Dev Kumar

Dev Kumar

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What should I do if someone copies my website/blog content?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 185 Views

Whenever you find that your content has been copied, don't wait to take action but at the same time, don't jump the gun by shooting off a legal notice right away. That would be your last resort and before that, you need to try a few easier methods to sort out the problem.Intimate with A Polite NoteYou could begin by sending a mail-in polite but firm language so that the copier gets the message that he's dealing with someone who knows how things work online. Get a screenshot of the copied content on his webpage and highlight it in red ...

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How has the use of drones revolutionized certain professions?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 147 Views

Drones are a next-generation technology with far-reaching implications for several industries with a large logistics footprint. As with many other innovations and inventions, drones were also developed by the military specifically for surveillance in sensitive areas. Let's consider the impact of drones on the operations of the security forces especially in a vast country like India with all the challenges that it faces from multiple sources of discord.If we take the LOC (Line of Control) which divides the state of Jammu & Kashmir from those parts of the state that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, we find that ...

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What are the career prospects in VFX?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 158 Views

Career prospects in the VFX (Visual Effects) industry are enormous, especially in a country like India which not only has a huge domestic market for VFX-enriched content in its mass media entertainment programs but is also a massive base for VFX job work for the global entertainment industry.The Right SoilIndia has the right eco-system to provide high-quality VFX output at an affordable cost and at scale. VFX requires the animators to be creative, imaginative, skilled in application software and willing to work long hours and at wages that very few other countries can match. So, yes, the opportunities in VFX ...

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How will drones help improve the security?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 172 Views

Proper security involves all-around surveillance or observation of people, their behavior and actions, immovable property like land and building as well as movable property stationed there. Surveillance is generally conducted with the help of methods that either have limited mobility or are stationary like, CCTV cameras, GPS tracking dependent on satellite connectivity and not helpful in close observation, stake-outs, which are time-consuming, data-based profiling and biometrics and some other methods.Drone Has Turned the TableAll these methods have their own level of advantages and limitations but when it comes to drone technology, the efficiency, and effectiveness of any security operation increase ...

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What is the career prospect in drone technology?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 266 Views

Jobs in drone technology-driven enterprises are the jobs of the future because drones are going to play a very crucial role across a large number of industries in future. Many youngsters think that jobs in the drone domain involve just engineering and technological openings but the fact is there are many other openings which don't require you to be a technological wizard.Drone PilotingThis is one specialization that is already opening up many opportunities for youngsters. Drones are finding application in different sectors like mining, security services including private security for industrial and commercial assets, disaster management, logistics and many others. ...

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What is meant by recycling unicorns?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 337 Views

In the world of business, Unicorns are by no means the mythical single horned Equus; it refers to the category of companies called startups with a valuation of over a billion dollars. Hence, recycling unicorns are nothing but startups in the recycling sector that are worth over a billion dollars. It was venture capitalist Aileen Lee who first coined the term 'unicorn' for startups that broke the billion-dollar threshold and the reason he did so was that startups that are worth a billion dollars are as elusive as the mythical unicorn. And yet, there are over 200 unicorns around the ...

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Why is Python slower than other languages?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 2K+ Views

Python is a scripting language while C is a programming language. C/C++ is relatively fast as compared to Python because when you run the Python script, its interpreter will interpret the script line by line and generate output but in C, the compiler will first compile it and generate an output which is optimized with respect to the hardware. In case of other languages such as Java and.NET, Java bytecode, and .NET bytecode respectively run faster than Python because a JIT compiler compiles bytecode to native code at runtime. CPython cannot have a JIT compiler because the dynamic nature of ...

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Why are the keys on the keyboard not arranged in alphabetical order?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 4K+ Views

The arrangement of keys in a typing keypad that we have today is nearly a century and half old. Initially, in the olden days the typewriter machines did have the keys arranged alphabetically but because the machines were too slow in comparison to the speed at which users learned to master them, it presented a different problem.Swift UsersThe users turned out to be way faster than the machines and this resulted in the mechanical character arms getting jumbled up all over. Therefore, the makers of typewriters in response to customer experience and feedback designed a completely new keyboard where the ...

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What is the role of local community media in strengthening democracy at the grassroot level?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 232 Views

There can be no doubt about the critical role that community media can play in strengthening democracy at the grass-root level. For most folks in urban areas, especially in Tier I, II and even III cities this issue might not generate much interest, but for those in the smaller towns and villages, this is one issue that will spark immediate interest. That's because folks living in such areas that are classified as rural, don't take a lot of things for granted like their counterparts in cities do.Keep An Insight of the Local PoliticsMost of us in cities don't even know ...

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Is it possible to use recycled plastic waste for road building and if so, will it substantially absorb plastic waste from the environment?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 168 Views

Recycled plastic or for that matter, any plastic when mixed with the bitumen used to build asphalt roads tend to make the roads stronger and more durable. Considering the total number of roads that are already there and newer roads that will be built in a huge country like India, the total amount of plastic waste generated by the country is way too much to be absorbed entirely in this road building and repairing activity.Hence, building roads with recycled waste plastic can be part of the overall plastic recycling efforts but on its own, it can't absorb all of the ...

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