Politics of Resentment

The disintegration of the Congress party over the last few decades is well-deserved. Many factors have contributed to this disintegration, including corruption, indiscipline, and the sheer ineptitude and lethargy of its aging leadership. Fortunately for the Congress, the old eventually die. The condition of Congress seems to be improving lately. In particular, its leadership’s paralysis …

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Voice activity detection using SoX

Install SoX. Relevant documentation (search for vad). Let’s say your vice file is a.wav. $ play ~/Downloads/a.wav vad norm /home/dilawars/Downloads/a.wav: File Size: 52.3k Bit Rate: 328k Encoding: Signed PCM Channels: 1 @ 16-bit Samplerate: 20500Hz Replaygain: off Duration: 00:00:01.27 In:100% 00:00:01.27 [00:00:00.00] Out:20.0k [ | ] Hd:0.0 Clip:0 Done. It is decent! You can play …

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What is the speed of action-potential propagation in neuron?

The speed of action potentials inside neurons is comparable to those of motorized two wheelers. The slowest of action potential lies in the range of 30-40 Km/hr while the fastest one is in the range of 400-500 Km/hr. The faster neurons are most likely to be mylienated. This cool figure from Wiki depicts the propagation …

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I have no gun but I can spit

Some twelve inches below my lips The Human of my Person lives. It melts for strangers with meaningless smile. And indifferent to most other kind. Beware, O Stranger! Rudely crossing it. I have no gun, but I can spit. (Inspired by a poem "I have not gun but I can spit" by W H Auden).

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