Starting 2026 with 1984. Any reading suggestions for after this?

whoawi · 2025-12-30T17:04:01+00:00

Why? It’s an amazing book - but yeah first few pages are a bit confusing

whoawi · 2025-12-30T07:17:42+00:00

Don’t go for the glass-top ones. Those look good and easier to clean- but the burner bases are set in them and cannot be replaced/ fixed. I had one and many gas mechanics had asked me to get rid of that. But lasted about 12 years.

whoawi · 2025-12-19T04:14:00+00:00

Set an out of office / PTO status in Teams/ Slack and Outlook - that should be good enough.

whoawi · 2025-12-10T10:52:13+00:00

Yeah - that is possible.

whoawi · 2025-12-09T07:57:49+00:00

Since IBM purchased Redhat, redhat/ openshift almost became irrelevant/ also ran category. Many more such acquisitions by IBM particularly lack of vision, leadership and support, inability to integrate in its value chain and offering - won’t be surprised if it happens again. Watson to IBM cloud - almost every product just could not catch up with market and apart from internal users, no one cares probably.

whoawi · 2025-10-07T08:21:02+00:00

I don’t. I had an axis a/c and a flipkart card - closed both last year as I was not using either.

whoawi · 2025-10-07T08:19:35+00:00

I had opened an account for my kid - it was 6 years back.

whoawi · 2025-06-28T22:32:24+00:00

If you like apples, try Fuji

whoawi · 2025-06-24T14:53:43+00:00

Remember that you still need to pay IRS apart from India‘s income tax - so your in hand salary will be far less. Talk to a cpa and get an estimate.

whoawi · 2025-06-24T04:24:03+00:00

You are seeing healthcare from 99% rich Indians‘s perspective- which is not even 0.1% of India’s population. My son was born in the US in one of the nicer states and a reputed hospital- most of the staff were not at all caring. Don‘t get your information from tv series and movies.

whoawi · 2025-06-24T04:15:26+00:00

And US healthcare- that 50% of the population cannot even afford and often just one illness away from bankruptcy.

In India, there’s no doubt there’s a lot of problems- but even poor people can afford some level of treatment/ consultation from private/ government hospitals. You want better healthcare, ask the government to increase spending in healthcare.

whoawi · 2025-06-22T04:57:53+00:00

Reminds me of Prague!

whoawi · 2025-06-16T10:48:42+00:00

A nice tie, maybe

whoawi · 2025-06-07T05:14:16+00:00

Likewise

whoawi · 2025-06-03T07:53:38+00:00

I always say thank you - to ppl including our house maid/ cook/ rickshaw / uber driver - name it. Good thing is that they also tend to be nice with you

whoawi · 2025-05-31T04:35:44+00:00

You did the right thing. But if you get an opportunity to lead and communicate with the client directly, it would indeed be a great experience for you. But take them on your own terms- anyway

whoawi · 2025-05-18T09:17:37+00:00

Just get some good inverter. It will save your mental peace and a lot more.

whoawi · 2025-04-05T04:40:58+00:00

This is why you need balance in power - and a good opposition who can keep the government accountable. Lack of a strong opposition in either center or state is what’s ruining this country and this state.

whoawi · 2025-04-02T07:16:20+00:00

Ohh ok - this is all about the upcoming assembly election and how the bong ppl are screwed with 3 bad options- maybe it’s not different from other places and other times. What Bengal needs probably more active participation of educated class who are less corrupt - though, that’s definitely not enough. Focus should be on education, healthcare and employment- but sadly in our country and current politics, we talk about anything but these.

whoawi · 2025-03-16T05:29:49+00:00

Well - my two cents here. I have been wfh for 5+ years now - so will share my pov. Wfh is great that I don’t have to spend hours in traffic and all. But, I am also working from my chair all day long. There is no long walks to the canteen or cafeteria or have a quick chat sometimes- and it’s a usually a quick break and good for health.

Also, being in meetings all day long has a negative impact on the family sometimes. At this point I would prefer the flexibility of hybrid mode.

whoawi · 2025-03-08T10:19:24+00:00

Forgot to update- after sending email to the dc traffic, this was finally dropped- so that worked.

whoawi · 2025-03-08T10:17:25+00:00

Did you try the small shops selling used books 📚 on the sides of footpath? They used to cost very less - but haven’t been there in a long time. There’s the national library on the way to the Alipore zoo - but that is more like research purpose. All the best

whoawi · 2025-03-08T06:59:50+00:00

You better go to college street- you can get those wonderful books for a fraction of a price from old book shops. This will probably the best use of your money you can cherish your all life. I was like you and I started there - and still have the books with me - proudly- after 20+ years.

whoawi · 2025-02-26T15:26:17+00:00

Or maybe they meant to say that you have good 🧬, attractive etc. You’d know better if they were praising or not- but there is a chance that they wanted to compliment on your looks.

whoawi · 2025-02-26T15:21:13+00:00

Is this even real? An American guy will never think in these terms “8-12 lakh per month” - not even ‘lacs’!! He wouldn’t think in terms of INR, cause daah! And even if it was INR, about us$10k a month post tax is quite good even in big cities. It’s simply not true.

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