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
I was video-ing an amazing series of stacked stones at an SFO pier circa 2K and a guy walks up saying "My work. If you like it could you give me some $?" I ask him how would I know he did it. He said "I'm tired now but you try this-" and stood a broom stick on its brush end .. which I just couldn't!
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was video-ing an amazing series of stacked stones at an SFO pier circa 2K and a guy walks up saying "My work. If you like it could you give me some $?" I ask him how would I know he did it. He said "I'm tired now but you try this-" and stood a broom stick on its brush end .. which I just couldn't!
Ok programming folks - "Written in Zig" is the new "Written in Rust".
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ok programming folks - "Written in Zig" is the new "Written in Rust".
Just saw someone wearing a tee that said "Keep doing good things". Thought it is a good thing to spread that message.
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Just saw someone wearing a tee that said "Keep doing good things". Thought it is a good thing to spread that message.
MCA = Ministry of Corporate A*&holery. Nothing works. DSC process is broken as shit. Even site login is unreliable. "Ease of doing business" it seems. The entire design of digital services in India uses "guilty until proven innocent" as a guideline.
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
MCA = Ministry of Corporate A*&holery. Nothing works. DSC process is broken as shit. Even site login is unreliable. "Ease of doing business" it seems. The entire design of digital services in India uses "guilty until proven innocent" as a guideline.
“It is easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favour” - Tyrion Lannister in GoT.
December 31, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“It is easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favour” - Tyrion Lannister in GoT.
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I decided to take transit instead & she walked.
The car sat unused.
We both enjoyed our commutes.
All this to say, sometimes even those of us who are actively working to fix forced car dependency can benefit from a push to explore what’s possible for trips we usually drive a car for.
2/2
The car sat unused.
We both enjoyed our commutes.
All this to say, sometimes even those of us who are actively working to fix forced car dependency can benefit from a push to explore what’s possible for trips we usually drive a car for.
2/2
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I decided to take transit instead & she walked.
The car sat unused.
We both enjoyed our commutes.
All this to say, sometimes even those of us who are actively working to fix forced car dependency can benefit from a push to explore what’s possible for trips we usually drive a car for.
2/2
The car sat unused.
We both enjoyed our commutes.
All this to say, sometimes even those of us who are actively working to fix forced car dependency can benefit from a push to explore what’s possible for trips we usually drive a car for.
2/2
I laugh but I cry.
December 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I laugh but I cry.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
edgarallenpoha on twitter calling some bigot iirc an "expired bottle of gelusil". All time creative genius level insult!
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
edgarallenpoha on twitter calling some bigot iirc an "expired bottle of gelusil". All time creative genius level insult!
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By sourcing data from the ground, the community is involved in preserving linguistic diversity and advancing linguistic inclusion, founder of TuluAI, Amrith Shenava said.
scroll.in/article/1089...
✍️Tauseef Ahmad & Sajid Raina
Via @restofworld.org
scroll.in/article/1089...
✍️Tauseef Ahmad & Sajid Raina
Via @restofworld.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
By sourcing data from the ground, the community is involved in preserving linguistic diversity and advancing linguistic inclusion, founder of TuluAI, Amrith Shenava said.
scroll.in/article/1089...
✍️Tauseef Ahmad & Sajid Raina
Via @restofworld.org
scroll.in/article/1089...
✍️Tauseef Ahmad & Sajid Raina
Via @restofworld.org
The US's crossed over into being a radical extremist christian nation. We've got "radical extremist X nation" everywhere now. Woe be to us frogs in wells!
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The US's crossed over into being a radical extremist christian nation. We've got "radical extremist X nation" everywhere now. Woe be to us frogs in wells!
Infuriating! Please just STOP DOING THIS SHIT. This is NOT Feynman explaining. Someone ran his voice through a faker and the whole thing is vomit. JUST STOP IT IF YOU HAVE A SHRED OF DECENCY. I don't want to link to the video itself and hence posting a screenshot only.
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Infuriating! Please just STOP DOING THIS SHIT. This is NOT Feynman explaining. Someone ran his voice through a faker and the whole thing is vomit. JUST STOP IT IF YOU HAVE A SHRED OF DECENCY. I don't want to link to the video itself and hence posting a screenshot only.
I get this irrational craving for a hockey stick candy at Christmas time .. only. Marketing works I guess.
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I get this irrational craving for a hockey stick candy at Christmas time .. only. Marketing works I guess.
🤔 people with cameras in hand strike terror in the hearts of fellow humans?
If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
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The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🤔 people with cameras in hand strike terror in the hearts of fellow humans?
Much needed technological innovation at the White House - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnG4...
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - No Ideas Imagination Theories
YouTube video by dramrgameel
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December 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Much needed technological innovation at the White House - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnG4...
One of my all time favs and well put by Scalzi ... also for the techie nerdy things like the button that Sully presses to opening the reassembled door being named "Fizt" after the physics engine they created to animate the million hairs on the character. Love that attitude.
Today in The December Comfort Watches: Monsters, Inc., which is a triumph of worldbuilding, and showing how even an inherently terrifying concept can be adorable and hilarious if you know how to commit to the bit:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Three: Monsters, Inc
Because I am a nerd — no, really — every time I watch Monsters, Inc. I think about the biology and physiology of its monsters. As in, I very strongly believe that all the different mons…
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December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One of my all time favs and well put by Scalzi ... also for the techie nerdy things like the button that Sully presses to opening the reassembled door being named "Fizt" after the physics engine they created to animate the million hairs on the character. Love that attitude.
.. either that or there is an ally on the inside rebelling by malicious compliance.
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
.. either that or there is an ally on the inside rebelling by malicious compliance.
Ok, so TIL the plural of "attorney general" is "attorneys general" and not "attorney generals".
December 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Ok, so TIL the plural of "attorney general" is "attorneys general" and not "attorney generals".
"Seaspeaker" - short film by Parvathy Nayar on the fisher folk of Urur Olcott Kuppam - vimeo.com/950727735
Seaspeaker - A Film by Parvathi Nayar ( Documentary Trailer )
Faith and knowledge are intertwined to flow deep within the fisher elder S Palayam, or Palayam Anna, as he is fondly known. Palayam Anna lives in the Chennai fishing…
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December 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"Seaspeaker" - short film by Parvathy Nayar on the fisher folk of Urur Olcott Kuppam - vimeo.com/950727735
👇 The Donnie Yen - Jet Li mental fight scene in "Hero" is jaw dropping gorgeous ... Just as the whole movie itself is. youtu.be/7ZANYMihNZM?...
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
👇 The Donnie Yen - Jet Li mental fight scene in "Hero" is jaw dropping gorgeous ... Just as the whole movie itself is. youtu.be/7ZANYMihNZM?...
#JuliaAudio I wanted to be able to support VST3 plugins and AudioUnits within Synth.jl, but no packages were available for that. So I now have two #ClaudeCode generated packages that might be able to help - AudioUnits.jl : github.com/srikumarks/A... and VST3Host.jl : github.com/srikumarks/V... .
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
#JuliaAudio I wanted to be able to support VST3 plugins and AudioUnits within Synth.jl, but no packages were available for that. So I now have two #ClaudeCode generated packages that might be able to help - AudioUnits.jl : github.com/srikumarks/A... and VST3Host.jl : github.com/srikumarks/V... .
Why why why do you have to spoil spring onions for everyone!
Good to know. Everyone's been wanting to know.
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Why why why do you have to spoil spring onions for everyone!
Didn't get enough of Shashank today at RRSabha. What I truly want is a four hour alapana concert by him .. with some tanam as well. #ChennaiMargazhiMusic
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Didn't get enough of Shashank today at RRSabha. What I truly want is a four hour alapana concert by him .. with some tanam as well. #ChennaiMargazhiMusic
USD (+1) = INR (+91). ISD codes and exchange rate have synchronised.
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
USD (+1) = INR (+91). ISD codes and exchange rate have synchronised.
Scratching my head at finding *this* group of recently read/reading/reread/rereading books on the L1 cache ... along with a small bottle of savlon ... just in case.
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Scratching my head at finding *this* group of recently read/reading/reread/rereading books on the L1 cache ... along with a small bottle of savlon ... just in case.