VijayIndia #5, by nominal GDP.
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Switch eSCRAMBLER. 13 kWh battery. 50 kW mid-drive motor.
https://www.bikeexif.com/street-legal-electric-motorcycle
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Watching #FightClub, for the first time. Thought Helena Carter is Emma Watson..
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50 insightful notes from @.lifemathmoney
https://twitter.com/LifeMathMoney/status/1230490473036468224
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LifeMathMoney on Twitter
“Notes: 1. If something was perfectly normal, you wouldn't have to keep mentioning that it's perfectly normal. 2. "There is no research to suggest..." does not mean something is wrong. 3. If you were "authentic" you would not need to keep mentioning that you're authentic.”
>"Injuries done to us by others tend to be acute; the self-inflicted ones tend to be chronic." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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TIL, press the flesh.
"To press the flesh means to shake hands, to mingle in a crowd of people in order to make personal, physical contact.
Politicians often press the flesh in order to make personal contact with voters and show that they are equals of the people." grammarist.com
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Watched #Parasite, Korean movie. Good one.
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Watched #ModernTimes (1936).. they thought about CCTV in 30s. 😲
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T + 3 weeks.
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Ordinary Life is ok. Relax. Take it easy. https://youtu.be/wLt24P8-cCs
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THE MATERIALISTIC WORLD: An Ordinary Life Is No Longer Good Enough | Alain de Botton On London Real
Symbol of hate.
https://youtu.be/qVIXUhZ2AWs
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Modi: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Kinetic sculptures https://youtu.be/1CNU3DQclGs
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Best compilation of Kinetic masterpieces by Anthony Howe.
Sensex start date, 01-01-1986
Dollex start date, 25-07-2001
Dollex is $ denominated sensex
Sensex @ dollex start date, 3250 vs. sexsex now @ 40363. Grew 12.42x, last 19 years.
Dollex now @ 4612. Grew 46.12x.
INR inflated 65% against $, during this time.. so, USD investments grew 70.65x but INR investments only grew 12.42x.
How do you explain this? 🤔😖
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#covid19 infection rate outside China is 370 (23/Feb), 371 (24/Feb) for last 2 days. It was below 100 till 16/Feb. #coronavirus
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TIL, the myth "Thiruvalluvar is son of Aathi - Bhagavan, lived in Mylapore" is here since 1835.
திருவள்ளுவர் யார்? Who is Thiruvalluvar? | Gowthama Sanna
>Public blockchains are Marxist in their goals, Leninist in their implementations. @.angela_walch
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"To rephrase, every human should at all times have equality in probability (which we can control), not equality in outcome." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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> #Mulan producer says removing Li Shang from the film was influenced by the #MeToo movement @.getfandom
🤦♂️
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T + 4 weeks.
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>"A healthy community isn’t built around “core values” or “mission and goals” — or if it is, these things can’t take the form of lists.
A community is built around a shared story." @.JoshHochschild
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TIL, chess grandmasters burn 6000 calories on tournament day. 😲
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You are a story that you tell yourself. @.naval
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Life is code that writes itself. @.michellevarron
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>"The origin of life is the origin of software.
Our DNA is a very, very old piece of software, tremendously patched and presumably a universal programming language sufficiently powerful to express any algorithm.
Life is evolving software.
Biology is software archeology." @.kpaxs
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Saw Jackie Chan drinking bubble tea in "Accidental Spy". I didn't notice it 10 years ago, when I watched this movie for the first time :)
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#Mastodon, be ready for massive new users inflow. Looks like, US right bought a big stake in Twitter.. it'll likely piss off US left.
https://twitter.com/joshshepperd/status/1233875601074925568
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Watching #TheCourier.. 😖🤦♂️
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Open source hardware. #RiskV
https://thenewstack.io/open-source-hardware-the-rise-of-risc-v/
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Open Source Hardware: The Rise of RISC-V - The New Stack
While open source software is taking over the world, a push for open source hardware has been quietly building.The RISC-V foundation has been pushing its open sourced instruction set architecture for chips based on the long-established paradigms for reduced instruction set computing. And one of its most vocal advocates is Calista Redmond, the chief executive of the RISC-V Foundation, which is working to promote its adoption.
>"Unless you create goals and plans, all your positive affirmations may end up as is wishful thinking.
Positive thinking is wonderful. It is an important part of success, but even more, you need action to succeed. This is where goal setting comes into play." @.zen_mindset
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>"The reaction to any exponential risk (like #COVID19) is either too early or too late. Hard to time it "just right".
If too early, you seem paranoid or alarmist.
If too late, you endanger yourself and your community." @.matthuang
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Is it cancelled yet? https://www.isitcanceledyet.com/
#COVID19
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Just now watched #KannumKannumKollaiyadithaal.. awesome movie. Last couple of minutes, vera level. 😊👍👍
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>"Michael Bloomberg proved that it’s cheaper to buy a President than it is to buy the Presidency." @.naval
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>"Creativity arises behind the conscious mind." @.naval
>“Your brain is most intelligent when you don’t instruct it on what to do—something people who take showers discover on occasion.” @.phalgun_r
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Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters@vjy
We are officially jealous of anyone with this... problem.