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20250405-Today I start to prepare for the journey to Almere on 9th of April, where I will join in a 10 days Vipassana retreat. I am going to note down my expectations and experiences of this event. So expectations before I go; experience right after the retreat; and experience half a year after the retreat.… Continue reading Vipassana, my hesitations, expectations and experiences

Yesterday I had a short conversation with a neighbor that has worked 29 years in IT and want to switch his direction to work more with people. He predicted that in 10 years, there won’t be much technical jobs anymore. He will have a conversation this week to see if the role of technical trainer… Continue reading Jobs in the age of AI

I guess almost everyone knows what a “bitch face” or more formally “resting bitch face” is, someone who looks annoyed, angry, or unapproachable. It is a release for someone facing a bitch face or the bitch face owner to know the existence of such a thing. However, there is another type of face that is… Continue reading The resting sunshine face

Most people are doing something when they look at their phones, but I bet there is certain amount of people, they look at their phones because they tend to track moving thing, like a frog. Frogs track moving things because moving things tend to be their food. We give more attention to moving objects because… Continue reading Our frog vision

Let’s face it, contents published today are partially or even fully, publicly or mostly secretly generated by AI. In the eyes of content consumers, AI generated contents are generally considered cheating or fake. Content creators that publish pages of AI grated contents are believed to be insincere to his beloved audience, and are not trust… Continue reading Human generated contents are more trustworthy?

Introduction Ever found yourself unexpectedly charged for a subscription you didn’t intend to continue? That’s exactly what happened to me with Coursera Plus. Their refund policy clearly states that monthly subscription charges, including the first payment after a free trial, are non-refundable. Despite this, I managed to get my €47 refunded, thanks to the strategic… Continue reading Use ChatGPT to Get Refund from Coursera

So, you’re buying your first car in 2025—congratulations! 🎉 Whether you’re a fresh driver or just looking for your first personally owned car, one of the biggest questions you’ll face is what type of transmission to choose. Do you go with the traditional manual, the effortless automatic, or a high-tech hybrid? Let’s break it down… Continue reading Buying Your First Car in 2025: Should You Go Manual, Automatic, or Hybrid?

Knowledge is easily accessible to every individual, so knowledge itself is not as valuable anymore. The abilities to acquire knowledge/information and implement it effectively are what matter now. So, what should we call this age we are in? The Asker Age? The Intelligence Age? The AI Age? Yesterday, knowledge was decentralized. Today, it is centralized.… Continue reading End of knowledge age

Rich people, powerful people, or intelligent people want to make the fool stay foolish, because they need workers to work for them, they need people to do repetitive boring jobs, they have houses to be cleaned, dinner to be cooked, and cars to be driven by the fools. If everyone live to their fullest potential,… Continue reading Here’s their goal: making the fools stay foolish

Ok, here is the start point. I have no friends. Except my wife and kid, some days I don’t need to talk to anyone. But let’s see what mud can come out of this non-communicative brain, once a day, from today. Update 20250212: Apparently, I was not able to make a post per day, but… Continue reading Make a post per day