Sriram Ramachandrasekaran

Powerful people/societies/entities/nations without the necessary balance cause havoc. Time and again, we see this and yet we invest so less time in building our own balance. Balance is not cool, sexy, visible, but, it's fundamental.

I was doing some computer file clean up recently and came across this picture of Gobind Khorana. I took it when I was in Cambridge, MA for a meeting and, as I did most times when I visited Boston, I made a point of stopping and spending time with Gobind. This was taken outside an assisted living center where he resided. For those who might not know who he was, his research at Univ Wisconsin & MIT led him to discover the Rosetta Stone of Life, the three nucleotide to one amino acid genetic code. That discovery made him the first Indian-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize. I got to his lab at MIT as he was moving from the world of RNA/DNA to membranes and photon processing. We did some foundational work using carbene precursors to generate covalent protein-membrane couplings via laser photolysis. During his peak three decades of research he published a paper every 11 days. He invented ALL of the chemistry that made DNA/RNA synthesis possible...and never patented a thing. My favorite times in his lab were the early Saturday mornings when his phone wasn't ringing, there were few of us working, and we could just talk about science, life, etc. He was the gentlest man I have ever known. RIP Gobind (1922-2011)

@kishorelive I hope it was some joke as well. At the end people make decisions. We are rather easily tricked by ego and fear.

I read this multiple times in utter disbelief.

@nitya Incredible.

@kvlly Hey, we did that thing in the checklist.

What's even the point of release notes when they look like this

@copyconstruct This!

One of the pleasures of visiting Europe (or any other part of the world), is that you get water at normal temperature. Seriously, if you didn’t grow up with iced water being the default, you never get used to it. Even after 12 years in the U.S., I’m still like “water, no ice”

@manojlds I did a few years ago. But, nothing much now.

@brewkode *have

If you are a programmer, do yourself a favor and learn and play with Rust. It will make you a better programmer even if you don't use it for your day job (and don't have to). #Rust

@manojlds Got it, thank you for clarifying.

@brewkode ..like C# and Python, while for someone doing C/C++ it will be a completely different experience.

@nidhiikala Apart from alternatives suggested, a sustainable way would be to keep reducing your "added sugar" needs gradually as opposed to going from 100 to 0.

People who have a sweet tooth and have cut down on sugar, how do you do it? I neeeeed tipsss! P.S. I'm a tea lover (I only enjoy milk tea and not green and black tea🥲), and tea without sugar is a disaster for me!

@rakyll Oh and congratulations 🎉 looking forward to all the changes you and the team make.

Next Monday, I’m joining Google as a Principal Engineer to work in the intersection of LLMs and developer/researcher platforms and tools. There are large gaps at every layer, from prototyping to building production services. While we train and explore models, we are not doing enough for infrastructure and tooling.

@rakyll Are there opportunities for mid-senior eng roles in your team ? I am eager to explore if there's any.

Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc The PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:

I would like to talk to someone on the @AnthropicAI engineering team in Seattle, area. Please RT for reach.

Even a paper ballot process has risk of being attacked by humans and AI. So, making EVM specific claims like this is pointless.

@Kartikayb77 This is reasonable but a myopic view of time and money. It's only useful when you want to decide on non-core things.. and what is non-core to each is different. So, ymmv. This is what has taken us to a place where we pay money to go sit in a place for some quiet time!

This framework of looking at money is very valuable

@paraschopra There's some truth to this, but, there's a difference between "not having enough to eat" and undernourished are typically calculated and looked into. I don't have data handy, but, undernourished is what it means. Food on the plate != Nourishment.

Wow! India has failed 200mn of its citizens.

@meerasndr @Sonic_Pi Great to see this! Good luck and hope you have fun!

Performing at Algorave India's month of mayhem, with some amazing folks. I will be livecoding with @Sonic_Pi and playing violin. Human-computer jugalbandi anyone? #evarogla

@GaneshPrashanti @shrayasr Thank you, I shall.

@brewkode @shrayasr Hi! We can definitely figure something out. Do send me an email to prashanti.ganesh@gmail.com

Any recommendations for personal strength trainers for elders (>60) in #chennai near RA puram/Alwarpet area?

This is Mike Fremont. He's a 102 year old runner who holds multiple age related world records in the marathon, half marathon & canoeing. He's also beat cancer while curing his arthritis using his diet. Here are his secrets to longevity:

@shrayasr @GaneshPrashanti Thank you.

@brewkode I know @GaneshPrashanti is awesome. But, they are based in Royapettah and I don't know if Strength System does PT. So maybe she can pitch in :)