1. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

First Person by Rituparno Ghosh

This is a collection of columns Ghosh wrote. He was a critically acclaimed director (and actor) of mostly Bengali films known for his aesthetics and sensitivity. On top of that, he was also an LGBTQ activist. I know a few people who used to be homophobes but changed their opinion after watching his works.

Yes. They allow us to take a peek at Moore’s mind. I remember how sound his idea about Anarchy was in V for Vendetta. He gives so much thought to everything he writes.

I think I like Sodom and Gomorrah the least. Proust’s view on homosexuality seems partial.

Manufacturing Consent is worth reading for its relevance. Two serious wars are going on and the media is still using the same formulas.

The Riddler is fun to read.

1. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
2. Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust
3. The Riddler: Year One by Paul Dano, Stevan Subić (Artist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer)

It is interesting to see the Pope using secular arguments instead of simply saying God won’t approve (which is completely valid from a religious perspective). The invocation of God in any serious opinion is silly, and now even religious leaders know that.

Well… I was -4 years old when the last issue published. Definitely lucky.

Here’s mine: https://hermitage.utsob.me 😅

In the case of current LLMs, we can tell. These LLMs are not black boxes to us. It is hard to follow the threads of their decisions because these decisions are just some hodgepodge of statistics and randomness, not because they are very intricate thoughts.

We can’t compare the outputs, probably, but compute the learning though. Imagine a human with all the literature, ethics, history, and all kind of texts consumed like that LLMs, no amount of trick questions would have tricked him to believe in racial cleansing or any such disconcerting ideas. LLMs read so much, and learned so little.

Yes. LLMs generate texts. They don’t use language. Using a language requires an understanding of the subject one is going to express. LLMs don’t understand.

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

By far liked it. His style is surely captivating.

As a Bangladeshi I have the same thing to say. This is even unthinkable here. Not even students will find it appropriate here.

Yes. And it makes many sites more browsable in phone.

Using it since the last major revamp of Firefox Android on all my devices.

Using firefox exclusively on all my devices since the last major revamp of the Firefox Android.

One should share even good things (e.g. achievements) of children carefully. I’ve seen parents continuously sharing even minuscule achievements of their children and trying to prove how smart they are as parents, or the children are prodigies.

If they become underachievers (in comparison to how their parents portrayed them), they will find it very difficult to cope with. One shouldn’t burden children with one’s ambitions.