Neeldhara Misra

TIL that Screenflow can’t import a MOV file generated by OBS studio :(

Anyone using the OBSBot Tiny 2 camera? Is it common for it to heat up and become laggy after about an 60-90 minutes of use? I don’t have AI tracking on and am using this on a Mac.

Slides for #EuroMIP25 are online!

Aye no fair this was a one-one mapping from @sriku.org’s list…

On the follow up list I agree, but given that I don’t know what *I* am up to most of the time, this behaviour is on brand :D

Thanks for sharing this! Turned it into a playable interactive here: interactives.neeldhara.com/knights-puzzle

Damn, me envious!

To be clear, I'm the first to admit I have a problem! Will clean up someday 🙈

Also open always: Granola, Anybox, Mathpix/Screenfloat/Cleanshot, Raycast/Hazel/Alfred/KM/Shortcuts, MacWhisper, Yoink, Dropzone, Popclip

Open-when-needed: Obsidian/Craft/Collections, Screenflow/OBSbot/OBS, VSCode/Cursor/Windsurf (based on wherever I have credits left 👀), Typora, Overleaf, etc.

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So cool! 😎 Are you using the default Apple tools for mail and browsing? My list corresponding to yours would be:

Shortwave/Superhuman, Orion*, Warp*, Obsidian Canvas, RevealJS (via Slides), Zoom, Skim, Bookends, NA, NA, WA/Telegram, Strongbox, Keychain, Fantastical, Godspeed.

*experimental.

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I do get that when you use emacs you don't need anything else, but I think all those modes (?) should count as separate apps for a fair contest.

Heh... this happens for courses/services I've signed up for. A regular search I run on shortwave (an ai-first email client) involves digging these up 🙈

OTOH I can rattle off the dozen PKM apps I'm going between at the moment off the top of my head :( Not proud of this superpower, just to be clear!

:) I see... I dug up the spotlight shortcut to try, and it seems to work fine for the few PPT files I have on my system. It couldn't detect the ones on OneDrive but I suspect I don't have those downloaded.

My thoughts on the crucial importance of methodology on self-reported AI performance on mathematics competitions, and my policy on commenting on such reports going forward: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1148814...

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FWIW: chatgpt.com/share/687ce9...

Not sure if any of those proposed fixes are useful, but the bit about moving the backup files out of the index seems like a reasonable suggestion and not too hard to do?

I'm hoping to eventually have natural language search for my files, which I can use to look for answers to vague queries. I've given in to using rewind :|

I'm also somewhat hopeful for Fabric(.so) 🤞

Gemini in Google Drive is nice, but not very because my iitgn WS doesn't have it, sigh.

For a dedicated tool Houdah Spot has been around a while and has worked well for me. You can access it through Raycast and Alfred. It does rely on the spotlight index, AFAIR.

Find Any File (FAF) is an alternative that I think does not.

There's a nice list of alternatives on the FAF page too.

I just remembered that I've embarassed myself already with this list of 50: www.neeldhara.com/blog/new-mac/

Applying 80-20 to that, not so bad!

I recently took stock and I don't want to share :P

Has anyone tried AI video generation in Canva yet? What's your experience with it?

Also couldn't figure out the pricing from a quick look, hard to imagine that unlimited usage would be included in the default plan...

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We will be soft-launching a new initiative for teachers in the higher education sector in India, centered around a training program but will also feature a community and regular live events (workshops, talks, etc).

Help us finalize a logo bu voting here: 99designs.com/contests/po...

I am super-pleased to be serving on the PC of the excellent and much-needed "Undone Science in CS" 2026: "to provide an opportunity to pause and reflect on the epistemological and ethical aspects of computer science". For much more information, please see:
www.undonecs.org/2026/

Thinking it might be useful to compile interesting grading mechanisms. Would you share your favorite experiences from either side of the fence? I'm especially interested in policy innovations for large classes post-LLMs, but anything is welcome!

Encountered struggle from Math for Human Flourishing during our reading group today. It reminded me of this lovely video by Courtney Gibbons.

I was little alarmed that the original tweet no longer exists: very glad to have found it on Youtube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenf...

Hypothetical grading policy. Would it be easy for participants to get grades that do not reflect their competence either in terms of underestimating it (i.e, the grading policy is unfair) or overestimating it (i.e, the policy is easy to game)?

Heh, that's fair! Sent you an email :D

We're looking for creative engineers/tinkerers/tool builders that want to engage with cutting-edge research questions in our lab at the @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social

Please help me share the word!

Yep, figured re. 2025, your summer travel posts were great to see! Do keep us in mind for your next India trip :)

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Thanks for watching! I figured you'd remember the lab :)

Re. jalmandaps, we had to reserve something for a follow up visit... 🤞 Keeping an eye on:

www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-grou...

(Yep, there is commentary from both the Dean RnD and the Director, my recollection is that you met the Director.)

YouTube video by IIT Gandhinagar Beyond Boundaries: The IIT Gandhinagar Story

A few minutes starting from youtu.be/1YBM6lgirfc?... [18:39] for a place you might remember :)

What does it feel like to grow, to question, to dream—and to belong? IITGN: Beyond Boundaries is not just a film about an institute; it’s about the people wh... Beyond Boundaries: The IIT Gandhinagar Story

Awesome new video about IITGN just dropped: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YB...

Catch some wonderful glimpses, and let me know if you'd like to visit us!