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Joined June 2010
What this line of argument misses is that we are trying to short circuit billions of years of evolution. Yes our brains famously work at 20 watts, but how long did it take us to get here? We have to double down on what works and if it does work, energy will be the least of our worries.
"Electricity bill .. up 60% since 2023" in Athens, Georgia (US) due to new AI data center demand for electricity. One of the under-appreciated facts about the current state-of-the art AI is how extraordinarily energy inefficient it is. This is a huge issue for India. Even if we could afford all the GPUs (not!), we cannot afford the electricity bill. We cannot afford to hurt households and factories. We need vastly more energy efficient AI. I believe that requires fundamentally rethinking the computational aspect of AI.
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We just launched ChatGPT Go, a new low-cost subscription plan in India at ₹399/month. 🇮🇳 With this plan, users get everything in Free, and 10x more messages with GPT-5 auto, 10x more image generations, 10x more file uploads and 2x longer memory for more personalized responses. And you can now pay with UPI in Indian Rupees.
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Companies Hiring Freshers Above ₹10 LPA in India I’ve compiled a list of companies that hire freshers with packages above ₹10 LPA. The list includes: ✅ Company Name ✅ LinkedIn Profile ✅ Career Website ✅ Sector ✅ Address Use this to explore high-paying opportunities and apply with confidence! How to Use This List? 1- Visit the LinkedIn Jobs section and apply directly. 2- On the company’s LinkedIn page, find employee data to request referrals. 3- Visit the career portal and apply directly. 4- Send them a cold email to inquire about job opportunities. You can find email addresses in the footer or on the "Contact Us" page. 🔗 Want access to this? 1️⃣ Like ❤️ & Follow 2️⃣ Repost 🔁 to help others 3️⃣ Reply “Freshers” ✍️ 👉 Make sure to follow so I can send you the link! Once this post hits 100 likes & replies, I’ll drop the link in the thread for everyone. Don’t miss it! #freshers #jobs
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A recent distress call: a student has taken about ₹70L ($80K) debt at 12% to get a master's degree in a small college in the US. The problem: the job scene in IT is bad, especially so for foreign students and payments on the loan are starting soon. I don't know what we could do in this situation because we have not been hiring much as we transform ourselves for the AI era. That caution in hiring is also because we have a policy of not resorting to lay-offs. I urge students and parents to be cautious in borrowing heavily to pursue degrees abroad. Borrowing heavily to pursue degrees in India is unwise too. I strongly believe we should not trap young people in debt in the name of education. The only smart course is for prospective employers to fund training programs and for the industry to broadly accept such alternative credentials rather than ask for formal degrees. The best investment we make as a company is in training and skill development. I hope companies do this widely so we don't strand young people in debt.
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LinkedIn is getting out of hand 🤣
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This disaster could have been avoided only if the complaints were looked into. Comment from Ex Air India crew #Boeing #AirIndia
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
OP posted a unverified comment as Ex Air India staff - ditto comments were made from burner/fake accounts in instagram too which suggests that This is a False propaganda x.com/LifeMathMoney/…
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Never used SQLite, as far as I understand it works only as an embedded db
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The Writers' Room is coming to Mumbai!!! 🤩 Join us along with @OurTechComm and @LetsUpgrade_in for a meetup on technical writing 📝 📅 Sunday, May 18th 📍 Andheri West, Mumbai (in-person only) 🔗 Registrations are open: lu.ma/4zlluv62
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#WATCH | Punjab | On probability of business at Attari border getting affected due to the government of India closing the integrated checkpost at Attari in the wake of the horrific #PahalgamTerroristAttack, a businessman from Attari, Manjeet Singh, says, "Our business will function somehow, but what happened (terrorist attack) was extremely wrong... It is one thing when soldiers are attacked because at least they know how to respond. But attacking tourists is extremely wrong... There is no problem if the number of tourists visiting our business decreases. We are with the country... The decision PM Narendra Modi has taken is good."
#WATCH | Morning visuals from the Attari Integrated checkpost in Punjab's Amritsar. In the wake of the horrific #PahalgamTerroristAttack, the government of India has decided to close the integrated checkpost Attari with immediate effect. Those (Pakistani nationals) who have crossed over with valid endorsements may return through that route before 1st May 2025.
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Muslims living with Hindus = Problem. Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem. Muslims living with Christians = Problem. Muslims living with Jews = Problem. Muslims living with Sikhs = Problem Muslims living with Baha’is = Problem. Muslims living with Shintos = Problem. Muslims living with Atheists = Problem. Muslims living with Muslims = Big Problem. This led to: They’re not happy in Gaza. They’re not happy in Egypt. They’re not happy in Libya. They’re not happy in Morocco. They’re not happy in Iran. They’re not happy in Iraq. They’re not happy in Yemen. They’re not happy in Afghanistan. They’re not happy in Pakistan. They’re not happy in Syria. They’re not happy in Lebanon. They’re not happy in Nigeria. They’re not happy in Kenya. They’re not happy in Sudan. Where are they happy? They’re happy in Australia. They’re happy in England. They’re happy in Belgium. They’re happy in France. They’re happy in Italy. They’re happy in Germany. They’re happy in Sweden. They’re happy in the USA and Canada. They’re happy in Norway and India. They’re happy in almost every country that is not Islamic. Whom do they blame? Not Islam. Not their leadership. Not themselves. They blame the countries they are happy in. They want to change the countries they’re happy in to be like the countries they came from, where they were unhappy.
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Excited to launch Browserable: an open-source and self-hostable browser automation library designed to let agents execute web tasks, track status and fetch results. GitHub: github.com/browserable/brows… Watch Browserable search Amazon for a yoga mat atleast 6mm thick, non-slip, eco-friendly, and under $50.
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The fundamental problem!!!
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As long as BMTC MD does not travel everyday by bus, issues of BMTC won’t get addressed. As long as BMRCL MD doesn’t travel by metro, issues of overcrowded metro coaches or lack of last mile connectivity won’t get addressed. The people who run our public transport institutions must mandatorily use them. Unless you feel the pinch of the shoe, you won’t fix it.
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My friend's wife needed root canal treatment in New Zealand. The clinic quoted $2,500. She flew back to India in the off season for $900 and got it done in her hometown in Haryana for $50. Healthcare is a huge problem in the West due to lack of enough doctors and hospitals.
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DiceDB is #2 on HN 🤯 I don't know how to "react" 😅
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I am officially building a new open source UI library called Volt. Based on code ownership model, unopinionated and powered by Unstyled PrimeVue Core with Tailwind v4. #vuejs First release in 2 weeks with 30 essential UI components.
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Unikraft is part of GSoC for the 4th year in a row 💯🚀🤩 If software tinkering of all kinds tickles your fancy, then join us on Discord and apply for Unikraft at GSoC. Application deadline is April 8, 2025 ⏰ #opensource #gsoc #unikraft #mentoring
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AI startups need to think of MAA (Model-Agent-Application) as an architectural pattern, not an ecosystem. Think of it as the new MVC.
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