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I wouldn't feel comfortable if someone were looking over my shoulder while I'm typing at a coffee shop.

I am not your customer.

What draws me to use this device is that it creates a sense of "roominess," allowing me to lean back and consume, write, and engage in a non-aggressive way. This quality is something I miss in my other devices.

The monochrome display makes playing Wordle harder :).

My friends and I went through the Morse Code speed test and evaluation course, for which we prepared weeks and weeks. I was issued the handle OM118.

The non-profit organization that issues the license had a single Ham Radio for which you need to apply well in advance for 30-minute slots.

Four of us huddled in a small booth of a room, fiddling with knobs, wondering why there was static instead of some exotic voice from another part of the world - Sri Lanka, at least, please God.

A voice crackled in. We immediately knew who it was, but we were too cool to admit it. The voice asked us where we were...Madras, we said. He was too...We went around talking over each other, and the other end said, "I am an actor. My name is Kamal Haasan."

1. Madras is now called Chennai.

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Haasan

"Lan's embezzlement of $12.5 billion equals about three percent of Vietnam's total GDP for 2022."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_M%E1%BB%B9_La....

King Lear comes to mind:

As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods;

They kill us for their sport.

a. If this is a strategic value for my pipeline (and it is), we are going to code it ourselves, only because we can host it inside our fences. Critical customer data and hence.

b. The pricing is way off and is not reflective of the cost or value (for us). Even if it was 1/10th of the prices you charge, it will still be a no-go. At the volumes we have, it makes sense to build this ourselves.

c. SOC2 / ISO27001 - You might want to obtain them asap if you are looking to sell to outsourcing companies or FSG.

A medium-quality dinner for two in an expensive city costs 100$. A beautiful kitchen knife costs about that much, but lasts 20 years.

A Broadway musical for a family of 4 costs about 800$. A good mattress costs about that much, but lasts for 20 years.

The given wisdom seems to be that we should value experiences more than things. Good things also cause small dose of repeated joyful experiences.

I am 50 years old, and live a reasonably opulent, upper-middle class, big city life. I am guessing here - all the items in my apartment put together, is probably worth 6 months of my work. A bargain, compared to the joy they give me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tainter https://bit.ly/448HJVI

Stock price: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IWG.L/

The strong preferences around which of the varietals is the best, is a common squabble amongst south Asians.

I try to keep the allegiance fluid, because the peak harvest of each of these varietal differs by a few weeks, and I switch camps accordingly.

Imam Pasand is expensive, and they have a 4 week peak cycle, and the demand is strong enough in the south where it is traditionally grown, that they do not make it to the Northern part of India.

Alphonso is in mid-price point, and they are now commodity-harvested, as say Chiquita Bananas. It is still a good varietal, and one cannot go wrong in buying Alphonso.

Daseri takes over when peak Alphonso tapers off around say a 6 weeks cycle.

In NYC, Mexican Mangoes - Atalufo and sub-varietals - are available aplenty.

This one person's view is that the ones grown by Chiruli farms are good, and are commonly available at Whole Foods.

NY Times article: https://nyti.ms/3zmI4XD

Sans Paywall: https://archive.is/9knVL

The songs listed, as Spotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3znZ4fY

I will miss him.

"The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.”

Ref: The Essential Writings of Marcel Duchamp.