Laxmikant 🇮🇳

Politics, Technology, Leadership, Spirituality - not nesseccarily in the order ;-) RTs are not endorsements.

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@adarshahgd Nice? Where did you buy?

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@semubhatt Wish you too a happy 2026 🎉

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@rakshitshetty It is still fresh in mind and we keep going back to every now and then. Thank you for the masterpiece 🙏

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@photomithra Thanks 🙏 . Going this weekend, for sure will visit.

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@ghatti_chutney Is it a highway? Thought its extension of Bangalore traffic woes! 😉

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

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@iAsura_ Shucks…

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@semubhatt @narendramodi Didnt pay attention to this till you caught it 🙏

[Augadh @AugadhBhudeva]

How Kashi Changed My Life
The Burning Ghaat - Manikarnika
By Nishant Parmar

This is a brilliant video, well narrated and he’s captured the essence of Kashi exceptionally well.
He says, “Experience the soul of Banaras (Varanasi) the city where life and death meet the divine. In this video, I explored the sacred ghats of the Ganges, witnessed the timeless rituals at Manikarnika Ghat, visited the serene Mukti Bhawan, and felt the spiritual energy of the mesmerizing Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat.
Walked through the narrow lanes, heard the sounds of temple bells, and immersed myself in the eternal rhythm of this ancient city a place where every moment feels like a connection to the divine. I hope you experience a little of what I’m sharing with you.”
Credit : Nishant Parmar.

[News Algebra @NewsAlgebraIND]

CM Devendra Fadnavis said Mumbai will be transformed with new sea links, parallel roads, a “Patal Lok” tunnel network, and rapid metro expansion—50 km every year, aiming for full connectivity in four years.

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@iAsura_ Sri Ram when went vanavas, gave up his footwear but not weapons and here we are fooled in believing non-violence!

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@AyurvedaMonk 😂😂👌

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@Kadi_khichadi “Borderline miserable” 😂 Good one.

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@KiranKS Same as we live in Bangalore during rainy season 😉

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@UC_Assist Thanks!

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@iAsura_ Certainly 👍

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@epicnephrin_e I have moved to Blinkit, Instamart, Jio for all shopping. Dont need amazon anymore.

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@throttleandtech 1L virtus or taigun