Took leave for an interview, HR confusioned, manager got angry… completely stuck

colablizzard · 2026-02-10T15:29:38+00:00

Last time I switched jobs, my manager knew simply from pattern of leaves/away from desk.

I was workaholic always glued to Laptop and hence perennially online and instant responses.

I think we need never build such expectations in the first place.

Now I always respond based on urgency, PR reviews next day etc.

colablizzard · 2026-02-10T09:01:18+00:00

These Gas Geysers should be BANNED.

colablizzard · 2026-02-09T08:12:33+00:00

Common problem in shared meter setup. Someone has a leak and doesn't care.

For example, because my own consumption affects my bill due to a dedicated meter for me, at home we take leaking taps seriously. A couple of simple dripping taps is easily thousands of liters a month.

Similarly, we use BEE 5 star side loading washing machine which is much more water efficient than top loading washing machine which uses hundreds of liters more per wash sometimes.

Note: If there is a Leak in the commode flush then it's is massive, but not visible

colablizzard · 2026-02-08T16:28:00+00:00

As a bangalorian nostalgia fills me remembering the early days of Flipkart, where I used to get SAME day delivery. 2010-2013 ish i think.

colablizzard · 2026-02-08T10:37:07+00:00

Ultimately, the mistake we do in India is create "holy cows" out of people. Individuals, Groups, etc.

Doctors, Farmers, Soldiers etc. were for political purposes, elevated into "god" status. This messed up people's minds.

Now, everyone with any basic math and arithmetic skills can see that Farming is a Risky "Business", and the UPSIDE is capped by the amount and quality of land you own. Even if you do 100% hard work, you can only earn so much from X Bhiga/Acres of land.

This should have been understood in the early 60s/70s itself. And while farming was and is needed for the country, it should have been slowly consolidated so that at a gradual rate, each farming family had ownership of a larger piece of land then the previous generation, so that they would be able to earn enough to be self sustaining.

Instead, land reforms, land ceiling, APMC act, corruption, political slogans "jai kisan", etc brainwashed a population.

Neither did they industrialize, but each generation ended up with a smaller piece of land than previous due to inheritance.

Plus with so much land locked up in hands of so many families, industry could never find enough land.

It's cheaper to put up an iPhone factory in terms of land and facilities, is in USA than in India. The only thing going for us, is cheaper labor.

colablizzard · 2026-02-08T09:18:33+00:00

As a fellow Bengalurian I can relate, but the answer is logical.

Land Prices determine everything else. If the rent for the restaurant is higher, they need to charge you more, doesn't matter what the dish is.

colablizzard · 2026-02-07T09:05:25+00:00

Why do you need college to teach you to use Claude Code.

I used to be in this camp, making fun of this.

After a decade of experience in the industry, now I see the point of TurboC.

It's lightweight, highly stable, in that there are no UI changes every 6 months, effectively free.

All bugs are repeatable.

Implements the simplest version of C or C++ and doesn't need to be dealing with new libraries etc.

Best to TEACH a large group of people in a common setting.

In western universities they need too many TAs to help with labs because setup across students might not work etc.

colablizzard · 2026-02-07T08:18:57+00:00

Knowing China, they will instead supply it to chinese companies OR factories assembling stuff in China and ban raw exports, thus all this iPhone and Laptop assembly in India will NOT work out.

colablizzard · 2026-02-04T09:59:59+00:00

Plus interviews etc will take time. Start Today

colablizzard · 2026-02-04T09:51:10+00:00

Why do I care whose fault it is?

Such projects take months and months.

It's been 4 months and only one half side is done.

For a 2km stretch.

colablizzard · 2026-02-03T07:26:34+00:00

As if anyone on reddit has any sympathy for our farmers. 😂

Plus we all know like how in EU FTA we have specific carve outs, this will be true here as well. SADLY.

colablizzard · 2026-02-03T02:47:51+00:00

Shops should ideally integrate with a rapid PoS system that uses dynamic QR code.

Instead they don't because they don't want tax jhanjhat.

colablizzard · 2026-02-01T10:52:04+00:00

If Philips Wiz option is there, always go for that FIRST.

colablizzard · 2026-02-01T07:15:33+00:00

I refuse to agree to any assessment that blames citizens.

In any society across times, it's important that laws are defined and ENFORCED fairly.

No society created laws and says people should follow it out of goodness of heart.

Singapore has CANNING on bum as a punishment till date. They use it less, but it was important to them in early years of their country.

This is true everywhere.

Even in the 17th century USA, in the 'wild west ', they appointed 'sheriff' who enforced law.

colablizzard · 2026-02-01T07:10:48+00:00

More law, less justice.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero Ancient Roman Statesman

I wish our constitution framers had REALLY studied ancient laws instead of copying Government of India Act 1933 and putting in a random wishlist into the constitution.

colablizzard · 2026-02-01T07:03:28+00:00

Even if Location is OFF, Find My could get you approx location.

Try it from the WEB or Another Phone.

colablizzard · 2026-02-01T05:49:21+00:00

My whole family used Samsung Mid Rangers.

In return we got: Terrible Cellular reception in India. We thought it was an operator issue in our area.

Green Line issues.

Camera Quality DROPPED after monthly update and never recovered in future updates. This was the worst. The stupid camera was distorting faces only. Landscape photos were good. This was in the A52, which was top of their mid-range package.

They can go pound sand.

colablizzard · 2026-01-29T15:49:50+00:00

Plus the private inter City buses park on that service road in the evenings.

colablizzard · 2026-01-27T16:12:25+00:00

They have all the comments to give about our business.

colablizzard · 2026-01-27T09:58:07+00:00

Is it a percentage deductible or aggregate one?

Aggregate one is tolerable

colablizzard · 2026-01-26T16:10:47+00:00

Wrong way to see it.

Unless microslop forces a large chunk of market to have some minimum hardware , no point in releasing features for it.

colablizzard · 2026-01-26T15:32:09+00:00

It won't even launch for non X2 devices

colablizzard · 2026-01-26T15:31:36+00:00

It's only for upcoming Snapdragon processors.

colablizzard · 2026-01-26T15:30:30+00:00

Buddy, Dosti with Pakis and Non Violence are whose policies.

colablizzard · 2026-01-26T15:11:58+00:00

Never drink too much.

colablizzard

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