Arun Appadurai

Computational Engineer at FLSmidth. PhD.
Tweets about International Politics, Technology, High Performance Computing & Programming. Tweets are personal views.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Gave bath to the kid.Also comb her locks and managed a ponytail. When she rushes to check herself in the mirror and gives a radiant smile as a thumps up for the effort, world = conquered.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

It's not exactly a mirror image, the workers on the banner are more protected than the actual workers. Wish we as a society gave priority to worker safety, PPEs #newindianexpress

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Muthu ji, your political views are your own - but please do speed up the returns on my investments. 😃

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

This could be a great origin story for a villain named gold finger...

[Arunraj Pattar @arunraj3935]

It was called chilly dusted gold fingers. This is what they brought to me when i ordered it . In Indiranagar Toit.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Ooh. That's a good one°°

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

And they put all the money they got to develop the trimmer product line which revolutionized male grooming /s

[@levelsio @levelsio]

The biggest fumble in business ever might be Philips spinning off ASML, TSMC and NXP

Philips co-founded ASML in 1984, then co-founded TSMC in 1987, then they founded NXP

They sold each of them for short term profits in the 2000s

ASML is now worth $545B
TSMC is worth $1.76T
NXP is worth $50B

Philips today is worth just $27B

If they'd never sold, Philips would be the largest company in the EU today, worth $650B

Philips CEO Cor Boonstra called it "making money with the success of the past"

🤡

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

The new DGCA rules while mostly targeted at airlines, are evoking surpressed emotions to toxic passenger behavior 😂.

[vir sanghvi @virsanghvi]

That should be made a rule. Nobody should be allowed to walk into an aircraft wearing a backpack

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@GabbbarSingh Want to try this too. Let us know your setup, once you finalize..

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@pizzapurist Sugumaran.?

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@DivaJain2 There should be a mandatory check on how much R&D is being spent, before any business award is given that implies entrepreneurship.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Tech bros be like.. We vibe!!

[Jai Pandya @jaipandya]

imagine being on the tech team at indian oil today.

that's an app to book LPG cylinders and it has crossed chatgpt in rankings.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@GabbbarSingh A slightly different take. Tech is brutal. Tech especially deep tech is not a paradise but a dark forested valley with innumerable pathways . You need a lot to fall in place to succeed in tech. Only a few who navigate it get to flaunt achievements, Most jus plateau as an IC.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@wordi25 Same here. It's a bit different in heating characteristics , for ex doesn't cool immediately compared to gas, but totally possible to cook meals.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@Billybutcherr22 @grok summarize the key points in the video

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@Vignesh_2508 Amen to that.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@kuyyomorro I see what you did here.. ☺️

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@Fintech03 This is quite good.

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Monkey see hitchhiker reference. Monkey updoot.

[Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 and 🇺🇲 @wwwojtekk]

I have to admit that Hormuz is a very clever design that keeps things interesting. Kudos to Slartibartfast

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Key highlights on R&D from the CTIER report:
# R&D expenditure spend :0.6% in India VS 3.6% of gdp in China
# share of industry in R&D expenditure :36% in India VS 79% in China
:(

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

@imranhindu @THChennai A pleasant surprise to know that #Nallakannu curated a library at home and it was inaugurated by no less than the chief Justice. These little things that you did, for the benefit of the public, without fanfare are somethings I will miss, Periappa. #RIPNallakannu

[Arun Appadurai @fromArun]

Not going to lie. Had me in the first half and in the second half except for the last line🤣🤣🤣

[Anupam Gupta @b50]

I can understand the extreme bullishness on India. It usually revolves around this:
1. Political stability for another 15-20 years.
2. Massive infra build-out across center and large states
3. Demographic dividend
4. AI will actually push jobs to India, after all we are and will remain cheap labour
5. Massive tech advantage, cheap, fast internet, great UPI
6. Only country on the planet with 10% nominal economic growth for next 15-20 years
7. We are where USA was in 19XX, Japan in 19XX, South Korea in 19XX, etc.
8. Anything / 140cr = low penetration of anything from condoms to cars
9. Great startup system, funding, unicorn
10. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

I mean, guys, really? In 2026?