Rashmi Sinha

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Techie & scientist. Cofounded SlideShare. Run a rare disease foundation. Foodie and aspiring cook. Nostalgic desi.
Not to brag, but I am getting really good at copying 6-digit numbers from my phone to text boxes on my computer.
I want an AI to do the boring bits. To type faster for me. To “rubber duck” brainstorm problems with. To automate my weekly dull tasks. To double check my work. To help me write good unit tests. To my async and edge case code more robust. More Iron Man suit and less Terminator.

RRR's Naatu Naatu won Oscar for best original song!

What a joyous song. If you have not danced to it yet, worth checking it out

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsU0CGZoV8E

Naatu Naatu Full Video Song (Telugu) [4K] | RRR | NTR,Ram Charan | MM Keeravaani | SS Rajamouli

YouTube

Happy holi to my friends on mastodon. enjoy these pictures of a world of color!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64872121
#HappyHoli #holi #southasian #desi

Holi 2023: India celebrates festival of colours

Millions of people mark the occasion with processions and festive meals.

BBC News
If you have ever argued or wondered about the root cause of homelessness then this is must read
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/everything-you-think-you-know-about?utm_medium=email
Everything you think you know about homelessness is wrong

A guest post by Aaron Carr.

Noahpinion
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/17eks-ezra-klein-podcast-rachel-zoffness.html I have trashed my back from many years of running, aerobics, and just life. How I handle it? Exercise and keeping busy. Not thinking of myself as a patient. This podcast confirmed my strategy!.
Opinion | This Book Changed My Relationship to Pain

The pain psychologist Rachel Zoffness explains how pain is a “biopsychosocial phenomenon” — and how we can better treat it as such.

Do yourself a favor and reserve 10 minutes today to read this eye opening Oatmeal comic on the psychological "backfire effect”.

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about the backfire effect.

The Oatmeal
My Superbowl ritual. Eating too much nachos and watching half time feeling slightly sick.
Waiting for someone to make an artisanal search engine that only indexes manually verified websites written by humans. Farm-to-table organic search results, handmade with 100% certified human creativity, like your grandparents told you about.
The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump

Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized social platform is not a direct replacement.

WIRED