Nowhere to go but down.
I lasted 26 days. Did I miss it? Sort of. But what I realized when I signed back in, was that nothing really changed. I didn't miss anything "important". Heck, the whole reason I left was because I was ignoring actual important things in my life. I've tried to set a Twitter Schedule: Time allowed... Continue Reading →
I recently came across one of the coolest sci-fi books ever: Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. https://twitter.com/northerwild/status/1132130924957765632 https://twitter.com/northerwild/status/1132487046990311424 "Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade... Continue Reading →
The internet is amazing. But you already knew that. But did you know that there is a live-stream on periscope where a guy smokes weed and listens to police radio scanners? The first time I watched the show there was a car chase where a woman stole a camper van that had two dogs in... Continue Reading →
Dr. Gad Saad is a, professor of marketing at Concordia University and the author of The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption and The Consuming Instinct. Professor Gad is known as the Colonel of Reason, Leader of Logic, and the Destroyer of Doublespeak. If you follow him on Twitter (which I highly recommend you do) then you will know... Continue Reading →
The future genetics revolution is coming. It's closer than you think. (cover image taken from https://artignition.com/cyberpunk-character-concept-art) Future humans are going to have many new ethical and moral challenges. One challenge in particular will test Homo Sapiens like never before: Big Data + BioTech = No more diseases Here are some excerpts from 21 Lessons for... Continue Reading →
"I'm a research scientist at MIT, working on human-centered AIand autonomous vehicles. Also, I teach courses on deep learning. Connect with me (@lexfridman) onTwitter, LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Besides research and teaching, I enjoy playing guitar, practicing jiu jitsu, and engaging in deep meaningful conversations including on podcasts both as a guest (e.g., Joe Rogan Experience) and as a host (e.g., Artificial Intelligence podcast... Continue Reading →
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind - is a mind-trip of an adventure through the journey of human beings on planet Earth. I'm just over half way through the book and I am quite enjoying it. At the front of the book, there is a handy time-line of Sapien activity, for example: -from 2.5... Continue Reading →
If you show up for a pre-close shift (the person that helps the closer close) but the closer does not - you are now the closer. Nothing wrong with that...especially when you get some free beer out of it. Summer is upon us. Patio season is here. In the kitchen, we don't have time for... Continue Reading →
I deactivated my Twitter account , again. I quickly logged into my account during a recent hiatus, in order to use TweetEraser to delete all the tweets. I was using Twitter WAY too much. Twitter isn't real life. And I was ignoring mine. Before the break, I was checking it every few minutes. If there... Continue Reading →
