I started this 18 years ago. Here's the traditional link to the first post from 2007. For most of its life, it’s been a slow putter. I’d be shocked if blogging is a thing anymore. My professional reading is down to getting an AI to summarise what another AI wrote. My writing happens outside the … Continue reading 18 years blogging
Category: Life
New hope?
Did Sri Lanka pull it off - kicking out the mindset of accepting feudalism? The generational submission to patronage that permitted centuries of Kleptocracy? The proof lies in an outcome that will take years - if not a generation. My measure is the efficiency of dealing with the structures of the state. Will it shift … Continue reading New hope?
Sri Lanka’s Ingenuity paradox
I hear Sri Lankan ingenuity marvelled at a lot these days. It comes up when discussing the various complex supply "arrangements" relatives, friends, friends of relatives, and relatives of friends have organised. Through such arrangements, we get Thambili plucked, beds in ICUs, leaks fixed, curfew passes, rubbish collected, vaccinated, and applications processed through government departments. … Continue reading Sri Lanka’s Ingenuity paradox
Sri Lanka’s Election Brutalities
Elections in Sri Lanka are the ritual of the looted appointing the next set of looters. If tradition has its ways, it’s the previous set of looters with a few new faces sprinkled about. I’ve never been able to shake that perception. The core fact is that irrespective of the person on the throne, the … Continue reading Sri Lanka’s Election Brutalities
AI visualised armoured trishaws (tuk tuks)
I took up David Blacker’s prompt to create AI images of armoured trishaws. It turned out to be a bigger challenge than I thought. Multiple Generative AI (GenAI) platforms had a hard time creating an image that matched the armoured trishaw I look I had in mind. The first GenAI I tried was mid-journey (last year). It … Continue reading AI visualised armoured trishaws (tuk tuks)
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