vvvslaxman Posted January 10 Posted January 10 49 minutes ago, kepler37b said: There is a theory of happiness called "The savanna theory of happiness" It says that we are happy when we live like our african ancestors, roaming in flat grasslands and sleeping under stars. In essence, open spaces enhance our happiness. The dude basically has upgraded his life style. Kodaikkanal is a hill station. So it is like living permanently in a resort :) His goal was to eat what he plants. Above all, he found a girl who accepted this lifestyle. In fact, they got married in a forest like this. Definitely a peaceful and contented life. In fact, most were living like that before the IT boom. Living within means.
Lord Posted January 10 Posted January 10 1 hour ago, kepler37b said: There is a theory of happiness called "The savanna theory of happiness" It says that we are happy when we live like our african ancestors, roaming in flat grasslands and sleeping under stars. In essence, open spaces enhance our happiness. The dude basically has upgraded his life style. people in villages seem happier indeed
vvvslaxman Posted January 10 Posted January 10 18 minutes ago, Lord said: people in villages seem happier indeed Anyone who is contended is always happy. A famous person's last words "you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you" emphasizing the imortance of health. Steve jobs that is. You can have people for everything. Not for this. Lord 1
kepler37b Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 3 hours ago, Lord said: people in villages seem happier indeed Yes.
kepler37b Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 On 2/10/2026 at 9:39 AM, IndianRenegade said: His contemplative/philosophical/self-control Bharat gene won over the materialist/expansive drive of the gora land. I diga and Lord 2
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) On 1/9/2026 at 10:24 PM, kepler37b said: There is a theory of happiness called "The savanna theory of happiness" It says that we are happy when we live like our african ancestors, roaming in flat grasslands and sleeping under stars. In essence, open spaces enhance our happiness. The dude basically has upgraded his life style. It all sounds amazing until you go do it. And while you might realize your happy state, it will most likely be after you have reached the safe confines of a big cat's intestine or while shivering under the affliction of some parasite in your blood. Nature is brutal. And all those Savanna people were not stressing out about AI because they were too busy trying to survive the next 5 minutes. No, thank you. I am grateful for my 2026 way of life, sitting on a comfortable sofa, under a roof, typing my thoughts on a screen. Edited February 13 by BacktoCricaddict G_B_, raki05 and Lord 2 1
kepler37b Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 3 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: It all sounds amazing until you go do it. And while you might realize your happy state, it will most likely be after you have reached the safe confines of a big cat's intestine or while shivering under the affliction of some parasite in your blood. Nature is brutal. And all those Savanna people were not stressing out about AI because they were too busy trying to survive the next 5 minutes. No, thank you. I am grateful for my 2026 way of life, sitting on a comfortable sofa, under a roof, typing my thoughts on a screen. Consider the activities that people do for pleasure these days Gym => Do physical work as per the evolutionary purpose of our bodies Holiday => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. Running => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. Mountain Trekking => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. In all the above activities we are less safer than sitting on a couch. But still we do it. What I am saying is that our bodies have evolved for a specific set of activities and we are happier if we do them. In modern life, we have traded safety over this.
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 13 Posted February 13 6 hours ago, kepler37b said: Consider the activities that people do for pleasure these days Gym => Do physical work as per the evolutionary purpose of our bodies Holiday => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. Running => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. Mountain Trekking => Appeals to the exploratory spirit our ancestors on Grasslands had. In all the above activities we are less safer than sitting on a couch. But still we do it. What I am saying is that our bodies have evolved for a specific set of activities and we are happier if we do them. In modern life, we have traded safety over this. I think one of the hardest things to understand about evolution is that there is no purpose or progress in it. Evolution is just descent with modification. Secondly. we often misinterpret the phrase "survival of the fittest." It does not refer to fitness as "muscle fitness" but "reproductive fitness, which mainly comes from the ability to adapt to a particular environment." Hence the cockroach is more fit than the lion, from an evolutionary perspective. G_B_ 1
vvvslaxman Posted February 17 Posted February 17 AI is good if you use it rightly.) It can even make you more organized. Actually it made me more polite lol It also unlocks your creaitivity. You can create music videos for old songs in modern way. You can creaate procedural videos for anything. You can do simulation of accidents. Or you can create fantasy x-rated video on Grok with right prompt.. "imagine a chinese teacher sitting by the pool with a 60 year old man named chaos" ... you can define the dress etc :)
Vickydev Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Tiger Shroff about to be made redundant..maybe AI isnt so bad after all raki05 and vvvslaxman 2
IndianRenegade Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Govts need to wake up to the dystopian future these AI megalomaniacs want to usher in or people will revolt. MK55 1
vvvslaxman Posted February 24 Posted February 24 My GPU craped out of memory when I tried to run AI locally to avoid subscription. My video card is a 8 gb card. Needs a 24 gb card.
MK55 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 8 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: My GPU craped out of memory when I tried to run AI locally to avoid subscription. My video card is a 8 gb card. Needs a 24 gb card. U need the pro 6000 96 gb to do anything meaningful for AI Even the 5090 is just 32 gb.
MK55 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Anthropic has been killing it lately in the enterprise world. Market leader I guess now at work. Talked to some developers recently. They r barely writing any code - especially for stuff like incremental model refinements / analytics.
Nikhil_cric Posted February 25 Posted February 25 On 2/22/2026 at 1:17 AM, IndianRenegade said: Govts need to wake up to the dystopian future these AI megalomaniacs want to usher in or people will revolt. Era of techno-feudalism is on us. It's the end of capitalism that even has a hope of working for the majority.
vvvslaxman Posted February 25 Posted February 25 26 minutes ago, MK55 said: U need the pro 6000 96 gb to do anything meaningful for AI Even the 5090 is just 32 gb. For smaller videos 24 GB should be fine. 6000 96 GB lot of money. I would rather subscribe to something for that kind of money :) My interest is only in creating small videos. I almost did with what i have. But right at the end crapped out. MK55 1
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