Saturday, November 13, 2021
Let me tell you about one of the oldest math trick!
Ask someone to choose a number between 1-100 and make them do grade VI division & tell you the remainder they get when divided by 3, 5 & 7 respectively. Using this information you can guess the exact number they thought of! HOW?
Let the number they thought of be 67 -
R3 => Remainder when divided by 3 => 67%3 = 4
R5 => Remainder when divided by 5 => 67%5 = 2
R7 => Remainder when divided by 7 => 67%7 =4
Now perform the following mathematical operation to get your number -
R3*70 + R5*21 + R7*15 => 4*70 + 2*21 + 4*15 = 280 + 42 + 60 = 382
Either you get the number directly or it’s a multiple of 105. Keep subtracting 105 until the number becomes less than 105.
Therefore, the number is 382 - (3*105) = 67
Today’s morning was pretty interesting. In order to satisfy my insatiable desire of eating something sweet after breakfast, I went to the kitchen looking for the shelf, where some Diwali gifts, which unfortunately escaped me and my brother’s gaze were lying. I took out a Britannia cake and found something interesting written over it!
100% VEG!
I didn’t know we could express vegetarian quantitatively. I always thought it was more of a qualitative concept. Will it make a difference if they just write VEG instead of 100% VEG When asked about food preferences, you don’t say I am 67% vegetarian (please don’t ask me how I guessed this number) and 33% non-vegetarian. It doesn’t make sense. Or does it?
I also realised how widely we use the term vegetarian & non-vegetarian. One hundred per cent vegetarian is no longer a term used to describe a person’s dietary choices. These days the phrase refers not to the list of things you don’t eat but also to your political ideology, your way of life. We use the word “non-vegetarian” to describe adult jokes. Pleasure, and not procreation, is the reason people get naked is described as a non-vegetarian way of life. Google “non veg movies bollywood” and you’ll understand what I am trying to say.
I’ll end this with something for you to ponder upon. I don’t eat pork, fish, chicken or beef. But I might have thought of something non-veg or maybe came across it accidentally. Am I still 100% vegetarian?
It has been more than a year people are working remotely. Getting up early and going to offices seems like they were a thing of the past. And the idea of remote doesn’t seem to go away, infact this maybe the new way of living. There are a number of lessons that attending meetings on Zoom have taught us -
‘Go Ahead’ - Quite often 2 people start speaking at the same time. But one of them says ‘go ahead’ and makes sure that the other person is heard. People don’t cut each other and it is a fairly smooth process.
Multitasking - If one thing that online meetings have taught us is how to multitask. If one is not speaking, it is likely that they are resolving the bug they are trying to fix since morning, eating lunch or doing any other work.
Socialising - People greet each other, ask how they have been and start the meeting with a light note. It’s more of a casual thing unlike the in person offline meetings.
What lessons have you learned from online meetings?
See you next Saturday, until then have a great weekend :)
Cheers!
Some things that you may find interesting-
Article: A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace
Video: My favourite scene from the movie PINK
Podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience - Matthew Walker
Song I am listening to: Ma Belle by AP Dhillon
Thought of the week: "If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter." by Mark Twain
Here are the last three posts if you were too occupied to read them: