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Ajay Kelkar

@ajkelkar

Software Engineer. From sunny Goa, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ in rainy Hamburg, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช โ€ฉ I talk about pretty much anything I see from tech to food to vegan TIL's. Sometimes even data privacy and politics.

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Apple Musicโ€˜s algorithm is so bad. I clicked on a Relaxing Music playlist and it started playing โ€œCastle of glassโ€ ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

28.02.2026 12:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Instantly get triggered when people refer to a 13 storey building as Hochhaus. That's a dwarf of a building imo

22.02.2026 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On a day when public transport is on a strike, I understand the freedom a bike brings #cycling #hamburg

18.02.2026 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: Hundreds of private jets departed the Bay Area immediately after the Super Bowl ended Explore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community

What a world we live in www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

09.02.2026 21:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations! ๐ŸŽ‰

27.01.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damn. I guess it's time to kill the M365 subscription?

16.01.2026 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Vegan Parmesan from dm bio in Germany

Vegan Parmesan from dm bio in Germany

Vegan pasta topping โŒ
Vegan Parmesan โœ…

15.01.2026 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldnโ€™t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

Itโ€™s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isnโ€™t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

03.01.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 31700 ๐Ÿ” 8433 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1204 ๐Ÿ“Œ 382
A man stares, with a creepy / knowing smile, waiting from the other side of open horizontal blinds of a window

A man stares, with a creepy / knowing smile, waiting from the other side of open horizontal blinds of a window

Emails waiting and ready to circle back now that it's the new year

01.01.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 104 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is โ€œacceleratingโ€ with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.

10.12.2025 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1573 ๐Ÿ” 910 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 263 ๐Ÿ“Œ 435
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Replay 2025 on Apple Music Playlist ยท 100 Songs

music.apple.com/de/playlist/...

03.12.2025 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.

Don't look up!

30.11.2025 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4464 ๐Ÿ” 1526 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90 ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
A collage of tech imagery including a smart ring,  a smart watch and a pixelated house key

A collage of tech imagery including a smart ring, a smart watch and a pixelated house key

Wouldnโ€™t you know it, weโ€™re running a sale too! For a limited time, subscribe to The Verge for only $4 per month.
www.theverge.com/subscribe

28.11.2025 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 77 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Why am I just discovering Khalidโ€˜s music

26.11.2025 10:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damn. Edeka sells cook boxes now. They might just give HelloFresh a run for their money

11.11.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the DemocraticSocialism community on Reddit: /r/democrats has a "No posting about democratic socialists" rule, which apparently applies even for Democrats like Mamdani Posted by workerbee77 - 5,946 votes and 486 comments

Interesting www.reddit.com/r/Democratic...

06.11.2025 09:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฃTHREAD: Itโ€™s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but youโ€“not AWS, not Signal, not anyoneโ€“can access your comms).

Itโ€™s also concerning. 1/

27.10.2025 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2868 ๐Ÿ” 1057 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 181

Former? :D

25.10.2025 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃAnnouncing the first preview releases of Swift for Android, enabling you to build Android business logic with the same Swift that you use for Apple platforms. www.swift.org/blog/nightly... #Android

24.10.2025 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 161 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Informiert in die Volksentscheide! hamburg-entscheidet.de Check die Volksentscheide in Hamburg. Zukunftsentscheid und Grundeinkommenstest jetzt einfach prรผfen!

hamburg-entscheidet.de #hamburg

09.10.2025 05:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EUโ€™s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

03.10.2025 16:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3974 ๐Ÿ” 2407 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40 ๐Ÿ“Œ 140

Thanks to the EU again. All banks must support SEPA Instant transfers starting 9th October and for the same cost as other transfers. If it weren't for this regulation, most German banks would have happily continued business as usual until boomers didn't exist imo

07.10.2025 08:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These guys are the biggest dicks in the world.

Completely the wrong way around. Why is it that simple mailing lists have stricter opt-in rights and protect people better than these ridiculous AI companies?

30.09.2025 04:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wife got a new phone. iPhone Air is just meh. Itโ€™s a plus sized iPhone made thinner. Think old Plus version or Pixel 7 Pro size

19.09.2025 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Microsoftย mandates a return to office Microsoft wants employees back in the office

Microsoftย mandates a return to office

09.09.2025 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
JD Vance & @JDVance โ€ข 1h
Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.
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Brian Krassenstein @ IK @krassenstein โ€ข 1h Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime.
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JD Vance v @JDVance โ€ข 1h
I don't give a shit what you call it

JD Vance & @JDVance โ€ข 1h Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military. โ€ข 2.5K 174.4K O 40K Ill 975K ไผ Brian Krassenstein @ IK @krassenstein โ€ข 1h Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime. @ 1.1K 2> 175 ไผ JD Vance v @JDVance โ€ข 1h I don't give a shit what you call it

Yale Law School never beating the โ€œthey donโ€™t teach law at Yaleโ€ allegations

06.09.2025 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8362 ๐Ÿ” 1709 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 234 ๐Ÿ“Œ 180

At a birth prep course, the other participants formed a WhatsApp group to share links/documents. But me and wife missed out because we use Signal. That's just an example off the top of my head. I imagine it would have been much more difficult if we were still living in India

08.09.2025 11:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

- Cannot opt out from data/pictures being used to train their LLM's
- Ads in WhatsApp.
- WhatsApp for Business is annoying. I don't want companies sending me marketing messages under the guise of messaging app (Quiet hours/DND bypass)
- Don't want to be on a platform that helps spread misinformation

08.09.2025 11:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The central library in Hamburg is gold standard imo. I wish people knew how much of a privilege it is to have this smack in middle of the city, accessible, really friendly staff, SO MANY books/media/papers and what not. Oh and if you have kids there's many activities for them too!

02.08.2025 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nein zum Palantir-Deal โ€“ jetzt Appell unterzeichnen Die Polizei kรถnnte die US-รœberwachungssoftware Palantir bekommen. Stopp den Deal mit dem Trump-Vertrauten Peter Thiel.

aktion.campact.de/s/Palantir/lc

24.07.2025 12:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0