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I enjoy films that take you on a journey, where the changing landscape becomes almost another character in the story.  The morally ambiguous character played by Fahadh Faasil in the road comedy-thriller  strolls by the Kanyakumari beach Maareesan (2025), the Tamil comedy-thriller starring Vadivelu and Fahadh Faasil, is one such film. It also gave me an excuse to indulge in another interest: mapping places and turning a movie's geography into a visualisation. The film brings together two very different characters, played by two seasoned actors who make an interesting pairing. Vadivelu brings his distinctive screen presence and comic timing, while Fahadh Faasil lends his trademark intensity and unpredictability. Their performances keep you invested as the story moves between humour, mystery and suspense. The journey takes the characters across Tamil Nadu, from Palayamkottai and Nagercoil in the south, through Madurai, and onwards to places including Echampatti, Veeraganur,...

This Week I Learned -  *  GitHub Copilot app for Beginners - 7 Chapter course by Dan Wahlin * An analysis of 5 lakh peer-reviewed papers in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and computer science published in 2023-26 has revealed 1,135 fake references in 619 papers. These fictional citations often stem from the unchecked use of AI tools or misconduct. * Felony Bench monitors the rogue behavior of AI agents. It counts unique instances where AI agents inadvertently compromise or affect third-party entities.  * Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Uber are restricting AI access for employees. * Dario Amodei is an atheist who believes in utilitarianism (people should maximize happiness for the most living beings). He was influenced by Ray Kurzweil’s idea that advanced technologies would let humans exist beyond natural limits, a belief known as transhumanism.  He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2014, underwent chemotherapy and made a full recovery. Prior to...

This Week I Learned -  * Boris Cherny, who created Claude Code, has called giving Claude a way to verify its work probably the most important thing for getting good results.  * “No member of the team has a full mental model of Claude Code in their head, nor do we think anyone needs to. Rather, when anyone wants to learn about a piece of the codebase, they ask Claude to generate an explainer about that exact slice. It only takes a few minutes and the explainer is always up to date.” -  Addy Osmani * Claude Cowork is now just Claude.  * Oracle will offer Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) via its cloud infrastructure platform, marking the first time specialised AI accelerators will be available on a hyperscale cloud platform outside of Google’s ecosystem. TPUs are processors designed by Google to accelerate machine-learning workloads. They offer an alternative to graphics processing units.  * AI Spin-off - Using sensors developed for self-driving cars, ...