What do you do when you find data is corrupted on a wiki you maintain? You debug. And then you write about it.
https://asd.learnlearn.in/mediawiki-fix-there-is-currently-no-text-in-this-page/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/mediawiki-fix-there-is-currently-no-text-in-this-page/
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[FIXED] Mediawiki: There Is Currently No Text in This Page
On the FSCI wiki there were some old pages which were erroring out even though it had page history entries. This is how I fixed it. In the last couple of days, I’ve been doing some maintenance work on FSCI Wiki. First I upgraded the mediawiki version, then…
Do you have beginner level programming questions? Feel free to join this community that I am curating.
https://asd.learnlearn.in/purposeful-programming-community/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/purposeful-programming-community/
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(Re-)Introducing Purposeful Programming Community
An invitation to join a safe space for learning programming (hopefully towards a social purpose) Programming (coding, software engineering, or development, whatever you call it) is a very useful skill. Almost like cooking. If you have been looking for a safe…
A little how-to guide on HTTPS RR in OctoDNS (+Bind)
https://asd.learnlearn.in/https-record-octodns-bind/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/https-record-octodns-bind/
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HTTPS SVCB Record in OctoDNS with Bind
Heard about HTTPS record and want to set it in OctoDNS. You can now! SVCB is a new type of DNS record that’s like CNAME but with more powers. It is defined in the Service Binding and Parameter Specification via the DNS RFC. HTTPS record is a specifically…
Wrote this towards a meeting of medico friends circle
https://blog.learnlearn.in/why-india-misunderstands-violence/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/why-india-misunderstands-violence/
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Why India Misunderstands Violence
The room was cold and lit by artificial lights. It was in a large building in a corner of the city unknown to 10 year old Manu. He has tried everything — resisting, pleading, crying, shouting — to no avail. First they made him unconscious. Mercy! Then they…
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The least you can do is to refrain from adding to the noise.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/how-to-be-a-good-armchair-activist/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/how-to-be-a-good-armchair-activist/
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How to Be A Good Armchair Activist
I do not see armchair activism as a pejorative. It can be a valuable form of activism.
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Scratching the itch caused by spammers and learning php in that process
https://asd.learnlearn.in/blocklistemaildomains/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/blocklistemaildomains/
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MediaWiki Extension: BlocklistEmailDomains
I built an extension for mediawiki to prevent spam sign-ups. This is the story I’ve been working on building a wiki for health (including its social determinants) in India. In that process I’ve been fighting spam by installing various extensions (including…
While the world was struggling with react2shell, I was moving old software to new servers
https://asd.learnlearn.in/resuscitating-old-smc-services/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/resuscitating-old-smc-services/
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Resuscitating Old SMC Services
How I migrated old services of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to a new server saving software (and money) When web based software get old, people stop caring for them. Shiny new alternatives become commonly used. The old ones are forgotten. One day you’ll…
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In which I review a book which validates a lot of my political choices
https://blog.learnlearn.in/how-to-do-nothing/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/how-to-do-nothing/
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How To Do Nothing
It was past 10 PM when Shubhangani, Swathi, and I stepped into Goobe's Book Republic in Church Street this Tuesday. We had met at 6:30 PM in Blossom Book House and had been chatting non-stop all of the night. We had had Blini Creamy Mushroom and Blini Chicken…
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I'm starting to get tired of people getting tired of mental health issues.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/tired-of-mental-health-excuses/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/tired-of-mental-health-excuses/
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Tired of Mental Health "Excuses"?
Of late, I have started seeing a pattern around the responses people have to mental health issues. The first time someone talks about their mental health issue(s), people are incredibly supportive. They are like "Incredibly brave of you to share this", "Please…
Just a thought exercise
https://blog.learnlearn.in/the-diary-of-a-revolutionary-person-working-inside-the-system/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/the-diary-of-a-revolutionary-person-working-inside-the-system/
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The Diary of a Revolutionary Person Working Inside the System
Day 1 of being a revolutionary person working inside the system I saw injustice being meted out by the system today. I decided to stand up against it. I was thrown out of the system.
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Maybe you can't get a frog to stay in slowly boiling water, but you can definitely keep human beings scrolling reels when they are about to be cooked alive.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/no-hospital-for-the-rich-by-2030/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/no-hospital-for-the-rich-by-2030/
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No Matter How Rich You Are, You Won't Be Able to Afford a Hospital Visit in 2030 — Here's How It Will Play Out
From 1947 till 2025, the government healthcare system has constantly been hollowed out, albeit slowly. But in the next 5 years, there is going to be a sudden shift towards extremely expensive, insurance-based healthcare system (like the horrible system of…
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I owe my life to irreverence. Fuck JNU professors, for example.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/irreverence-is-the-only-cure-to-traditionalism/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/irreverence-is-the-only-cure-to-traditionalism/
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Irreverence is the Only Cure to Traditionalism
All challenges to progressive change come from an unwillingness to question and rewrite traditions. Power — capitalism, caste, patriarchy, etc — is kept alive by traditions around who does what kind of labor, whose opinions count, whose solutions are considered…
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tl;dr: the frustration with how work gets done and the frustration with what work gets done
https://blog.learnlearn.in/two-frustrations/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/two-frustrations/
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Two Kinds of Frustrations with Progressive Spaces
By "progressive", I mean what's popularly referred to as "progressive". The movements, the NGOs, the protest sites, and the like. It is easy to find people frustrated with progressive spaces. But there are two kinds. One has the not doing the right way frustration.…
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If you're happy with what you do in life, this post will make no sense. But if you're not, this might give you some comfort.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/the-search/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/the-search/
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The Search for Meaningful Work
People who are stuck in a paradigm of work that they don't believe in will often have a vague feeling of discomfort and discontent within them. This can take the form of a frustration, or a question. When it is framed as a question, they're able to ask explore…
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Looking into Poshan Tracker face verification system
https://asd.learnlearn.in/poshan-tracker-face-verification/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/poshan-tracker-face-verification/
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Poshan Tracker Face Verification
Decompiling Poshan Tracker app to inspect its face verification functionality A Decode investigation reported that “AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India” on March 19. The article is worth reading and includes quotes from several…
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You might wonder if this is a chapter from my autobiography titled "Father Dinesan Comes to Me". I can assure you that it isn't. My autobiography isn't coming out till 2038.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/growing-up-in-caste/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/growing-up-in-caste/
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Growing Up in a Casteist Kerala Family
My mother and father, and all my grandparents belong to the Kerala caste called Nambeesan (and evidently married within their caste). It's supposed to be the caste of people who do kazhakam in temples, i.e. making the garlands required for the deity (and…