Re: [Silk] AI in Indian Languages (was Re: An introduction and a plea)

We are investors in Navana, which enables transactions to be closed via vernacular voice. The company has been collecting voice samples since 2018 or so, with a focus on banking transactions and the like.They collected various dialects and accents and colloquial phrasing. There was a fantastic art

Re: [Silk] Literary agent?

Quentinji On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > Sorry who is QT > > --srs > -- > *From:* Silklist > on behalf of Jahnavi Phalkey via Silklist > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 28, 2025 11:27:56 AM > *To:*

Re: [Silk] Bangalore Silk Meetup?

Hi Caitlin, welcome to The Luru. (Scheduling this meet-up is beginning to look like those reasoning puzzles they have on competitive exams. ) I can do pretty much any week. Jo On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM Venkatesh Hariharan via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > Hi Caitlin, >

Re: [Silk] "what do you do?"

Thank you. I needed this "how to interact with human beings " primer. Jo On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 1:43 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > This, the most banal of all conversational opening lines, is som

Re: [Silk] Splitting the bill

Yes, I agree this is a hard problem for organisers. One option is to bill the food and alcohol separately, some restaurants do this anyways Also I find that restaurants today are fine with separate bills. One plus point is that it discourages the freeloaders who are otherwise skilled at making t

Re: [Silk] A religion for atheists

Thank you, Shoba, for sharing. I am an agnostic learning toward atheism who finds that Buddhism is a great religion for atheists and agnostics. I am a daily user of Sam Harris' Waking Up app, although I'm sure that my disclosure of this fact is not a sufficient advertisement for the app's use. Sam

Re: [Silk] If epic narratives are your thing…

Thank you, Jules, that was so delightful to read. I recently bought a somewhat sanitized book version by Wu Cheng'en. It was very pleasant to snack on, though reviewers didn't seem to have a high opinion of it. My interest in it was re-kindled by the KDrama Hwayugi, which has some elements of the

Re: [Silk] What's your To-Don’t List?

This is great! On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 11:23 AM Venkatesh Hariharan via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > My biggest to-dont's are: > > so I have allocated "time quotas" for them where I spend say 30 minutes > with them .. > I can visualise the timer going off - “Oh, sorry, Radha

Re: [Silk] Introduction

Welcome, Jules! It’s interesting you should mention the progeny discussion - a lot of my much younger friends are talking about it. I must say they’re really working thoroughly through the pros and cons!! Jo On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 4:39 PM Jules Yim via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> w

Re: [Silk] Hello!

r last name sound so familiar? > > > > > > On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 16:55, Jo Pattabiraman via Silklist < > silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > > Thank you, Udhay, for adding me to the list. I am honoured! > > > > Hi folks, > > > > my name is

[Silk] Hello!

Thank you, Udhay, for adding me to the list. I am honoured! Hi folks, my name is Jyotsna, I'm a long-time Bangalorean. Like many of you, I am an internet veteran - my internship was at IISc ERNET where I helped build a GUI monitor for the backbone. I feel like I might have crossed paths with many