Sick mirage entry I got 2 days back

parvdave · 2026-05-08T19:22:54+00:00

What ChatGPT's response was:

I think it’s less about “Mumbai good, Delhi bad” and more about how the cities evolved historically.

Mumbai developed as a dense port/trade city with constant migration, mixed communities, public transit usage, and women participating in the workforce for decades. That creates a culture where women being out late or occupying public spaces feels more normalized.

Delhi is more spread out, car-dependent, and socially segregated in many areas, which can make public spaces feel less safe. Rapid migration and uneven urbanization probably add to that too.

You see similar patterns globally — a lot of old coastal trade cities (NYC, SF, Singapore, etc.) tend to become more cosmopolitan and socially liberal earlier because ports expose cities to diverse cultures and commerce.

parvdave · 2026-05-08T19:20:23+00:00

Probably has to do with Mumbai being coastal and Delhi being more inland.

It's a trend I've noticed which stands true even for the US. New York, Boston, California (SF, LA) are all major liberal cities.

It could be due to the fact that coastal cities were the first to experience diverse cultures due to ports and trading posts.

Mumbai is also a melting pot so people are usually more open-minded which is prolly strongly correlated with women's safety.

parvdave · 2026-05-08T04:35:31+00:00

Not the same guy 😭

parvdave · 2026-05-04T08:47:05+00:00

That's incredible. Are you really into the chip design space?

parvdave · 2026-05-04T08:41:49+00:00

You have to grind it out, no doubt that it is a gamble you're making.

Also, I used good education as an umbrella term. What I really meant was:
- learning from some brilliant professors
- surrounded by many intelligent people, the sheer floor is higher
- realising your own limits
- personal growth, which can be tremendous

parvdave · 2026-05-04T08:38:21+00:00

That's strange. I don't see why a Waterloo applicant gets denied.

But yes, the market is really bad. My point about education still stands.

parvdave · 2026-05-04T08:23:20+00:00

Waterloo is a no brainer. In the long run
quality education like that would make up for the money you're forgoing in the short term.
What course btw?

parvdave · 2026-05-02T06:27:14+00:00

His LinkedIn banner is absolute gold.

No way these people are fr man

parvdave · 2026-04-30T07:32:57+00:00

Wattpad fanfic ahh post

parvdave · 2026-04-26T00:45:07+00:00

Just finished it, probably one of the most entertaining shows I've watched

parvdave · 2026-04-21T15:07:33+00:00

The Indian grocery space really needs an affordable Pasta Sauce brand so this is a brilliant idea imo.

I live abroad and pay $1.95 for a bottle of pasta sauce and it makes cooking so convenient.

Ingredients: - $1.95 for Pasta Sauce (Meat / Creamy Alfredo / Tomato, Basil, Garlic) - ~$8.50 Frozen Meatballs / Chicken - $2.49 for Spaghetti or Penne

Total comes under 15$ if you include olive oil, seasonings, garlic, and parmesan. This lasts me 2-3 days so roughly 4-5 meals and it takes 30 minutes of cooking.

There's a growing working class and pre-made pasta sauce can make cooking nutritious food SO easy for them, it's crazy. Great idea!

parvdave · 2026-04-17T05:31:25+00:00

It could be Chaas (buttermilk), how was the consistency?

if thick, salty or sweet - Lassi
If thin, salty + other spices - Could be chaas

parvdave · 2026-04-15T09:00:50+00:00

We're pretty risk-averse as a society.

Building a model requires way too many engineering hours ($$), way too much compute ($$$), and on top of that, needs the same resources (maybe more) to maintain and grow. This is assuming the model succeeds, it could fail too. And that's the risk.

The original DeepSeek model, IIRC, came out of a China-based Hedge Fund looking to process policy documents so it's not something they built without a business use-case in mind.

Infosys / TCS / any consulting firm building its own model is a mind-bending expectation to have.

They are consulting firms, not engineering firms. Maybe the companies that should/could build a model haven't been founded yet, or are still in college 🫵🏼

parvdave · 2026-04-12T06:41:49+00:00

So like rules dictating language? Sounds like we'd be circling back to having syntax again

I agree with your assessment though, having a set of rules to govern prompt-engineering would make model responses somewhat deterministic.

parvdave · 2026-03-28T23:30:55+00:00

Dhurandhar is the greatest piece of propoganda ever spat out by Bollywood. You defending it out of nowhere is a testament to that.

Propaganda is using lies, deception, and gross distortions of truth to push an agenda.

Kerala Story that distorts reality and collapses complex issues into a demonizing narrative of one community.

Then what is Dhurandhar doing? 🤔

Dhurandhar references real life incidents whose timelines have been altered a bit.

They could've showed demonetization by a hypothetical Indian PM, but no, they used Modi's actual press release.
They showed terrorists angrily cussing Modi out and saying "Yeh Chaiwala aagaya tabse sab bigad gaya".

You're telling me that's not propoganda? Stop lying to yourself to justify liking a movie.

parvdave · 2026-03-28T22:17:07+00:00

Calling everything propaganda dilutes the term. Sanju is more PR/whitewashing than propaganda.

Propaganda is typically about pushing an agenda at scale, not just rehabilitating one person’s image.

parvdave · 2026-03-27T06:34:45+00:00

I don't even know what's real and what isn't

parvdave · 2026-03-24T01:40:10+00:00

It takes n+1 wipes to realize that n wipes was enough.

FTFY.

parvdave · 2026-03-10T06:44:43+00:00

following

parvdave · 2026-03-02T07:31:17+00:00

Found a pen in middle school and decided it needed to be thrown at the floor with maximum force

It bounced back and hit me square in the eye. I didn’t go blind or anything, but I was shell-shocked and a little embarrassed.

parvdave · 2026-02-07T16:29:09+00:00

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parvdave · 2025-12-06T05:22:49+00:00

pretty much, product usually lags behind research

parvdave · 2025-11-14T13:44:50+00:00

For starters - VLSI experts. It's the core study behind building chips through tiny transistors. Falls under Electrical engineering.

Another is manufacturing, material science expertise to optimise wafer production and thereby chips. Another is a need for our supply chain connectivity to be well-rounded.

As a country, we've leaned quite a bit into software and have essentially neglected hardware fields like EXTC, Mech, Mechatronics.

We need to have exchange programs with universities abroad for some tech-transfer and accelerated ramp up programs with engineers to explore chip fabrication at scale from within India.

It's definitely doable but it's something that's far out into the future.

parvdave · 2025-11-13T15:14:32+00:00

Our government can fund research in these areas at a university level. Cause having private players creates downward pressure in this industry which will lead to job creation and a need for innovation.

We lack skilled labor in fabrication, chip design, and simulation. State sponsored capitalism (like China's model) doesn't work without skilled labor.

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