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Historical aspect of tensions between India and China

Switching gears a bit, my thoughts go out to the steadily rising escalation between India and China. While India is rightfully expression anguish over its troops marching 10 kms inside its borders and not letting go of the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area in Ladakh, China has stuck to its version that there has been no intrusion of Chinese troops within India’s boundaries. Following up with this intrusions, came the report of two Chinese helicopters flying hundreds of kilometers into Indian airspace at Chumar (to the southeast of Leh). Historically, the two emerging superpowers have co-existed peacefully in their earliest days (India and China have two of the world’s oldest civilizations). Starting with the famed Silk Route, there has always been a positive tone of cooperation between the two nations as far as trade and economic ties are concerned. Even with the daunting Himalayan ranges bordering and separating the two countries, there has been no shortage of border-related dispu...

False Positives and False Negatives in Software Testing

Simply put, False Positive is the situation when the functionality is working, but yet it is marked as ‘failed’ in testing/practical application False Negative is the situation when the functionality is not working, but yet it is marked as ‘passed’ in testing/practical application Real-life examples 1.              Software coding:  Thorough testing results in correct and valid code to get rejected (due to mismatch of understanding between coder and tester) 2.              Healthcare sector: Low-cost medical tests administered detects illness that warrants further elaborate testing (which then reveals absence of the illness) 3.              Government administration: Pre-election poll roundup denotes win of a particular candidate who will be defeated by a significant m...