Douglas Adams, the creator of Dilbert toon was amazing! He passed away in 2001. Just see his take on new technologies... “I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies,” writes Douglas Adams in The Salmon of Doubt.1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
27th December 2025 "The crooked tree lives long, while the straight tree becomes lumber."— Chinese proverb
Thought of The Day
26th December 2025 “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”― Napoleon Bonaparte
Thought of The Day
25th December 2025 “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”— Aldous Huxley
Thought of The Day
24th December 2025 “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”― Albert Camus
Thought of The Day
23rd December 2025 “A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”— Jean Genet
Happy Mathematics Day
Happy Mathematics Day! The birthday of genius Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan! Here is an interesting puzzle to commemorate his birthday! Complete the below division. You don't need any additional information or clues...
Thought of The Day
22nd December 2025 “I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.”— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals
Thought of The Day
21st December 2025 “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." — Robert Frost
The ELO Rating System for Chess
I love playing chess. My initial rating performance was close to 1900 and then it subsequently fell down because I was too reckless early on, after getting the FIDE rating, when "k" factor is high i.e. you win or lose points quickly. I was fascinated by this rating system called ELO. As I learnt statistics... Continue Reading →
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