Kedar Patil

@kshashi The overall "vowel shape" of the word is similar. However, the consonant(?) sound in "r" breaks the illusion for me, perhaps to a greater degree than your perception of it. Caveat: I don't know Japanese. I just tried a few different videos. Interesting TIL rabbit hole anyways.

@patilkedar It sounds close enough. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJmoUB…

माझं नाव जापनीज आहे हे मला आज कळलं.

@kshashi If you enjoy etymological trivia then try the Words Unravelled series by Rob and Jess. youtu.be/vrZwAuQ6X0c Each episode is a different rabbit hole. If you don't like this specific one, try other episodes till you find something to your taste.

Niche trivia

@amitvarma @JanhaviNilekani "everybody who is still listening, thank you" You're welcome @JanhaviNilekani, but the pleasure is all mine. It was worth every minute spent. Thank YOU! BTW, there exist people who listen to long episodes because we don't have time for the short ones. (h/t & apology to Pascal)

She is a thinker & doer who takes on difficult problems, whether it’s maternal care in India or a dangerous ideological cult. @JanhaviNilekani joins me in ep 439 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about healthcare — & her gender-critical thinking: seenunseen.in/episodes/2026/…

@kshashi Poor it is, indeed. My reflexes are trained by years of using horrible UIs for sharing content. My family has a throwaway group to clean up important stuff before sending to the final recipient. I still end up sending junk by mistake. It's a losing battle, but I try. /shrug

@patilkedar I sent it by reflex action and then realized the added text later. Quite poor experience.

Gpay now adds this slop when you share the payment screenshot.

@kshashi @heytal @neeran I can see your post when it is a standalone post in my timeline view. I don't see it when it is the topmost post in a thread (e.g. when I am viewing a post directly replying to your post). This is on Android.

@heytal @neeran Odd. Sometimes, there is a transient issue. Do you see my original post now?

@neeran @kshashi I am able to edit/delete the caption before pressing send in the WhatsApp window, by tapping on the caption text first.

@kshashi If this is a recent addition, then they’re “inspired” by Paytm, which started doing this a few months ago… And there’s no way for us to edit/delete it when we share the message on WhatsApp or whatever.

@docbhooshan @kishandelampady Please do. Looking forward to reading it.

@kishandelampady Second part (attached detachment) is more complex. Must write a thread about it.

Working with children never gets boring. Since 2000, i see kids from a local orphanage if they have any behaviour/development issues. I see those kids mostly in my clinic playroom (they are all under 6 yr of age). One kid, supposedly a chatterbox and seriously mischievous boy was brought to the clinic. For 3 sessions, i could not get anything done with him. No talk, no play, only intense eye contact. Finally i decided to visit the orphanage and meet him there. And what a great break it turned out to be. He did not know about my visit. I watched him playing in a group of kids in a large space. After a few minutes he noticed me and came running to me. Hugged my leg and hung on to my hand like his life depended on it. I do not pick up kids. I sit down or offer them a finger to hold and lead me. He took my finger and led me to the group. Introduced me to his playmates - हे माझे सर आहेत. (This is my sir/doctor) with huge emphasis on "my". Then he led me to the counselling room, showed me a chair to sit and water bottle. And climbed on to the table with unceasing smile on his face. We had a long chat about everything under the sun and i got all the information i needed. This is seriously important issue. Children need comfortable, trustworthy and sometimes familiar environments to feel ready to engage. No hospitals in India get this. They throw in some slides and Mickey mouse cartoons on the wall and believe that this should do the trick. Any demand about creating a space that makes a child feel welcome and safe is denied by hospitals. (Child psychiatry does not satisfy MBA brains' per hour per sq ft revenue model). In my clinic, i have all of this and still there is always a kid that will trump it all. And need extra something to feel ready to interact. Fortunately, this orphanage is in the premises of a teaching hospital where few weeks ago i got appointment as visiting Child Psychiatrist. So now i will meet all their kids on their home turf every week. I already have a goodwill ambassador there now who will make sure that other kids also trust me early on. A 3 yr old teacher and goodwill ambassador. Joys of working with kids. :)

@docbhooshan फारा दिवसांनी "आतबट्ट्याचा धंदा" हा वाक्प्रचार चपखल वापरलेला ऐकायला मिळाला. व्हिडिओ पाहून आणि ऐकून, या मूलभूत गोष्टी सुद्धा आता लोकांना वेगळ्या सांगाव्या लागतील असं तुम्हाला वाटलं, यावरून परिस्थिती किती वाईट झालेली असावी अशी तीव्र जाणीव मला झाली.

सूचना देणे हा पालकांचा अधिकार आहे. नाहीतर काही महत्वाच्या गोष्टी मुलांपर्यंत पोहोचणारच नाही. पण प्रत्येक औषध हे योग्य प्रमाणात आणि योग्य वेळेस घ्यावे लागते त्याप्रमाणे सूचनांचे काही नियम असतात. त्याबद्दल हा व्हिडिओ आहे. youtu.be/XjFnxnYGv5A?si…

@SMahashur @kshashi कहाँ जा रहा है अंखियों को मींचे माइकल की साइकल के आयेगा नीचे :-)) I thought I was the only crazy one to remember such lyrics and (re)use them in daily speech. But also, "chalti hai kya nau se bara" was sung so well by Abhijeet. You realize when others try to do it.

@kshashi Yes but fun lyrics too. तू आगे आगे मैं पीछे पीछे हो चुम्वक की तरह मुझको तू खींचे is so hilarious!!!!

Salman Khan got such crazy cool songs in 90s Oonchi hai building Chalti hai kya 9 se 12 Tumko jo dekhte hi pyar hua

@docbhooshan Glad to meet a fellow admirer of these beautiful machines. I am yet to meet an Indian (outside of my family) who remembers the copier I mentioned. I saw it in use in Mumbai (Bombay at the time) so other metros must have had it too. Hopefully someone will chime in.

@patilkedar Yes. I have used that special typewriter paper and cyclostyle machine.

I have used one of these. There was a printing shop in the wada that i grew up in. I spent countless afternoons helping him arrange the printblocks, proofread, print on these machines and cut the paper. Great fun. Removing printed paper with one hand and placing a blank on perfectly in its place with other hand is the greatest kick.

@madmanweb I concur. Also BLDC motors can have many more than 5 speed levels. For simplicity Atomberg has sacrificed the utility. I have an Atomberg wall fan. My son built a DIY controller board for it. Now we have up/down and 200+ speed levels. Voids warranty but elevates the product.

So then I have to try playing a guessing game and press multiple speed buttons to get there by trial and error. Two fixes for this: * Up and down buttons on remote * keep speed LED display permanently active on fan. (Currently it only comes on briefly when you set the speed)

Atomberg fans and remote controls have one annoying UI issue: there's no way to tell what speed the fan is running at if you randomly walk into a room. We have them in our Delhi home and sometimes I'll think "I need to turn the fan down". But I don't know the current speed. (1/2)

@NGKabra @kshashi I am curious why you think that, while also being a non-novice AI user. AI is bringing fundamental changes in how people work on everything. Currently we see the effects on engineering workflows more readily. What properties of pure science workflows makes them "immune" to AI?

@kshashi I did not intend to be very specific here (any *specific* prediction would be irresponsible). I just meant that fields like Engineering/MBA are going to change drastically in unpredictable ways while pure science will not change as drastically.

Recommended... If I had to make a prediction of which current fields of higher studies will survive the AI disruption unscathed, I would put pure sciences in that list. And IISERs are the best undergraduate institutions for that in India today

@kshashi Ackshually, it is zero hundred million as displayed, the first zero being the leading digit followed by eight zeros. Your credit limit is still zero. Same same but different.

My credit card limit is now billion. Zero billion.

@kshashi Revisiting this thread to note that I am very happy with the new domain names. Very convenient for me to type, as I had expected. Google search seems to have caught up too.

@patilkedar Most will search for bankname on Google and visit the first link. This is surprisingly secure practice. Change in name opens doors for scammers to spoof some names.

How does a new Top-Level Domain name make online banking safer, especially when a large fraction of consumer banking happens on apps, where TLD is irrelevant? While benefits are unclear, rollout will definitely result in a huge disruption, internally as well as the consumers.

@NGKabra 🙋 My family of three belongs to the (presumably very tiny) group that likes airline food experience. We would gladly pay for simple meals at such restaurants if they have (window) seats, seat trays, food trays, and aisle cart service exactly like an airline. I'm not kidding.

All those who are reminded of delicious food and a great dining experience when they see the interior of an aircraft, raise their hands 🙄

@kshashi I have that plan. It is not one of their regular plans that anyone can buy. They offer it only to some accounts, based on an unknown criteria.

TIL, Dropbox offers a plan ("Basic Extra") with 50G space for $2/month.

@kshashi @AalokDThakkar @kshashi I hope he also tutored you about the Babylonian base-60 system, and how 60 and 24 have many useful small factors, and why the choice to use them for time measurements greatly contributes to the maths working out neatly in this case.

@AalokDThakkar x.com/kshashi/status…

Caught me by surprise: there are exactly 10! seconds in 6 weeks.