Srini

Web developer. Interested in travel, culture, history, geography, languages, etc.

[internet archiva @internetarchiva]

The secret origin of the world's most famous ringtone

[Facts @BefittingFacts]

Reissued Mobile Numbers: A Silent Data Privacy Threat

Recently, I bought a new SIM card. After using it for 7–8 days, I tried to create an account on an online shopping site. When I went to select the address, it showed me a saved address with a name I had never heard before. That is when I understood what had happened, the previous owner of this number had registered their address.

I changed the address and then proceeded to make the payment. There was a saved credit card as well. Unfortunately, it asked for the CVV, so I completed the payment using another option.

Out of curiosity, I then tried this number on different UPI apps. On the first app, I checked whether this number was connected to any bank account, and I found one linked bank account. However, I could not link it with app because it asked for debit card or Aadhaar-linked number details.

I tried another app, and then another. On the third app, I found that it was already linked. Although I could not check the balance because it asked for the UPI PIN, it again required a debit card or Aadhaar to reset the PIN.

Felt really bad that my first bank heist went wrong. 🥲

Jokes apart, people do link their mobile numbers to various websites to create accounts and then save bank details, addresses, etc. They also link their numbers to email accounts.

In my opinion, TRAI should not reissue mobile numbers. Users should also take extra precautions when closing or changing their numbers.

[Srini @srinig]

@indiainpixels Disgusting concept. Any thought of applying this in the present day society is retarded.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Your brain might be tuning into intelligence – not generating it.

Biophysicist Douglas Youvan believes intelligence isn’t something the brain creates, but something it connects to. His hypothesis is that intelligence is a fundamental, non-local property of the universe – existing outside of biology, waiting to be tapped by structures complex enough to interface with it.

This idea draws from quantum theory, where certain properties of a system remain undefined until observed. Much like Schrödinger’s cat being both alive and dead until measured, Youvan suggests that intelligence exists as potential – not locked in the brain, but in an underlying “informational substrate” of the universe.

To explore this, Youvan looks at how biological and artificial systems behave. Enzymes, neurons, and even neural networks in AI often exhibit patterns that are not just reactive but predictive – suggesting they may be linking into rules or information beyond their own architecture. In particular, he notes the fractal geometry of neurons, which mirrors patterns found throughout nature, from river deltas to galaxies. These recursive structures, he argues, may be optimized to interface with information embedded in the fabric of reality.

["The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says." Popular Mechanics, 18 April 2025]

[Srini @srinig]

@Rtam86418021 Exactly.

https://t.co/GFwcwgAbky <- I wrote this Quora answer few years back.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Zaid Salman is a talented photographer known for his creative eye and ability to tell powerful stories through his images.

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[Rupert Spira @RupertSpira]

‘I am’ is peace; ‘I am this or that’ is sorrow. - Rupert Spira

[Eckhart Tolle @EckhartTolle]

“You are never more essentially, more deeply, yourself than when you are still.” - Eckhart Tolle

[Srini @srinig]

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[Srini @srinig]

Don't seek to control. Seek to understand.

[Srini @srinig]

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[Srini @srinig]

The world needs to embrace anekāntavāda https://t.co/dMowS5Sh0E

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

The world needs true tolerance for peaceful coexistence. Communism, Evangelism, Islamism and Progressive Liberalism have each tried to be the One and Only True Way and that can never yield lasting world peace.

Dharmic civilization believes in many paths to the ultimate reality.

[Srini @srinig]

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