Daily and Weekly Reviews
For some time now I am doing short daily and weekly reviews. Here are the questions, for my daily review And here is the list for my weekly review What are yours review questions?
Society
Recognizing people in masks
During the COVID pandemic, my son had his critical years of development as a child. At the same time, at my job, we were trying to make our facial recognition algorithm work with people wearing masks (and we succeeded). Which… Read More »Recognizing people in masks
Freedom to move
When I was younger, more naïve, and less experienced, I thought that we could solve a lot of problems in politics by letting countries have different, even drastic, political systems, such as fascism and communism, and just allowing people to… Read More »Freedom to move
Talking past each other
We have a regular beer with a friend and what usually happens is, that we talk past each other. Each of us is describing their own situations, thoughts and problems, without the other reflecting much on what was said by… Read More »Talking past each other
Novelty gratification
I like new things. The excitement from a new phone, tablet, or laptop is always there. What can it do? What is new? This feeling usually leaves after a few days, and I am a couple of hundred Euros poorer.… Read More »Novelty gratification
Using turn signals when there is no one around
You should use turn signals even when there is no one around. At first glance, it seems stupid. Why should I turn them on, when there is no one to see them? There are two main reasons. First, you never… Read More »Using turn signals when there is no one around
The importance of mission statements and goals
If you think about it, most missions in video games are really boring. Go somewhere. Pick something up. Talk to someone. Kill 10 lions. Solve a small puzzle. But video games are fun, mostly because of two things – interesting… Read More »The importance of mission statements and goals
“Outraged”
I don’t like and largely ignore “news” articles and social media posts claiming that something caused an outrage. If there aren’t huge protests in the streets, people are not outraged, just annoyed and have a lot of spare time to… Read More »“Outraged”
Write it down
People do not like to write. They like to act. Do stuff. Fix things. Especially engineers. Is there an issue? Start working on solution. Is it fixed? Start working on the next issue. This is good and well in an… Read More »Write it down