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That's us! 🌍 The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: "You guys look great."

इसमें खबर क्या है? ये तो एक दशक से चल रहा है देश में।

Today, we at OpenAI launched Deep Researcher and I wanted to share a deeply personal story about how amazing this tool is and how it will change the world. Trigger warning, related to cancer....1/9

As a Gujju, let me warn you. Do not fall for this propaganda. Gujaratis are excellent at creating a facade. The best. There is nothing inside. This is a community steeped in supremacist beliefs. Gujarat is an apartheid state. Those living there will find local communities policing your actions/food. You will not be allowed into many localities even if you are a Hindu just because of your caste or native city/state.

Flashback to less than two years ago: the Vasai-Talasari stretch of NH-48 was a taxpaying motorist's dream—a sleek, long, juicy ribbon of asphalt, smoother than a polished billiard ball. Fast forward to today, courtesy of India’s t(r)oll minister @nitin_gadkari and the brain trust at @NHAI_Official, and what do we have? A post-apocalyptic highway hellscape: endless traffic jams, wrong-side daredevils, and construction crews swarming around like ants. This masterpiece of mismanagement comes courtesy of a babu's brilliant brainwave to white-top (read: ruin) more than 150 km of one of India’s busiest, most vital highways. The cherry on top? They slapped down a subpar concrete road on top of an already excellent asphalt surface! Yes, you read that right—NHAI took a perfectly functional, smooth-as-silk road and destroyed it to build something inferior. The section where that Swift Dzire is getting airborne? That’s the glorious new concrete stretch, expertly engineered for maximum chaos. For the past 1.5 years, I’ve been documenting the planned, wilful destruction of this highway. And guess what? Not a SINGLE response from the usually verbose @NHAI_Official or the minister himself. It’s radio silence from the powers that be. But hey, as a taxpaying citizen, my job is to keep shouting into the void, right? So here I am, waving my little red flag, hoping someone eventually realizes they’ve turned a national asset into a national embarrassment. Until then, I’ll keep calling out this royal mess—because somebody has to.

The Moore's Law Update NOTE: this is a semi-log graph, so a straight line is an exponential; each y-axis tick is 100x. This graph covers a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x improvement in computation/$. Pause to let that sink in. Humanity’s capacity to compute has compounded for as long as we can measure it, exogenous to the economy, and starting long before Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed a refraction of the longer-term trend in the belly of the fledgling semiconductor industry in 1965. I have color coded it to show the transition among the integrated circuit architectures. You can see how the mantle of Moore's Law has transitioned most recently from the GPU (green dots) to the ASIC (yellow and orange dots), and the NVIDIA Hopper architecture itself is a transitionary species — from GPU to ASIC, with 8-bit performance optimized for AI models, the majority of new compute cycles. There are thousands of invisible dots below the line, the frontier of humanity's capacity to compute (e.g., everything from Intel in the past 15 years). The computational frontier has shifted across many technology substrates over the past 128 years. Intel ceded leadership to NVIDIA 15 years ago, and further handoffs are inevitable. Why the transition within the integrated circuit era? Intel lost to NVIDIA for neural networks because the fine-grained parallel compute architecture of a GPU maps better to the needs of deep learning. There is a poetic beauty to the computational similarity of a processor optimized for graphics processing and the computational needs of a sensory cortex, as commonly seen in the neural networks of 2014. A custom ASIC chip optimized for neural networks extends that trend to its inevitable future in the digital domain. Further advances are possible with analog in-memory compute, an even closer biomimicry of the human cortex. The best business planning assumption is that Moore’s Law, as depicted here, will continue for the next 20 years as it has for the past 128. (Note: the top right dot for Mythic is a prediction for 2026 showing the effect of a simple process shrink from an ancient 40nm process node) ---- For those unfamiliar with this chart, here is a more detailed description: Moore's Law is both a prediction and an abstraction. It is commonly reported as a doubling of transistor density every 18 months. But this is not something the co-founder of Intel, Gordon Moore, has ever said. It is a nice blending of his two predictions; in 1965, he predicted an annual doubling of transistor counts in the most cost effective chip and revised it in 1975 to every 24 months. With a little hand waving, most reports attribute 18 months to Moore’s Law, but there is quite a bit of variability. The popular perception of Moore’s Law is that computer chips are compounding in their complexity at near constant per unit cost. This is one of the many abstractions of Moore’s Law, and it relates to the compounding of transistor density in two dimensions. Others relate to speed (the signals have less distance to travel) and computational power (speed x density). Unless you work for a chip company and focus on fab-yield optimization, you do not care about transistor counts. Integrated circuit customers do not buy transistors. Consumers of technology purchase computational speed and data storage density. When recast in these terms, Moore’s Law is no longer a transistor-centric metric, and this abstraction allows for longer-term analysis. What Moore observed in the belly of the early IC industry was a derivative metric, a refracted signal, from a longer-term trend, a trend that begs various philosophical questions and predicts mind-bending AI futures. In the modern era of accelerating change in the tech industry, it is hard to find even five-year trends with any predictive value, let alone trends that span the centuries. I would go further and assert that this is the most important graph ever conceived. A large and growing set of industries depends on continued exponential cost declines in computational power and storage density. Moore’s Law drives electronics, communications and computers and has become a primary driver in drug discovery, biotech and bioinformatics, medical imaging and diagnostics. As Moore’s Law crosses critical thresholds, a formerly lab science of trial and error experimentation becomes a simulation science, and the pace of progress accelerates dramatically, creating opportunities for new entrants in new industries. Consider the autonomous software stack for Tesla and SpaceX and the impact that is having on the automotive and aerospace sectors. Every industry on our planet is going to become an information business. Consider agriculture. If you ask a farmer in 20 years’ time about how they compete, it will depend on how they use information — from satellite imagery driving robotic field optimization to the code in their seeds. It will have nothing to do with workmanship or labor. That will eventually percolate through every industry as IT innervates the economy. Non-linear shifts in the marketplace are also essential for entrepreneurship and meaningful change. Technology’s exponential pace of progress has been the primary juggernaut of perpetual market disruption, spawning wave after wave of opportunities for new companies. Without disruption, entrepreneurs would not exist. Moore’s Law is not just exogenous to the economy; it is why we have economic growth and an accelerating pace of progress. At Future Ventures, we see that in the growing diversity and global impact of the entrepreneurial ideas that we see each year — from automobiles and aerospace to energy and chemicals. We live in interesting times, at the cusp of the frontiers of the unknown and breathtaking advances. But, it should always feel that way, engendering a perpetual sense of future shock.

My father, Prof VK Tripathi in Dharavi, Mumbai distributing pamphlets on communal harmony.

A good way to start the day? A healthy breakfast. No doubt. But Herbalife has no role in it. Herbalife is a multilevel marketing pyramid scheme company which manufactures low quality mixed protein made from pea and soy and includes other dangerous botanicals, all the while charging consumers like they're selling Swarovski diamonds. There are far more, better protein supplements in the market that consumers can spend money on, definitely not Herbalife... Because Herbalife products are also, infamously associated with the highest documented liver injury and liver failure cases in the world among all protein supplements. No other BS company has even come close to what Herbalife products have achieved when it comes to harming consumers. Ronaldo may or may not know this, but his breakfast definitely DOES NOT involve Herbalife products and this is just a paid (I wonder how much!) promotion for the company... Because even the people you place high on a high pedestal are sometimes deprived of ethics and morality when it comes to healthcare and health literacy when money talks. Sources: [1] Herbalife agrees to pay over $122M to resolve fraud and corruption: justice.gov/opa/pr/herbali… [2] Federal Trade Commission sense third payment to people who lost money via Herbalife pyramid scheme: ftc.gov/enforcement/re… [3] Herbalife pays $123M in bribery fine in China: occrp.org/en/news/herbal… [4] Herbalife liver toxicity (> 50 cases) from LiverTox: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK54844… [5] Herbalife Supplements and Liver Toxicity: youtube.com/watch?v=mwMYrO… [7] Herbalife removes paper on death due to Herbalife through legal threats: scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/12/20/pap… [6] Slimming to the Death: retractionwatch.com/wp-content/upl…

Hey, @nitin_gadkari @MORTHIndia @NHAI_Official can you explain why you used my toll/tax money to destroy this perfectly good asphalt road (NH-48) that was just fine in 2023, and turn it into dust infested mess in 2024? These are before/after pictures of the same place.

ये मुल्ला जी हमारे पिताजी हैं.....

DIGITAL ARREST SCAM🚨 FIRST TIME LIVE RECORDING. 1. Please read, watch, and share this thread as much as possible so we can save more people from this fraud.

"𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲" - Handicapped JCB driver Subhan Khan to those who told him not to do it just before he risked his life and drove his JCB into flood & saved 9 people on a broken bridge in Telangana

A first in India: Neurosurgeons at AIG Hospitals removes Brain Tumor via the Eye Socket This approach used a small, carefully made path around the eye using a neuro-endoscope without any large skin incision, muscle or skull bone cutting The neurosurgical team at AIG Hospitals, at Hyderabad achieved a significant feat by removing a complex brain tumor from a 54-year-old female patient using a new approach that doesn’t require any cut or opening in the skull of the patient. Scientifically known as “Endoscopic lateral transorbital approach,” it is a way for neurosurgeons to reach and treat certain brain areas through a small, carefully made path around the eye using a neuro-endoscope. The 54-year-old female patient had complaint of right-sided visual blurring and headaches since last six months and was treated as viral encephalitis with no improvement. As her condition worsened, she came to AIG and on evaluation it was found that she is suffering from spheno-orbital cavernous meningioma (SOM), a benign tumor that forms in the region where the sphenoid bone (a bone located at the base of the skull, behind the eyes), the eye socket, and the cavernous sinus (a large vein located at the base of the skull) meet. “Upon multiple discussion with our neurosurgical unit and ophthalmology team, we found that the case is appropriate for us to take this new approach where we will be able to do the excision of the brain tumor without leaving any observable mark on the patient’s face/skull. It is indeed thrilling to say that we have successfully performed the operation and have set a new precedence in neurosurgery,” Dr. Abhirama Chandra Gabbita, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, AIG Hospitals said Dr. Subodh Raju, Director – Neurosurgery, AIG Hospitals said “The endoscopic approach allows us to access the tumor through a small incision and since the brain is not directly touched or compressed during the procedure, there’s no physical impact left on the brain, resulting in less trauma to the surrounding tissues and a faster healing process. The patient has shown remarkable recovery and was discharged on 2nd day after the procedure returning to normalcy with no visible scar.” The most important takeaway from this novel approach is a paradigm shift from large skin incisions, temporalis muscle cutting, no requirement for skull bone cutting and brain retraction in such cases of brain tumors. #AIGhospital #Hyderabad #neurosurgery

Indira Gandhi was the true angel for wildlife and forests of India. As India is growing older, very few Indians realise that hunting was legal in India even for 25 years after independence. Every year, thousands of foreign tourists used to take this Hunting trip to India as they do with poor African nations. Animals could be killed, anyone could enter the forest and shoot. Tigers, Leopards, Elephants were collected as trophies. You would not believe but there was a huge market in Delhi for tiger skin and body parts! It was that normal. 1/

🔴Shocking numbers👇 1. First time Individual Income tax is >> Corporate tax collection 2. Just 3% of citizens (mostly salaried) are paying more Taxes then all the corporates in India combined 3. Tax collection have more than 2X in 5 years Congratulations Middle Class 👍

Any similarity with someone who is living is purely coincidental.

Dear @nitin_gadkari Sir, we're grateful that you've shared many of our Fellow YouTubers' videos showing few of your Projects. Now I dare you to share this video by @dronemanYT and let everyone know what 3rd class work is done by @NHAI_Official and it's Contractors for NH48 in MH

These are Google SteetView pictures of the NH48 from 2023. While not worldclass, this entire section was in excellent shape. Traffic jams occurred only when there was an accident, or something untoward happened. Ask any NH48 traveler who will vouch for the excellent quality of this highway for the past 7,8 years. There were some patches that had potholes, but they were quicky repaired and even the patchwork was of great quality. Then some babus @NHAI_Official (who has perhaps never travelled this route) said let's dig up this excellent road and concretize the entire surface. And let's do that before an alternate route in the form of the Mumbai Delhi Expressway is ready. I have no idea what @nitin_gadkari and the people advising him @officeofng told him. But this road never needed this level of repairs. The result of this decision utter chaos. Different sections of the Talasari - Virar - Vasai sections of the NH48 have been in a perennial traffic jam ever since this work started. It gets worse during the monsoons. And the situation is likely to continue for the next year. Today, if someone from Palghar, Boisar and Dahanu want to go to the airport, visit Mumbai for emergencies, no one has any idea when they would reach. What is even worse? The "new" road that will be ready after this process ends will be worse in surface quality and grip than the road it replaces. The completed sections of the new cemented NH48 is uneven and travelling on it is not smooth at all. NHAI and Gadkiri ji should introspect what they have done with the NH48, and correct this massive mess which is their own doing. They should have consulted with daily travelers and people who actually use the NH48, rather than relying on local politicians and stakeholders who may have vested interests in getting this excellent road "repaired". I will go to the extent of saying that the concretization work should be stopped and the entire surface be turned into an asphalt road again. The section is effed up already, and given that the work will take another year anyway, just restore it to its old glory. Take another year to do it but just bring the asphalt surface back.

@AMP86793444 Legendary stat from a Legend

PM Modi recently declared that "God has sent me." The dear leader has given a string of TV interviews this month with Godi media anchors. Meanwhile, Newslaundry has two long-pending pleas before the “God’s messenger” This very special musical will tell you all about it.