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“All his life he drove a four-door family sedan but when motorcyclists roared past him on his left, he felt that life had passed him by as well.” Happy people focus on "eulogy virtues" rather than "résumé virtues"

Imagine Temüjin hearing these words of Gorakhnath, and nodding

new blog post up on why you don't get credit for extracurricular helpfulness at work unless your core responsibilities are taken care of first.

One of the most remarkable events in my life has been India surpassing the United States in some dimensions of state capacity.

Arguably the flip began back in the 2010s, when India shipped IndiaStack while the US fumbled . But it’s more obvious now.

@Chris_arnade Here's your truck, Chris:

I think I need to update this with a version specifically about data infra. Most organizations outside of what you read on Medium are still about 3 years away from getting permission to run Airflow.

In a First, India to Foray into Cargo Container Manufacturing to Steer Clear of Chinese Dependence: Report

@1coolaka @sidhant Tibetan refugees living in India have the same level of access to welfare schemes as any Indian citizen. They can even vote in elections . These chamges were made in 2014

This YouTube channel is such a treasure. The audio quality of these interviews is so pristine. Here is a delightful interview with Rajkumar from 1971.

This map is more interesting than I first thought. It’s a minimalist take on the US and shows a simplified average colour pattern across the nation based on satellite images. Source:

Much like the iPad recovered the use of pointy finger to write & create, after a short detour through keyboards and mice, @joinClubhouse and similar social apps might restore a most human characteristic - voice, to the digital world.

@sagar__dubey It was a strong dichotomy when lots of the world was illiterate. & you can see echoes of it now. But it's not quite what you're describing here.

This is a pretty good recent review of the idea, its history, how it might still possibly apply somewhere:

Freeman Dyson wrote and enthusiastically recorded this thought-provoking piece on six pioneering figures of evolution. At the age of 95. Using GarageBand. Read it, or better still, listen to it for an hour.

They must be kidding. Did they forget about the congested roads, the traffic, the air and all the trash?

So why is Europe stagnating economically? Also an interesting @adam_tooze piece (). After Covid, eurozone:

• GDP down 7.6% (compare -3.5% US)
• investment down 10%, esp in S Europe (compare -1.7% US)
• stimulus, inflation running low too

Good read, and all the best to @SumanaSiliguri

Use the archive link to read

(the original is behind a registration-wall)

My antidote to the modern startup / co-working space...

HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26325425

Local PDF uses Webassembly to edit your PDFs inside your Browser. Your files won't leave your System, they will not be sent to another server

Mar/2021 -- "Currently, we support merging PDFs. You can combine multiple PDF files into one large File."

@flueke @yogye @lorca1973 @audowla @BrankoMilan

Spare me your anecdata. Americans have among the lowest fraction of nationals living overseas, beaten only by China. If you think there are lots of American expats abroad (compared to say Kiwis, Brits, or French), you haven't traveled much.

Chinese depiction of foreign envoys. "Entrance of the Foreign Visitors of Emperor Yuan of Liang" (梁元帝番客入朝圖), Southern Tang variant by Gu Deqian (顧德謙) 10th century.

@dhruvabatni they already recognize it:

Steal my look

My interview with @Austen of @LambdaSchool on social mobility and education.

Austen is building a class escalator via income-sharing schooling, and has some choice words on both that and the traditional channels for class mobility, universities.

Gadara (Umm Qais) in #Jordan is an ancient Hellenistic city founded by the Ptolemies. Under Roman rule, it became one of the semi-autonomous cities of the Decapolis and prospered in the 2nd century AD with large-scale public building works.
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today @joinClubhouse i cited East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute as a way to understand china's premodern influences on greater power relations. @RichardHanania may have a better rec

He Came From Thailand to Care For Family. Then Came a Brutal Attack. i think a lot of asian americans (of all groups) are galvanized cuz this sort of act has been happening for decades. we heard about in the 80s when NYC had a lot of crime

This image of “THE AMERICAN RIVER GANGES” – 30 SEPTEMBER, 1871 from Harper's weekly

is the best example of that fear mongering.

Hanna Adams:

An interesting work about #HindooHistory -- Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893 by Michael Altman

Cast of characters: Claudius Buchanan

A scottish missionary who presented Hinduism through "Juggernaut". Perhaps the single most person responsible for the lurid images that continued to be painted. Example: "Temple of Doom".

Did you know #SubdomainInfringement is just as dangerous and destructive to a brand and its security posture as infringing parent domains? Find out why subdomain infringement detection is critical for any security program, and how to get started today:

@Vidhuvyala The paper here goes one further than the above, with an article saying that "patākā hasta" is a "Sanskrit replacement" for "dhvaja mudrā". What language "dhvaja mudrā" is, is a mystery the author is silent about.🤦🏿‍♂️

CC: @hamsanandi, @veejaysai

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Came across this recital today and thought to myself, how much better Hindustani music sounds with the absence of a harmonium drowning everything out.

On this note (pun intended), the harmonium was also formerly banned on All India Radio for 3+ decades.

A quick overview of #ergodicity, using plain language and down-to-earth examples.

A talk on Saturday the 13th of March.
Attendance is free but registration is mandatory:

@VikHasya @hmvprasanna @hamsanandi @bharathceegee illi odi:

@karatalaamalaka IIRC the entire ಸೂಪಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ is available online on , if you want to try pre-capsicum recipes. Some very strange recipes however (ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ ಪಾಯಸ etc).

Panel fragment with the god Shiva/Oesho #metmuseum #themet

The PLI that is not grabbing attention that it should: delinking Indian pharma companies from Chinese API must be made a strategic priority.
Covid has elevated India’s position as the “pharmacy of the world” to new levels. Time to capitalize on that.

Sad. Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores.

YOU WORK FOR A SLAVE STATE!!!!

2. And the minute someone defines herself or himself as a "bitcoiner" like a national identity it becomes an irreversible ideological committment not an investment strategy.

Actually it is a religion. You "belong" to a group of amoebas.

The case for student debt relief is getting weaker by @mattyglesias i have lots of friends & family who would benefit from debt relief. but it is regressive in the end. the higher ed system we have is kind of borked. make it dischargeable from now on

Former Patagonia CEO references the 4 stages of life in the Vedas to explain why she left the company.

Looking forward to future CEO announcements where "left to spend more time with my family" is replaced with "entered forest to commit austerities".