Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

2020-11-22 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 12:52 PM Keith Adam wrote: > Fall; or, Dodge in Hell - Neal Stephenson > I am about half way through the book. There are parts that are tedious (as you expect in an NS book), but I found his exploration of where we are headed in terms of the splintered view of reality

Re: [silk] How to smell

2020-11-20 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:16 PM Danese Cooper wrote: > > “This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or > pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or > ― Patrick Suskind, Perfume The Story of a Murderer One of my favorite books! Thank you for the

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

2020-11-20 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
My discovery this year has been the SF author Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read "Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" which were both excellent and I just finished reading "The Doors of Eden" which I thought was very impressive. Thaths, you asked about Covid - one of my coping mechanisms has been

Re: [silk] In Bangalore June 20/21/22

2019-07-26 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 3:49 AM Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > I just caught up with my email and saw this message. Pleasant surprise to > find you here. > Likewise :) Jiten

[silk] In Bangalore June 20/21/22

2019-06-10 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
I am visiting Bangalore to attend and present at Rootconf.in. Thursday promises to be kinda crazy but would love to meet the good folks of Silk on Friday (June 21) or Saturday (June 22) evening. Please let me know. Thanks, Jiten

Re: [silk] Affordable housing

2019-04-28 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
Interesting points, Naren. I think property rights play a strong role in efficient use of already built housing and incentive to build more housing thus increasing the supply. The point I am making is that rich people buying real estate as a way to invest their money is not necessarily bad, what

Re: [silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

2019-03-03 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:58 AM Venkatesh H R wrote: > Welcome Jitendra. And hello from the Bay Area! I live in Menlo Park Hello! We should have a bay area meet-up sometime soon. -Jiten

Re: [silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

2019-02-27 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
Bruce, Thanks a bunch for the detailed posts. I think you (and Naren and Ashim) have finally convinced me to take the plunge. I will report back results, and possibly ask more questions, soon. -Jiten

Re: [silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

2019-02-24 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:36 AM landon hurley wrote: > > Jiten, > > If a problem, is not the alternative a glass bottle, as in a stoppered > Erlenmeyer flask? Or one of those mason jars which are now popular for > whatever reason. Just try not to put the seconds into tupperware. > That's worth

Re: [silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

2019-02-24 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
Thank you for the welcome, Huda and Deepa. Huda, "The Food Lab" looks quite interesting. Thank you for the recommendation and yes, would love to get the recipes from your Mum. "Patthar ka gosht" looks like a recipe I would like to try but the coal used for heating the stone seems incidental as I

[silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

2019-02-23 Thread Jitendra Vaidya
Hello all, Geetanjali's intro email reminded me that I have not sent mine, and so here is a quick email about me. I grew up in Aurangabad (Maharashtra), went to college in Bombay and moved to the San Francisco bay area in early nineties. I am married, have two kids and a pet cat. For most of my