Rahul

My dad (Richard Feynman) had a side hustle doing industrial consulting. He'd spend a few hours visiting a company, talking to the engineers, looking at stuff, and then maybe have a good suggestion. Sometimes he would bring his son along. I only recall one of his suggestions, but it made the company he was consulting for way better off, so I guess his exorbitant consulting fees were worth it. We could have been wealthier if he had done it systematically, but he didn't want to be organized about looking for jobs, so it just happened when someone asked.

@serioustaurean @newstart_2024 So cholesterol plaque is different from calcium/ inflammation caused hardening? What tests would you recommend for post 40?

Overall, the intent for prevention is ok, but there are too many “leaps” here. I wish he was a wee bit less passionate & more based on scientific evidence. Atherosclerosis is almost always cholesterol plaque buildup in arteries. Hardening of arteries is arteriosclerosis. 30 is too early for CAC. A Scandinavian study has shown that even after 40 years, 14% of zero CAC persons has cholesterol plaques. To conflate all depression to “inflammation” is a stretch.

Dr. Pradip Jamnadas (cardiologist): Inflammation silently drives coronary artery disease—the #1 killer. You don't feel it like a pimple... but it shows up as mental fog, depression, memory issues, sleep problems, or just "not optimal." To screen yourself right now (age 30+): 1. Coronary Calcium Score — zero = you're in a great spot (no plaque). Any score means atherosclerosis; see a prevention-focused cardiologist. 2. Inflammatory Panel (Cleveland HeartLab style) — check CRP, IL-6, TNF, small dense LDL, oxidized particles, HbA1c, etc. Depression? Often inflammation in the brain—not just psychological. Fix diet/inflammation, and many see it lift. This 2:56 clip is a wake-up: Don't wait for symptoms. Get these tests. Have you done a calcium score or inflammation panel? What surprised you most?

Redheads require about 20% more anesthesia than people with other hair colors. Scientists are unsure why anesthesia, both general and local, is less effective for redheads, but it may be linked to the MC1R gene mutation that causes hair to be red.

@Arunaurs You learn something everyday. Btw, do you have a distillery tour? Would love to visit.

@RahulVenkat Payment from state beverages corp to supplying distilleries.

There are somethings Govt of Karnataka has gotten right to be the No.1 state in alcobev.

I'm starting a campaign to bring South Bangalore's parks to their glory and I need your support. For the uninitiated, until a month ago all BBMP parks were officially* supposed to be open from 5 am to 10 pm. Then, the newly formed Bengaluru South City Corporation changed the timings for parks under its jurisdiction to 5 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 8 pm. This is a disaster. Literally one step forward and two steps backwards. I am sick and tired of living in this city without having any say in how it functions. We cannot constantly be taken for granted. Why should you care even if you don't live in South Bangalore? If people don't speak out against this, it is only a matter of time that all corporations make moves to limit the timings again. This is what I'm going to do - Begin a letter campaign. Write a letter to two people: the GBA commissioner (@GBAChiefComm) and, the Bengaluru South commissioner. Let them know that there is demand. Until now, it is only the uncles who are a noisy minority and get the rules changed to their whims. But not anymore. We need people to speak up. 100s of letters to them is bound to get attention. I am sharing the letter that I'm sending below, along with guidance at the bottom of how you can join this letter campaign. -- To, SRI MAHESHWAR RAO, CHIEF COMMISSIONER - GBA Shri Ramesh K.N, IAS, Bengaluru South City Corporation Commissioner Subject - Park timings in South Bengaluru and the rest of the city Dear commissioners, Last month in December, the newly formed Bengaluru South Corporation reverted something that most residents loved. Public parks being open during the day until late evening. The timings, which were 5 am to 10 pm, were revised to 5 am to 11 am in the morning and 4 pm to 8 pm in the evenings. I have some questions for you, and some requests. In each of these situations, please tell me what must a citizen do. - Software engineer, works from 9 am to 6 pm. Gets back home at 7 pm. Gets done with housework at 8 pm. Needs a quiet stroll in the park. - Couple with young kids. Want to enjoy the amazing Bengaluru weather on a weekend with kids. It’s 11 am on a Sunday morning. Parks are closed. - Househelp. Works a morning shift till 11 am and afternoon shift from 2 pm. Stays 10 km away from work. Needs to wait 2 hours somewhere. Empty park opposite the apartments she works at is closed. - Office employee. Likes a post-lunch walk to help with thinking. 2 pm on a Wednesday, empty park opp. office. Can’t visit because it's closed. - Uber driver. Works an 8 am to 8 pm shift. Takes 30 minutes off during the afternoon. Wants some quiet time after lunch. Parks his car opposite a beautiful park and sits in the car. Can’t sit in the park. It’s closed. - College students. Going on a first date. Don’t have money. Beautiful park 100m from where they stay. But it’s 8 pm and they will have to meet at a cafe and spend ₹500 at a cafe instead. The examples above are real examples of real tax-paying citizens who face the brunt of not having open access to their open spaces, everyday. With the new park timings, the parks in South Bengaluru are open for a mere 6 hours during the morning and 4 hours in the evening. These are timings suited to just one section of society — uncles who like their morning walk at 6 am, and evening walks before 8 pm (which is their bed time). However, I want to bring to your notice that Bengaluru does not just comprise this bland set of people. Bengaluru comprises colourful people who have different aspirations, different work timings, different preferences, different things they want to do at the park. Some want to walk, others want to sit and talk. Some want to use the open gyms, others want their children to play on the slides. ALL of these are valid reasons to go to the park, and it is the city corporations’ duty to support each of these in public parks. With this in mind, here are my (our) requests to both GBA and the Bengaluru South Corporation. They’re quite simple. Go back to the previous park timings of 5 am to 10 pm. Change the timings on the boards of the parks, otherwise guards are enforcing incorrect timings. Make sure these timings apply to all GBA parks, including lake parks. (IMAGINE shutting access to a pathway at a lake at 10 am. Who is making these rules?) Please remember, that public spaces have to be public. Otherwise they are mere showpieces. In closing, I want to share perspectives that people have shared online. These reflect the pain of the public not being allowed into their own spaces. Thank you, -- What can you do to help? 1. This is the doc link to the letter above, you can use print and use the same docs.google.com/document/d/1sm… 2. Send two letters by Speed Post (will cost max ₹100-150 Addresses: SRI MAHESHWAR RAO, CHIEF COMMISSIONER - GBA Hudson Circle, N.R.Square, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560002, Shri Ramesh K.N, IAS, Bengaluru South City Corporation Commissioner SOUTH CITY CORPORATION 9th Main Road, 9th Cross Road, 2nd Stage, Jayanagar, Bengaluru – 560011 3. Ask your friends to do this, RT, spread the word. I'm also creating a WA group where we can post pics of the letters and ensure we have enough strength. Link in the reply. * implementation was lax, and until people complained the guards did not comply. But that's a different problem.

Currently having my mind blown by the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum. @MuseumEgyptian

@rajbhagatt Any recommendations of books / tools for kids to get better with topology? Digital or otherwise?

Today is Geographic Information Systems day #GISDay Over time I learnt that it is unfair to expect everyone to be tech savy. So I began working with printed maps, tracing sheets & other physical ways that would allow better experience for decision makers thecityfix.com/blog/tangible-…

@lkatheeq @kiranb4545 Governance at its best!

Following this comment by @kiranb4545 I had a meeting with him & other landowners from his village. Have directed the SLAO to go to the field and verify why the surveyor has said the alignment has shifted. We discussed various issues with the farmers. All of them pushed me to start the project at the earliest.

@ganeshsonawane The only correct answer is - depends how long you’ve been married

how many of you know the difference between a blanket, comforter, quilt and a duvet?

@ItsAllDandy_ @PragyanM Is the venue, a hospital?

Okay so Bangalore Fountain Pen show is happening again. Starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. Please please attend this if you can. It was really cool last year.

@joshwoodward @GeminiApp It just says register interest and we’ll get back to you in a few days - not the launch I expected

It's 4:43am PT on a Thursday, and it's launch time on @GeminiApp! So excited and thankful for our partnership with Reliance - we've just start rolling out FREE Google AI Pro plans across India for eligible Jio customers! (total value ₹35,100) Grab it in the MyJio app or here: jio.com/google-gemini-…

@okaythenfuture Yup, definitely over. A colleague in Nokia who moved to China for 5 years was paid double salary - since wife had to quit her job and move too. Apart from all the perks, the family got return tickets to visit home every year.

Was discussing this with a friend the other day but the Golden Age of Expats is indeed over. Back in the 90s/2000s, an expat from the West would be hired with full housing provided and paid for, tuition fees for the kid at posh international schools, maids provided. I’m talking even middle management hires, from Dubai to Tokyo, this was the status quo. This doesn’t happen anymore even for C suite hires, those kind of benefits packages available are long gone. This is a generational change given there are far more qualified local talent these days and also given just how inflation has increased even in most developing countries. These days, the only foreigners who get this kind of treatment are entrepreneurs who get it a state level from governments desiring FDI. Imagine being an adult Westerner in the 1990s/2000s and not taking advantage of this era? Just insanity

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