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DeepSeek: Redefining AI's Future Through Innovation and Efficiency

DeepSeek: Redefining AI's Future Through Innovation and Efficiency Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a reclusive quant-turned-AI idealist, DeepSeek was born from a mission to advance artificial general intelligence (AGI) through open-source collaboration and resource efficiency. Unlike traditional tech giants, Liang prioritized "original innovation" over commercialization, arguing that China must transition from imitation to global leadership in foundational AI research. Liang’s Philosophy: “Our goal isn’t to monetize quickly but to solve humanity’s hardest questions. If we don’t innovate now, China will forever follow others.” Similarly Indians should focus on creating innovative products alongside services instead of following. DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: Technical Comparison Feature DeepSeek ChatGPT Architecture 671B MoE (37B active/task) 1.8T dense model Cost Efficiency $0.14/mill...

The World of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs): Wealth Classification and Geographic Insights

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The World of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs): Wealth Classification and Geographic Insights Wealth is a captivating subject, and understanding how it is distributed across the globe offers a window into economic trends, financial hubs, and the growing influence of affluent individuals. Recently, I came across an intriguing classification system used by wealth managers to categorize individuals based on their net worth. This system not only highlights the tiers of wealth but also sheds light on the geographic distribution of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) . Let’s explore this classification, delve into the numbers, and discuss how to visualize the data for a deeper understanding. Global Classification of Net Worth Wealth managers classify individuals into three main categories based on their net worth: Category Abbreviation Net Worth Range High Net Wor...

Comparing the Economies of India, Japan, and Germany (2019-2024)

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The global economic landscape is constantly shifting, with countries across the world experiencing varying growth trajectories. In this blog, we will compare the economies of India , Japan , and Germany from 2019 to 2024, focusing on their GDP performance, growth patterns, and economic outlook. By understanding these trends, we can better appreciate the evolving role these nations play in the global economy. GDP Overview: A Snapshot of Economic Growth (2019-2024) The table below shows the GDP figures of India, Japan, and Germany in billions of dollars from 2019 to 2024: From this table, we can draw several key insights into the economic trajectories of these three nations. India: A Rapid Growth Story India's GDP shows a remarkable recovery post-pandemic. After a decline in 2020, the country’s economy has grown steadily, with projections for 2024 reaching $3,889.13 billion —a significant increase from 2019’s GDP of $2,835.61 billion . This growth trajectory can be attributed...

Status of the Major projects in South by Minister Nitin Gadkari

 Following are the Infra projects which Gadkari gave the status update in the recent visit to Bangalore. 1. Bangalore Peripheral Ring Road This is a proposed 288km long ring road on the outskirts of Bangalore. 243 Km will be in Karnataka and 45 Km in Tamil Nadu.  Currently 136 km is awarded with a total cost of 6000 crore out of which 53 km is completed. 2. Bangalore - Mysuru Expressway This is almost completed except a few under passes. Target to inaugurate by the end of February mostly by PM.  3. Surat Chennai Expressway This is a six lane expressway from Surat - Nasik - Ahmed Nagar - Solapur - Kurnool - Chennai. Passes through 6 states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. This is with a total length of 1270 Km at a cost of 48000 crore.  4. Bangalore Chennai Expressway This is a 264 km highway with some greenfield. Travel time will be brought down from 5-6 hrs to 2hrs 15 min.  This is a 16730 crore project and will be comple...

Dishwasher review, is it really worth buying?

    Following are the general questions on dishwasher: Q. Which is the best dishwasher? Difficult to pick one. We used only IFB but others are also equally good. Most of the dishwashers are made in Turkey and also their essentials come from Europe, so almost all of them are same. Bosch and LG I observed build quality is good, rest everything is same. Q. Is it useful for Indian utensils? Yes it is. There are options like steam, high temperature which cleans the utensils efficiently. Temperature ranges from 30-70 degrees generally. Q. Will it reduce the effort in cleaning the utensils? It will. But there is some effort required to keep the utensils in the dishwasher. Especially during lockdown and non-availability of maids, this is helpful to reduce the effort. Q. What is the cost per wash? Two ways for wash: 1. Using the tablet All-in-One tablet is used for a single wash. These tablets cost anywhere between 700-750 for 30 tablets. Each tablet can be used for a single wash. Half...

Virtual Box and Hortonworks Sandbox accessing the url from the host machine(Mac OSx)

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I downloaded the Hortonworks sandbox and try to run the steps but was not able to access the URLs from the host machine. I tried many ways but finally resolved with the following: Service URL Sandbox Welcome Page http:// host :8888 Ambari Dashboard http:// host :8080 Manage Ambari http:// host :8080/views/ADMIN_VIEW/2.2.1.0/INSTANCE/#/ Hive User View http:// host :8080/#/main/views/HIVE/1.0.0/AUTO_HIVE_INSTANCE Pig User View http:// host :8080/#/main/views/PIG/1.0.0/Pig File User View http:// host :8080/#/main/views/FILES/1.0.0/Files SSH Web Client http:// host :4200 Hadoop Configuration http:// host :50070/dfshealth.html   http:// host :50070/explorer.html Ports used for different applications are 8888, 8080, 50070. In the Virtualbox, I added the port bindings for these ports mentioned above and network adapter as NAT like in the following images. In the first image selected the adapter as NAT and in the second image added the port forwardings.

Configuring TIBCO ADB Adapter with SQL Server - Creating the user

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When I was trying to configure TIBCO BW ADB Adapter with SQL server 2012 as the back end database, I got a some issues which am going to post in a series of blog posts. Here I am going to post the steps to configure them as well. First the user should be created to access the DB from TIBCO BW. Administrator users like 'sa' should not be used. If the administration users are used in the configuration then the ADB adapter may not start properly.  To create the user following are the steps: - In 'Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio' go to the   databases -> <your database> -> Security -> Users -> New User  - It opens a pop-up - In the pop-up on the General tab select the User Type as 'SQL user with login' - Give the User name and Login name and then select the Default schema as dbo. - On the Membership tab select the Role Members as db_owner - Then click on OK to complete