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2021-06-14 Thread Mohit
Pah! Some people are just jealous they weren't invited :-P Regards, Mohit On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 7:48 PM Madhu Menon wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 13:51, Mohit wrote: > > > It's puns sir. Hardly something that warrants that much paranoia > > > > Indeed. One can only hope the government shu

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2021-06-14 Thread Madhu Menon
On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 13:51, Mohit wrote: > It's puns sir. Hardly something that warrants that much paranoia > Indeed. One can only hope the government shuts that group down. :P

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2021-06-14 Thread Mohit
It's puns sir. Hardly something that warrants that much paranoia Regards, Mohit On Mon, 14 Jun, 2021, 12:19 Venkat Mangudi - Silk, wrote: > You should move to Telegram or Signal. I'll be happy to join that group. > > On Mon, 14 Jun, 2021, 12:10 pm Mohit, wrote: > > > Welcome Ameya > > > > My n

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2021-06-13 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
You should move to Telegram or Signal. I'll be happy to join that group. On Mon, 14 Jun, 2021, 12:10 pm Mohit, wrote: > Welcome Ameya > > My name is Mohit, I am from UP, lived a long time in Delhi, but have made > Hyderabad my home now :-) > I run a whatsapp group dedicated to puns & "mild/stupi

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2021-06-13 Thread Mohit
Welcome Ameya My name is Mohit, I am from UP, lived a long time in Delhi, but have made Hyderabad my home now :-) I run a whatsapp group dedicated to puns & "mild/stupid jokes" :-) Regards, Mohit On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 3:45 PM Ameya Nagarajan wrote: > Hi everyone! > I've heard a lot about t

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2021-06-13 Thread Radhika, Y.
Hi Ameya! Good to see another Spanish speaker here. Welcome. Radhika El dom., 13 jun. 2021 3:15 a. m., Ameya Nagarajan escribió: > Hi everyone! > I've heard a lot about this list and am very pleased to join. > My name is Ameya (uh-MEY-a for those who would like to know). I am an > editor, podcas

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2021-06-13 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
Welcome to Silk. We have some punsters here, expecting a thread drift soon. Cheers On Sun, 13 Jun, 2021, 3:45 pm Ameya Nagarajan, wrote: > Hi everyone! > I've heard a lot about this list and am very pleased to join. > My name is Ameya (uh-MEY-a for those who would like to know). I am an > edito

[silk] Hello!

2021-06-13 Thread Ameya Nagarajan
Hi everyone! I've heard a lot about this list and am very pleased to join. My name is Ameya (uh-MEY-a for those who would like to know). I am an editor, podcaster and occasional writer with a fabulous ability to herd cats :D This might have something to do with the two I have, who frequently need h

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2021-05-21 Thread Ram Sekar
hing is to circulate the air better, and > hold > > the temperature of the air conditioner than one would otherwise do. > > > > Ram > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: silklist On > > Behalf Of Deepa Mohan > > Sent: 27 April 2021 19:0

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2021-05-21 Thread sur...@hserus.net
. Whether that is offset by power bill savings is something to be determined, we wouldn’t use all the ACs to the extent that they’d be used in a factory. From: silklist on behalf of Shenoy N Date: Friday, 21 May 2021 at 8:42 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Hello This is great to

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2021-05-21 Thread Shenoy N
Great to know so many MITians are on the list! Deepak Misra and I did our stretch from '82 to 86 and with the exception of my marriage with a wonderful angel in human form, the best thing that ever happened to me Thanks and regards Narendra Shenoy On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 09:37, Ashwin wrote: >

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2021-05-21 Thread Shenoy N
> From: silklist On > Behalf Of Deepa Mohan > Sent: 27 April 2021 19:01 > To: Intelligent Conversation > Subject: Re: [silk] Hello > > Any air conditioners you would recommend? > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:53 PM wrote: > > > Scrap typically - economically viab

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2021-05-06 Thread Ashwin
Mighty Mighty MIT :) On Thu, May 6, 2021, at 19:20, Sundar Narayanan wrote: > Thank you Subodh and Gabingreat to see more MITians here. > On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 08:10:58 PM CDT, gabin kattukaran > mailto:gkattukaran%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Subodh Sa

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2021-05-06 Thread Sundar Narayanan
Thank you Subodh and Gabingreat to see more MITians here. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 08:10:58 PM CDT, gabin kattukaran wrote: On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Subodh Sankar wrote: > Welcome Sundar. I have known Sundar since the late 80s, when we were > roommates in college for 3 year

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2021-05-05 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Subodh Sankar wrote: > Welcome Sundar. I have known Sundar since the late 80s, when we were > roommates in college for 3 years. Great to have you on the group, though > I have been a lurker these past years !!! Another Manipal product, eh? Hey Sundar, there are seve

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2021-04-27 Thread ram612
ehalf Of Deepa Mohan Sent: 27 April 2021 19:01 To: Intelligent Conversation Subject: Re: [silk] Hello Any air conditioners you would recommend? On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:53 PM wrote: > Scrap typically - economically viable, but raw material goes to waste. > > Please look at www.airz

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2021-04-27 Thread Jaideep Vivekanand
> ... > > Best, > Ram > > > > > -Original Message----- > From: silklist On > Behalf Of Huda Masood > Sent: 27 April 2021 13:34 > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Hello > > Hi Ram! > > Welcome to silklist! We're hap

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2021-04-27 Thread Deepa Mohan
list On > Behalf Of Deepa Mohan > Sent: 27 April 2021 14:47 > To: Intelligent Conversation > Subject: Re: [silk] Hello > > Good steps, which many of us could follow..what do you do with the old > (less energy-efficient) refrigerators and air-conditioners? Googling for > BLDC fans n

Re: [silk] Hello and Introduction

2021-04-27 Thread Subodh Sankar
On 26-04-2021 18:35, Sundar Narayanan wrote: Hello everyone, I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself.  I joined Silklist yesterday.  I would like to firstly thank Sumanth Cidambi for the introduction and Udhay Shankar for his willingness to include me.  I look forward to learning

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2021-04-27 Thread ram612
s the quantum of waste with the old stuff. Even more so in air conditioners. Ram -Original Message- From: silklist On Behalf Of Deepa Mohan Sent: 27 April 2021 14:47 To: Intelligent Conversation Subject: Re: [silk] Hello Good steps, which many of us could follow..what do you do with th

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2021-04-27 Thread Deepa Mohan
> > > > -Original Message- > From: silklist On > Behalf Of Huda Masood > Sent: 27 April 2021 13:34 > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Hello > > Hi Ram! > > Welcome to silklist! We're happy to have you here and can't wait

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2021-04-27 Thread ram612
more to think about in terms of treatment and reuse of grey water ... Best, Ram -Original Message- From: silklist On Behalf Of Huda Masood Sent: 27 April 2021 13:34 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Hello Hi Ram! Welcome to silklist! We're happy to have you he

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2021-04-27 Thread Huda Masood
Hi Ram! Welcome to silklist! We're happy to have you here and can't wait to hear about how you're incorporating tech and policy. What things have you done to conserve energy and water that we can apply immediately to our routines? Warm regards, Huda M On Mon, 26 Apr 2021, 19:20 , wrote: > H

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2021-04-26 Thread sumanth cidambi
ome. > > -srs > > From: silklist on > behalf of Sundar Narayanan > Date: Monday, 26 April 2021 at 6:36 PM > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: [silk] Hello and Introduction > Hello everyone, > I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself.  I joined Silkl

[silk] Hello

2021-04-26 Thread Jaideep Vivekanand
Hello All, This is Jaideep Vivekanand from Chennai. Thanks to Udhay for adding me to this group.  I run an architecture firm in Chennai called Green Evolution (http://www.greenevolution.in/) with my better half, Anupama Mohanram. We specialize in environmentally sustainable design and constructi

[silk] Hello and Introduction

2021-04-26 Thread Sundar Narayanan
Hello everyone, I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself.  I joined Silklist yesterday.  I would like to firstly thank Sumanth Cidambi for the introduction and Udhay Shankar for his willingness to include me.  I look forward to learning from this forum and growing as a result. A little

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2021-04-26 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 7:27 PM Jaideep Vivekanand wrote: This is Jaideep Vivekanand from Chennai. Thanks to Udhay for adding me to > this group. > I run an architecture firm in Chennai called Green Evolution ( > http://www.greenevolution.in/) with my better half, Anupama Mohanram. We > specializ

Re: [silk] Hello and Introduction

2021-04-26 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Welcome Sundar On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 7:18 PM sur...@hserus.net wrote: > Wow and I thought Silk was dormant. Welcome. > > -srs > > From: silklist on > behalf of Sundar Narayanan > Date: Monday, 26 April 2021 at 6:36 PM > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: [s

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2021-04-26 Thread ram612
Hi everyone, I joined Silklist today, and I wanted to introduce myself. I'd like to thank Sumanth and Udhay for introducing me and adding me to Silklist. My name is Ram C. Sekar, and I am based in Chennai. I am the founder of an early stage company, Canfan Private Limited, that builds sup

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2021-04-26 Thread sur...@hserus.net
Wow and I thought Silk was dormant. Welcome. -srs From: silklist on behalf of Sundar Narayanan Date: Monday, 26 April 2021 at 6:36 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Hello and Introduction Hello everyone, I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself. I joined Silklist

Re: [silk] Hello from Shreyasee

2020-05-18 Thread Charles Haynes
Welcome to Silk Shreyasee! Interactional economics and women's property ownership! I look forward to hearing more. I'm currently in Cleveland, thus the relatively timely reply. :) Cheers, -- Charles

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2020-05-18 Thread landon hurley
Welcome to the list Shreyasee! From a lurker who (ashamedly) only rarely does more than appreciate the discussions of the list from afar, we have some excellent fantasy (though the last one I think was non-fictional) book recommendation discussions that rise up. Admittedly, it seems that the scienc

[silk] Hello from Shreyasee

2020-05-18 Thread Shreyasee Das
Good afternoon folks, Shreyasee (pronounced “sray-o-she”) here, the newest “find” of Udhay. Udhay said I owed all of you an introduction, and to be honest it makes me nervous every time someone asks me to do this. Among many other things, I never know what level of information is the most optima

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2018-05-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
Or, "on seeing the enemy drawing their swords, the warriors druthers." On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > Like, "Gun Fanatics are Druthers in Arms". > >1. >2. On Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:37 PM Deepa Mohan >wrot > > > Googling for "druthers" now. > > > if I had m

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2018-05-23 Thread Lahar Appaiah
Like, "Gun Fanatics are Druthers in Arms". On Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:37 PM Deepa Mohan wrote: > Welcome to all the Interesting People Udhay has added. > > Googling for "druthers" now. > > Deepa. > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Hariharan Rahul > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > This is Rahul.

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2018-05-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome to all the Interesting People Udhay has added. Googling for "druthers" now. Deepa. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Hariharan Rahul wrote: > Hello all, > > This is Rahul. Thanks, Udhay, for inviting me to this list. I know Udhay > from the online world, through another mailing list wit

[silk] Hello

2018-05-23 Thread Hariharan Rahul
Hello all, This is Rahul. Thanks, Udhay, for inviting me to this list. I know Udhay from the online world, through another mailing list with allusions to sheer, soft textiles. I'm a computer scientist/engineer based in Boston/Cambridge. I work on a broad swath of systems ranging from wired and wi

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-18 Thread Charanya Chidambaram
Welcome home Peter :) On 14-Oct-2017 4:04 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: > Oops sorry Deepa! My bad, TGP = The Goa Project > One of Udhay's many babies :) ​This makes me sound somewhat louche. :)​ ​Udhay​ -- ((

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2017-10-13 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: > Oops sorry Deepa! My bad, TGP = The Goa Project > One of Udhay's many babies :) ​This makes me sound somewhat louche. :)​ ​Udhay​ -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Peter Griffin
Thank you for the welcomes, folks. _Waves to Ingrid and Mash_ Fancy seeing you here! @ Rajesh Mehar: I shall be mindful of that silken leash : ) @ Amitha Singh: For sure. And glad you liked the pix, @ Just: But of course. I'm only a legend on my own laptop, and mildly notorious in a forgotten c

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2017-10-12 Thread Mahesh Murthy
Yo Pete, welcome aboard. Mahesh On 12-Oct-2017 4:23 PM, "Peter Griffin" wrote: > Hi All > > (This feels like the first day of school) > > Thanks for inviting me in, Udhay. > > I intend to be mostly a quiet reader and observer until I get a feel > of the etiquette of the list. > > Meanwhile, t

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Mohit Mohit
Sorry. Some of us obviously spend far too much time online than is healthy. :) Regards, Mohit > On 12-Oct-2017, at 17:37, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > er, yes, I don't know Peter Griffin, so he did need an introduction. I am a > defnite ignorantosaurus. > > Deepa. > >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:07

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2017-10-12 Thread Amitha Singh
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > Welcome, Peter. You definitely fit Udhay's criterion of being an Interestng > Person! > > Could we have some photos of your chalk and clay work? Chalk is such a > difficult medium (I think)! > > And...what is TGP? I used to visit St.Louis, Mo.

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2017-10-12 Thread Deepa Mohan
er, yes, I don't know Peter Griffin, so he did need an introduction. I am a defnite ignorantosaurus. Deepa. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Mohit wrote: > some people, i tell you... > > as if Peter Griffin needs an introduction! > > Regards, > ​(Just) ​ > Mohit > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:

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2017-10-12 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome, Peter. You definitely fit Udhay's criterion of being an Interestng Person! Could we have some photos of your chalk and clay work? Chalk is such a difficult medium (I think)! And...what is TGP? I used to visit St.Louis, Mo., for many years, and there it stood for Tower Grove Park :D Chee

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Ingrid Srinath
> On 12 Oct 2017, at 16:22, Peter Griffin wrote: > > Hi All > > (This feels like the first day of school) > > Thanks for inviting me in, Udhay. > > I intend to be mostly a quiet reader and observer until I get a feel > of the etiquette of the list. > > Meanwhile, the quick About Me: > > I'm

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Mohit
some people, i tell you... as if Peter Griffin needs an introduction! Regards, ​(Just) ​ Mohit On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: > Hi All > > (This feels like the first day of school) > > Thanks for inviting me in, Udhay. > > I intend to be mostly a quiet reader and observ

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2017-10-12 Thread Amitha Singh
Hi Peter, Welcome! Saw you at TGP over the weekend but couldn't connect... may be we'll cross paths again here! :) BTW, you made some pretty cool captures of TGP. Ciao! Amitha On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: > Hi All > > (This feels like the first day of school) > > Than

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Rajesh Mehar
Hi Peter, welcome to Silk. Many fellow quiet readers and observers here. Don't worry. But do jump in whenever you feel like it. Everyone gets a long leash on Silk. :-) On Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 16:23 Peter Griffin wrote: > Hi All > > (This feels like the first day of school) > > Thanks for inviting

[silk] Hello silklist

2017-10-12 Thread Peter Griffin
Hi All (This feels like the first day of school) Thanks for inviting me in, Udhay. I intend to be mostly a quiet reader and observer until I get a feel of the etiquette of the list. Meanwhile, the quick About Me: I'm very fortunate with my friends. And thanks to the work I have done and my own

[silk] Hello

2017-06-28 Thread Vasanth Kamath
hi everyone, a student here, wanting to be in no doubts, searching for classmates who can teach the art of questions and expressions a strong believer & operate with the notion of "we are being simulated" I try to see/feel dimensions in Zero & One and many aspects between them.. wander a lot here.

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-10 Thread Advaith Mohan
@Udhay - we should definitely jam still! @Ashwin - Thank you for that track. Was pretty mad :D On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > > I'm currently also working on another long term project. It's a musical > > interpretation of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, set in a post modern

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2016-08-10 Thread Ashwin Kumar
> I'm currently also working on another long term project. It's a musical > interpretation of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, set in a post modern context. > Would love to hear your thoughts on this. We're still ideating the exact > structure of the project. Welcome to the Madness Advaith. https://www

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-09 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Advaith Mohan wrote: I joined a metal band called The Down Troddence > in Bangalore, and released an > album with them in 2014 (working > on the next one currently). > ​I finally

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-09 Thread Amitha Singh
Welcome Advaith! Happy Silking... My short tryst with the Bangalore music scene came about around 6 years ago when I was consulting for and launched a project called Kyra Theatre in Bangalore... brilliant concept that didn't last long for various reasons, which I won't go in to right now. Today, my

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2016-08-09 Thread Advaith Mohan
Thanks Venkatesh. I'm pretty sure we would have friends in common. The metal scene in India is definitely small and tightly-knit. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Welcome Advaith. I know a few people in the metal circuit of B'lore, who > knows we might have some friends in

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2016-08-09 Thread Venkatesh H R
Welcome Advaith. I know a few people in the metal circuit of B'lore, who knows we might have some friends in common. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Advaith Mohan wrote: > @Deepa - That particular clip is from a time when I thought that music gets > better with increasing complexity. That has de

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-09 Thread Advaith Mohan
@Deepa - That particular clip is from a time when I thought that music gets better with increasing complexity. That has definitely changed, and hopefully new material will be more coherent :D @Vinayak - Really glad to hear that! On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > On Tue, Aug

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2016-08-09 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Advaith Mohan wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have existed in my current form on this planet for the last 26 years. > Growing up in Trivandrum, I subsisted on a regular diet of rice, fish > curry, books, and quizzes. At the age of 15, I decided to give music a shot > an

Re: [silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-09 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome, Mr Not-Two. The profiles of people on this list are enough to give me a huge inferiority complex, if I were built that way. But since I find people fascinating, I like Udhay's practice of CIP (Collecting Interesting People). Listening to the clip as I type. Deepa. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 a

[silk] Hello From Advaith

2016-08-09 Thread Advaith Mohan
Hi everyone, This is my first day on Silk, and I'm quite excited to be a part of it's continuing tradition. I'm just writing down a little bit about my life so far to give you guys some context. I have existed in my current form on this planet for the last 26 years. Growing up in Trivandrum, I su

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2016-08-04 Thread Venkatesh H R
Thank you Thaths for figuring this out. I will find it very useful to tell others. Phew. On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:01 PM Thaths wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:20 AM Thaths wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM Venkatesh H R > > wrote: > > > >> Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to se

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2016-08-04 Thread Thaths
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:20 AM Thaths wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM Venkatesh H R > wrote: > >> Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to send you the RSS feed, only if I >> knew how to set one up. This is embarrassing, but feeds are always >> something I've kept for later. I guess I sh

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2016-08-03 Thread Rajeev Chakravarthi
Hello Venky I trust you remember an old friend from 16 years back? Regards Rajeev > On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:08, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > Venkatesh, we might have met while I was at Red Hat. I am currently > Director of Fintech for iSPIRT (see www.ispirt.in and www.productnation.in) > an

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkatesh H R
Amit - many thanks, will definitely mail/DM you when I'm in Bombay, which is likely in October. Maybe we can have that Silk-meet, and yes, someday I hope to write a book on journalism. Narendra - I enjoyed reading through your blog, especially the piece about your father completing 50 years as a d

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
Well, I stopped taking the ratings seriously. I hover around 1350-1400 and get beaten by all kinds. But, I am learning a lot by letting my rating be a part of the game. Playing with so many people, and restricting it to just 2-3 specific time to play makes a huge difference. My win %age is about 30

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2016-08-03 Thread Shenoy N
I exited chess.com and deleted the damned account because I was getting obsessed with chess. My rating, which hovered around 1200 - on good days it would climb to the upper 1300s but on other days it would plunge below 1100. I would keep losing, on some days, to people whose ratings were way lower

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2016-08-03 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM Venkatesh H R wrote: > Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to send you the RSS feed, only if I > knew how to set one up. This is embarrassing, but feeds are always > something I've kept for later. I guess I should just do it now. I'm > assuming a Google search will

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Venkatesh, we might have met while I was at Red Hat. I am currently Director of Fintech for iSPIRT (see www.ispirt.in and www.productnation.in) and am based in Mumbai. I used to edit Express Computers and spent many years in journalism before making the transition to leading the Public Policy teams

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N wrote: > > > I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my > free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur being > my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite being > completely hopeles

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

2016-08-03 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:13 PM Venkatesh H R wrote: > What really killed it for me was 26/11 when we were required to > sustain non-stop coverage of the attacks for 48 hours, without breaks. So > we took turns as anchors, basically saying the same thing over and over > again. 2008 was really whe

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2016-08-03 Thread Shenoy N
Welcome to Silk! Though I do little more than raise the average age and lower the average IQ on this list, I find the freewheeling discussions on virtually any topic simply delightful. This is a sort of a bar parlour of the angler's rest, if you are a wodehouse fan, except that almost everyone is m

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2016-08-03 Thread Amit Varma
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Amit - hello! I should tell you - your blog was responsible for sparking my > interest in economics, Lee Child and James Elroy, and much more. Still > occasionally pop in to read it. > Thanks. Sadly I'm not regular, mostly just use it as a

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkatesh H R
Venkat, asking those sort of questions usually sets me off on a rant :) maybe a separate thread on that. But for now: 1. News in channels is usually selected on - stories in newspapers, events and the competition. There's a lot of emphasis on at least one 'breaking news' story in every 'news wheel'

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2016-08-03 Thread Amit Varma
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Used > to be a big reader of India Uncut, which I guess you designed? > Ooh. Welcome to Silk (though I'm a lurker myself mostly...) -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
Welcome to Silk. I'm curious about how news in the popular TV news channels are curated. Maybe a later post or thread to discuss that. Oh, and how did it numb you? Even more curious about that. Regards, Venkat On Wednesday 3 August 2016, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Hello all! Thank you Udhay for add

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkatesh H R
Thaths - thanks. I'd have been happy to send you the RSS feed, only if I knew how to set one up. This is embarrassing, but feeds are always something I've kept for later. I guess I should just do it now. I'm assuming a Google search will tell me how to set one up? Madhu - hello. If you're 'madman'

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2016-08-03 Thread Rajesh Mehar
Hey! You know me from before anyway. Welcome! I'm quite new here myself. On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 at 14:48 Madhu Menon wrote: > On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R wrote: > > smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed > by > > TV news, I decided to leave, but > > i

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2016-08-03 Thread Madhu Menon
On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R wrote: > smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed by > TV news, I decided to leave, but > it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice as a > journalist with my startup NetaData. I like intellectually

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2016-08-03 Thread Thaths
On Wed., 3 Aug. 2016, 1:49 pm Venkatesh H R, wrote: > Hello all! Thank you Udhay for adding me to this list after I asked to be > added. Welcome to the tangled web, Venkatesh. I'm now doing justice as a journalist with my startup NetaData. Is there a non Facebook/Twitter way of following Ne

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2016-08-03 Thread Venkatesh H R
Hello all! Thank you Udhay for adding me to this list after I asked to be added. To introduce myself, I'm a journalist in New Delhi. Was born and raised in Bangalore. Left at 23. I've now completed more than 14 years of 'vanavasa' outside the city, and still call myself a Bangalorean. I know Kan

Re: [silk] hello silklist -- do you know anyone in Lahore who is telecom lawyer?

2014-04-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote: > I've just had a request third-hand from a US satellite reseller who is > looking for litigation counsel for a (commercial) dispute in Pakistan. > I don't know much about the case, and really my tendrils into Pakistan > really only extend to

[silk] hello silklist -- do you know anyone in Lahore who is telecom lawyer?

2014-04-16 Thread Danny O'Brien
I've just had a request third-hand from a US satellite reseller who is looking for litigation counsel for a (commercial) dispute in Pakistan. I don't know much about the case, and really my tendrils into Pakistan really only extend to NGOs at this point, so I thought I'd try here. Also, hello ever

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2012-01-17 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:22:50PM +0530, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > What no nice Surströmming? The Russians actually used to have a lightly fermented version of that (Sardinops sagax melanosticta, not actually a herring, and now nearly extinct), and it's delicious!

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2012-01-17 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> What sweet things did you all grow up with? > > I can't be the only one preferring salty/fishy snacks > (e.g. Harðfiskur, though I really don't care for most > of Þorramatur), can I? What no nice Surströmming?

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2012-01-17 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:35:28AM +0800, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > What sweet things did you all grow up with? I can't be the only one preferring salty/fishy snacks (e.g. Harðfiskur, though I really don't care for most of Þorramatur), can I?

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2012-01-16 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: >>>  I avoid it like a bad disease. > > > What's your position on food? Because, you know, 90% of the food in the > world is inedible crap. Sturgeon's Law is everywhere. Heh, I seem to avoid 90% of the food therefore. Some would call me a

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2012-01-16 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
> > I avoid it like a bad disease. >> > What's your position on food? Because, you know, 90% of the food in the world is inedible crap. Sturgeon's Law is everywhere. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

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2012-01-16 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On 16 January 2012 21:48, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > I avoid it like a bad disease. > +1 Not that I don't watch content made for TV. The Wire[1] is one series I was drawn into completely and recently ran through the entire 5 seasons in a week. I feel like visiting Baltimore now. Movies and g

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2012-01-16 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > TV, no. No-TV is the new atheism. I like to watch video content, and would give an arm and a leg to banish cheezburger kitteh videos from the interwebs, but I don't like someone else deciding what I watch. Coke and Pepsi are plotting away rig

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2012-01-16 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 05:05:59PM +0530, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > As Joey Tribbiani would say, "What are all the furniture in your home > pointed at?". On a serious note, I guess that is eminently possible > considering you have three *adult* children. Although I grew up without > TV till I was in

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2012-01-15 Thread Chew Lin Kay
> > > Or got them painted at the local bakery. > The green-yellow alternating squares are inspired by the Battenberg cakes. > > > Now you've done it. Has a hungry. And also a sad--never had those fancy chequered cakes (or cookies even!), and dad would never buy those tiger-skinned swiss rolls from

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2012-01-15 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Or got them painted at the local bakery. The yellow paint manufacturer conspiracy! They have surely funded these shill scientists to piss on the red market.

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2012-01-15 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > > I've grown up with red fire trucks and white + other colours ambulances, > that seeing florescent yellow ones in the UK made me wonder if someone took > highlighter pens to them... > > Or got them painted at the local bakery. The green-yell

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2012-01-15 Thread Chew Lin Kay
Welcome, John! Why is it not red in color? :-) Awesome truck though. >> > > Studies have shown that yellowish-green vehicles are more visible than red > ones. However, most fire departments in the US still use red. For example, > there are six towns on the island of Martha's Vineyard and six fire

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2012-01-14 Thread John R. Sundman
On Jan 14, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: From this and many other things you've said Martha's Vineyard sounds like the erstwhile USA of affluence and the artistic life, must be nice for the community to have many rich residents. Being an island does provide a kind of moat that

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2012-01-14 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:42 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: > My chief hobby is being a volunteer firefighter. I'm a member of the company > of Tisbury 651, an aerial platform ladder truck. Because 651 is such an > awesome  machine, I include here a link to a photo of it: >From this and many other th

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2012-01-14 Thread John R. Sundman
On Jan 14, 2012, at 11:46 AM, ss wrote: On Saturday 14 Jan 2012 8:18:28 pm John R. Sundman wrote: Singer Carly Simon & her ex-husband James Taylor live here; their Ah give her my regards should you meet her. I've met Carly a few times, even been to dinner at her house. One of the constru

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2012-01-14 Thread ss
On Saturday 14 Jan 2012 8:18:28 pm John R. Sundman wrote: > Singer Carly Simon & her ex-husband James Taylor live here; their Ah give her my regards should you meet her. She has a fan from decades ago halfway across the world. That song could only have been sung by a person with some weird ps

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2012-01-14 Thread John R. Sundman
On Jan 14, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 8:18 PM, John R. Sundman wrote: Barak Obama & family vacation here. I hear it's popular with the hunted because it's easy to secure. True? In one sense, yes. The island is about 100 square miles, most of i

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