The infamous “Sunset Law” ushered in the NAA’NKA Durvikhya of 1866 in Odisha. In 1803 British occupied Orissa & its capital changed from Cuttack to Calcutta. Accordingly the court language changed from urdu to english. The actual control went to the middle men- the english educated bengali bhadralok. British were interested only inContinue reading “The Sunset Law”
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The story of @
It was the first email ever sent. It was also the beginning of ascent of @ from oblivion to become the symbolic linchpin of a revolution of modern social connectedness. It was 1971. Computer scientist Ray Tomlinson was facing a vexing problem: how to connect people at two different computers ? By 1970s, ComputersContinue reading “The story of @”
The Super Chicken Model
In 1990, William M. Muir, Professor of Animal Sciences at Purdue University conducted this experiment. The aim was to improve egg-laying productivity by breeding the most productive chicks. ( Super Chickens). The hens were housed in cages with nine hens per cage. Very simply, the most productive hen from each cage was selected to breedContinue reading “The Super Chicken Model”
The haves and have-nots in the digital future.
Are computers free from bias? Will artificial intelligence be secular and non discriminatory ? Facebook’s facial recognition research project, DeepFace is 97.25% accurate. Humans can perform the same task only with 97.53% accuracy. That’s a pretty big deal. Wow! A lot of automation in future will depend upon facial recognition ie. Cars will open, phonesContinue reading “The haves and have-nots in the digital future.”
Hyper-ventilation
Lucy was a beautiful girl of 11 years. She was studying in a prestigious international school here. She is a bit on the healthier side and quite attractive. She had a bout of hyper-ventilation in the school prayer hall and it being a VIP school, the authority promptly took her to the nearby cardiac centerContinue reading “Hyper-ventilation”
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