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 and…
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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…
In the last couple of months, I've been waiting to hear the bad news of one of my sites/servers being compromised by this new wave of vulnerabilities detected by AI. The first (known) incident (for me) is already here
https://asd.learnlearn.in/smc-blog-clickfix-fix/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/smc-blog-clickfix-fix/
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Cleaning up after Ghost Mass Compromise on SMC blog
SMC’s blog on ghost was compromised as part of a mass compromise of ghost blogs. This is how I cleaned it up. In February, using Claude, someone discovered an SQL injection vulnerability in Ghost. It had a score of 9.4/10.
Basically, attackers could read…
Basically, attackers could read…
To cancel or not to cancel, that's the question progressive people should not shy away from.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/companionship-in-left-wing-politics/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/companionship-in-left-wing-politics/
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Companionship in Left-Wing Politics
One needs silence to write.
Silence inside, not outside.
Earlier I used to write to get clarity. Now my fingers aren't able to keep up with my thoughts.
I wrote a poem the other day.
Can you believe it? I. Wrote. A. Poem.
I was like, aren't…
Silence inside, not outside.
Earlier I used to write to get clarity. Now my fingers aren't able to keep up with my thoughts.
I wrote a poem the other day.
Can you believe it? I. Wrote. A. Poem.
I was like, aren't…
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Here's hoping more sites give love to RSS/Atom feeds!
https://asd.learnlearn.in/nextjs-app-router-rss-atom-json-feeds/
https://asd.learnlearn.in/nextjs-app-router-rss-atom-json-feeds/
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NextJS App Router RSS, Atom, and JSON Feeds
How to add all kinds of feeds to your nextjs app router based app You’ve rediscovered the small web. You came across amazing RSS readers like FreshRSS Capy Reader. And suddenly you realized your NextJS based blog/website doesn’t have an RSS feed.
So you start…
So you start…
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If you have your basics satisfied and you're still defending the system, then you're a greedy monster. If you are not defending the system, but you get annoyed when people criticize the system openly, then you're living in a cognitive distortion that takes away your sense of urgency in how much change is needed and how fast.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/if-the-majority-are-suffering-dont-we-need-a-radical-system-transformation/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/if-the-majority-are-suffering-dont-we-need-a-radical-system-transformation/
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"If the Majority Are Suffering, Don't We Need a Radical System Transformation?"
That was one of the comments* which came up after the panel discussion in EPHP which I was part of. I'm glad that my reciting of how wealth is distributed in India hit (some of) the audience and provoked this response. I had said my thumb rule of knowing…
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Re-sharing a post from a lifetime ago about human relationship with change (with changing oneself)
https://blog.learnlearn.in/proactive-change/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/proactive-change/
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Proactive Change
There are 3 kinds of people. Let's call them versions 1, 2 and 3. Version 1: won't change These are the people who hold on to their pasts. Once they are labeled something, based on something that they did or something that they told; they tend to retain that…
Cheap fitness regime for people without energy to spend on fitness
https://blog.learnlearn.in/my-2026-fitness-regime/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/my-2026-fitness-regime/
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My (2026) Fitness Regime
For the last many months, I've been following a simple fitness regime/routine/habit. It is built on the idea that the pillars of fitness are: diet exercise self-image sleep mental peace Diet I follow the habit of mindful eating. I don't do any kind of fasting…
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I waited this long to make a comment on CJP. Isn't that the right thing to do?
https://blog.learnlearn.in/cjp-feels-real-now/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/cjp-feels-real-now/
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CJP Feels Real Now
Modest (for Delhi) coverage from a few media outlets. No engagement by the government. Tiring protest. No sight of immediate (or delayed) success. CJP is now on realistic grounds. An unusual beginning CJP as an opposition movement was very much unlike the…
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PSA: SIR is underway. Please proactively get it done, if you're in one of the states where it is happening.
https://blog.learnlearn.in/sir-is-nrc/
https://blog.learnlearn.in/sir-is-nrc/
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SIR is NRC. Please Enroll!
This is a public service announcement. The last phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is going on now. If you are in one of the 19 states or union territories, please ensure that you get yourself enrolled. It is, for all practical purposes, the National…