on earth right now, can find sweet company in each other. Their incentives are aligned. Neither man wants this to turn into a full-fledged war. Both men want to appear macho in front of their domestic constituencies. Both men are masters at building narratives, and have a pliant media that will help them. Thus, India can carry out a surgical strike and claim it destroyed a camp, killed terrorists, and forced Pakistan to return a braveheart prisoner of war. Pakistan can say India merely destroyed two trees plus a rock, and claim the high moral ground by returning the prisoner after giving him good masala tea. A benign military equilibrium is maintained, and both men come out looking like strong leaders: a win-win game for the PMs that avoids a lose-lose game for their nations. They can give themselves a high-five in private when they meet next, and Imran can whisper to Modi, “You’re a good spinner, bro.” There is one problem here, though: what if the optics don’t work? If Modi feels that his public is too sceptical and he needs to do more, he might feel forced to resort to actual military escalation. The fog of politics might obscure the possible consequences. If the resultant Indian military action causes serious damage, Pakistan will have to respond in kind. In the chain of events that then begins, with body bags piling up, neither man may be able to back down. They could end up as prisoners of circumstance—and so could we. *** Also check out: Why Modi Must Learn to Play the Game of Chicken With Pakistan—Amit Varma The Two Pakistans—Episode 79 of The Seen and the Unseen India in the Nuclear Age—Episode 80 of The Seen and the Unseen © 2007 IndiaUncut.com. All rights reserved. India Uncut * The IU Blog * Rave Out * Extrowords * Workoutable * Linkastic Full Article
mod Trump and Modi are playing a Lose-Lose game By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-23T03:26:43+00:00 This is the 22nd installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. Trade wars are on the rise, and it’s enough to get any nationalist all het up and excited. Earlier this week, Narendra Modi’s government announced that it would start imposing tariffs on 28 US products starting today. This is a response to similar treatment towards us from the US. There is one thing I would invite you to consider: Trump and Modi are not engaged in a war with each other. Instead, they are waging war on their own people. Let’s unpack that a bit. Part of the reason Trump came to power is that he provided simple and wrong answers for people’s problems. He responded to the growing jobs crisis in middle America with two explanations: one, foreigners are coming and taking your jobs; two, your jobs are being shipped overseas. Both explanations are wrong but intuitive, and they worked for Trump. (He is stupid enough that he probably did not create these narratives for votes but actually believes them.) The first of those leads to the demonising of immigrants. The second leads to a demonising of trade. Trump has acted on his rhetoric after becoming president, and a modern US version of our old ‘Indira is India’ slogan might well be, “Trump is Tariff. Tariff is Trump.” Contrary to the fulminations of the economically illiterate, all tariffs are bad, without exception. Let me illustrate this with an example. Say there is a fictional product called Brump. A local Brump costs Rs 100. Foreign manufacturers appear and offer better Brumps at a cheaper price, say Rs 90. Consumers shift to foreign Brumps. Manufacturers of local Brumps get angry, and form an interest group. They lobby the government – or bribe it with campaign contributions – to impose a tariff on import of Brumps. The government puts a 20-rupee tariff. The foreign Brumps now cost Rs 110, and people start buying local Brumps again. This is a good thing, right? Local businesses have been helped, and local jobs have been saved. But this is only the seen effect. The unseen effect of this tariff is that millions of Brump buyers would have saved Rs 10-per-Brump if there were no tariffs. This money would have gone out into the economy, been part of new demand, generated more jobs. Everyone would have been better off, and the overall standard of living would have been higher. That brings to me to an essential truth about tariffs. Every tariff is a tax on your own people. And every intervention in markets amounts to a distribution of wealth from the people at large to specific interest groups. (In other words, from the poor to the rich.) The costs of this are dispersed and invisible – what is Rs 10 to any of us? – and the benefits are large and worth fighting for: Local manufacturers of Brumps can make crores extra. Much modern politics amounts to manufacturers of Brumps buying politicians to redistribute money from us to them. There are second-order effects of protectionism as well. When the US imposes tariffs on other countries, those countries may respond by imposing tariffs back. Raw materials for many goods made locally are imported, and as these become expensive, so do those goods. That quintessential American product, the iPhone, uses parts from 43 countries. As local products rise in price because of expensive foreign parts, prices rise, demand goes down, jobs are lost, and everyone is worse off. Trump keeps talking about how he wants to ‘win’ at trade, but trade is not a zero-sum game. The most misunderstood term in our times is probably ‘trade-deficit’. A country has a trade deficit when it imports more than what it exports, and Trump thinks of that as a bad thing. It is not. I run a trade deficit with my domestic help and my local grocery store. I buy more from them than they do from me. That is fine, because we all benefit. It is a win-win game. Similarly, trade between countries is really trade between the people of both countries – and people trade with each other because they are both better off. To interfere in that process is to reduce the value created in their lives. It is immoral. To modify a slogan often identified with libertarians like me, ‘Tariffs are Theft.’ These trade wars, thus, carry a touch of the absurd. Any leader who imposes tariffs is imposing a tax on his own people. Just see the chain of events: Trump taxes the American people. In retaliation, Modi taxes the Indian people. Trump raises taxes. Modi raises taxes. Nationalists in both countries cheer. Interests groups in both countries laugh their way to the bank. What kind of idiocy is this? How long will this lose-lose game continue? © 2007 IndiaUncut.com. All rights reserved. India Uncut * The IU Blog * Rave Out * Extrowords * Workoutable * Linkastic Full Article
mod Which algorithm is used in Modus ATPG? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:29:27 GMT According to the book Electronic Design Automation For Integrated Circuits Handbook there are mutiple algorithms available. Quote from book: "One of the first complete ATPG algorithms is the D-algorithm [9]. Subsequently, other algorithms were proposed, including PODEM [14], FAN [15], and SOCRATES [10]." I was wondering which algorithms are used in Cadence Modus. Full Article
mod About modus design constraints By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:09:02 GMT Hi! In my design, there is an one hold violation on scan path, test data is corrupted during scan cycles (when i run verilog simulation of test vectors). I created constraint 'falsepath' to 'TI' input of violated flop and load it into Modus, but this does not have effect. Can enyone explain to me, does 'falsepath' constraint affects scan path (from Q to TI/SI input, i.e. during SCAN procedure) or this constraint is only for functional mode (ie affects TEST cycle only - to 'D' input)? I hope resolve this problem this by using some modus design constraints or any other method. Full Article
mod Displaying contents of a modeless dialog box during execution of a SKILL script By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:47:02 GMT I have a modeless informational dialog box defined at the beginning of a SKILL script, but its contents don't display until the script finishes. How do you get a modeless dialog box contents to display while a SKILL script is running? procedure(myproc() prog((myvars) hiDisplayAppDBox() ; opens blank dialog box - no dboxText contents show until script completes! ....rest of SKILL code in script...launches child processes );prog );proc Full Article
mod Generating IBIS models in cadence virtuoso By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:25:36 GMT I'm trying to generate IBIS models for the parts that I'm designing. I'm designing using CADENCE Virtuoso. I'm wondering if there is a tutorial for generating IBIS models in CADENCE Virtuoso. Please pardon me if my question is broad. Full Article
mod IC Packagers: Shape Connectivity in the Allegro Data Model By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:14:00 GMT Those who work in the IC Packaging design space have some unique challenges. We bridge between the IC design world (90/45-degree traces with rectangular and octagonal pins) and the PCB domain... [[ Click on the title to access the full blog on the Cadence Community site. ]] Full Article
mod How to install PLL Macro Model Wizard? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:13:35 GMT Hello, I am using virtuoso version IC 6.1.7-64b.500.1, and I am trying to follow the Spectre RF Workshop-Noise-Aware PLL Design Flow(MMSIM 7.1.1) pdf. I could find the workshop library "pllMMLib", but I cannot find PLL Macro Model Wizard, and I attached my screen. Could you please help me install the module "PLL Macro Model Wizard"? Thanks a lot! Full Article
mod Looking for ADVFC32 SPICE Model By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:56:51 GMT I'm working on a circuit that requires the input voltage to be converted to a frequency, transmitted over an optical cable, and then converted back to a voltage. I am attempting to simulate this circuit using Eagle ngSpice simulations. The voltage to frequency converters that I am using are ADVFC32 and made by Analog Devices. However, I can't seem to find a SPICE model for this component. Analog Devices does not provide it on their website. Can anyone find a SPICE Model for this part? I'm new to working with electronics so any help/advice you can provide would be appreciated. Full Article
mod To Escalate or Not? This Is Modi’s Zugzwang Moment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-03-03T03:19:05+00:00 This is the 17th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. One of my favourite English words comes from chess. If it is your turn to move, but any move you make makes your position worse, you are in ‘Zugzwang’. Narendra Modi was in zugzwang after the Pulwama attacks a few days ago—as any Indian prime minister in his place would have been. An Indian PM, after an attack for which Pakistan is held responsible, has only unsavoury choices in front of him. He is pulled in two opposite directions. One, strategy dictates that he must not escalate. Two, politics dictates that he must. Let’s unpack that. First, consider the strategic imperatives. Ever since both India and Pakistan became nuclear powers, a conventional war has become next to impossible because of the threat of a nuclear war. If India escalates beyond a point, Pakistan might bring their nuclear weapons into play. Even a limited nuclear war could cause millions of casualties and devastate our economy. Thus, no matter what the provocation, India needs to calibrate its response so that the Pakistan doesn’t take it all the way. It’s impossible to predict what actions Pakistan might view as sufficient provocation, so India has tended to play it safe. Don’t capture territory, don’t attack military assets, don’t kill civilians. In other words, surgical strikes on alleged terrorist camps is the most we can do. Given that Pakistan knows that it is irrational for India to react, and our leaders tend to be rational, they can ‘bleed us with a thousand cuts’, as their doctrine states, with impunity. Both in 2001, when our parliament was attacked and the BJP’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee was PM, and in 2008, when Mumbai was attacked and the Congress’s Manmohan Singh was PM, our leaders considered all the options on the table—but were forced to do nothing. But is doing nothing an option in an election year? Leave strategy aside and turn to politics. India has been attacked. Forty soldiers have been killed, and the nation is traumatised and baying for blood. It is now politically impossible to not retaliate—especially for a PM who has criticized his predecessor for being weak, and portrayed himself as a 56-inch-chested man of action. I have no doubt that Modi is a rational man, and knows the possible consequences of escalation. But he also knows the possible consequences of not escalating—he could dilute his brand and lose the elections. Thus, he is forced to act. And after he acts, his Pakistan counterpart will face the same domestic pressure to retaliate, and will have to attack back. And so on till my home in Versova is swallowed up by a nuclear crater, right? Well, not exactly. There is a way to resolve this paradox. India and Pakistan can both escalate, not via military actions, but via optics. Modi and Imran Khan, who you’d expect to feel like the loneliest men on earth right now, can find sweet company in each other. Their incentives are aligned. Neither man wants this to turn into a full-fledged war. Both men want to appear macho in front of their domestic constituencies. Both men are masters at building narratives, and have a pliant media that will help them. Thus, India can carry out a surgical strike and claim it destroyed a camp, killed terrorists, and forced Pakistan to return a braveheart prisoner of war. Pakistan can say India merely destroyed two trees plus a rock, and claim the high moral ground by returning the prisoner after giving him good masala tea. A benign military equilibrium is maintained, and both men come out looking like strong leaders: a win-win game for the PMs that avoids a lose-lose game for their nations. They can give themselves a high-five in private when they meet next, and Imran can whisper to Modi, “You’re a good spinner, bro.” There is one problem here, though: what if the optics don’t work? If Modi feels that his public is too sceptical and he needs to do more, he might feel forced to resort to actual military escalation. The fog of politics might obscure the possible consequences. If the resultant Indian military action causes serious damage, Pakistan will have to respond in kind. In the chain of events that then begins, with body bags piling up, neither man may be able to back down. They could end up as prisoners of circumstance—and so could we. *** Also check out: Why Modi Must Learn to Play the Game of Chicken With Pakistan—Amit Varma The Two Pakistans—Episode 79 of The Seen and the Unseen India in the Nuclear Age—Episode 80 of The Seen and the Unseen The India Uncut Blog © 2010 Amit Varma. All rights reserved. Follow me on Twitter. Full Article
mod Trump and Modi are playing a Lose-Lose game By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-23T03:26:43+00:00 This is the 22nd installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. Trade wars are on the rise, and it’s enough to get any nationalist all het up and excited. Earlier this week, Narendra Modi’s government announced that it would start imposing tariffs on 28 US products starting today. This is a response to similar treatment towards us from the US. There is one thing I would invite you to consider: Trump and Modi are not engaged in a war with each other. Instead, they are waging war on their own people. Let’s unpack that a bit. Part of the reason Trump came to power is that he provided simple and wrong answers for people’s problems. He responded to the growing jobs crisis in middle America with two explanations: one, foreigners are coming and taking your jobs; two, your jobs are being shipped overseas. Both explanations are wrong but intuitive, and they worked for Trump. (He is stupid enough that he probably did not create these narratives for votes but actually believes them.) The first of those leads to the demonising of immigrants. The second leads to a demonising of trade. Trump has acted on his rhetoric after becoming president, and a modern US version of our old ‘Indira is India’ slogan might well be, “Trump is Tariff. Tariff is Trump.” Contrary to the fulminations of the economically illiterate, all tariffs are bad, without exception. Let me illustrate this with an example. Say there is a fictional product called Brump. A local Brump costs Rs 100. Foreign manufacturers appear and offer better Brumps at a cheaper price, say Rs 90. Consumers shift to foreign Brumps. Manufacturers of local Brumps get angry, and form an interest group. They lobby the government – or bribe it with campaign contributions – to impose a tariff on import of Brumps. The government puts a 20-rupee tariff. The foreign Brumps now cost Rs 110, and people start buying local Brumps again. This is a good thing, right? Local businesses have been helped, and local jobs have been saved. But this is only the seen effect. The unseen effect of this tariff is that millions of Brump buyers would have saved Rs 10-per-Brump if there were no tariffs. This money would have gone out into the economy, been part of new demand, generated more jobs. Everyone would have been better off, and the overall standard of living would have been higher. That brings to me to an essential truth about tariffs. Every tariff is a tax on your own people. And every intervention in markets amounts to a distribution of wealth from the people at large to specific interest groups. (In other words, from the poor to the rich.) The costs of this are dispersed and invisible – what is Rs 10 to any of us? – and the benefits are large and worth fighting for: Local manufacturers of Brumps can make crores extra. Much modern politics amounts to manufacturers of Brumps buying politicians to redistribute money from us to them. There are second-order effects of protectionism as well. When the US imposes tariffs on other countries, those countries may respond by imposing tariffs back. Raw materials for many goods made locally are imported, and as these become expensive, so do those goods. That quintessential American product, the iPhone, uses parts from 43 countries. As local products rise in price because of expensive foreign parts, prices rise, demand goes down, jobs are lost, and everyone is worse off. Trump keeps talking about how he wants to ‘win’ at trade, but trade is not a zero-sum game. The most misunderstood term in our times is probably ‘trade-deficit’. A country has a trade deficit when it imports more than what it exports, and Trump thinks of that as a bad thing. It is not. I run a trade deficit with my domestic help and my local grocery store. I buy more from them than they do from me. That is fine, because we all benefit. It is a win-win game. Similarly, trade between countries is really trade between the people of both countries – and people trade with each other because they are both better off. To interfere in that process is to reduce the value created in their lives. It is immoral. To modify a slogan often identified with libertarians like me, ‘Tariffs are Theft.’ These trade wars, thus, carry a touch of the absurd. Any leader who imposes tariffs is imposing a tax on his own people. Just see the chain of events: Trump taxes the American people. In retaliation, Modi taxes the Indian people. Trump raises taxes. Modi raises taxes. Nationalists in both countries cheer. Interests groups in both countries laugh their way to the bank. What kind of idiocy is this? How long will this lose-lose game continue? The India Uncut Blog © 2010 Amit Varma. All rights reserved. Follow me on Twitter. Full Article
mod Design library not defined while reading module with ncsim By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:27:37 GMT Hi supporters, I got the following error while I run simulation with gate netlist using Cadence Incisive (v15.20): ---- ncsim(64): 15.20-s076: (c) Copyright 1995-2019 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.ncsim: *E,DLOALB: Design library 'tcbnxxx' not defined while reading module tcbnxxx.MAOxxx:bv (VST).ncsim: *F,NOSIMU: Errors initializing simulation 'alu_tb' ---- xxx: standard library name. My netlist design uses a cell "MAOxxx". I already included the library behavior model to compile using ncverilog, there is no error while compiling. But when I run with ncsim to execute the test, I got above error. I tried to run with other vendors such as VCS or MTI, they worked. Please help to understand the error. Thanks. Full Article
mod Design of DC motor model By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 07:32:56 GMT Hi I want develope basic circuit of DC motor which consist of resistor, inductor and back emf in capture and check its simulation in pspice, for reference I have attached image and link. https://www.precisionmicrodrives.com/content/ab-025-using-spice-to-model-dc-motors/ . Full Article
mod search for glob/regexp in specman loaded modules? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 04:24:22 GMT Specman *search* command allows searching in all loaded modules, but only for a string. Is there a way to search for a regexp or glob? Alternatively, is there a way to simply get a list of all loaded files somehow? Then I could use either the "shell" command, or real shell together with grep. Thanks Full Article
mod IC Packagers: Shape Connectivity in the Allegro Data Model By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:14:00 GMT Those who work in the IC Packaging design space have some unique challenges. We bridge between the IC design world (90/45-degree traces with rectangular and octagonal pins) and the PCB domain (any-angle routing, filled planes, and a multitude of pad ...(read more) Full Article Allegro Package Designer Allegro PCB Editor
mod Is it possible to find or create a Pspice model for the JT3028, LD7552 components? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 21:35:59 GMT I would like to add these components to the component bank in ORCAD simulation. Even an accessible or free course that explained how to create these components. Full Article
mod Specman Mode for Emacs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:16:39 GMT Attached is the latest emacs mode for e/Specman - version 1.23 Please follow the install instructions in the top section of the actual file (after unzipping it) to install/load this package with your emacs. Full Article
mod how to add section info to extsim_model_include? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:12:45 GMT i had encountered error message like this before. but in liberate, i did not find the entry to input section info. Full Article
mod Simulating IBIS Model using Spectre By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:17:12 GMT I have a question regarding simulating IBIS model using Spectre. IBIS model generation always has the die capacitance included and in the generated IBIS file you will have this value as “C_comp” value. Does the Spectre accounts for this capacitance from the IBIS file while computing the time domain voltage waveform during simulation ? If I add additional capacitance outside in the testbench, to model the die capacitance, then it will be double counting. Does anyone know if Spectre is already accounting this C_comp during the time domain voltage wave computation from IBIS file, during simulation ? Full Article