Re: [silk] FN'sEyeOnFLOSS *** Few hours to midnight... and FOSS.in deadline

2005-10-13 Thread Thaths
On 10/11/05, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IAC, I don't think there's a confirmed list of speakers anywhere. All > I'm hearing is rumors floating around. IAC? I <3 Atul Chitnis? I Am Chacko? I, Anonymous Coward? Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. Yo

Re: [silk] Anyone in Chennai?

2005-10-16 Thread Thaths
On 10/16/05, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Off the top of my head, I can think of only Suresh. Anyone else? :) I am a temporary Chennaiyan. Though, I have prior commitments with family all of Mon and Tue. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove a

[silk] Clay Shirkey to speak at Long Now

2005-10-26 Thread Thaths
one of the most intractable problems of the information age: how to preserve digital information and tools in usable condition beyond ten years. The continuity of civilization is at stake in this matter. "Making Digital Durable: What Time Does to Categories," Thaths -- "Facts are m

[silk] Molecule Walks Like a Human

2005-10-27 Thread Thaths
A molecular "human" to drive the molecular car. http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1166 RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A research team, led by UC Riverside's Ludwig Bartels, is the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. It achieves this by closely mimi

Re: [silk] No Pain! (aka It's All Done With Mirrors)

2005-11-01 Thread Thaths
On 11/1/05, Srini RamaKrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He speaks about it at some length here on mp3 > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/ Correction. He speaks in Real format. You (and Udhay) have the mp3s. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prov

Re: [silk] Hey ;)

2005-11-02 Thread Thaths
ntional. hi5.com has the nasty habit of trawling through the addressbook and spamming everyone on it. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson

[silk] Book Hunting in Britain

2005-11-08 Thread Thaths
I recall having a discussion in silk about some of the memorable bookstores in Britain more than a year ago. http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2129497 From: Jacob Weisberg Subject: My Favorite Bookstore Posted Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at 7:03 AM ET The best bookshop in the world is

Re: [silk] The nigerian spammer music video

2005-11-11 Thread Thaths
On 10/21/05, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://videos.antville.org/stories/1241274/ Update. Its been released. Check out http://www.naijajams.com/i-go-chop-your-dollar Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anythi

[silk] India's Google Print?

2005-11-14 Thread Thaths
l our future generations." Anyone know more information about this project? Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson

[silk] Pop! Goes Pop Music

2005-11-14 Thread Thaths
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051110.wxhits10/BNStory/Business/ Tragically, it's not hip By GRANT ROBERTSON Thursday, November 10, 2005 Posted at 5:30 AM EST >From Thursday's Globe and Mail They know what songs you like, even before you like them. Record labels spend mi

Re: [silk] Austria holds 'Holocaust denier'

2005-11-18 Thread Thaths
compares and contrasts the entirely different ways in which Germany and Japan deals with its WWII past. Thaths [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0753813122/102-4253053-6462500?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use fa

Re: [silk] Austria holds 'Holocaust denier'

2005-11-18 Thread Thaths
probably for the better that the reconcilliation proceeded in this manner. Only only has to look at Zimbabwe to see the effects of more radical ways of dealing with a troubled past. Thaths [1] http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/

Re: [silk] The VERY BIG STUPID

2005-11-19 Thread Thaths
ee and nat-geo-bee children to school, the US has lagged behind in international school-level competitions. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] You thought the current virus/trojan probleam was bad?

2005-11-28 Thread Thaths
that the ET may not be that radically different from you and I. Not all ET are Borg, you know. They are not all marauding Mongol or Chinese hoards. They might have to use their version of smart bombs to minimize collateral damage too. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts

Re: [silk] Fwd: [Reader-list] Fwd: Indian print media:critique

2005-12-04 Thread Thaths
ronounciation of 'basha' is because of the Bengali lack of distinction between the 'v' and the 'b'. In the original Sanskrit, it is 'vasha' or 'vashi', I think. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Fwd: [Reader-list] Fwd: Indian print media:critique

2005-12-05 Thread Thaths
On 12/4/05, Indrajit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wistfully playing with the famous nom-de-plume Bonophool of course, > more than complaining about where I am. Bon O'Phool? Been having a go at the scotch cask, I see. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You co

Re: [silk] Fwd: Friday talk

2005-12-09 Thread Thaths
my time in school ("back in those days...") was an almost uniform inability of teachers, of both genders, to handle the chapters on sex education in class. I really did not mind because by this time I could read the "dirty bits" by myself. Thaths -- "Facts ar

[silk] How planespotters turned into the scourge of the CIA

2005-12-10 Thread Thaths
#include http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1664147,00.html?gusrc=rss Gerard Seenan and Giles Tremlett Saturday December 10, 2005 The Guardian Paul last saw the Gulfstream V about 18 months ago. He comes down to Glasgow airport's planespotters' club most days. He had not seen the

Re: [silk] The New York Times on Indian open source

2005-12-11 Thread Thaths
oft and IBM Watch' newsletter was promoted to be the personal henchman of the Chairman (Jim Barksdale). This friend of mine had a sense of humour. He changed his .sig to say that his title was 'Waylon Smithers'[1]. Thaths [1] You know, the boss bootlick from The Simpsons. Mr. Burn

[silk] Putting predictions to the test

2005-12-11 Thread Thaths
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/051205crbo_books1 EVERYBODY'S AN EXPERT by LOUIS MENAND Putting predictions to the test. Issue of 2005-10-05 Posted 2005-11-28 Prediction is one of the pleasures of life. Conversation would wither without it. "It won't last. She'll dump him in a month."

Re: [silk] [Fwd: [Consumer Voice India] Issues with Consumer Court at Bangalore]

2005-12-13 Thread Thaths
On 12/13/05, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check this out. Unbelievable! I agree. Apparently, Kiran is neither a Kuvempu, not a Shakespeare. If this is his tenuous grasp of the English language, I shudder to imagine his Kannada. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You c

Re: [silk] Dyson and Witten

2005-12-22 Thread Thaths
Me Too. Especially the Freeman Dyson one. Thaths On 12/22/05, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, this is completely in the "fair use" spirit :-) > will it possible for anyone to temporarily share acess to nature? > > curious to read the follo

Re: [silk] Dyson and Witten

2005-12-23 Thread Thaths
Done downloading. Thanks. Thaths On 12/22/05, Sujai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (VERY) temporarily available at > www.ylog.org/unravelling-string-theory.pdf > www.ylog.org/the-death-of-a-star.pdf > > - Sujai > > > Me Too. Especially the Freeman Dyson one. >

Re: [silk] The Big News for 2006

2005-12-23 Thread Thaths
On 12/22/05, Srini RamaKrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Partly in jest, and mostly in all seriousness, what do you predict will > be the big news for the technology world in 2006? The AI inside the Googleplex makes an announcement about its existence. Thaths -- "Facts are

Re: [silk] FOSS.IN

2005-12-23 Thread Thaths
s shock-and-awe approach. It just isn't the right one to foster more Open Source participation, especially in terms of code, from hackers in India. Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] FOSS.IN

2005-12-24 Thread Thaths
On 12/24/05, jaldharvyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Hardcore, technical topics (like Cox's or Welte's talks) tend > > to draw bigger audiences in India because of the perceived > > pote

Re: [silk] FOSS.IN

2005-12-24 Thread Thaths
On 12/24/05, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Manoj, you and I were the only recognizable Indian names in > debian-develop back in those days. And IIRC, none of us were living in > India at that time). I meant "names recognizable as being Indian". Thaths -- "Fa

Re: [silk] The Big News for 2006

2005-12-25 Thread Thaths
On 12/25/05, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many years ago it occured to me that a fully automated state no longer > needs its citizens. Who, my friend, will pay the taxes? Thaths -- "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove any

Re: [silk] canon wide-angle lenses

2005-12-26 Thread Thaths
On 12/26/05, Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've attached a portrait I took of a girl on a boat on Tonle Sap lake. > (It was taken with the good old 50/1.8 lens, though.) Please post a URL when you upload your photos to your album. Thaths -- "Facts are mean

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-27 Thread Thaths
On 12/26/05, Jessica Prabhakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thaths, missed you here. I will take this as an invitation to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at your place the next time I am in Bangalore. :-) I am envious of you guys and your get-together. Thaths -- "Facts are me

[silk] IISc Shoot out

2005-12-28 Thread Thaths
Any Bangalorean silklister have any further information on this? I, personally, think the simputer was a sheer waste after 1.5 years of fame, but I would not have descended to shooting one of the guys behind it. Thaths http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4564892.stm Professor dies in Indian

[silk] Shock, awe and Hobbes have backfired on America's neocons

2005-12-28 Thread Thaths
#include std-guardian-disclaimer.h http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1674184,00.html?gusrc=rss Shock, awe and Hobbes have backfired on America's neocons Iraq has shown the hubris of a geostrategy that welds the philosophy of the Leviathan to military and technological power Richard

[silk] Abu Bangalore?

2006-01-05 Thread Thaths
2. Is this method of interrogation legal? 3. Have you seen any reporting questioning whether pumping suspects with concoctions of drugs is humane? Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or... or an alligator." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Article on the shipbreakers of Alang

2006-01-06 Thread Thaths
ends on the type of photography one is doing. Photojournalism requires quite simple equipment. But, if you are going to be photographing wildlife (say, birds) or sports, you better have a good lens with image stabilization. If you are doing fashion photography, you better have excellent film, backdrop

Re: [silk] Bitter Brew - I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life. By Michael Idov

2006-01-06 Thread Thaths
On 1/6/06, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there an indian equivalent of the essential illegal Ecuadorian > kitchen staff? The Nepalese? Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or... or an alligator." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Raining Extraterrestrial Microbes in Kerala?

2006-01-07 Thread Thaths
On 1/7/06, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rain contaminated > with (terrestrial) organisms are also not exactly rare. Hence, the term 'raining cats and dogs'. :-) Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a

Re: [silk] It's the demography, stupid

2006-01-11 Thread Thaths
. Another interesting Long Now talk was 'The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole' by Bruce Sterling: http://seminars.moose.cc/salt-0200406-sterling/salt-0200406-sterling.mp3 An excellent listen. Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife,

[silk] Bruce Sterling's State of the World chat

2006-01-13 Thread Thaths
http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/CosmoHome Bruce Sterling's annual State of the World chat on well. Nice read. Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or... or an alligator." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Bruce Sterling's State of the World chat

2006-01-13 Thread Thaths
On 1/13/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thaths wrote: [ on 04:22 AM 1/14/2006 ] > >http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/CosmoHome > http://user.well.com/iengaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=262&q=0- D'oh! Pasted from the wrong clipboard

Re: [silk] Abu Bangalore?

2006-01-17 Thread Thaths
On 1/5/06, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IIRC, the guy that was arrested in > the Stamp Paper scam was also subjected to this (aside: whatever > happened to that case? last I heard of it was over a year ago.) This just in: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4620526.s

Re: [silk] Abu Bangalore?

2006-01-17 Thread Thaths
d whether that contract is legit and enforceable. The government gets around this pesky little detail by insisting that the government will only consider the legitimacy of contracts typed up on stamp paper. Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or... or an alligator." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Bruce Sterling's State of the World chat

2006-01-18 Thread Thaths
On 1/18/06, Jon Lebkowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saying hi - and wondering what everyone thought of the interview? It was short. I hope next year's chat is longer. Thaths -- "A gun is not a weapon Marge, it's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoo

Re: [silk] universal values Re: [FoRK] bin Laden offers truce

2006-01-21 Thread Thaths
On 1/21/06, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would offering a commercial (subscription) service which takes > care of the details qualify? > > This is one of services I'm planning to offer. Surely, you wouldn't place a price on Liberty. ;-) Thaths PS:

[silk] Indian history spat hits US

2006-01-25 Thread Thaths
http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1534056 India history spat hits US Educators in California have unleashed debate by revising textbooks. By Scott Baldauf NEW DELHI - In the halls of Sacramento, a special commission is rewriting Indian history: debating whether Aryan invaders conqu

Re: [silk] Indian history spat hits US

2006-01-25 Thread Thaths
ecall a talented female powerlifter who medaled at the > Olympics a few years ago. Karnam Malleswari. > Any more Indian stars/celebrities/athletes visible in mainstream US > media? There is the colleague in Office Space - Samir Nagheenanajar (played by Ajay Naidu). Thaths -- "B

Re: [silk] Indian history spat hits US

2006-01-26 Thread Thaths
On 1/25/06, A. M. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/25/06, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Character of he designer of the robot in the movie, "Short Circuit", > which was made in the mid 80's. There is a Dr. Chandra in Asimov's 2001 Space

Re: [silk] Indian history spat hits US

2006-01-26 Thread Thaths
and provide a quick translation of what is being discussed to the non-Hindi speaker so that they don't feel left out of the conversation. Thaths -- "Bart! With $10,000 we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things... like love." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] Indian history spat hits US

2006-01-26 Thread Thaths
established" knowledge > lacks objectivity I agree that the scientific method needs to be applied to history as well. The evidence for a Aryan migration to India comes from fields as diverse as linguistics, genetics and archeology. What is the evidence for non-migration? Thaths -- "Bart!

[silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

2017-01-21 Thread Thaths
me get things rolling with the following: Spaghetti Western: Sholay Black comedy: Jaane bhi do yaaro What are other exemplars in Indian cinema of various genre? Are there genre ('Space opera', for example) where you can't think of a single Indian movie? Thaths

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

2017-01-21 Thread Thaths
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:08 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Gangster: Nayakan > Gangster: Don Thaths

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

2017-01-21 Thread Thaths
enre would be one of those Gladiator/Roman films (Quo Vadis, Ben Hur). But they don't quite have the comedy thread running through them. Thaths > On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:38 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Gangster: Nayakan > > >

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies (Thaths)

2017-01-21 Thread Thaths
ssify it as a comedy? Thaths

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

2017-01-21 Thread Thaths
There have been a few attempts at sci fi in India (Enthiran, Koi... Mil Gaya, PK). But all of them seem to be set in the present or near future. Are there films set in the medium or distant future? Also, are there films set in locales other than Earth? Thaths On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 3:19 PM

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-22 Thread Thaths
d material (nothing online), learning to make (carpentry, electronics, programming, etc.), being more mindful of how I spend money,... Thaths

Re: [silk] The Need for Guaranteed Basic Income or why Kiran is worried sick

2017-03-28 Thread Thaths
isagree on the low cost part (especially when investing for 20-30 year time horizons). Thaths

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

2017-03-28 Thread Thaths
couple of these Happy Lights: https://www.amazon.com/Verilux-HappyLight-Energy-Lamp-5000/dp/B002Q2H2JC Thaths

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
ut safe and pleasurable sex would lead to copious copulation and unwanted pregnancies. The less said about Bollywood's (and its South Indian cousins') depiction of courtship, finding a partner, consent, sex, maintaining a healthy relationship between two adults, etc., the better. Thaths

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:14 PM Thaths wrote: > On the other the patriarchy tries to keep women suppressed through a > veneration of (women's) virginity, an emphasis of abstinence, rules of > impurity around mensuration, etc. > By which, of course, I mean 'menstruation

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:22 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thaths wrote: > > Welcome to Silklist, Cindy. I first heard you (and of your work) a few > > years ago, IIRC, in Dan Savage's podcast Savage Lovecast. > > > ​Thaths, ​your nam

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:22 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Thaths wrote: > > By which, of course, I mean 'menstruation'. That'll teach me to not trust > > my browser's spell corrections. > ​Yes, I was wondering what your angle

[silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

2017-05-30 Thread Thaths
come across such a book? Thaths

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

2017-06-20 Thread Thaths
This book seems to be the one I am looking for: A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement <https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674187466/> by John Stratton Hawley. Thaths On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:52 PM Thaths wrote: > I am looking for a book that explores the origins of, an

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

2017-06-22 Thread Thaths
ho is an Indian historian and an academic has pointed me at some promising academics. I will update this thread when I read a little on what they have to say. Thaths On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 5:58 PM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Historians and academicians of religion can occasionally be guilty of

Re: [silk] Disposing off film SLRs in Bangalore / Bay Area

2017-06-24 Thread Thaths
all the time. 3. You can sell it to keh.com the next time you are Stateside. Thaths

Re: [silk] Disposing off film SLRs in Bangalore / Bay Area

2017-06-24 Thread Thaths
s. Someone will take them off your hands if you are giving them away. Thaths

Re: [silk] Memory QotD

2017-08-10 Thread Thaths
retrieval speed. But these days, I look at these opportunities as good exercise in not replying with one's gut. Thaths

[silk] Malware encoded in a strand of DNA

2017-08-10 Thread Thaths
that corrupts gene-sequencing software and takes control of the underlying computer" Malware for one platform encoded into code on another platform. Thaths

[silk] What We Get Wrong About Technology

2017-09-09 Thread Thaths
http://timharford.com/2017/08/what-we-get-wrong-about-technology/ Blade Runner (1982) is a magnificent film, but there’s something odd about it. The heroine, Rachael, seems to be a beautiful young woman. In reality, she’s a piece of technology — an organic robot designed by the Tyrell Corporation.

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

2017-09-12 Thread Thaths
vel, but Amitav Ghosh's 'In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale' is good. It includes bits about Judaism in India (and Egypt) and globalization in the ancient world. Thaths

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

2017-09-13 Thread Thaths
gical debate. > +1 to The Rabbi's Cat (graphic novel). Has bits about the Sephardim (or is it Maghrebi) experience. Thaths >

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

2017-09-13 Thread Thaths
On Wed., 13 Sep. 2017, 12:56 pm Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Hm. What’s that stuff they smoke in those parts? Qat? Kif? What is chewed. And is not hallucinogenic. More of a mild upper. Thaths > Whatever > it is the rabbi was on, I’d like some please. It’d be fu

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

2017-09-13 Thread Thaths
On Wed., 13 Sep. 2017, 6:01 pm Aadisht Khanna wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Thaths wrote: > > > On Wed., 13 Sep. 2017, 12:56 pm Suresh Ramasubramanian < > sur...@hserus.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Hm. What’s that stuff they smoke in those pa

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

2017-09-13 Thread Thaths
l going strong. And my Pixel phone (for podcasts, audio books, quickly looking things up on the move). There is also a Mac Mini at home hooked up to my TV on which I watch the occasional Netflix or time shifted TV shows. Thaths

Re: [silk] Tokyo October

2017-09-20 Thread Thaths
ing to a couple of Michelin starred vegetarian friendly restaurants (Daigo, Joel Robuchon, Tudor Tranquility(this one not starred yet)) while I'm there. Thaths

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

2017-09-23 Thread Thaths
st in the world. By comparison, my options for photo processing is very limited on Linux. If I were a gamer, I'd probably go with Windows. If I did more coding day to day, I'd go with Linux. Thaths

Re: [silk] Two history podcasts to top them all

2017-10-15 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 8:21 AM Thaths wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:30 AM Sidin Vadukut > wrote: > >> ​Happy to inform that podcast will resume production in 2017. I will >> hopefully finish a bookproject by then and focus on the podcast and some >> other side pro

Re: [silk] Two history podcasts to top them all

2017-10-16 Thread Thaths
-listed to the old episodes to catch up in the meantime. Thaths > ​ > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:18 AM, Thaths wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 8:21 AM Thaths wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:30 AM Sidin Vadukut >>> wrote: >>> >

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

2017-10-17 Thread Thaths
e organizers? Having never been to a literary festival in India (or anywhere for that matter) I have no useful answers. Thaths

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

2017-11-05 Thread Thaths
arted the move from Flickr to Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/footloosethaths/) for social sharing of my photos. I am still looking for a portfolio hosting solution, but haven't found one that works for me. Smugmug comes highly recommended. Thaths > > > > > On Sun, Nov 5,

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

2017-11-05 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 4:04 PM gabin kattukaran wrote: >Which are the ones you have tried? As a consumer, I have found > 500px nice. Haven't tried posting there though. I find Instagram a tad > too restricting ( https://instagram.com/cyntalist ) Also, their move > away from chronological feed

Re: [silk] PickleJar - Indian Free Stock Photos (Re: Ashim - An Introduction)

2017-11-07 Thread Thaths
nything you can share about who used it and how (apart from seeing a good photo every day)? Thaths > > What say? > > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 4:15 AM, Ashim D'Silva > wrote: > > > Thanks, glad you liked it, and we’re definitely happy to kick it back off > > if

Re: [silk] When was the last time you changed your opinion on something?

2017-11-14 Thread Thaths
m as a voice in the conversation. He is asking important questions about the Democrats that are often swept under the carpet when faces with the catastrophe that is Trump. Thaths

Re: [silk] When was the last time you changed your opinion on something?

2017-11-15 Thread Thaths
and you have changed your mind about this (i.e., no longer being interested in EVERYTHING Indian, but picking and choosing)? Thaths > - motivation = recognition; the lack of recognition is only sad if you > think about it and such an outcome is not necessary > > I still believe in Sn

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

2017-11-16 Thread Thaths
> > Some of you have known me after transition. > > For the others, > I am Nadika. > Nice to meet you again, Nadika! Welcome back to Silklist. Thaths

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

2018-01-10 Thread Thaths
I follow a handful of people who fall under the Rockefeller Republican, Economist and Financial Times subscriber umbrellas. Offline: I find it much easier (than online) to talk to, and even exchange views with people from other parts of the political landscape. Thaths

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

2018-01-11 Thread Thaths
ly scraped by Hindi. English, on the other hand, was a subject I loved. In high school it annoyed me terribly that my teachers - mostly good, kind, intelligent ones - insisted that a poem could have only one meaning. As if the Solitary Reaper could only mean what the state sanctioned curriculum said it meant. Thaths

Re: [silk] in the eye of the beholder

2018-04-14 Thread Thaths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGRHOpMRUg Thaths [1] Can't believe I remembered a thread more than a decade old.

Re: [silk] The Gap Instinct ~ Hans Rosling

2018-04-23 Thread Thaths
e of his famous talks. Thaths

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2016

2018-06-06 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 2:47 PM Thaths wrote: > 4. Kenya: A Natural History <https://www.amazon.com/dp/1408134713/>, Steve > Spawls and Glenn Mathews; > ... > I wish somebody would write an equivalent book about the natural history > of India. > Apparently somebody did

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

2018-08-19 Thread Thaths
do we no longer use? One thing that comes to mind for me is using card catalogues in libraries. Thaths > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:26 AM Lakshmi Pratury > wrote: > > > Four numbers for me - my husband, my son, my driver and my sister > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

2018-08-19 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:43 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:09 AM Thaths wrote: > > Speaking of skills obsoleted by technology... what other skills do we no > > longer use? > > > > Gently twirling a tuning knob to capture a vestigial shortwav

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

2018-08-20 Thread Thaths
er store! > > - understanding one's computer from transistor up (I have read there > were such people, really) > This is definitely possible to achieve today. See https://www.nand2tetris.org/ for example. At one time I knew how things worked from transistors up to the Assembly level abstraction. Thaths

Re: [silk] Chickpea Recipes, was: How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Thaths
My favorite things to do with Chickpeas: 1. Chole Masala (lots of recipes online) 2. Sundal (a type of salad that could be eaten by itself as a snack or with chapati/rice). My family recipe: 1 cup of chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked till just tender (or one can, drained and washed) 1 inch o

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Thaths
r takes anywhere from 10-60 minutes. On average, I'd say 60 mins/day. Thaths

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

2018-09-23 Thread Thaths
came here to post that Andy Zaltzman is doing a tour in India soon. Some of you might want to watch him live. See *https://twitter.com/ZaltzCricket/status/1043895759031144450 <https://twitter.com/ZaltzCricket/status/1043895759031144450>* Thaths

Re: [silk] Organizing files/ folders on one's laptop

2018-10-23 Thread Thaths
at. My cloud storage costs me approx. $2/month. Thaths

[silk] In Defense of Puns

2018-12-10 Thread Thaths
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/11/15/in-defense-of-puns/ Once upon a time—in 382 C.E., to be exact—Eve bit into an apple. Seeing it was good, she offered the apple to Adam, and he also took a bite. Whereupon Adam and Eve’s eyes were opened, and they realized they were naked. Ashamed at

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-02 Thread Thaths
think it is mostly used by us old fogies. Thaths > > All the very best for the new year and the next 28 years, y'all. > > ~peter > -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!

Re: [silk] it may not be well-done; is it becoming rare?

2019-01-03 Thread Thaths
, marked up photos/images), and through the sharing of meme images/animations. One mixed (textual and non-textual) medium popular in many parts of the world (and with many parallels to emails/mailing lists) seems to be WhatsApp and similar messaging apps. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job

Re: [silk] it may not be well-done; is it becoming rare?

2019-01-04 Thread Thaths
ting them in-memory to form coherent sentences and writing them down. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!

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