“The older I get, the more I realize that arguing on the basis of facts and logic only gets you labeled as someone who is out of step with the times..." Sowell
@viswaguru1964 In the book Freakonomics long ago . Use it as a thumb rule to evaluate any risk . More useful in evaluating and understanding motives behind struggles are n society .
Tamil Heritage Trust Indology Festival is back!
The theme for #THTIndoFest2026 is “ Caves, Courts and Beyond: Painting Traditions of India ”.
Twelve expert speakers will share their insights on Indian painting traditions - from prehistoric rock shelters and the murals of Ajanta to the vibrant temple paintings of South India, the Jain art traditions, the Rajput and Pahari schools, as well as the Sultanate, Deccan, and Mughal aesthetics.
Join us at 5.30 pm everyday from June 11th to 16th for two online talks per day.
To receive your link for ALL the Talks, please register at: https://t.co/OWf8Lp7Fid
Thinking of starting a community for people who want to learn hardware, work in hardware, or just enjoy tinkering with things in general.
Reply to the tweet if you want in.
Lovely read "I want to hold comfort without letting comfort hold me. We can accept the upgrade without forgetting what life was like before it arrived."
This line reminded me of my late Appa's thinking.
Mandatory read...
@AmazonHelp thanks. that is a general page. I came to twitter as that didn't help me. I would like to chat or talk to someone on the refund. can I have a link for chat or a number to call ?
thanks
@AmazonHelp thanks for the prompt response. as per your system, the return was received on 24th April. refund is yet to be initiated. I need someone to email or chat directly.
Hello @IPL , will you also
Provide statistics about the trees that you planted since 2023, for each dot ball ?. Looking for info on how the older trees are doing. some photos would help too , to inspire kids to plant and take care of trees locally
Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) has had one of the most extraordinary careers in tech.
He started as a chess prodigy and video game designer at 17 before getting a PhD in neuroscience and going on to found DeepMind. His lab cracked Go, solved protein structure prediction with AlphaFold, and then gave it away free to every scientist on earth. That work won him the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Today he leads @GoogleDeepMind, pushing toward the same goal he set as a teenager: AGI.
On this special live episode of How to Build the Future, he sat down with YC's @garrytan to talk about what still needs to happen to get us to AGI, his advice for founders on how to stay ahead of the curve, and what the next big scientific breakthroughs might be.
01:48 — What’s Missing Before We Get To AGI?
03:36 — Why Memory Is Still Unsolved
06:14 — How AlphaGo Shaped Gemini
08:06 — Why Smaller Models Are Getting So Powerful
10:46 — The 1000x Engineer
12:40 — Continual Learning and the Future of Agents
13:32 — Why AI Still Fails at Basic Reasoning
15:33 — Are Agents Overhyped or Just Getting Started?
18:31 — Can AI Become Truly Creative?
20:26 — Open Models, Gemma, and Local AI
22:26 — Why Gemini Was Built Multimodal
24:08 — What Happens When Inference Gets Cheap?
25:24 — From AlphaFold to the Virtual Cells
28:24 — AI as the Ultimate Tool for Science
30:43 — Advice for Founders
33:30 — The AlphaFold Breakthrough Pattern
35:20 — Can AI Make Real Scientific Discoveries?
37:59 — What to Build Before AGI Arrives
India’s AI Goverance Guidelines are out 🇮🇳
Prof. @ravi_iitm, Head, @WSAI_IITM, IIT Madras explains: How it ensures that the focus is on responsible AI. Built on 7 principles like trust, fairness & accountability.
Will this enable AI for ALL?
Watch the video to learn more!
IMSc announces Science at the Sabha 2026 on 29 March, 4-8pm at The Music Academy, Chennai. For details and registration:
https://t.co/crrMCQzg5P
@SciSabha#SatS2026
Dear @ICC,
We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the recent T20 World Cup, a global cricketing spectacle on a scale unlike any other in past years. It was so good that several nations decided not to leave upon their tournament exit, and it appears they might never do so.
As for us, the tournament brought drama and infamy. We staked our claim to replace the forfeiting Pakistan, then realised the harsh economic and logistical realities of international sport. Colombo is not Reykjavík, in so many ways. Then we had the unforfeiture of Pakistan, an event that actually vindicated our 'stay-at-home, fire it out online' strategy. They knew their plan and played it like a fish.
Let's not forget the actual cricket. The associate nations nearly caused several shocks - both Nepal, Netherlands, and Italy all coming within a whisker of a win over the big boys. Then there was the classic match between Afghanistan and South Africa, which was so good they did the Super Over twice.
At the end of the day, it was India's tournament to host and they delivered, blasting more than 500 runs across the semis and final. They brought the fire. We watched and tried to learn, but lava bedded wickets are not quite the same. Conquering Iceland remains the ultimate litmus test of a batter.
We count the statistics and arrive at an aggregate count of 245 posts by us on X and 3,420 loaves of bread baked by our captain, Dushan Bandara, across the tournament as a whole. Our Chairman, a ship captain, steered all voyages safely into harbour.
And finally, the world famous Íslensk Premier League (ÍPL) is now only two months away, the T20 franchise tournament with a sub-Arctic twist. We wait patiently and keep our keyboards warm.
Yours sincerely,
Icelandic Cricket Association