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Bard is a wee bit insane

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 So google launched its new AI weapon Bard. I like others was excited to try it out and see how it could help. But the news isnt good.  While it says it can help me with a lot of the tools that I use, it has no actual capacity to hook up with them and the instructions it provided were either incorrect or outdated.  I was disappointed but thought hey, lets see what fun stuff it could do so I made it draw some ASCII art. Simple enough right? Well. Not so fast.  that does not look like a blue whale to me. Oh yes OfCourse. I love that..."Tiger" I then asked it to draw an easter bunny.  This is what I got.                       (__)                        (oo)    /------\/     /    \  * / |    ||    *     *     ~~   ~~    ||===||     (__)     (oo)    /------\/  * / |    ||     ~~   ~~     (__)     (oo)    /------\/  * / |    ||     ~~   ~~     (__)     (oo)    /------\/  * / |    ||     ~~   ~~     (__)     (oo)    /------\/  * / |    ||     ~~   ~~     (__)     (oo)    /------\/

Eternally Happy

Suicide cases are rising at an alarming rate.  Young kids, with their lives ahead of them are driven to depression in numbers greater than ever before. All this when on the face it of it all, everything is hunky dory. There are smiling images peering out of the screen on Instagram and Snapchat, but behind this veneer there is melancholy and infinite sadness. A literal void that is leaving the youth of today utterly hopeless. There is plenty in the store front but the godowns are empty. Why this Void? We have forgotten our original identities. We identify with the bodies and make all attempts to nourish the vessel without caring for the occupants. We are fed a constant diet of naked materialism but the soul starves since it has no connect with god. The six enemies of the mind lust, anger, greed, bewilderment, intoxication, and envy are always ready and deployed by depression, anxiety, gloom, and frustration to affect the mind. What's the solution? The key in my opinion is lo

Why flipping matters

One of India's most notable and successful Angel investors Mr Sanjeev Bhikhchandani has come out vociferously against the trend of Indian startups flipping to foreign jurisdictions , particularly the US state of Delaware.  I have linked the article above and have also summarized his main assertions against the concept of flipping below : It robs India of intellectual property and data India loses tax revenues India loses Market capitalization Indian investors get shut out I am attempting to respectfully counter Sanjeev's comments with utmost regard for his work. Intellectual property and Data This is partially correct, since in a flip scenario the intellectual property ownership is passed on to the new parent company. The nuance here is that in the case of established start-ups where intellectual property has already been created this transaction happens at a certain prescribed value that brings in monies into India and is thus not a one sided transaction. In the case of fledgl

ADHD: All Dogs Have Dreams

There was a thought in my head It made me smile Thought I would share with you But I never put never put pen on paper Not a finger on the keyboard I scrolled down, switched tabs The thought passed Now I can no longer recall What was it that made me smile Will do a better job, next time

Definitely Maybe?

Maybe we do need to realize that life is not a bed of roses.  That there isn't redemption every time around.  That people are fundamentally broken and do not operate on logic.  That different people work on different operating systems of life and may not be necessarily compatible.  That everything is temporary and the bad times as well as the good times will not stay forever. Maybe we need to  realize who we are, inside and out.  We need to stop running around just sit and watch the show.  For sometimes, you don't really have any agency on matters at.  You are just strapped into the ride. Like it or not.

how to make a hit

The best way to make a hit is to build something for the smallest viable audience and make it so good that people tell their peers.   Via :  https://seths.blog/2020/09/who-is-good-at-discovery/

Slavery of the Mind

So much of the modern conception of "beauty" has been enforced by the west. White skin, Caucasian features , blue eyes, have all been forced down our throat while at the same time telling us that the color of our skin, our Indian features were somehow inferior.  True Independence is independence of the mind, its been 70 years now. Lets get rid of these false ideals. Wear your brown skin, all shades of it, with pride.