Sameer Ahuja

Research advice

Find a way to do your research with as little contact with non-technical people as possible, with one exception, fall madly in love! That is my advice, my friend.
Feynman to Wolfram, via lettersofnote.com

Sal Khan's Khan Academy

“When you read that, you’re like, okay, screw the hedge fund world.”

Maria's Story

In other words, the “default” body plan is female, and a fetus will go down this path unless diverted. It is as if the God of the Bible, in a departure from the usual story, actually made Eve first, then took one of her ribs, added some testosterone and other male hormones, and presto: Adam.

via medhelp.org

The Indian Premier Tamasha


via photogallery.indiatimes.com

Apparently, cricketers making fools of themselves on stage with semi-talented Bollywood actresses…
…is a good idea.

I know so little.

The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov

For what could any Entity, conscious of eternal existence, want – but an end?

via scritube.com

Movies and cultures

Here’s the trailer for a movie about an overweight girl trying to find her soulmate:

And here’s the trailer for a movie about a girl whose love life gets muddled with a series of murders:

Embracing the digital book

So consider this: 10,000 of us reading the same Kindle book, each of us highlighting and taking notes. Would the aggregate of this not be illuminating? If I want to publicly share my notes with fellow Kindle or iBooks readers, shouldn’t there be a system in place to do this?

via craigmod.com