Mukund Srinivasan
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@msriniva
Work ➪ CBO, GTM➢R Strategy as President @IttiamSystems America. BLR-SFO-YUL-BOS ✈. Live ➪ Focused Intensity. ☯ Life ➪ CArnatic, Leadership, Math → CALM All-in.
Ever wondered why a dosa turns out perfectly crispy on the outside and soft inside? The secret goes far beyond culinary instinct driven by physics. In an authored article for @dt_next @iitmadras, Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula unpacks the science behind this everyday magic. The familiar practice of sprinkling water on a hot pan before pouring the batter is actually a test rooted in the Leidenfrost Effect—a phenomenon formally identified in 18th-century Germany but intuitively mastered in Indian kitchens for generations. When the tawa isn’t hot enough, water just sits and evaporates slowly. But at the ideal temperature, droplets glide and “dance” across the surface, floating on a thin vapour layer. This same effect prevents dosa batter from sticking, allowing it to spread evenly and crisp up beautifully at the edges. So the next time you hear that sizzle, remember: making the perfect dosa is not just tradition—it’s a brilliant interplay of temperature, vapour, and technique. #Physics #IITMadras #LeidenfrostEffect
Yesterday I noticed the office printer was working perfectly, which raised my suspicion immediately. I checked the logs and saw someone had cleared a paper jam at 3:12 p.m. No ticket, no Slack, no communication. Just silent action. I asked the office if anyone had fixed it. Everyone looked confused except one employee, who stared at his laptop a little too hard. I pulled him aside afterward. He admitted he unjammed it because “it was right there” and “took five seconds.” I told him unilateral problem-solving disrupts our culture of collaboration and that he needed to go through the right channels if he wanted to take on a new project outside of his job description. He said he didn’t realize fixing things was a chain-of-command issue. I told him everything is a chain-of-command issue. I wrote down “rogue operational autonomy” and locked the printer tray.
#AirIndia just sold a #Boeing737 it didn’t even know it owned, all due to a quirky paperwork lapse that left the jet forgotten in Kolkata since 2012. @madeehamedia with more on the aircraft that fell through the racks at Air India. cnbctv18.com/business/aviat…
I just dumped the latest NVIDIA 10-Q earnings report, released an hour ago, into Agentic Document Extraction, and the results are really accurate! Left side of the image shows the original PDF; right side shows the extracted info, including e.g. the $57.01B revenue in the most recent quarter. This is powered by the DPT (document pre-trained transformer) model. Check it out!
This man is an unstoppable force of nature. What I’ve admired about him for decades is not just his obsession for development but his desire to always be innovative in his policies. He raises the bar for himself and for everyone around him. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
A mathematician explains why the number 6174 is unique.
