Kausthub Jadhav

understanding myself one gradient step at a time

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

Being a founder sometimes feels like Sisyphus with cash-flow problems.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

Mood

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

what units of measurement do we use for intelligence? is it IQ, benchmark points, task completion rate or something else?

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

https://t.co/efwOW8mcFq

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

Built the Seefood app using @typesafeai Jev image and @googlegemma. It goes beyond hotdog and not hotdog now.

Try it: https://t.co/o0fz3Mu7ZU

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Wanting positive experience is a negative experience,...

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

sending this follow-up email to anyone who reaches the paywall and drops off.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If customers won't buy your stuff, try asking what they would buy. This sounds obvious, but surprisingly few founders do it, and it often yields valuable insights.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

looking forward to irl hotwheels racing and rocket league

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

UNREAL 🤯

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

UNREAL 🤯

[Tesla @Tesla]

Do a kickflip!

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Arthur Schopenhauer, the most common trap of all

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

What compels people to assign timeline ranges and probabilities to events they cannot compute?

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

what if you run the mom test on yourself? how well do you understand the user?

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

- BMI: 42.1 -> 33.5
- Cholesterol: 274.2 mg/dL -> 138.2 mg/dL
- RHR: 86 bpm -> 48 bpm
- VO2 Max: 36 mL/kg/min -> 45 mL/kg/min

this is a big win. i'm so happy with what i've achieved 👏

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

after 365 days of fitness tracking, my est. biological age dropped from 31.7 to 26.7 (~6 years). some stats i'm proud of:

- Deadlift: 80kgX6reps -> 150kgX6reps
- Front Squats: 60kgX6reps -> 100kgX6reps
- Started running. 0 -> 5K (6:29/km)
- Body weight: 124.6kg -> 99kg (-25.6kg)

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

What I find strange is math has the opposite property. Math seems effective at making complicated scenarios simpler, but in macroeconomics it seems to turn simple things more complicated somehow.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

is it just me, or does the math in macroeconomics papers feel sus? it’s strange to see so much rigor around somewhat common-sense phenomenon. seems unnecessary to use math to add precision to a model that partly capture complex dynamics of reality.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

this explanation was helpful in understanding e better: https://t.co/3s2loap8Zi

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

just like pi = circumfrence/diameter, not just 3.14. it helps to think about e as a base for continuous growth, not just 2.71.

much like we scale 1 to describe numbers or a unit circle to describe circles, we can scale e^x to describe any continually growing system.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

ok besides simplifying calculations, why is the e constant useful?

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

In e^x, x = rate * time. so e^3 can mean two things:
- 100% growth in 3 years
- 300% growth in 1 year.

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

Math is communicated like it's meant for robots. correctness > clarity.

https://t.co/aLUTuy5WEL

[Kausthub Jadhav @kj4dh4v]

“Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our awareness. All that is what we call reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One’s reality might be another’s illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies.”
- Itachi Uchiha