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Thought Stream — week of 10 Feb 2020

Hollywood movies make implausible action sequences seem plausible.

Bollywood movies make plausible action sequences seem implausible.

Thoughts after watching Hrithik Roshan starrer War.

Disclaimer: Connoisseur of mindless action movies.


Everything is a means to an end. This gets lost in the hustle and bustle of life.


Four uses of twitter: \1. Short notes to oneself - reinforce thoughts and ideas. \2. Writing practice - compressed spaces enhance learning. \3. Grow grey cells - exposure to novel ideas and opinions. \4. Share your ideas and opinions with the world.


Will electric cars be the Nokia moment for automakers?


This is why I do not understand the appeal of blockchain in a closed eco-system. A database is sufficient.

@jimmy_wales: @DanielKrawisz @Ckatoshi @Wikipedia We already store data. In a database. It works well.


Indexing data in a DataFrame should be straightforward. By providing umpteen ways to do this, Pandas makes this simple operation a cognitive overload, especially for newcomers.

Brought back memories of good old Perl.


Disproportionate returns come from identifying the start of a wave, investing at the trough, holding on the way up, and selling out at the crest.

The tricky part - identifying a wave, it’s trough and crest 😂.


A framework to think through non-cooperation scenarios that we encounter in our daily lives.

https://abhyrama.com/2020/02/11/the-games-we-play/

@abhyrama: If you want to understand the problem with uncoordinated local optimizations, look at Bangalore traffic. Everyone is selfishly optimizing locally for themselves under the illusion that it will make them reach their destination faster, and everyone suffers as a whole.


With mobile phones becoming the companion for every mundane activity, will we lose our Eureka moments?


Always be on the lookout for opportunities to ignite healthy and passionate discussions in your teams.

The best are those where you light the fire with a short sentence and the team takes over.