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Jay
@jaym@den.jaym.uk
mastodon 4.7.2Personal: Politics, 80s, mobile tech, cricket. The usual Indian chap. Formerly CNBC-India tech blogging, Networks and now a venture/fund expert.
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Joined September 01, 2025
The operation went off well. it was almost 9+ hours and overall a complex one. Now in slow recovery in the ICU but getting better every hour
Dad's stitches came off today fully. His doc is happy and now i can step back into my own life.
First things first is to take Rachel out on a date. She has been... exceptional understanding during this trying time.
Looked at my rather dormant portfolio and to much surprise its moving along at a steady 8 percent for the last two years. Good job past jay.
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@ZombieGopher I wish India had decent EV cars. We got terrible choice here (only local manufacturers and the odd Hyundai) thanks to shit duty structures.
I ended up buying a strong hybrid that gives close to 50 mpg or roughly 24 km/l on highway and 16 in the city.
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It's easy to hate on India now days. Not a day goes by when I've not seen the word pajeet being thrown at someone.
It's a complex country with a lot of faults like any other and an insanely rich ancient culture like few others.
The country has survived for generations and will be here for many more. It's economic might will keep increasing
Thanks for everyone that reached out. It's good to see Masto return to life. So many good folks have moved away from social media in general
Hello. Test please reply if you can see this.
I got my first solid day of work in for the first time in over 6 weeks. Learning to decouple from the constant home issues felt good.
So far so good. Let' see how the rest of this short project goes.
5 am and the first South Indian coffee has been had along with Dosa.
Food of the gods.
Its good stuff when your gf's parents demand you show up at 5 am for early breakfast.
This is something i can get behind.
Life is coming at me fast. Dad's surgery been moved up to 19th. We have had to liquidate savings because of how expensive this will be.
Two years of self hosting my own instance and it feels good. It started life on a raspberry pi and now resides on my unraid server.
Offered without comment.
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@ZombieGopher My kid replaced hers with one. She had a tesla X back in canada and did not import it. She lives about about 180 km away from me and bought the BYD seal.
Properly amazing vehicle.
I miss the team rapport we had till late last year here.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/
So ends that experiment.
What on earth?
Dad is finally in his own room out of the icu.
Thank god. I can sleep in my own bed and play wow in my downtime.
Just read up on Euro Office and i am hoping it catches on.I live with libre office now and been working with it professionally for the last 6 months.
More choice is welcome.
I started a new Harandir Druid and i am pleasantly surprised to see my 25 percent from the last expac is intact till 80? I had expected blizzard would have removed it.
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Having my closest friend turn their back on me at this time has been the worst thing to deal with
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• Kavi — Coordinator: routes work to the right specialist, tracks progress, verifies results.
• Forge — Engineer: coding/refactors/architecture.
• Bolt — Operator: shell commands, deployments, services, file ops.
• Sage — Researcher: web/docs research, comparisons, deep dives.
• Echo — Scribe: documentation, summaries, memory upkeep.
RE: @404mediaco@mastodon.social
There are a LOT of things wrong with AI but i wish people would cut the lady some slack. She got hit by a compaction issue. This could happen to literally anyone.
This is no better than you nailing the Git backup every single time and then that one time ....
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@ZombieGopher it's all just frustration for me. I hate X but I can't give up on paying work
My dad needs a bypass in 10 days. It's a pretty common surgery but i cant say i dont have my heart in my mouth.
It really does feel like a different world here on masto. The anti AI wave is so strong I feel circumspect in sharing the work I am doing.
My dad is back in the hospital again and probably will need a bypass. I am so scared.
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@pinkRhododendron Thanks. To be truthful its not my first time. i started with linux right out of the gate in the 1990s but work and life kept me on mac/windows.
This was the first time i went with Arch vs the standard debian/plasma install.
We are in utter hell here in Mumbai. Please look up the wet bulb effect and then look up Mumbai feels like temperatures
@Vosskah@gamepad.club Hope you are okay and hanging in there bud?
It's been a long rough month. However dad is on the other side of this operation now and while he has a long road of recovery ahead of him I am so glad he will be free of the constant threat of heart issues.
Therapy has been good. I guess just unburdening the sheer tension and anxiety of last year has been therapeutic.
I am slowly getting back to satisfying work and I sincerely can't complain.
Once dad recovers I got trips pending to SG and Kl.
Went to the gym after weeks. Just basic stuff and it really feels good. The body has gotten so stiff sitting in hospitals
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@ZombieGopher I am back on x heavily muted. I am building actively and that's where a lot of good folks with no skin except building are still there. It's not making me happy but I've got valuable real life work from there
Dad will be out of the hospital tomorrow. It's a long recovery period for him.
I am looking forward to his return.
I am so tired. This is the longest I've gone without leaving the country and the wanderlust is so bad right now.
@theonezero@mastodon.social I am using both. I am happy with either specially once you discover windows ltsc exists
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@ZombieGopher It’s getting tight man. I have had to budget extra for gas this month thanks to this utterly moronic war
Picked up a fold 7 second hand to give it amother shot and it is fun to use.