Hey There!
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I'm Arun Mani J, a person with interest in technology. If you don't find me breaking head in front of a computer, then probably I'm reading books and articles. This is a simple personal website to share thoughts and ideas or for mere Internet presence. Enjoy your stay and feel free to reach me out!
My Articles
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Why does x & -x equal to the largest power of 2 that divides x?
25 May 2024 | 6 minutesOr how to find the largest power of 2 that divides x?
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State of Stateless - DebConf 2023
17 Sep 2023 | 2 minutesMy talk about immutability, reproducibility and declarative system in Debian at DebConf 2023.
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Creating Blurred Background Image using ImageMagick
13 Aug 2023 | 8 minutesAn article on how to resize an image to an aspect ratio with its background blurred using ImageMagick.
My Projects
Books I Have Read
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack D. ZipeThe original dark version of the twisted tales.
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The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniMahabharata from Panchaali’s eyes
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel KleinSo all the jokes we loved are just questions from philosophy…