3 Techies Banter #3TB Bingepods

If you are going down the merry path of generative AI, be prepared for this conversation between "THE BARD" and his new AI bot-mate.

William Shakespeare: Pray tell, mechanical muse, dost thou reckon thy generative wit surpasses the folly and wisdom of man?

AI Chat Bot: Verily, Sir Shakespeare, I process with silicon speed, yet my heart, a binary beat, knows not the depth of human creed.

William Shakespeare: Ah, a tool of both light and shadow, wielding words without the soul's fire!

AI Chat Bot: True, I am but a humble scribe, scripting sonnets in the ether, leaving humanity's touch to kindle true desire.

Have fun listening about our colliding worlds.

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Once I stood proud in homes adorned with grace,Crafted with care, I had my place.Now in a bakery's warm embrace,I fuel the flames, no trace of space.From resting weary bones to a fiery dance,I've changed my role, not left to chance.What am I?

If you got this, you could be the Riddler, the supervillain from Batman. Or just the right kind of crazy who loves our Shorts. And you would know that each great riddle has a story. And the story behind this one is hidden in our podcast.

So - keep listening to us for those free tickles.

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Pop Quiz - Have you heard of Kudumbashree? Or Cauvery Handicrafts? What about Biswa Bangla? If you are at a loss, you are missing the ONDC bus.


Kudumbashree (Kerala Emporium) deals in Pickles, Honey and other Gourmet foods.
Cauvery Handicrafts deals in wooden crafts like Channapatna toys, Rosewood paintings and jewellery.
Biswa Bangla is famous for its collection of Darjeeling Teas and Sundarban Honey.

All of them are reaching new markets, new consumers at cheaper cost and loving it.

And this is not even the beginning. ONDC is driving India's e-commerce revolution coupled with lasting social impact. 13+ Social Enterprises like Very Much Indian, House of Chikankari, Shwet, Katori, Tamul, and Iraaloom alone impact 200,000 artisans via ONDC.

Our guest Shireesh Joshi, the COO of ONDC, tells us why the world is looking to India to see another UPI moment unfold in the retail space.

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If you thought PPP stood only for Public-Private Partnerships, you are not much of a writer. At 3TB, we think PPP should only mean Petrache Poenaru Pen - dedicated to the inventor of the fountain pen. With everyone agitating for a name change, it is time for us fountain pen activists to get a pen named after its creator. That seems to be a just cause.

And now we come to the trickiest word in the English language - arse. A quick search yielded 34 ways to use it as an idiom or in a sentence. Then there is the usage itself, which is confusing - bad-arse is good; smart-arse is bad. Sometimes it is just added to be cool - lazy arse is lazy, and a long-arse flight is just a long flight. Quite puzzling. Our story is not no ordinary fruit - it is the Arse Fruit.

For that and more intriguing insights, listen to our shorts.

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In this episode, we take you deep into the wondering world of the QWERTY keyboard, where:


the longest top-row word is 'rupturewort', a type of plant
Peru is the only country that can be typed on one row of a keyboard
If you type letters using alternate hands, skepticism is the longest typed word you can type

And then we come to a scene out of Yes Minister, where three barrages on the Yamuna River are managed by three different states - Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. This can  only be a backdrop for a Wodehousian novel, not flood management in the capital city.

Some more tickles and laughs in store for you in this edition of Shorts.

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Growing up, we always thought that any housing crisis could be solved like Amol Palekar and Zareena Wahab in Gharonda. By singing Do Deewane Shahar Mein around a whole bunch of under-constructions buildings. We were so naive :-).

In India, more than half of urban households live in single rooms, with an average of 4.4 persons per room. An estimated 150 million people are homeless globally, though the number is probably higher. In Europe, the number of people sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation soared by 70% in a decade.

The bummer is that the construction industry is responsible for almost a quarter (23%) of all air pollution on the planet. And then there is the eternal paradox of empty houses and soaring prices. Seems like a real handful. 

Or just the right kind of problem for the 3 Techies to discuss.

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