Recently, I had a fun, completely pointless discussion with a friend of mine – with whom such discussions are usually had. We disagreed on whether Rocket Science, or The Internet is a more complex machinery to handle. To be continued… (Just wanted to update my WordPress, and ensure everything is working fine, so added a […]
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Machine Learning & Consciousness
640 KB ought to be enough for everybody Bill Gates If history of proclamations are to teach us something, it is that, at the peak of their intellect, most intellectuals fail to make the right predictions. Famous example, above! Having said that, the last few weeks, I have encountered articles where commentary has been made […]
Overkill
I just realized that wordpress is an overkill for my simplistic need to have a ‘blog’ for my own self. Mostly it’s for me. But even if I want to add the ‘share’ and ‘comment’ facility, wordpress is still overkill. It’s a grand tool for other purposes. Not for maintaining a simplistic blog. So, at […]
How the Muslims of India got Ayodhya wrong
According to Islamic theology, there is only 1 actual holy place – Mecca. Everything else is ritual. It is not a part of the actual tenets of Islam. Not even the Al Quds mosque (and I am a Palestinian). Taking that into consideration, to want to cause bloodshed, suffering, pain, fights, unnecessary grief and chaos […]
Why we unschool
Every parent wants to ensure that their child is prepared 100% for the future to come. As parents, we always try to make sure that the mistakes we (as parents) made in our lives (careers, education, life choices etc) are avoided by our kids. I mean, at least the wise parents do that. When our […]
Jacinda Ardern
If there was any doubt how amazing, strong and leader-y a woman can be. Look no further.
HR Dashboard
A nice, long winded, nostalgic description to come soon.
Cleansing!
I have finally gotten around to deleting my whatsapp account. More on this experience soon.
Dubai 2020 – A tribute poem
First published on my now defunct FB page on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 at 20:56 UTC+04, 30 minutes after Dubai was announced the city to host the Expo 2020. I had vowed that if Dubai would get it, I would write a poem… and this is what I had written in that span of 30 […]