> be me
> Register for GATE exam
> Quit all social activities and gaming and spend the whole day in room prepping for it
> Get burnt out
> Quit GATE prep
> Write GATE without any preparation on Feb 8

Apparently, coffee and caffeine has an opposite effect on me now — making me more drowsy and less alert

Didn’t realise it until I went cold turkey on caffeine for 2 days which triggered a severe migraine today which I’m still suffering from.

@werdahias it looks like some kind of nut salad but I can’t say for sure what it is

@ravi is that a mouse pad

@khubsuratinsaan you people have friends?

@Techaltar chicken biryani I guess

@jessie thanks for the threads Jessie. I’m not looking for a job right now but if I do need one, I know where to look now :)

Still waiting to submit a talk or an event for MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026, you still got time.

Submit at https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/contribute/cfp/

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Debian work that I managed to do for this month:

- Updated 4 packages to their latest upstream versions
- Fixed a RC bug for python-bioframe
- Wrapped up the packaging of boost histogram and python asyncpraw (pending upload)
- fixed another RC bug with pyranges (pending upload)
- designed a few posters for MiniDebConf Kanpur
- More Kanpur organisation stuff like meetings and handling the website

Overall, my first month as a Debian Maintainer has been pretty productive so far

For MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026, we're accepting Hindi talks/events as well.

CFP URL - https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/contribute/cfp/
Last Date - Feb 10th, 2026


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@ravi congrats

@khubsuratinsaan @masukomi its common but not very common these days but totally depends on how conservative the place you live around is

@khubsuratinsaan damn, thats a lot of work for a site without any css

@niyabits I think they’re gonna train you to STOP THE DAMN TRAIN

@slp I used Windows as a main device until last month. Now I moved to macOS for the main. Windows is just a broken mess at this point. Full of AI bloat.

@khubsuratinsaan perks of reading my blog post yesterday /s

@khubsuratinsaan teach me senpai!

@contrapunctus let me guess, you’re the owner/admin of these channels too? :P At this point you own half of xmpp lol

@fbinin yeah I’m pretty tired of people boasting about our GDP over western countries but our quality of living has always been bad and is becoming worse. You’re constantly being pumped up with toxic metals and PM 2.5 just by living here. Our children are being born with deformities or dying prematurely due to cancers or living with respiratory diseases. Not a very sustainable state

@fbinin @amerpie gdp is growing pretty fast but the incomes aren’t. Growth is only for the rich, the common man in India still lives without proper access to things.