Mohnish Sharma

Founder of a startup - interested in AI, agriculture, crypto, finance, and many, many more things.

[Mukul Dekhane @dekhane_mukul]

The lost train of Tinsukia.

This is too hilarious.

Remember there was a case of a missing tank in Ahmednagar some years back.

The Indian Railways did one better.....they had a complete train missing for nearly 40 years. This is how it happened:

The Lost Train.

This rake was discovered on on 18th December 2019 lying at a small station about 40 kms short of Tinsukia main.

Tinsukia itself is about 480 kms NE of Guwahati and about 80 kms from the Arunachal border.

Apparently sometime in 1976 or so, the rake had been placed at one of the disused sidings temporarily, as there was no place available along the platforms at the station, which in any case was a very small one.

Railway records show that the train had reached there at 11:08 AM on 16th June 1976. The engine ('power' in railway parlance) was disconnected from the rake and brought back to the station to assist in placing of certain goods wagons.

Heavy rains and flooding took place with effect 11:31 AM, the same day. Enquiries ordered by the Railway Board reveal, at that point of time, the railway staff was totally involved in maintaining traffic continuity, track repairs and tackling the immediate flooding problem; as almost the entire station had been submerged in 5-6 feet of water.

The passengers all had alighted and had made their way to their destinations, obviously with some difficulty. And with some help from the local villagers.

During this period the Station Master too moved out on posting as also some of the staff.

In the meantime people forgot about this rake as it was about 2 kms from the main station, at a limb and in a deserted place.

Slowly vegetation took over the entire area. The remnants of the track leading to the rarely used siding, which had not been washed away in the flood, soon disappeared under bushes, shrubs and weeds. Snakes, birds and wild animals found it an ideal home, much like sunken ships in which marine life abounds.

Time went by. Most of the older lot of railway men retired and others passed away. No one remembered the train. Daniel Smith, the engine driver emigrated to Australia in September 1976.

On 5th December 2019, a satellite picture by one of the NASA satellites which was mapping the forest cover in the Asia-Africa region, captured somewhat obscure, hidden and not too clear pictures of this rake, under a thick forest canopy.

Suspecting it to be the site of an Indian, camouflaged 'rail mobile' ICBM rake, it was forwarded to the Pentagon.

Abnormal activity of a number of satellites over this area was then noted by ISRO, NTRO and Indian intelligence agencies.

In the meantime Russian and Chinese
double agents in the Pentagon informed their handlers, in their mother countries, about the 'ICBM Train' discovered by NASA.
In a bizarre sequence of events, RAW got this information from agents on their payroll in Russia and China.

Now alarm bells started ringing. Could it be a rogue action by an Indian ‘Dr Strangeglove' type of person-- civilian or military?

Inquiries began at the Indian end.

The PMO, DIA (Defence Intelligence Agency), NIA (National Investigation Agency), the MoD (Ministry of Defence) and the CCS
(Cabinet Committee on Security) got involved.

By an internal memo, the IHQ, the Military Space Command and SFC (Strategic Forces Command), all denied the placement of any such train/rake at the location being given.

But subsequent aerial recce and pics taken by own satellites, IAF and the ARC (Aviation Research Center), all confirmed that a well camouflaged rake actually was there.

Ultimately a ground party of SF including MARCOS and GARUD's was sent along with a senior intelligence officer from the NSA's office to the site in an hush-hush operation.

And that is the story of the Lost Train!

Unbelievable!!!!

💐🎉💐

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

Your intent: "pay rent to my landlord."

A banking app turns that into six screens.

Every form charges a "translation tax" — compressing human thoughts into machine-readable boxes. For 40 years.

No longer necessary ↓

https://t.co/F9qsIMlQ9n

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@mamagnus00 API

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@parrysingh Congrats buddy

[Renuka @rainukaaa]

It really takes $0 to RT an artwork ❤️

[George Mack @george__mack]

How to get lucky (without being rich):

1. Luck Razor - If given 2 options, pick the one that has the most luck potential. E.g. Cocktail party vs watching Netflix. Which one has the highest potential for future luck?

2. Avoid Boring People - Avoid people that bore you. And avoid being the boring person in the room. The more interesting you are, the more interesting opportunities people share with you.

3. Poker Mindset > Roulette Mindset - Ridiculous but true statement...

Playing a game of roulette thinking it's poker is better than playing a game of poker thinking it’s roulette. Assume everything is a game of skill. There's usually something you can control if you look hard enough.

4. Delete The Scoreboard - Relentlessly give to good people with no scoreboard in your head keeping track. You’ll end up lucky, fulfilled, and have a packed funeral.

5. Introduce People - If friend A and friend B can get value from each other - introduce them. It's a 30-second email for you and may change their lives forever. Networks are unique because they don't divide when you share them -- they multiply.

6. Get More Curious With Age - Curiosity is like your joints - it weakens with age. Assume your first thoughts about new trends are wrong. Age like Gary Vee or Mark Cuban. Put 20 hours into a new trend before you have an opinion.

7. Pursue High Leverage Relaxation - Rank all relaxation activities on this:

A. Impact
B. Time it takes

Find the highest leverage one across both scores. Do it regularly. It's hard to notice lucky opportunities when your cortisol is through the roof.

8. Get Good At Marketing - The ultimate meta-skill. If you can create a persuasive ad or landing page, you can create a persuasive CV or job interview.

Lifehack: Most people are awful at marketing.

9. Reverse Prison Advice - The cliche prison advice to a new prisoner is to punch the biggest person in the prison. Flip this on its head.

Find the best people you know and help them as much as you can. (Share their projects, give feedback, make intro’s, etc)

[Jason Gu @jasonprompts]

Unpopular opinion, but I think it's way more difficult to use Generative AI in an area where you are a rank beginner than in a field where you have some subject matter expertise in.

For example, you can ask GPT-4 to build you a front end, but if you don't know anything about tailwind css or react, you're going to get something very generic. Conversely if you never performed a SWOT or sensitivity analysis, you wouldn't be able to tell if the output you got has any real insight.

On the image generation side, sure you can get some neat pictures out of the box, but if you understood principles of lightning, different artists styles, exposure/aperture, depth of field, camera variants, you can get some truly stunning results.

Generative AI is not a tool for the ignorant. But it truly rewards those who are patient and curious.

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

#Midjourney relies on two new machine learning technologies, namely large language and diffusion models.

A large language model first helps Midjourney understand the meaning of whatever you type into your prompts. This is then converted into what is known as a vector, which you can imagine as a numerical version of the prompt.

Finally, the vector guides another complex process known as diffusion.

Midjourney uses a diffusion model to turn random noise into beautiful art.

https://t.co/7uWKZRNw8A

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@hasantoxr send

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@hasantoxr send

[Variety @Variety]

The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time https://t.co/fNoEwNGslR

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@Trinhnomics Least exposed - North Korea

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@BatsouElef I have 75 courses so far and thought that is too many for one person. This tweet makes me feel so much better. Now I can get a lot more guilt-free😃

[The Quint @TheQuint]

#GraphicNovel | "When the Pakistan Army captured the Indian town of Khem Karan, in Punjab, Indian forces retaliated. At one point, India was even in danger of losing Amritsar to Pakistan!" write @bose_shohini & Chetan Bhakuni.
https://t.co/NXr9u66jZ0

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@madzadev Async was the hardest, followed by "this"

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

you should start many books and complete few

you should buy books on a whim, when possible

you shouldn't even know the whole contents of your own shelves. If you create a home library it should act as one: It is there for you to discover and rediscover, to get lost in.

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@ikaveri I remember it atleast from the early 80's

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@alvinfoo It was so satisfying to see the system getting defrag'd

[Mohnish Sharma @MohnishSharma]

@ikaveri Interestingly, there is never ever any discussion on the role of men in Indian society