Re: [silk] Founder's Day!

Thanks all I’m much better now than I was a week back --srs On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 6:25 PM +0530, "Thaths" wrote: Happy birthday, Udhay and Deepak! Suresh, glad that you are out of the hospital and doing better. Thaths

Re: [silk] Founder's Day!

recovering steadily! On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:54 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > FB seems to tell me it is your birthday as well Deepa .. happy birthday! > > On 23/10/20, 10:46 AM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan" > mohande...@gmail.com> w

Re: [silk] Founder's Day!

FB seems to tell me it is your birthday as well Deepa .. happy birthday! On 23/10/20, 10:46 AM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan" wrote: Whether Udhay founded it or foundered on it, this list and his Interesting Friends have given me quite a lot of great conversation too! Happy

Re: [silk] Spammer attack

It is trivially broken but well, let me enable it when I have some time --srs On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 7:38 PM +0530, "Hari Selvarajan" wrote: > Some spammer seems to have discovered the mailman instance that runs >

Re: [silk] Valuing and selling inherited trinkets

If there is a reputable auctioneer in bangalore your best bet is to auction this collection through them Are there any books? On 11/04/20, 6:11 PM, "silklist on behalf of Pooja Sastry" wrote: > Pooja > > If you have a working cassette and CD player, please let me know. >

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

The school boards end in April. Going to some out of the way place with fewer crowds than the typical big city might actually be a reasonable idea. On 09/03/20, 7:18 AM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: Also: I think the virus situation, combined with the pressure of school

Re: [silk] Fwd: A book launch in Bangalore

ec 2, 2019 at 2:22 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Can we please combine the two? Isn't that exactly what is being proposed?

Re: [silk] Fwd: A book launch in Bangalore

Can we please combine the two? --srs On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:46 PM +0530, "WordPsmith" wrote: Yes, Bangalore Silkers, please do come! I like the idea of a Silk meetup at the launch. :-) > On Dec 2, 2019, at 08:13, Udhay

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

You need north Chennai for truly oily and spicy food :) Like the Burmese influenced atho/ mohinga in no name stalls around George Town --srs On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:12 AM +0530, "Narayanan Hariharan" wrote: Here goes the Chennai

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

Exactly. On 18/09/19, 10:03 AM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:49 AM Pooja Sastry wrote: Try Oota Bangalore in Whitefield? A wide range of things to try + local-ish > (from across Karnataka). Pricey, so west-friendly hygiene

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

Oota Bangalore has my 100% reco. MTR's quality is way down these days, riding on a past reputation even more than Koshy's is. On 18/09/19, 9:49 AM, "silklist on behalf of Pooja Sastry" wrote: > > There are a dozen places I would go to in Bangalore for authentic, tasty > food over

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

What you need is Edo at the ITC Gardenia. Eye wateringly expensive but even seriously foodie Japanese friends have raved over the sushi there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/themadman/sets/72157625504671826/ --srs On Wed, Sep 18,

Re: [silk] A considered opinion

money that people might object to, or be much more careful in how thoroughly they anonymise such donations. --srs On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 4:57 AM +0530, wrote: On 2019-09-15 17:03, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > I agree here. Not having an opinion is just how badness contin

Re: [silk] A considered opinion

I agree here. Not having an opinion is just how badness continues to flourish.   For example the rise of the Nazis was largely facilitated by the large number of people who just didn’t have any opinion on atrocities as long as they had a strong government and well

Re: [silk] Water storage question

If it’s not potable it will taste bad and smell bad plus be cloudy / murky as a rule. Should be ok if it’s clear --srs On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 8:23 AM +0530, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: Are there any health concerns I should

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

I'm out of this. 6/21 is my wedding anniversary and there's a vacation planned over the weekend. Sorry to miss you Jiten. On 11/06/19, 10:17 AM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:09 AM Jitendra Vaidya wrote: I am visiting Bangalore

Re: [silk] Yahoo email issue

I see ok deliveries 2019-06-07 09:17:01 1hZFfx-0004Uu-3G <= silklist-bounces+cacophonix1984=yahoo@lists.hserus.net H=(samwise.hserus.net) [::1]:42866 I=[::1]:25 P=esmtp S=3414 id=capg_tvmdvq8a5iodisa3gj+riheb5518ockbh9lsxr0nm_1...@mail.gmail.com T="Re: [silk] Yahoo email issue" from for

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

fashioned Prestige cooker? On 28/02/19, 3:23 PM, "silklist on behalf of Huda Masood" wrote: Layered ingredients according to moisture levels. No added water or a tiny amount of added water. Cooking on high heat for the entire duration. On Fri, 1 Mar 2019, 00

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

Newbie question but how does this one pot thingy differ from a plain old pressure cooker? On 28/02/19, 2:20 AM, "silklist on behalf of Huda Masood" wrote: I haven't really tried sous vide for the same reason - i.e. plastic and leaching. I'm a big fan of the OPOS method - One

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

https://www.vahrehvah.com/mirchi-ka-salan —srs On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 9:12 PM -0800, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: When did you turn vegetarian shenoy maam? https://www.archanaskitchen

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

When did you turn vegetarian shenoy maam? https://www.archanaskitchen.com/gutti-vankaya-recipe-andhra-style-stuffed-brinjal —srs On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 6:39 PM -0800, "Shenoy N" wrote: Thanks so much for this. Could you

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

Charcoal smoke flavors  And the stone heats up comparatively slowly  You could replicate this with pizza stones and liquid smoke plus controlled temperature  --srs On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:32 AM -0800, "Jitendra Vaidya" wrote:

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

ame cachet. > On 24 Feb 2019, at 09:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > > > > >Start with paththar ka gosht - you technically need a hot stone but a > really thick tawa might help too > https://m.recipes.timesofindia.com

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

b 24, 2019, 10:06 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > > What specific dishes do you have in mind? Keep in mind, a lot of > them need hours of cooking over a wood or charcoal fire for the taste > you're thinking of.. > > > --srs (15 years in hyd

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

What specific dishes do you have in mind? Keep in mind, a lot of them need hours of cooking over a wood or charcoal fire for the taste you're thinking of.. --srs (15 years in hyderabad so totally interested in where this thread takes us) On

Re: [silk] War on Science?

It is what keeps for example homeopathy in business so .. On 05/02/19, 12:56 PM, "silklist on behalf of Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 12:22 PM Deepa Agashe wrote: > As I see it, scientific understanding means that we have greater > repeatability than

Re: [silk] War on Science?

As long as a Martin Shkrell-esque big pharma is a convenient whipping boy that nobody objects to why at all spoil the argument by bringing cold logic into it? On 05/02/19, 1:24 PM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Agashe" wrote: > On 05-Feb-2019, at 13:02, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:

Re: [silk] War on Science?

Known measurable failure rates Failure rates that reduce based on periodic improvements in a vaccine + in clinical protocols I fail to see what is unscientific here. On 05/02/19, 11:53 AM, "silklist on behalf of Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: Thanks to the many who wrote in to say that

Re: [silk] War on Science?

The rabies vaccine has gone a long way from the 6 dose goat brain cultured vaccine to the new (as of 3 decades ago or more) chicken embryo cultured ones. As for crowd diseases being benign and immunity, I'd suggest looking at either whooping cough or polio for counter examples. Or German

Re: [silk] War on Science?

WHO has defined vaccine protocols that address your concern Also the supposed individual risk from vaccines is vanishingly rare and this is well documented too Plus some of the things most vaccine deniers allege have never yet been backed with data

Re: [silk] War on Science?

Add to what Charles said - Science is observable, testable and repeatable. Which means you can observe x, test your hypothesis of what (y) causes x and you can + others can repeat y leading to x. This means that for something like vaccination for which you have several generations of

Re: [silk] War on Science?

es-vaccine --srs On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 4:22 PM +0530, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: Research says that even malnourished kids benefit by the  way https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527386/ And that's n

Re: [silk] War on Science?

maKrishnan On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 1:32 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >> There is absolutely no open mind possible for vaccine deniers. And they >> cause far too much harm to be anything other than dismissed outright. I am >> sorry if we disagree on that matter. >> >

Re: [silk] War on Science?

There is absolutely no open mind possible for vaccine deniers. And they cause far too much harm to be anything other than dismissed outright. I am sorry if we disagree on that matter. Doctor qualifications or not, he's now a full blown quack. On 01/02/19, 1:04 PM, "silklist on behalf of Srini

Re: [silk] War on Science?

BM Hegde is a full blown anti vaxxer Why is any credence at all being paid to his claims? --srs On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 9:35 AM +0530, "Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: The respected medical journal Lancet is named after the

Re: [silk] War on Science?

cf https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/pauling.html And yet Oregon State's Pauling institute still publishes nonsense like this https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/health-disease/common-cold --srs On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

Given I've spent since the late 90s around large email services I heartily endorse your prediction zero. Mainframes will be even longer lived. Though, other than work, newsletters / bills and the occasional personal mail, lists like lucretius are all that I use email for

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

There is one worthy on the list who will surely agree with you --srs On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:05 PM +0530, "Nishant Shah" wrote: I got excited at the thought of edibles on a silk party. Then i realised you were talking of

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Being vegetarian on his birthday is a very small sacrifice to make for the fun he'll have ( Convince him!! On 19/12/18, 6:06 PM, "silklist on behalf of Shrabonti Bagchi" wrote: Damn -- looks like I messed up dates (again). It's ALSO the husband's birthday tomorrow. Trying to

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

I'm in. And I think I only joined in around 2000 or so. On 14/12/18, 2:59 PM, "silklist on behalf of Bharath Chari" wrote: On 12/14/18 6:43 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Next week, silklist will be 21 years old. Whee! > > Folks in Bangalore, meetup? Thursday 20 Dec seems most

Re: [silk] The Mother [was: Capitalism and Climate Change]

A dread and hatred of time is ubiquitous in Shakespeare's sonnets - even in the ones that are about love.  So more than one undergrad has written papers on the themes of time and love in the sonnets ++ there are several peer reviewed journal articles on

Re: [silk] The Mother [was: Capitalism and Climate Change]

It was within less than a minute after he'd sat down to 'meditate'. So unless he slipped into some extremely deep yogic state within seconds after shutting his eyes .. On 12/10/18, 9:38 PM, "silklist on behalf of Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: It's quite likely he may have been doing his

Re: [silk] The Mother [was: Capitalism and Climate Change]

ws me to throw light into my own mind...and to me, that is what a guru is. Deepa. On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > > > > > > Well that was remarkably philosophical - and sincerely felt. More > power to you. > The one thing

Re: [silk] The Mother [was: Capitalism and Climate Change]

Well that was remarkably philosophical - and sincerely felt. More power to you. The one thing I remember about the Aurobindo Ashram after being an on again off again visitor over the past two decades (my wife's family are believers and I'm normally elected to drive

Re: [silk] Chickpea Recipes, was: How much time do you spend cooking?

TMI sorry, but my least favorite thing to do with chickpeas is deal with the inevitable gas and bloating that follows. Anything for a little protein I guess. On 05/09/18, 8:47 AM, "silklist on behalf of Thaths" wrote: My favorite things to do with Chickpeas: 1. Chole Masala

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I can't stop recommending this. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/01/vegan-garbanzos-con-espinacas-jengibre-spinach-chickpea-stew-ginger-spanish.html On 05/09/18, 1:30 AM, "silklist on behalf of Heather Madrone" wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/3/18 8:05 PM September 3, 2018:

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

bout? Sounds like my cooking when I've forgotten things... On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation > time as well as cooking time than vegetables do. Simple dishes

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation time as well as cooking time than vegetables do. Simple dishes that can be cooked in a single pot take far less time than more complex ones involving thickened black sauces. [etc] So anywhere between 45 minutes to 3+

Re: [silk] War on Science?

Says "content not available now". Either that post is private or it has been removed. With the BJP in power there's enough of our local version of creationists and other assorted idiots who have suddenly found themselves in charge of education boards, ministries and such. So, entirely

Re: [silk] ‘Kind’ technology?

Should be fixed now On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 10:45 AM +0530, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 10:26 PM, Tomasz Rola

Re: [silk] ‘Kind’ technology?

That'd be IBM / Softlayer. My usual long time contact there for security stuff quit along with their former CEO, and both of them went off and started a new company (Stackpath) with the 4 billion IBM paid him for acquisition, once he got passed over for the top cloud role at IBM in favour of a

[silk] Fwd: [IP] John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

-- Forwarded message -- From: "Dave Farber" Date: Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:08 AM +0530 Subject: [IP] John Perry Barlow,

Re: [silk] Which came first? Ctrl+Alt+Del OR Command+Option+Esc

ctrl alt del dates back to 81 as a soft reboot in MS DOS on IBM PCs. Making it a login shortcut is from win NT much later in 1993 The command key was introduced in 1980 on the Apple III but option dates to 1986 and the Apple IIgs So ctrl alt del is the clear winner here --srs > On

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

+1 On 23/11/17, 3:29 PM, "silklist on behalf of Biju Chacko" wrote: On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Sounds good. I will be traveling from the 21st

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

Travel to bangalore sounds good --srs > On 23-Nov-2017, at 7:40 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > ​Sounds good. I will be traveling from the 21st onwards, so perhaps the > previous weekend? ​Anytime between 15-17 Dec 2017. Show of hands? > > ​I also strongly encourage people n

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

Note - if any of you fine folks could do with a road trip I can help organize one. Somewhere where we can take a farmhouse or similar for our exclusive use. Lay in sufficient supplies of everything edible and potable. On 17/11/17, 12:22 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N"

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

Get together. Eat. Drink. What else? ( On 17/11/17, 12:22 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: Folks: Silklist will turn 20 years old on Dec 19, 2017. Any ideas for things to do

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

Jaggi and Manu Joseph, fml. The rest of the usual suspects and some surprisingly nice people. On 18/10/17, 5:15 PM, "silklist on behalf of Jayadevan P K" wrote: Bangalore Lit fest speaker list

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

A little foresight goes a very long way indeed. I’m glad you came out of this unscathed. --srs > On 21-Sep-2017, at 2:31 AM, Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: > > When I first moved to Florida, friends suggested I get a place at the beach, > as it's cooler (plus it would be

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

Cold and rainy. With the added disadvantage of having to more or less swim across some roads in the city if there’s too heavy a rain. Fun :) If you have just a day or two more you might do Mysore - there’s a lovely garden, a bird sanctuary, an old fort (though in ruins after tipu sultan came

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

On 20/09/17, 8:35 AM, silkl...@bobf.frankston.com wrote: >At the moment I don't have any particular plans so am pretty open to > suggestions. I’m not – but what dates, around the event, which is October 5-7? And what would you prefer to do? Old forts and other such historic places?

Re: [silk] May be visiting Bangalore/Bengaluru

Half of silklist is in Bangalore so welcome What’s your schedule / dates there other than this conference? --srs > On 20-Sep-2017, at 2:03 AM, silkl...@bobf.frankston.com wrote: > > (which is preferred). > > I've been asked to give a keynote at http://www.icce-asia2017.org/ and trying > to

Re: [silk] Travel advice for a visitor to India

One thing is - seeing the forts and such in each of those Rajasthani cities won’t take more than a day or so each, but there’s travel fatigue to deal with. And they aren’t far from each other. Spend the first ten days doing that plus Delhi. Or on the principle of one fort is just like the

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

On 13/09/17, 10:50 AM, "silklist on behalf of Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: ➢ His Rabbi clearly isn't smoking anything. The heaven hereafter can wait, he says, give me the dirt I can touch. Beautiful,

Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

Hm. What’s that stuff they smoke in those parts? Qat? Kif? Whatever it is the rabbi was on, I’d like some please. It’d be fun to hold conversations with a cat or dog. On 13/09/17, 10:23 AM, "silklist on behalf of Aadisht Khanna"

Re: [silk] Kids and porn

Give them the usual frank talk beyond the birds and the bees. As a start. After that? Well, an appreciation of what is consensual and what is non consensual might help him or her 1. Take the staged porn with a pinch of salt 2. Steer clear of the masses of non consensual recordings (spy cams

Re: [silk] An introduction

Welcome to the mostly old fogies club It is rather quiet here these days, I’m sure you’ll change that --srs > On 04-Aug-2017, at 10:11 AM, Harnidh Kaur wrote: > > I've been called 'obnoxiously enthusiastic', 'disgustingly excited', and > 'alarmingly energetic.'

Re: [silk] When to quit

Knowing precisely when to cut your losses and move on, versus staying on and making it work is kind of a difficult and personal decision. But it is one you have to make at some point, or multiple points in your life. On 27/07/17, 10:07 AM, "silklist on behalf of Biju Chacko"

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

Likewise, really enjoyed my time there. And hope Byomkesh the dog didn’t get too much of a stomach upset from scarfing down all the chips and dip. On 29/06/17, 10:09 AM, "silklist on behalf of Vinay Rao" wrote:

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

Gentle reminder byob Now to find a booze store within reach of ub city, am in a cab coming from whitefield and should reach in another half an hour --srs > On 28-Jun-2017, at 6:25 PM, Venkat wrote: > > Oh, I want to drink! :-)

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

Hopefully next week let me try --srs > On 19-Jun-2017, at 4:19 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > I'm mostly arriving on the 29th morning >> >> If I am able to schedule a work trip back to back I can also be in town a >> day or two earlier but this is doubtful. >> > > ​By

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

I'm mostly arriving on the 29th morning If I am able to schedule a work trip back to back I can also be in town a day or two earlier but this is doubtful. --srs > On 19-Jun-2017, at 4:04 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > ​I'd say that depends on a show of hands, primarily

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

Sold! --srs > On 19-Jun-2017, at 12:22 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: > > And one place I'd recommend with all the criteria above would be > Bootleggers in Indiranagar

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

> On 19-Jun-2017, at 12:13 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > So, where are we meeting Somewhere with good food and reasonably priced drinks Millers Road? Downtown? Democratic People's Republic of Kormangal?

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

The 29th as the subject says - mostly the evening of the 29th --srs > On 19-Jun-2017, at 1:46 AM, Jayadevan P K wrote: > > When is the meet? Would love to be part of it. > >

[silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

Hi, I'll be in town and Udhay suggested that we do a silk meet. Please rsvp so a suitable bar can be located --srs

Re: [silk] Any leads?

Sounds just like the one we have near kalakad in tirunelveli district --srs > On 01-Jun-2017, at 2:47 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: > > Our extended family is quite > large, and recently an uncle in Thoothukudi undertook a fundraising drive > to rebuild parts of the temple

Re: [silk] Any leads?

There's also Uday's fine old story of stopping at a hotel to get a drink on on of those trips .. --srs > On 01-Jun-2017, at 1:00 PM, Samanth Subramanian wrote: > > Interesting. How often does she go, Udhay? Does she go by herself, or is > there an assortment of

Re: [silk] Any leads?

My wife likewise umm.. convinces me to take the family to Shirdi once a year or so. And there’s the usual family deity thing as well, to somewhere like 80 km from Udhay’s Karungulam. [Karunkulam on google maps, thanks to a similarly named town somewhere near Thanjavur being called Karungulam]

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

Speaking of that – the Chennai Ramakrishna Math has a large number of Swami Ramakrishna and Vivekananda’s works but transcribed into word or something of the sort, and not in a Unicode font either. So trying to turn them into HTML or make them into something cross platform is resulting in a

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

Welcome! Now you mention it, that's the funny, or rather, pitiful thing. A frank discussion of sex often veers into the prurient, from horny and oversexed but inexperienced students, to snickering locker room talk from middle aged people who tend not to get much at all. Places where "the

Re: [silk] Silklisters in Boston/Cambridge?

On 29/03/17, 10:10 AM, "silklist on behalf of Chew Lin Kay" wrote: > Right, so wear many layers, don't drive and don't cycle > when it's cold outside. I'm Singaporean, the complaining > should come easy.

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

On 24/01/17, 4:21 PM, Shyam Sunder wrote: > I fear that the above describes someone who will wake up six months > later with nothing to do during the day, and drives everyone around > him / her up the wall! For someone aged 50, they need a plan that > will last decades, not months For that sort

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

I’ve managed to work from home across three employers since 2002. So – well, extremely flexible working hours that let me take breaks off to pick my kids up from school and such, in return for crazy work hours early in the morning and late at night (well, if you work with colleagues stateside

Re: [silk] On popular protests, jallikattu and twitter revolutions

The government had the right idea at the end of the day, bringing a high court judge over to explain the ordinance which had already been brought and how it actually was as close to the "permanent solution" the crowd was asking for as was feasible. They should have brought him in much earlier

Re: [silk] Examplars of genre in Indian movies

Coming of age for a girl - though amateurishly handled - Gippy --srs > On 22-Jan-2017, at 9:27 AM, karthik natarajan wrote: > > Coming of age: jo jeta wahi sikandar, udaan, rockford > Triller+drama: 3 deewarein. > > > -- > karthik natarajan > [+91 99232 27049] >

Re: [silk] Request - Recommended reading list / songs for a 5-month old baby girl

ard to hearing back from you. > > Cheers, > Preetha. > > On Dec 29, 2016 11:34 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <sur...@hserus.net> > wrote: > > Which city are you in? > > Plenty I know of in Chennai. Bangalore has its fair share + second hand

Re: [silk] Request - Recommended reading list / songs for a 5-month old baby girl

ouldn't find such in Bangalore. > > -- Charles > > On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 05:04 Suresh Ramasubramanian <sur...@hserus.net> > wrote: > >> Which city are you in? >> >> Plenty I know of in Chennai. Bangalore has its fair share + second hand &

Re: [silk] Old Maps of Chennai

The madras archives http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/aboutus.html Though if you know S Muthaiah of Madras Musings I am sure he can already give you chapter and verse on what you want. On 28/12/16, 9:36 PM, "silklist on behalf of Vijay Anand"

Re: [silk] Mysore Masala Dosa in Bangalore

Easier – just where in Bangalore are you located? Going to CTR / Veena Stores in Malleswaram might be a tall order if you’re out in Whitefield or the Outer Ring Road. That said, there are dozens of little “99 varieties of dosa” places spread all over the city and you’ll get a tolerable masala

Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?

I gifted someone a set of Heinlein novels, used. Stupid of me, but I was young and impressionable back then and thought they were great. [Well, they are, if you carefully blank your mind out to the weird and wonderful politics and enjoy them for what they are] Other than that, I usually gift

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good --srs > On 29-Nov-2016, at 9:13 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > fragrance seems, to me, the most unquantifiable. > Can someone tell me how fragrances are priced, and often priced so > very high? I could understand when the

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

For long yes – but with much thinner margins, and requiring much higher levels of skill, and far, far lower levels of staffing. They [as in a generic large IT company] will need to pare themselves to the bone (the middle management layer is one that is bloated beyond all reason, and ridden

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

As for Pai pointing at Infosys PAT .. they're in that moment where wile e coyote is perfectly safe, only he's stepped off a cliff, standing over thin air and just about to raise a sign that reads "help" I'm sure Deepak Shenoy can poke a few more holes than I can but .. Here are the rest of the

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

The situation changes when you move up the value chain as you so clearly demonstrate. But when a company builds its business model on hiring huge numbers of warm bodies to throw at drudgery that is rapidly being automated now even in the enterprise .. nobody at all in enterprise IT dreamed

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

Yes that’s the ticket. The one thing is – if you use the same scripts / software etc that you develop to analyse this client’s data to do anything similar for another client (or then proceed to sell such software as a product) – well, there be dragons. --srs On 19/10/16, 11:50 PM, "silklist

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

My bet is that any IP the company derives by making use of client data – even for testing purposes – will very likely meet with a successful claim from the customer’s IP / copyright attorneys. Operational metrics are what the approval extends to. NOT new product development based on those

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

Depends on price points. Out in the middle east, fewer people needed to work period – all the important stuff, right from building houses and hauling away trash to keeping the banks running were done by people falling on the scale between immigrant (labourer), skilled immigrant (person of

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

Higher order skills in walking around maybe? I think he was talking about, for example marketers, who will still be around regardless of how much SMAC the industry leverages to sell whatever rubbish it is focused on selling. --srs On 19/10/16, 11:20 AM, "silklist on behalf of Bhaskar

Re: [silk] Bump in the road, or end of the road?

ing new products, buggers don’t even leverage what they have! they are sitting on a fucking gold mine of rivers of data (if you don’t mind me mangling metaphors) and are happy to sit there and fish for minnows or get paid lowly for tending the sodding river bank. > On 19 Oct 201

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