Shut your mouth and work in silence

Majority of your friends want you to succeed, but just never outperform them. Envy and jealousy are enough to tear you down. Shut your mouth and work in silence. Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/QRC2VaVkBdo?si=U0augV_GhNl05vlr

Raising Trend of On-device AI

Microsoft: Rumors say the next version of Windows will have a lot of AI on-device. See also: recent announcement from hardware partners like Intel/AMD/Qualcomm Intel: 14th gen chips are targeted for "AI laptops" that run LLMs locally: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/intel-meteor-lake-has-arrived-heres-what-these-new-ai-laptops-can-do They branded chips from Core i3/i5/i7/i9 to Core Ultra series. Has super heavy emphasis on AI. I …

2022 Reflection

Happy new year, 2023! The past year (2022) was a life organizing year. You have probably heard less of my work. I was setting up and sorting out a new life for my 30s. Some of the significant events happened in 2022 are: PhD dissertation defense! I have graduated. You may now call me Dr. …

Listen to Trees by Herman Hesse

For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, …

Part Sun and Moon by Suzy Kassem

Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them.Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them.Darks and lights in them.Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system.Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them.We have a universe within ourselves which mimics …

In the end, three things matter

In the end, only 3 things matter: How much you’ve lovedHow fully you’ve livedHow gracefully you’ve let go of the things that were not meant for you (Author: attributed to Buddha and Buddhists; but I am not sure)

Wait extended

I dreamt of just one thing for months Of flying home, rushing through gates To find and hug her at the arrivals While the time freeze still for a moment But when it’s almost the time for it Corona spiked, and plans postponed Extending a few more months of wait While our feelings grow stronger …

All the best Perseverance

In 2012, when Curiosity rover landed on Mars, I remember reading it on a local news paper in my village a couple of days after the event and feeling “wow. NASA”. Now, it’s 2021, Curiosity’s successor Perseverance rover is about to land on Mars tomorrow. I am a feeling a sense of pride that I …

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,Till rising and gliding out I …

The two lucky ones

She: Looks like I got very lucky. He: Yes, you're a lucky girl! I'll make sure of it! ---- Question on his mind then was if he is lucky too. He hoped that one day he might be able to express his emotions in a frequency that connect with her. But, before even our guy …