Yesterday I saw a post on Twitter which compared profits of Netflix with Indian Hindi Film Industry ("Bollywood") profits. NetFlix started the US in 1997 as a "DVD by mail" service (similar to Blockbuster) and soon switched to online streaming of content and video-on-demand. It really picked up in last 8-10 years when broadband connectivity... Continue Reading →
Today is National Pi Day (March 14th or 3/14). I had written a blog post on National Pi Day in 2009 which you can read here (the blog post was imported from my old blog and there seems to be some loss of content or distortion of metadata). I joined Twitter on 13th March 2009,... Continue Reading →
I am always in search of interesting documentaries and thought provoking lectures, videos and ideas - particularly related to topics I am passionate about. So I watched few good documentaries and video lectures related to Maths and I'll write a separate blog about that. But while doing that I came across this documentary: "James Randi... Continue Reading →
Renowned Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi (Age 90) who worked with Le Corbusier, supervising his designs for the city of Chandigarh, has been named as the winner of the 2018 Pritzker prize, the highest accolade in architecture. The award is considered to be Nobel Prize of Architecture! He is the first Indian to win this prestigious award. Here is... Continue Reading →
Winston Churchill once said: "I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught". Churchill was a Punekar (Puneite) in that sense. I too, like any genuine Pune resident, don't like to be taught; but I am always willing to learn! And if you really want to learn with above motto,... Continue Reading →
This is Shri Sachin Jambhekar, Pancham da's (R. D. Burman's) Harmonium (bought by Panchamda in 1960) was gifted to him by Asha Bhosle... See the magic he creates on Harmonim...!
I choose my customer, because a good book is rare.
अनुजा कामत ही झी सारेगमप मध्ये एक स्पर्धक होती. त्यानंतर तिने संगीत शिक्षण चालू ठेवून नंतर युट्युब चॅनेल चालू केला. तिचा "एकच गाणे पण वेगवेगळ्या रागात" हा व्हिडिओ मी नुकताच योगायोगानेच पाहिला. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_Hb9BEzKg त्यापूर्वी बरीच वर्षे माझा गाण्यातला रस कमी झाला होता (३-४ वर्षे तरी). पण ह्या व्हिडिओ नंतर मी तिथले बाकीचे व्हिडिओ पण पाहीले आणि मला तिचा... Continue Reading →
You may like this... World History in 60 minutes by Balaji Viswanathan [World's Top Quora Writer] Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5YD4hYJv2c&spfreload=10 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFBexd1tRM
This is amazing! Paul The Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0WFkcZNDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdQbyff_Sk We have had computer/machine playing Chess and beating World Champion. Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov for the first time way back in 1997 (that's 20 years ago!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJarxpYyoFI That was considered a BIG BIG thing and a major breakthrough in our quest to create intelligent machine... Continue Reading →
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