There was a metaphorical knock on the door that prompted me to look up from the busywork I was deeply involved in. Who was it? My first instinct was to turn him or her away. “Get lost,” I wanted to say, but held back. I opened the door and saw […]
You only know if an outcome is good or bad when there are no more outcomes to be had. (I wrote the above in my journal after castigating myself on some foolish decisions I’d made, only to recall the beautiful story of the old man and his horse. It ain’t […]
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a […]
The following passage was taken from the book 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson, a good reminder on how long-term success may come at the cost of short-term losses, if you can call it that: You might consider judging your success across all the games you play. Imagine […]
I’ve got nothing to say; nothing to write about today. So this day passes without a word being written. Same thing tomorrow. And the day after. Before you know it, the year is over, and not a word is put down. No. That year’s not this year. Just 10 minutes […]
A reminder to myself: When in a good mood, life, despite being exactly the same as it was when you are in a bad mood, suddenly feels a whole lot better. Moods pass. Push through the bad ones; and enjoy the good ones.
50 metres from the fork in the road I had to decide, “where do I want to go from here?” To the left was a detour of about 7 kilometres; on the right, a more direct route that would have taken me home in about 3. It was an exceptionally […]
One of the things that I get asked a lot at work is to create a reports, run an analysis, or get some data so we can get visibility on XYZ, normally as a result of a question asked by a HiPPO (highest paid person in the office) because they […]
I once wrote about one of the dangers of machine learning algorithms (e.g. the thing that powers the rules behind which many decisions are made in the real world): the closed feedback loop. An algorithm that falls into one of these closed feedback loops starts to lose its ability to […]
As he watched the presentation we were giving him on the machine learning project we were working on, I couldn’t but help notice his furrowed brows. I knew him to be a natural sceptic, one who loved asking tough questions that dug deep into the heart of the matter. Though […]
