Srikumar
@sriku.org
Math, music (@patantara.com), human and computer languages, small data and natural intelligence, visiting prof of computer science at Krea University. Blog - https://sriku.org .
Does the dog have Turing nature?
Does the dog have Turing nature?
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My dad used to talk about how much he enjoyed ottamthullal as a kid in the 1940s-50s. It's a satirical recite & dance art from Kerala.
This dark, sharp act sure reminded me of that.
English privilege, Caste, TW, Tagore & more.
#DesiWatch #StandUp
This dark, sharp act sure reminded me of that.
English privilege, Caste, TW, Tagore & more.
#DesiWatch #StandUp
Let's Talk About It - Full Comedy Special | Manjeet Sarkar
This is my debut stand-up comedy special. Watch it till the end to enjoy it to the fullest.
The special consists of three colours representing 3 topics that are not algorithm-friendly. So, like,…
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February 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
My dad used to talk about how much he enjoyed ottamthullal as a kid in the 1940s-50s. It's a satirical recite & dance art from Kerala.
This dark, sharp act sure reminded me of that.
English privilege, Caste, TW, Tagore & more.
#DesiWatch #StandUp
This dark, sharp act sure reminded me of that.
English privilege, Caste, TW, Tagore & more.
#DesiWatch #StandUp
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On the @oxidecomputer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/
Deep Blue
We coined a new term on the Oxide and Friends podcast last month (primary credit to Adam Leventhal) covering the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many …
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February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
On the @oxidecomputer and friends podcast last month we (primary credit @ahl) coined the term "Deep Blue" for the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to LLMs right now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/deep-blue/
Looks like Voyager-1 will cross 1 light day around July 3rd this year? The US administration won't care, but ought to be a great celebration for NASA .. and for the whole of humanity.
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Looks like Voyager-1 will cross 1 light day around July 3rd this year? The US administration won't care, but ought to be a great celebration for NASA .. and for the whole of humanity.
And yet the profit makers hold no responsibility because they are "just" responding to the market in order to meet their (fictitious) "fiduciary responsibility" no matter how banked they are for lobbying to save lives.
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
And yet the profit makers hold no responsibility because they are "just" responding to the market in order to meet their (fictitious) "fiduciary responsibility" no matter how banked they are for lobbying to save lives.
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MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed.
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed.
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Gentle reminder
P(you are a theoretical physicist | you are Richard Feynman) != P(you are Richard Feynman | you are a theoretical physicist)
P(you are a theoretical physicist | you are Richard Feynman) != P(you are Richard Feynman | you are a theoretical physicist)
The authors’ prior publications are mainly in experimental & theoretical physics & materials science, not in electricity system modelling or decarbonisation studies.
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Gentle reminder
P(you are a theoretical physicist | you are Richard Feynman) != P(you are Richard Feynman | you are a theoretical physicist)
P(you are a theoretical physicist | you are Richard Feynman) != P(you are Richard Feynman | you are a theoretical physicist)
Got it. Only the super rich get "innocent until proven guilty". For the rest of us, a spelling inconsistency in our id cards can bring our citizenships into question and deny our voting rights and the responsibility of proving we're legit will lie with us. Make questioning citizenship be defamation?
The magistrate said that #RaviNair, as a journalist and public commentator, was expected to be conscious of the reach and impact of the statements made on digital platforms, especially when making categorical allegations that could affect reputations. scroll.in/latest/10906...
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Got it. Only the super rich get "innocent until proven guilty". For the rest of us, a spelling inconsistency in our id cards can bring our citizenships into question and deny our voting rights and the responsibility of proving we're legit will lie with us. Make questioning citizenship be defamation?
Tried Sailor ink (black) for my #fouuntainpen. Pen dries up easily. Doesn't happen with Pelikan ink. Anyone else find the same with Sailor? Didn't expect it for pricey ink.
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Tried Sailor ink (black) for my #fouuntainpen. Pen dries up easily. Doesn't happen with Pelikan ink. Anyone else find the same with Sailor? Didn't expect it for pricey ink.
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one of music’s quiet tricks is that you don’t have to speak the language to feel the weight of it.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 AM
one of music’s quiet tricks is that you don’t have to speak the language to feel the weight of it.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
You cannot setup linguistic moats around your product any more perhaps. For a problem, my CuSparse based training code ran a large problem in 4 minutes (took 4 hours on cpu). Got Claude Code to rewrite it for Metal + iterated on fusing some generated kernels - now 8x that speed on my M4 MacBook pro!
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 AM
You cannot setup linguistic moats around your product any more perhaps. For a problem, my CuSparse based training code ran a large problem in 4 minutes (took 4 hours on cpu). Got Claude Code to rewrite it for Metal + iterated on fusing some generated kernels - now 8x that speed on my M4 MacBook pro!
Kid (general sports enthusiast) puzzled by super bowl viewership .. says "total viewership of superbowl over ten years would still be less than the viewership of one football worldcup." (Referring to the game where people actually kick a ball with their feet)
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Kid (general sports enthusiast) puzzled by super bowl viewership .. says "total viewership of superbowl over ten years would still be less than the viewership of one football worldcup." (Referring to the game where people actually kick a ball with their feet)
Newly widened pedestrian walkways at Khader Nawaz Khan road in #Chennai. The city will shine if this is emulated all over. Could actually breathe while walking. This is a recent renovation .. so appreciate the thought and planning.
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Newly widened pedestrian walkways at Khader Nawaz Khan road in #Chennai. The city will shine if this is emulated all over. Could actually breathe while walking. This is a recent renovation .. so appreciate the thought and planning.
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"Tomorrow will have its stresses but there's always another bike ride." Is a T-shirtable message! Love it.
Sometimes, only sometimes. The stress of life is worth enduring to feel it melt away during an after work bike ride that’s just aimless. Directionless. Not a-b - like my bikes an uber or an Audi. Of course it’s always temporary. Tomorrow will have its stresses. But there’s always another bike ride🚲♥️
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"Tomorrow will have its stresses but there's always another bike ride." Is a T-shirtable message! Love it.
The principle we need to agree on here is "innocent until proven guilty" and not the other way around.
The petitioner said that he was not opposed to the caste census but questioned the absence of any publicly disclosed criteria or standardised methodology for recording, classifying or verifying #caste identity during the upcoming #census.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10904...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10904...
February 3, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The principle we need to agree on here is "innocent until proven guilty" and not the other way around.
The situation cannot be compared but it is rather funny on #Chennai roads where cars slow down cyclists..and yet people sit inside extra large tin cans to get from A to B .. even if at a snail's pace .. because, "prestige".
Cars kill hundreds of people every single year in Ireland. Cause untold carnage. Have destroyed the ability of kids to get anywhere safely. Congest our cities etc. But cyclists are the nightmare. Right got it.
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The situation cannot be compared but it is rather funny on #Chennai roads where cars slow down cyclists..and yet people sit inside extra large tin cans to get from A to B .. even if at a snail's pace .. because, "prestige".
Do electric cars give their owners a sense that they're helping the planet and society? Wondering whether taking the win we get in these times means another trash situation being kicked down the road when people find battery tech improved 10x. Swapping phones is one thing, but swapping cars?
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Do electric cars give their owners a sense that they're helping the planet and society? Wondering whether taking the win we get in these times means another trash situation being kicked down the road when people find battery tech improved 10x. Swapping phones is one thing, but swapping cars?
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... way to go!
MSN
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February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... way to go!
"Art is the act of balancing: knowing what to prepare, what to leave to the moment, and the wisdom to know the difference."
- Stephen Nachmanovitch in "The Art of Is: Improvising as a way of life"
- Stephen Nachmanovitch in "The Art of Is: Improvising as a way of life"
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"Art is the act of balancing: knowing what to prepare, what to leave to the moment, and the wisdom to know the difference."
- Stephen Nachmanovitch in "The Art of Is: Improvising as a way of life"
- Stephen Nachmanovitch in "The Art of Is: Improvising as a way of life"
Been slowly trying to get familiar with Toki Pona. As usually happens, I'm currently processing the language by translating it into English/tamil as I feel like. The odd thing is that when I encountered the pictographic script, it felt like I didn't need much translation to get it! That was new!
February 2, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Been slowly trying to get familiar with Toki Pona. As usually happens, I'm currently processing the language by translating it into English/tamil as I feel like. The odd thing is that when I encountered the pictographic script, it felt like I didn't need much translation to get it! That was new!
The Moltbook Situation
YouTube video by The PrimeTime
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February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Oh boy! Such phenomenal actors in Wonder Man! Thoroughly enjoying the plot, the cast, the execution.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Oh boy! Such phenomenal actors in Wonder Man! Thoroughly enjoying the plot, the cast, the execution.
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