Atanu Dey : Life is a Random Draw
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Update on Proposed Change
This is a quick update on the previous post, This is the End. The title was poorly chosen. What I should have written was that some changes are due after 23 years of the blog. A few readers have very kindly left supportive comments letting me know that they’d be happy to…
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This is the End
It’s time to say goodbye. I have been writing this web log for a while. I started it on the recommendation of Rajesh Jain in September 2003 with this post. Over the years, I have written around 3,300 posts. I estimate that around a third of them are pretty good. I like them. I…
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Hauled from the archives: AI and Jobs
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “godfathers of AI,” said in an interview, “I am worried that there’s going to be massive job losses and that would be good if the increase in productivity made us all better off. Big increases in productivity ought to be good for people…
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Avogadro’s Day
Today is Avogadro’s Day. October 23rd. The most striking fact about Avogadro’s number is that Amedeo Avogadro never calculated it, nor did he ever suggest the specific value associated with his name today. Instead, the number arose through a century-long detective story that…
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Shubho Bijoya!
Today is Bijoy Dashami (or Vijay Dashimi) the final day of Durga Puja or simply pujo as we Bengalis call it. It is the most important festival for Bengalis. Today, Durga, the beloved daughter of the family, returns to her husband’s home after visiting her maternal home for four…
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The Nature of Time
I find two concepts deeply mysterious and puzzling. One of them is the nature of consciousness, and the other is the nature of time. Both have been investigated by philosophers (particularly by sages in India) for at least a couple of thousand years, and Western philosophers and…
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Subho Mahalaya
Today is Mahalaya, a day of great significance to Bengalis. When we were little, we would be woken up at 4 AM by the parental units so we could listen to “Chandipath” on the radio. A radio was all we had. No tv, nor tape recorders, no smartphones and of course no YouTube…
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A Bit of Poetry – Part 1
I am extremely fond of poetry. Although Bengali is my mother tongue, I am sad to say that I am illiterate in it. It is a very sweet language, and I believe that it is endowed with excellent literature and poetry. Fortunately I am reasonably competent in English. I therefore have…
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15-year-old Emma Kok sings Voilà
A song sung by an angel! 15-year-old Emma Kok, performing Barbara Pravi’s song Voilà. André Rieu conducting, live at Vrijthof Square in Maastricht in 2023. Leave a comment if music moves your soul.
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Gandhi Reviewed
Yesterday was the birth anniversary of Mr. M. K. “Mahatma” Gandhi. Over the years, I have written several posts on this blog critical of the man. No Indian compares to him in his demonstrated capacity for evil. He is the only Indian in a select group that includes Stalin, Lenin,…