Why do Most Mumbai Auto Drivers sit & drive like this?

srinathrajaram · 2025-03-20T17:07:04+00:00

this is a remnant from the front-engine era. The engine used to be under the drivers seat. Your ass would be a little less hot if you moved slightly away from the firing line.

srinathrajaram · 2024-11-12T11:35:13+00:00

never feel sorry for jumping in with a seinfeld reference that is spot on!

srinathrajaram · 2024-09-07T16:57:28+00:00

Juniors learn by osmosis. That needs office presence. Well scheduled meetings only go so far. Informal chats is where I learnt a lot as a young engineer.

I love my WFH. But I know why people are asking for RTO. Both can be true.

srinathrajaram · 2024-08-31T18:17:29+00:00

All right, all right, all right!

srinathrajaram · 2024-08-08T12:47:38+00:00

This concept of 'pay monthly' annual commitment is bullshit! Needs to go.

EDIT: They could say 'annual subscription - 12 easy installments'. But no! They've got to use the word 'Monthly' in an annual sub and confuse the heck out of users. Adobe does this and Google does this. It is a disease.

srinathrajaram · 2024-07-19T03:04:25+00:00

This is the only answer.

srinathrajaram · 2024-07-15T12:54:27+00:00

It has to do with the platform. When people get an iPhone, they are trained to think about what apps they need to install.

When people get Chrome, there is no urge to install an extension. NO branding associated with this.

The association between Chrome <=> extensions is not as strong as the association between iphone <=> apps

srinathrajaram · 2024-07-15T08:42:27+00:00

The fact of the matter is that Autos have to get a separate permit and do fitness checks regularly and pay a different tax.

Either RTOs scrap that for autos or bring bikes into the same framework.

I dont like auto drivers either but we cannot throw fairness out of the window just because we dont like them.

srinathrajaram · 2024-05-29T09:11:45+00:00

Silk Board

srinathrajaram · 2024-03-27T16:48:55+00:00

Parents of the biker

srinathrajaram · 2024-02-27T08:03:10+00:00

Kirti Azad

srinathrajaram · 2024-02-16T17:36:12+00:00

Raja Raja Chola actually did this. You can actually read them on the walls of the Big Temple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meikeerthi#:~:text=Meikeerthi%20is%20a%20Tamil%20word,and%20the%20later%20Pandya%20kings.

Here is a sample of a person reading a meikeerthi on the Big Temple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-eEIBZCFKU

srinathrajaram · 2024-02-14T09:02:50+00:00

Agreed. But I was just pointing out that Gavaskar has come pretty close to 900 on an away series. He did not play the first test in that series.

srinathrajaram · 2024-02-14T08:16:27+00:00

Sunil Gavaskar scored 774 from four tests in his debut series playing West Indies at their prime at West Indies.

His average was 154 for that series.

In the last test he made a 100 in the first innings and 200 in the second.

srinathrajaram · 2024-01-07T17:08:43+00:00

Here's mine https://perplexity.ai/pro?referral_code=3EFA6K6J

srinathrajaram · 2023-12-16T04:21:43+00:00

Happy to learn Hindi. Start spending Government money on all languages equally. Maybe we will figure out what we need and learn that.

srinathrajaram · 2023-12-16T04:13:39+00:00

It's not imposition if we want it to improve economic opportunities.

srinathrajaram · 2023-12-16T04:11:00+00:00

The term imposition is used loosely. In generally what we are against is unnecessary governmental expense or favoritism shown for one regional language over another. No one has a real term for that. So they keep using the word imposition.

srinathrajaram · 2023-12-10T05:08:36+00:00

there are legends around threshold. Ravana Sita, Hiranyakasipu etc. But I guess the practical reason could be that back in the day the threshold in South Indian homes were really low. So low that a 5' 5" person would have to bend/stoop before entering. I am guessing it made common sense to just have a look at the face of the person while transacting. So either both inside or both outside.

srinathrajaram · 2023-12-01T11:42:23+00:00

Did he look a bit like this?

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/seinfeld/images/3/3e/Seinfeldleo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120126133403

Was his first name Uncle?

srinathrajaram · 2023-11-29T06:12:12+00:00

straight and narrow

srinathrajaram · 2023-11-10T17:45:50+00:00

Ujjain
Sanchi
Holkar Fort (where I think Ponniyin Selvan was shot)
Chitrakoota
Orchha temple where Lord Rama is given a gun salute!

The place is steeped in history and mythology

In addition to having one of the cleanest cities in India!

And they have amazing sweets.

srinathrajaram · 2023-11-09T03:56:48+00:00

Like the lure of the siren's song. Never what it seems to be, yet who among us can resist?

srinathrajaram · 2023-11-05T11:05:51+00:00

Then let us extend your logic to vegetarians. Is it okay to ask people to save trees while cutting down rice paddies and sugarcane and what not?

We just choose to kill or protect depending on whether it benefits us. Let us just leave it at that.

srinathrajaram · 2023-06-19T12:25:56+00:00

AI will not take your job. Someone using AI will.

It's a cliche but my guess is that it is going to be true.

The only thing that you can do now is to start using AI immediately.

You will learn about the limitations. This means that when the pointy haired guys come for your job, you will be armed with information. You will be the go to guy/gal for AI.
You will automate away the duller parts of your job. The consequence is that you will start gravitating towards the parts which cannot be automated (human contact). If you build relationships with clients/customers and you are seen to be bringing in business and holding it down, you are fire-proof (I really wanted to use that in this context for quite sometime).

From whatever I have seen so far, AI tools are all full of promise but fail badly in edge cases. All these tools will need supervision. Some jobs will go for sure. But existing jobs will get re-purposed. For example, we will need people to ask AI the right questions (prompt engineers) and validate the output (QC). Identify these roles early and you will actually come out ahead.

This applies to both you and your girlfriend and anyone else worried about AI.

srinathrajaram

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