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Consultants and Employees
Employees and consultants are wired differently. Employees excel at BAU work, while consultants always work "on the edge" (transforming stuff). Most…
Jun 11
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Does Liverpool FC have a data science problem?
Data science team succession is tricky when the models are used for a small number of high-stakes decisions. Did Liverpool get this wrong post Ian…
Jun 2
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Karthik S
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Takshashila Skills
The Takshashila Institution has made public a whole bunch of skills, based on their public policy research and writing over the years. I take a few for…
May 27
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Karthik S
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Credit and responsibility for AI creations
What makes AI art art? When does AI become a tool in the hand of the artist, and not the creator itself? The answer lies in "one touch"!
May 27
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Karthik S
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I know why the Imam fainted
Imam Pasand is very dense in sugars, and relatively low on fibre and water, and so it can give you a really massive sugar spike. It is no doubt sweet…
May 17
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Karthik S
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Rats and races
A very belated realisation that running a funded startup can quickly become a rat race!
May 16
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Karthik S
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Vocal for local
There was a Project I wanted to work on using both ChatGPT and Claude. My "elegant" solution has been to keep the files on my computer, and use Claude…
May 15
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Biceps and Goodhart's Law
Biceps have come to represent strength since they are the only part of the male body that can become muscular, and where such muscle can be shown off…
May 13
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Football Elo revisited
Revisiting football club elo data to analyse the current state of top English clubs.
May 11
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Learning styles
A curious thing about how I learn - whenever the first step of something comes to me easily, I find it really hard to learn. When I grind through…
May 10
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Karthik S
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Food 2x2s
Think of food in terms of 2 axes - good and bad for health, and enjoyable or not. Just cut the "bad for health and not enjoyable" quadrant (in my case…
May 8
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Karthik S
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Back to school for a panel
I was at IIMB for a panel discussion today. Some pertinent observations both from the panel and my visit to campus.
Apr 30
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Karthik S
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Bangalore Wind
Some explorations on wind patterns in Bangalore, and what brings rain
Apr 29
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Microsoft Teams and Vibe Coding
OK this is fairly hand-wavy, but I think vibe coding is going to change software products for the better, and user experience should overall improve…
Apr 27
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