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October 4, 2015

Book review from The Independent!

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A trip through Honey Country

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The Story of Jackie Jamshed

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Giant Leaf Insect
The insect you see in this photo, is called Pulchriphyllium giganteum. More commonly known as the “Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect”. They are found most abundantly in the West Malaysian tropics and survive on oak and bramble tree leaves. Looking like a leaf is their defense mechanism, a camouflage against natural predators. This insect did not […]
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Daily Log: Robot//5136. Code Name: “Cosmo”
“Robot//1818, your service efficiency has dropped by 13%, and your error rate is far beyond acceptable levels. You served an exorbitant number of pickles to humans who explicitly asked for no pickles, and zero pickles to humans who repeatedly requested for extra pickles! Are you trying to get scrapped?” Asked Robot//2674, his tone was flat […]
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Daily Log: Robot//1730. Code Name: “Cedric”
“2674, I told you to call me Cedric,” snapped Robot//1730. “I am concerned with the number of anomalies you have been exhibiting as of late. The frequency is too high. Have you been infected?” Asked the Robot only known as 2674. He whipped out his gold monocles, which contained a scanner that conjured all sorts […]
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The Whistling Folks Publication Delayed Indefinitely
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Book Alert: My Debut Novel is Going out for Sale in October 2021! And the cover is available as an NFT (non-fungible-token)!
I decided to mint the cover of my upcoming book as an NFT. All proceeds will go to my book marketing campaign on Amazon! Right now the NFT is on auction and you can bid on it here: https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/53076179463264538530616508848816031230953696613468154511839196182873867550721/
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Flotsam
Despite the age gap, Simon and I had a lot in common. For one thing, we were both terrified of marriage, relationships or any kind of commitment. Simon’s British passport allowed him to travel and live all over the world without much hassle. As a Bangladeshi, I wasn’t as lucky. There were precious few countries […]
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Insidious Rise of Unnecessary C-Sections in Bangladesh and How to Reign it In: An Interview with Barrister Rashna Imam
When did you become aware that Bangladesh has an epidemic of unnecessary c-sections? Are there any personal experiences that motivated you to look into the matter? Experiences of friends and family and newspaper reports in leading national dailies on the alarming rise in medically unnecessary c-sections, not to mention the campaign to stop unnecessary c-sect […]
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Flight Delays
Flight delays are not just inconvenient for customers, they also cost airlines a pretty penny. According to the book “Beyond Airline Disruptions” by independent airlines consultant Jasenka Rapajic, flight delays cost US airlines USD 22 billion annually. Another study sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization Strategy and Performan […]
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The Quick & Dirty Guide to Fintech
A quick and dirty guide to fintech is a compilation of five insightful articles that explore some key issues in the financial technologies industry: Disruptive Innovations, Blockchain, AI Use Cases in Financial Industry, Chatbots and Digital Marketing. The book contains quick and dirty insights from Malaysia’s leading fintech experts on various ways of explo […]
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4 AI Use Cases in Fintech in 2018 according to PwC and Gartner
Use cases for artificial intelligence in financial services.
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