On the Indigo 1163 from Mumbai to Singapore, an air hostess was serving food, which they had to pause just before me because of turbulence. In such cases, I’ve sometimes been skipped in the past, and I usually stay alert for when service resumes. This time, I wasn’t paying attention. But the air hostess walked over right on cue and asked, “Mr. Subramanian, have we served you yet?” She didn’t know. That’s normal. But she checked. That’s not.\ ...
I love that I get uninterrupted 4-16 hours on flights, which I mostly use to write future prompts and read past AI responses. I do miss AI on flights. But after installing Google Edge Gallery with Gemma-4-E2B-it (2.5GB) that runs on my mobile, I’ve solved a few practical problems. For example: I took a picture of a dish they served and asked: “Is this vegetarian?” (It was.) I asked, “Comics have text in panels, often written at the top in a box. Not the speech bubbles. It’s like a narrator or voice over. What are they called?” (Caption boxes.) “Summarize The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Why is it famous?” (Thoughtful, well-written novel on the choice vs commitment tradeoff.) It’s not a very smart model. It’s a bit slow. Transcription is average. It doesn’t run in the background. Only one chat at a time. No internet search, etc. ...