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29/12/2022
- Computer Scientist explains Zero Knowledge Proof to 5 different aged people
- https://youtu.be/D1X5wi9NK9o?t=136
- Why outlaws and villains (not necessary evils) have a larger fan following than the good-doers?
Hero (or a good-doer) is often confused with the problem of “to be or not to be”, while the villain does what he thinks, so the fan-following is tilted more towards the villain because confidence attracts. If the hero is not stuck in the “to be or not to be” zone and is clear and confident and acts on things and his beliefs quickly, he shall gets all the attraction. - Aadhi jungein bezzati ka badla lene ki liye ladhi gyi hain
- Crime Vs Sin -
- Why outlaws and villains (not necessary evils) have a larger fan following than the good-doers?
28/12/2022
- Term insurance buying tips (Indian context):
16/12/2022
- https://chat.openai.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mihj9jzIN2g
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BplPMaxi0c8
- track the efforts, celebrate the discipline.
- “I look for interesting characters, I don’t care about stories” - Nawazzudin
- In people you look for one thing that they care about, one thing they define their existence with. them being good or bad is secondary, you have to understand the motivation.
- Going local is going global
- dont bring expectation and excitement to your mind
28/11/2022
- Acharya Prashant interview
- Humor becomes an instrument of the ego
- We have to be mindful of where it is coming from
- Acharya Prashant interview
19/11/2022
- RaGa interview with Samdish
- 09:19 humbling moment - how he tackled
- Practice - anything you do diligently is tapasya
- Brutal unfairness of the society - certain people have full access to information (information is currency), game is to not provide the information to everyone
- Believe in God that is my design - its a personal idea. Shiva is a good direction, he personifies wholesale (ruthless, non-stop) attack on the idea of self, attac on arrogance
- “Can I be honest with you” implies there are lies going on
- TikTok feeding junk to West and other countries and motivation/achievements to China
- Men and women are not equal
- you want equal opportunities, you are not equal
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPzmDgMzHT8
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_opportunity
- realistic pov wrt rape - feminist argument
- Kyphosis - correct your posture
- RaGa interview with Samdish
22/11/2022
18/11/2022
- “Power is influence over external events.
Peace is influence over internal events.”
- “Power is influence over external events.
14/11/2022
- inspiration - doctor + model + youtuber
10/11/2022
- https://rationalflaneur.com/the-simplicity-continuum/
- In every aspect of life, you are bombarded with options and news
- https://rationalflaneur.com/the-simplicity-continuum/
05/11/2022
- How to put oon a swim cap
- eclectic
02/11/2022
- Karvi - flower that blooms once in 8yrs
- Found in the hills of Maharashtra (Ratangad, Mahabaleshwar)
- The karvi blooms for about two weeks, providing a burst of colour to the monsoon landscape, and then takes almost a decade to return.
- Neelakurinji - flower that blooms once in 12yrs
- Found in the Nilgiri range (Munnar, Vattakanal)
- Karvi and Neelakurinji belong to the same Strobilanthes genus
- Storytelling experience of Kerala and other South Indian places - Tyndis Heritage
- Buying a house in BLR
- Beautiful trek to Ratangad fort - travelog
- Collection of numerous ads: https://www.adsoftheworld.com/
- Karvi - flower that blooms once in 8yrs
25/10/2022
- fast fashion is garbage
- what is fast fashion? inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.
- buying new clothes is cheaper
- climate pollutionâ - assembly production, manufacturing, transport
- 10% of the prodction is directy goes to waste
- brilliant train connectivity in Swiss
- everything everywhere all at once - summary
- Karnataka coastal cutlure
- Buta Kola
- See Varaha Roopam video song - compilation of Buta Kola videos
- They are two deities of South India (coastal karnataka)
- Panjurli (Yellow face one) and
- Guliga (Black faced one)
- They are regional gatekeepers of their individual region, protecting people and villages from all kinds of negative energy. They are assigned as Guardians of their region (villages) by goddess Chamundeshwari ( one of the fierce form of Goddess parvati ). These two deities also regard Goddess parvati as their mother.
- The belief is that the holy guardian forest sprit Panjurli (which is in the form of a wild boar) and Guliga protect the forest and the people living off of the forest.
- During this dance performance its believed the dancers go in trance and divine sprit communicates through them to address any concerns devotees would have.
For example if I have a difficult decision to take like should I pursue a certain job or sell a certain property or family disputes and problems they seek audience with the divine sprite communicating through the dancer.
The gesture of dancer tapping hands in there chest is a sign of assurance of protection ( meaning I am there for you ). The different gestures mean different things and it can vary from assurance, warning to touching of hands to warm hugs. Its said out of the audience the sprit will read your heart and choose who to communicate to. - In different parts of India there are different local demi gods called Kshetra (place in Sanskrit) Palaka (protector in Sanskrit) Daiva (god). In Tamilnadu there is similar tradition of Ayyanar, Karuppu Sami, at time it would be a demi goddess as well.
- Varaha, the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the supreme among all Gods.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUCHHJqF6k0
- Buffalo Race
- Buta Kola
- fast fashion is garbage
16/09/2022
14/09/2022
On Pure Perception - Guru Rinpoche
Excerpt from âWhite Lotusâ :âIf you meditate on compassion and Bodhicitta, your mind will be blessed.
If you consider the place where you live as OážážiyÄna, your neighborhood will be blessed, and your house will be blessed if you visualize it as an immeasurable palace.
If you perceive other people as deities, they will be blessed as wisdom deities.
Finally, by considering all your food and drink to be amrita, you will bless them as substances of offering.
Such are the five aspects of blessing, though there are other inconceivable blessings besides these.â
28/08/2022
- infj vs intp - confused
- purple backless - art - hot
- giant laser to study planets’ core
- cadbury’s targeted ad using deepfake of srk
- uses location targeting to show people ads based on the city theyâre at naming stores at their locality, based on their GPS locations
- powered by Rephrase.ai
- won mutiple awards
- similar zomato ad (deepfake of hrithik) faced controvery
27/08/2022
- oversized chicken - thread speaks of animal farm cruelty
- Dominion - exposing farm animals cruelty - dark and inhumane
- leaders leaving congress
- kunal shah on comparison
- unhappiest couples in real life are the happiest on social media
- acute need to show that they are happy - showing them will make them happy
- locus of control - internal or external?
- I need your applause, your validation
- envy is hyperlocal
- scores are built externally
- you don’t look at your own past metrics, need to compare is acute
- people in their 40s compare with their high school batch-mates if they are better nor not
- who your network is, hence matters
- comparison with Elon Musk - envy doesn’t happen because of multiple status level
- We love to copy end states, never copy journeys
- we want to become Steve Jobs, not look at the process of becoming Steve Jobs
- unhappiest couples in real life are the happiest on social media
- Linkedin viral post generator
- not conforming to the authority - yt comment
26/08/2022
21/08/2022
- Incident report - jet airways, cochin, 18/8/2015 movie: Runway 34 is loosely based on this incident another article
- Suri Safari - Varanasi Food Vlog
- Hardik Patel interview by Samdish
20/08/2022
16/08/2022
14/08/2022
- how europe stole the world - part 1
- Portugal wanted to trade with the east and Ottoman blocked its way, so they found the longer route via south of Africa
- Spain too wanted in on this, so Columbus took a voyage towards west thinking they would reach east, he reached Cuba
- No one resisted, so they started capturing.
- Portugal and Spain divided the world.
- Brazil name came from plant: pau brasil, which was used to produce a bright red paint (rare and expenisive in europe) - see comment
- Jignesh - Gujarat Congress President - interview by Samdish
- how europe stole the world - part 1
13/08/2022
10/08/2022
- 99% movies are garbage
- movie watching experience is going away
- most of the movie-making is marketing, not entertainment
- there is less scope of failure by big production houses given we have talented actors, craftsmen, special effects, music
- movies are over sold, the marketing to these movies is so good the product doesn’t live up to the marketing
- movie content lacks entertainment, there is too much politics and shit being spoon-fed to the audience and it’s disgusting, audience just wants entertainment
- factory filmmaking
- defy the cliches - every science fiction movies something blows up in the end
- studios exploit what works once (mostly pandering to one set of audience) eg: “strong female character” we want = a well written character who happens to be female we get = physically strong character that is right even when theyâre wrong and doesnât listen to anyone because they know better than everyone else and ofcourse constantly remindedevery 5 minutes that they’re a woman
- parasite’s perfect montage
- passenger lost uncertainity, could have been great if rearranged
- hp azkaban - master storytelling
- Nazis famous SS uniform - stylish - okayish
- hating feminist hollywood - opinion
- why no arab superstate
- alcohol digestion - from ingestion to digestion - brilliant
- if there is no solid food in the stomach, most of the alcohol is quickly absorbed in the blood via small intestine
- females absorb more alcohol into their bloodstream (no ADH in female stomach)
- 99% movies are garbage
06/08/2022
- history of yakuza crime syndicate
- death of socrates - painting by Jacques-Louis David - brilliant must watch analysis
- about socrates death
- “socrates is guilty of corrupting and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other new spiritual things”
- sentenced to death by drinking hemlock
- socrates could have escaped into exile but instead he chooses to die taking the opportunity to teach his final lesson that death is not to be feared by the philosopher but embraced as an apotheosis of the soul
- about painting
- socrates doesnt seem to care, gesturing to afterlife
- connection with french revolution
- reading of the painting from left to right and right to left
- characters in the painting
- about socrates death
- f1 cars dont refuel
- refuelling at pit stop -> scope for more strategy for teams and brings thrill to audience
- why banned in 2010
- it costs heavy to maintain fuelling equipment and safety guidelines
- safety - clock ticks during pit stop and drivers are in all hurry
- dont chase women
- women makes you chase because
- they are not into you
- they have had terrible previous experiences
- men shouldn’t chase
- diverts your attention from things truly matter (chase your dreams)
- you come across as desperate and pathetic
- you are going to chase her forever (even if you get her)
- women makes you chase because
- why ships painted red below
05/08/2022
04/08/2022
- alakh pandey on yourstory
- founder/teacher at physicswallah
- edtechs are not hiring teachers, they are hiring influencers -> to sell their product, if product is good it will sell itself
- teachers switching for money - if they are being paid more they are expected to bring in more students which in turn turns them into salesman - their focus goes into making students buy their course
- humble background - started teaching from his school days to pay home rent
- people won’t buy your product for your brilliant personality, they will buy it for the product - product should be awesome
- alakh pandey on yourstory
03/08/2022
- news: al-qaeda chief killed
- Was 2nd after Osama
- Hellfire - missile with zero gunpowder but sharp blades - kills only the target, no civilians
- cloud seeding - release rain by releasing sodium iodide in thunderclouds via planes
- f1 - sports for nerds and a big science experiment
- f1 - team can make their cars -
- engineers optimise aerodynamics, engines, fuel efficiency, etc
- every data is analysed
- science experiment
- since all of these improvements can be added into commercial cars
- the data can be used for self-driving cars
- not much profit to teams but this is huge marketing for the brand
- f1 - team can make their cars -
- anchorage - city in alaska - holds huge location importance for cargo aviation - it is around 6-9 hours away from every major city, good layover (for fuel refilling)
- Huberman - why people awake after 3-4 hrs of sleep
- news: al-qaeda chief killed
02/08/2022
- f1 racers turn paths
- giphy vs gif
- giphy bought by fb in 2020
01/08/2022
- 5 major religions - brief intro
- Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam (oldest - first)
- 5 major religions - brief intro
31/07/2022
30/07/2022
- Longewala Documentary - Longewala battle in 1971 Bangladesh War (India Vs Pakistan)
- ~120 indian soldiers Vs 2000-3000 pak soldiers
- movie:Border is based on this battle
- India taking over VFX industry
- Arranged jobs - aiyyo shraddha gag
- Longewala Documentary - Longewala battle in 1971 Bangladesh War (India Vs Pakistan)
29/07/2022
- commonplace book - op’s opinion to keep physical copy
- Opinion
- Problems: not searchable, difficult to arrange, ideas evolve hence notes should
- Pros: scribble (connect, draw etc), can remember notes better with a hand copy?
- Opinion
- space disasters - lives lost
- commonplace book - op’s opinion to keep physical copy
27/07/2022
26/07/2022
- Panvel’s heritage spots and legacy
- Saraab by Samar playing live
25/07/2022
- Gary Vee’s book notes
- tripping on saraab by samar đ¶
- atlassian founders’ journey - twitter thread
- wrong with indian media
- competing for ad revenue (with youtubers, influencers)
- clickbait/porn-ish articles - +paid pr
- compromising content - selling product/idea/political bias
24/07/2022
- tripping on ek album by faridkot đ¶
- vfx -> motion capture is hard
- garmi ki chutti - standup
- kaala jaadu - standup - munawar
- most laughs were common tropes
- jokes were okayish, expectations was high with munawar
- mumbaikars - lifelesson
23/07/2022
- nice problem, great video: infinite rooms <> infinte guests
- how did i land on this: vfx artists reaction bollywood scenes
- crypto 101 - gotta complete this
22/07/2022
- kunal shah - thing people pay for
- status game
- trust
- saas bahu achar
- kunal shah - thing people pay for
21/07/2022
- jitendra interview - samdish - good, talks about his college life (acting in plays)
- why today’s music sucks
- bhai ka birthday - standup
19/07/2022
- /s -> sarcasm
- Shampoo origin is India
- nsfw - blow d*** career
- standup - atul sharma
- kunal shah - choosing friends matter
- Video was more like - you should have friends from various industries (with different backgrounds), you would learn more
- snakes flick their tongue to follow trails left by their prey or potential mates
18/07/2022
- tesla Vs edison - video summary
- suez crisis - 1956
- anti-venom is made from venom + horses’ antibodies - nice video
- kodak exposed nuclear tests in us - nice video
- statue of liberty is in New Jersey but New York owns it
- US’s bread is a product of industrialisation (maximising profits)
- Shark Tank judges also focused more on products which were scalable, basically which can be machinised
- Capitalism is all good?
- New York’s skyscrapers - Billionares’ Row
14/07/2022
13/07/2022
10/07/2022
- Correlation doesn’t imply causation - global warming is caused by a lack of pirates
- Tripping on The final thing on my mind đ¶
05/07/2022
03/07/2022
29/06/2022
26/06/2022
14/06/2022
- Inflation in India explained - okayish
12/06/2022
- Julian Assange - Wikileaks founder: Espionage Act and US’s extradition
- Inflation - brilliantly explained
- Cobalt (China’s dominance) and Electric Cars
- Dota: Dragons Blood S02E03
- Morbius
11/06/2022
- Dota: Dragon’s Blood Season 1 Recap
- Commonplace book
- Is this my commonplace book?
10/06/2022
- BiliBili: video sharing platform based in Shanghai, themed around animation, comics, and games, where users can submit, view and add overlaid commentary on videos
- Kill Bill (PreGraveyard Scene @50:30)
- Dream11: Business case study
- Ashneer Grover: Sudden downfall
- Hans Landa (Inglorious Bastards): Character and Picturisation
- Fellowship of Ring - animated recap (nicely animated)
- BiliBili: video sharing platform based in Shanghai, themed around animation, comics, and games, where users can submit, view and add overlaid commentary on videos
09/06/2022
- Tubeless Tyres: How do they work
31/05/2022
29/05/2022
- Germany and Russian Gas, a history
- Nazare (Portugal) and wave culture
- Mattermost: open source platform for dev collaboration (slack replacement)
- Sugar dating Vs Vanilla dating
28/05/2022
- One Piece: Luffy - A simple kid in shorts and sandals, a straw hat and a vest symbolizes freedom of his mind, and his unwillingness to bow to rules and orders and convention. A character whose entire power is based on the idea of flexibility
- Morality depends on consequence and category
25/05/2022
- One Piece Artwork Video
- Heard Vs Depp - new updates
- Objections: Hearsay, Reason for speculation - Lawyers way of countering biases and narratives
- Ad Hominem: When people can’t fight you they discredit your opinions
- The â15 mins of fame lineâ is when you are losing and you attack peoples characters instead of the facts they have provided.
- example
- EXIF data
22/05/2022
- Jury Trial
- Depp Vs Heard
- Liked the way Carlos handled Heard, taking control of the flow of the conversation (narrative)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depp_v._Heard
18/02/2022
17/02/2022
- Native Americans are called Indians because of what Christopher Columbus did, he gave the name indios (“Indians”) to the indigenous peoples he encountered.
- The name “India” is originally derived from the name of the river Sindhu (Indus River).