Author Archives: Chirag Bindal
Industry Baggage
King County Library System (KCLS) is funded by property taxes. Not only does it offer a wide collection of books and magazines as you would expect from any good library, it also offers e-books, music CDs, e-books, even devices, and … Continue reading
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The Virus War
Many of us relate to world wars as historic events of the past. Typically, our only exposure to them is limited to a sepia documentary footage on Netflix, or perhaps in a book if it’s an area of interest. We … Continue reading
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Ballots versus bullets
Some people love their guns for the purpose of hunting. It is a family tradition. They typically do not use or possess semi-automatic or automatic guns, and cannot cause mass human carnage. Personally, I do not have a problem with … Continue reading
Magic Quadrant
Back in 1998, I visited Mumbai with my college band Krossbreedz. We were participating in the rock competition at Mood-Indigo, IIT Bombay’s cultural festival. The organizers put us up at one of the IIT hostels. We got a unique chance … Continue reading
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Go
Go. Amazon Go. The online retail giant’s recent announcement of the checkout-lineless store has caught the fancy of many. Nothing extraordinary about the technology itself, everyone has been talking about deep learning, computer vision and the likes for some time … Continue reading
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From Ambassador to…
This is a story based on real life events that I have been fortunate enough to witness firsthand. This is a story about a childhood friend who I have known since 1988. Twenty-eight years (as of 2016)! Now that seems … Continue reading
Data pollution
When plastic was invented, the invention was considered such a boon. After several decades, we realized we overdid the usage that led to polluted dumping grounds and oceans. When coal and other fossil fuels were discovered, we again overdid the usage that … Continue reading
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Fly, don’t die
Everyone dies. Some day it is bound to happen. No one who has ever lived has not not died. If they haven’t yet, they will some day. But then nobody likes to die, not most people. And under most circumstances, we … Continue reading
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Windows Phone and OS X El Capitan
Thanks to this person who researched and provided a fix for the Windows Phone and OS X El Captain issue. Hope someone can do so for the M-Audio FastTrack Ultra issue as well, where the audio interface is not recognized … Continue reading
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Innovation has no limits
Amazon is an action company. That is my perspective as an Amazon customer. When Jeff Bezos phrases the company’s core philosophy as ‘customer first’, it clearly is not lip service. I am amazed by the amount of customer-centric innovation that … Continue reading
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