Category Archives: Featured
Cell Phones Are a Menace…
Funny yet relevant warnings observed on the subway in Tokyo. There are too many folks walking with phones in their hands and playing, texting, reading, etc. while walking. Result: they are bumping into each other and getting injured in many … Continue reading
In The Carrying Hands of The Machine
Two years ago, I found myself on a business trip to California, driving with the morning traffic from Los Gatos to San Francisco. I have traveled this way many times in the past and had my trip all planned and … Continue reading
Stephen Hawking on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Will be The Best or Worst Thing to Happen to Humanity… Professor Hawking’s speech (5 minutes) at the launch of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, October 19, 2016. And this is transcript of this talk:
What is Internet for? TV and Music.
“All is flux, nothing stays still—there is nothing permanent except change.” These words have been attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Everything changes these days, including the way we get news, read books, listen to music, and watch movies. Sometime … Continue reading
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Russian Grandpa Frost
The well-known Minard diagram (see its larger version here) shows the losses suffered by Napoleon’s mighty army in the 1812-1813 during his invasion of Russia. Six variables are famously plotted in 2D: the size of the army, its location, time, direction of movement, and … Continue reading
