Daily Q 2020

These views are my own. But not the models and controllers.

Be kind, transparent, open minded, and grateful.

THU DEC 17

Q: If we are living in a simulation, how big would the computational device have to be? A: Check Life 3.0.

WED DEC 16

“Context is for kings.” - Star Trek: Discovery S1E3

Experiment vs test experiment is a test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.

TUE DEC 15

Q: Does velocity matter? A: Only for future looking estimates. Easy to manipulate and misuse.

U-SQL does not support fine-grained deletion of data with a DELETE statement. Data in a table can be deleted at the level of a vertical partition bucket, or by truncating the whole table with the TRUNCATE TABLE statement.

MON DEC 14

Almost Famous Friendship is the booze they feed you.

Love disguised as sex and sex disguised as love.

SUN DEC 13

Cold rainy day. No nature walk. Movies w/ Ainsley.

SAT DEC 12

Niall Fergeson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_Ferguson

FRI DEC 11

If I have influence on your brain,then turn up the intellectual courage. Turn down the chicken brain.

THU DEC 10

Q: What is purpose of marketing? A: Increase ROI. Automation. Brand awareness. Brand loyalty. Customer education. Customer engagement. Even talent recruitment.

AI improves targeting, makes it easier to sell. Increased conversions.

WED DEC 9

Q: What is wrong with HR? A: HR represents the company not the resources. Creates cognitive dissonance because it sounds like they represent you. Like the freedom bill.

Q: Do we truly have capitalism?
A: Counter examples: bailouts,

Noise cancelling app: https://krisp.ai/

TUE DEC 8

Day off. Washed Mustang with Ainsley.

MON DEC 7

Glorious day for nature walk. Walked hard.

SUN DEC 6

routinize

SAT DEC 5

Control the narrative. Why is there such a desire? bc of power?

FRI DEC 4

Home w/ Ainsley. Movies.

THU DEC 3

Q: How to focus on the right things? FX? A: Maybe it is about asking the right questions.

WED DEC 2

Q: How to be more specific? watch out for bias’ A: be more scientific: findings, analysis, correlation, causation,

Be more deliberate

Q: What is proof? A:

Q: What is truth? A: Justified true belief

[X] Change notes from OneNote back to .md

TUE DEC 1

What do I want?

General
    Be more deliberate
	Be more specific
	Be more proactive
	Use better approaches

Specific
	A new machine
	Continuous learning: ML, Data, …
	Podcast/personal branding/sharing

MON NOV 30

Nature walk?

retro for last week: lots of good food, wine, family, and entertainment (pubg, trivia, and movies).

Problem driven might be necessary but not sufficient. It seems that opportunity driven is also necessary to thrive.

SUN NOV 29

Back to reality.

Fixed production issue w/ ingress to exports

SAT NOV 28

SciFi w/ drones

Sentinel short film. Sci fi. National bird. Blair Witch 2016 The Giver Rotor DR1 Slaughterbots Dirty Wars

OSU vs TT

FRI NOV 27

See Mike.

THU NOV 26

Thankful. Health. Family. Job. Ainsley is home.

WED NOV 25

Rained all day. No nature walk.

TUE NOV 24

Too much pubg.

MON NOV 23

Utopia 2. Really like it. Season 2 is different than american remake.

SUN NOV 22

Mind management vs time management

SAT NOV 21

OU vs OSU w/ Ainsley. Came home from Stillwater.

Ainsley was sad about loss.

FRI NOV 20

My view of the world is just a construction of my brain.

THU NOV 19

Notes: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Neuroscientist, Northeastern University

Seven and a half lessons about the brain 2020.

The half-lesson: your brain is not for thinking
Lesson #1: You have one brain (not three)
Your brain is a network
Little brains wire themselves to their world
	a. As neuroscientists like to say, “Neurons that fire together, wire together.”
Your brain predicts (almost) everything we do
Your brain secretly works with other brains
Brains make more than one kind of mind
Our brains can create reality

The scientific name for body budgeting is allostasis.

Prediction is such a useful capability that even single-celled creatures plan their actions predictively.

If your brain doesn’t merely react to the world but actively predicts the world and even sculpts its own wiring, then who bears responsibility when you behave badly? You do.

WED NOV 18

Any company that treats their talent as commodities is signaling to the entire world that their business model is outdated. They are signaling that their company is not a place where you will see your future improved.

This is why talent strategies need to shift from funneling down to the best candidates remaining, and toward a strategy that funnels in the best talent. Utilizing this method can also capture the employee’s trust during the hiring process

TUE NOV 17

Order pre-built in two weeks

Micro ATX Mother board

MON NOV 16

Lunch w/ Jenn and Ainsley and Pappadeaux.

Optimal CPU and GPU temperatures CPU Temperature: < 176 F

GPU Temperature

< 202 F

SUN NOV 15

If I order Aurora then deliver by DEC 8. USE: SAVE10 Coupon

R10 vs R11

Decision Factor Q: Does R11 have 3 display ports on nvidia basic card? A:

Consider: 16GB Dual Channel as sweet spot for a while

Alienware Aurora R10

Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X (8-Core, 32MB L3 Cache, Max Boost Clock of 4.4GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
Video Card
AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 3GB GDDR6
Chassis Options
Lunar Light chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 550W Power Supply
Memory
16GB Dual Channel HyperX™ FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz; up to 64GB (additional memory sold separately)
Hard Drive
128GB M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
Wireless
Dell Wireless DW1810 (1x1) 802.11ac with Wi-Fi, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 5.0
Keyboard
Multi-Media Keyboard
Mouse
Optical Mouse MS116AW
Base

SAT NOV 14

Day w/ Ainsley

FRI NOV 13

Use for temperature on Aurora: HWiNFO64 v6+

THU NOV 12

Aurora R10

WED NOV 11

CableDeconn DisplayPort 8K DP 1.4 Switch Bi-Direction 8K@30Hz 4K@120Hz Splitter Converter for Multiple Source and displays.

TUE NOV 10

I’m not tracking AS I’m not following.

MON NOV 9

[X] Status [X] Shave and dress [ ] Scrum 9:30

SUN NOV 8

SAT NOV 7

Race to the bottom of the brain stem

Book igen

Knowledge sector Uninterrupted concentrated work is the activity that ultimately moves the needle. Yet we design our spaces and apps to steal it.

The ideas The advice

thought is one of the core activities knowledge sector.

Shallow life. Not working backwards for what you care about.

FRI NOV 6

The problem with velocity: Can increase integration problems

Q: How to balance between “need to know the date” and “don’t have the answer”? A: Keep the system in a deliverable state

THU NOV 5

The more side-effects, the more test cases needed. The more mutability, the more test cases needed. The more nullable references, the more test cases needed. The more concurrency, the more test cases needed.

What are unit tests for? To make sure the mocks are working.

WED NOV 4

alphabetic best is priority the

Q: Can you trust the institutions? A:

TUE NOV 3

https://www.daxx.com/blog/development-trends/number-software-developers-world

MON NOV 2

Developers worldwide reference: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-many-software-developers-are-there-in-the-world/ https://www.infoq.com/news/2014/01/IDC-software-developers/

2018: 23 million developers 2023: 27.7 million developers

Lawyers: 2015: 1.3 million

SUN NOV 1

something like there’s 1M C# users, 100k VB users, and 10K F# users, or something like that.

SAT OCT 31

Not many trick or treaters. About 30-40.

FRI OCT 30

MS Skills initiative Doubling down on training and certs in key areas Initially based on azure

THU OCT 29

Dec 2011 Brinks

Top 10 things that kept me at Q for past 10 years

WED OCT 28

38 and rainy. Nature Trail?

Idealogy blinded

TUE OCT 27

39 with rain. Walked nature trail.

Facetime w/ Ainsley about philosophy.

Need sci-fi

MON OCT 26

Pot pie.

SUN OCT 25

Enjoyed Netflix Queen’s Gambit!

Facetime w/ Ainsley

SAT OCT 24

[ ] Watch The Perfect Weapon

FRI OCT 23

[ ] Scheduled dentist: Oct 26 8 am

THU OCT 22

Could have done with focus and split of my day.

WED OCT 21

Ainsley not feeling well. Dr.

TUE OCT 20

Nature walk.

MON OCT 19

Nature walk.

SUN OCT 18

Lunch with brother!

SAT OCT 17

No game. Cleaning.

FRI OCT 16

Ainsley back to stillwater. Mustang survives.

THU OCT 15

Pay credit cards

WED OCT 14

Q: Is history supposed to be repeated? A:

TUE OCT 13

Schema change to customer.

MON OCT 12

Cleaning. Lisa came over. Logan came over to see Ainsley.

SUN OCT 11

[X] Detail Mustang

SAT OCT 10

[X] Take in Mustang

Steak dinner with Ainsley and Jennifer - 3 forks

FRI OCT 9

Mustang - coolant Mustang. Coolant. 1.5.

THU OCT 8

[ ] Scheduled dentist: Oct 26 8 am

when it’s an azure issue, all you can do is report it and make a sandwich. they take the fun out of it

WED OCT 7

[X] Clean garage [X] Sprint planning & Tasking

TUE OCT 6

Good close out to sprint. Got it done.

Need to talk w/ Ainsley.

MON OCT 5

Scala 3

SUN OCT 4

NeXt Sci-Fi: early on demand Not what I expected.

SAT OCT 3

Good Rest

FRI OCT 2

Key to event naming. What and how did it happen? pointsRedeemed.

And in past tense. It reads better. BC it happened in the past by definition.

THU OCT 1

[ ] Podcast

WED SEP 30

[X] Making a recommendation for DataBricks for CNK [X] Interested in Data Architect Structured learning

TUE SEP 29

[X] 10:00 blood work

Confidence is strength. Arrogance is weakness. - Lex Friedman

Principal Architect – Data and Analytics Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-200, DP-201) Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100) Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-300, AZ-301)

Use PrepAway for preparing.

MON SEP 28

The year was 1846, and our would-be hero was a Hungarian doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis.

For one thing, doctors were upset because Semmelweis’ hypothesis made it look like they were the ones giving childbed fever to the women.

And Semmelweis was not very tactful. He publicly berated people who disagreed with him and made some influential enemies.

Eventually the doctors gave up the chlorine hand-washing, and Semmelweis — he lost his job.

SUN SEP 27

Nature Trail Walking Streak: 37 days

Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan Science is a candle in a dark world

Carl Sagan’s: Fine art of baloney detection (A Boloney Detection Kit)

Tools for skeptical thinking 1. When possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts 2. Encourage debate on evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view 3. Arguments from authority carry little weight 4. Spin more than hypothesis 5. Don’t get overly attached to hypothesis 6. Quantify a. Measure what matters 7. If chain of argument, every link in chain must work 8. Occam’s Razor 9. Always ask whether the hypothesis can be, at least in principle, be falsified

Common Pitfalls of common sense 1. Ad hominem - Latin for “to the man”; attacking the arguer 2. Argument from authority 3. Argument from adverse consequences 4. Appeal to ignorance 5. Special pleading 6. Begging the question aka assuming the answer 7. Observational selection aka the enumeration of favorable circumstances 8. Statistics of small numbers 9. Misunderstanding of the nature of stats 10. Inconsistency 11. Non sequitur - It doesn’t follow 12. Post hoc, ergo prompter hoc 13. Meaningless question 14. Excluded middle or false dichotomy a. Ex. Silence is violence 15. Short-term vs. long-term 16. Slippery slope 17. Confusion of correlation and causation a. Ex. College causes you to be gay 18. Suppressed evidence or half-truths 19. Weasel words

SAT SEP 26

[ ] Podcast!

What are unit tests for? To make sure the mocks are working.

FRI SEP 25

Take action and move excuses behind you.

Burnout. Caused by too many days in a row of high stress.

With all the overreacting and cancel culture most people are more likely to stroke out than die of corona

[X] Update Resume. Monster. Indeed.

THU SEP 24

[X] Compare mics

Q: Are job titles important? Do they improve or hurt group performance?

Seems like titles hurt group performance if best ideas are not winning. “Checking egos at the door ensures that the quality of an idea - not a person’s rank - always wins.” - INC

Q: Are job titles conducive for dynamic teaming?

They don’t seem to be good for dynamic teaming, because with dynamic teaming – different people lead different projects – and different people assist with those projects. Dynamic teaming seems to be the only way for an org not to cause issues with the architecture. Architecture <-> Organization. Adele Goldberg has great quote.

Statusing can take a lot of time, money, and energy. And doesn’t add much value in group performance – other than, how do I fit in and how can I contribute?

It usually leads to disappointment since the status is usually tied to some else’s view of the situation.

WED SEP 23

[ ] Try yin joga

GPT-3

founded by Elon Musk and Y-Combinator founder
Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) is an autoregressive language model that uses deep learning to produce human-like text.
Semi-supervised learning in NLP

Softmax function is an activation function; like other activation functions, it normalizes data

Premise -> Hypothesis Question Answering Sentence similarity Classification such as sentiment; grammatically correct

Ignite Notes

Responsible AI: Understand, Protect, Control.

What about train? One could consider apart of Control.

TUE SEP 22

We blame the media, not the demons in us that fill it.

7 days

MON SEP 21

SB: Sometimes your narrative causes me cognitive dissonance.

[X] Return Tivos to Lewisville Grande communications 500 Tittle Rd., Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75056 [X] Check on Premier One payoff

[ ] Crackle [ ] Adult Swim

31 days of walking nature trail. Personal record.

SUN SEP 20

[X] Reset Tivo [X] Cancel TV on Grande

Finally cut the cable. What a win!

Sci-Fi Shows Weird City (YouTube): neXt (FOX): TUE OCT 6
Utopia Falls (Hulu):

In future, it’s on me. No to complain, blame, shame loop.

SAT SEP 19

Someone takes credit for your idea. Response: Thanks for spotlighting my idea.

Need to leave. Response: excuse me, I have another commitment

Someone blows you off. Response: Your response gives me cause to take this further.

FRI SEP 18

Always remember us this way. Especially when I’m gone dead and buried.

I’ve been waiting so long to get to where I’m going. - cream

It’s for you daddy.

Day is long. Night is young.

No one notices the contrast of white on white

THU SEP 17

[X] Cancelled Spectrum [X] UPS Spectrum Equipment

Q: What are unit tests for? A: To make sure your mocks are working.

“You will never know less than you do right now.”

P-value: a measure of the conflict between the data and a ‘null hypothesis’ of no effect

Specifically, P = probability of getting such an extreme result, were the null hypothesis true

Not the probability of the null hypothesis

Traditionally threshold of 5%, to declare statistically significant

Not significant does not mean ‘no effect’

Bayesian Stats: https://www.countbayesie.com/blog

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

WED SEP 16

Constant Feature grind: not the best way

The war on logic, critical thinking, and debate.

Q: If braces are the bailing wire then what is duct tape? A: D.I.? == null) New Class? In the sense that it is used as a module

TUE SEP 15

Significant indentation (or off-side rule) Indentation is like lego-bricks, braces are like bailing wire - Martin Odersky

Coders stay in the flow; no need to go back and forth Programs become shorter; > 10% reduction in line count - line count that is imposed

Martin Odersky – A Scala 3 Update

Main effort from 2 to 3: Macros

Scala 3, F#, Python, Yaml, oCaml, Elixer, Haskell, Elm, Coffeescript,

Polymorphic encryption: dates back to 1990. used to avoid virus detection.

In polymorphic encryption, the algorithm, the encryption/decryption pair, changes each time it is used.

MON SEP 14

It’s on me.

Data Normalization [0,1]

Min-Max Normalization

x’=〖x − min(〗⁡〖x)〗/(max⁡(x) −min⁡(x))

Z Score Normalization

SUN SEP 13

Types Scala Intersection Type = Product Type w/ multiple interfaces Union Type = Sum Type; w/ scala 2.x had to use sealed hierarchy as sum type

Whereas a union type may be either one of multiple sub-types, an intersection types is all of its sub-types combined.

Algebraic Types Product Types = tuples and records; aka, cartesian product Sum Types = tagged or disjoint unions or coproduct types or variant types

Q: How to remember? A: Records are Products are objects. And Some (sum) are variant.

Scala 2.x does not allow you to build up a union of already existing types; you have to use a sealed hierarchy.

Naur’s Theory Building is similar to Kent Beck’s metaphor in design

Q: What about propositions as types and programs as proofs? A: A & B corresponds to cartesian product A x B A V B corresponds to A + B A => B corresponds to function space A -> B.

SAT SEP 12

Projected deaths in United States for 2020 2,791,657 Total Deaths in United States for 2018 2,839,205

Sources https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113051/number-reported-deaths-from-covid-pneumonia-and-flu-us/

Q: Why does automation take so much effort?

Big Data: watch out for different DBs updating at different times when needed for a particular output.

Goal Setting

only if they make you jump into action
if not then bad goal
let them all the maybes or somedays go

Interests vs Goals Hell Yeah or No

ToDos [X] Cancel Hulu [X] Cancel Spectrum telephone service Took 3 hrs to get thru to the customer retention agent. Oof.

FRI SEP 11

Domain modeling toward first principles

Anti-Pattern: Human compiler

Please describe the problem, not its multiple consequences. Why? Everyone wants to be the problem solver, even when it’s not their skill. Lack of trust.

The waterline If it’s your decision to make then it’s design; if it’s not then it is a requirement - alistair cockburn

The real problem: ba’s take something general and make many consequences out of it.

You don’t have to dumb down the domain.

When you are given the problem, it’s really a solution statement.

Use Powerful Questions: why, why, why.

When would this property not be true? Sounds like a solution dressed up as a problem. Too much code. Too many cases.

Conceptual test Domain experts are not so much experts.

Smarter (more formal) domain descriptions leads to Smarter solutions.

Programming as Theory Building - Peater Naur (1985) http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf

The spill zone: the if/thens

Theory + residual mess Small + small = small

Legacy corruption “we’ve always done it like that”

Theory helps detox the domain Skeuomorphic design

Path-dependent evolution

First-principles Thinking Theory built on top of principles

First-principles - the fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based.

First principles thinking: deconstruct then reconstruct

… one of the most effective strategies you can employ for breaking down complicated problems and generating original solutions

Challenge first principles
	Challenged that time and space were absolute - einstein

Digital native processes

Domains are still shaped by the previous technology bureaucracy.

What does the workflow try to optimize for?

!Political Risks! CYA

Expect untold regularities Practice TDD

THU SEP 10

https://medium.com/hoppinger/type-driven-development-for-single-page-applications-bf8ee98d48e2

WED SEP 9

Brain-Like (Neuromorphic) Computing - Computerphile

Division Does division want what is right or just power?

Things get out of control because of feedback loops.

Aim at peace not winning. Bc winning is not peace.

The way you set the world straight is to control the own malevolence in your heart.

TUE SEP 8

Clean Code (the book). carries moral overtones.

alternatives: healthy code. habitable code.

A software architect who does not code is like a cook who does not eat.

MON SEP 7

I cannot bet on a certainty, it is against my principles.

Video recording obs studio

Clean Code (the book). carries moral overtones.

alternatives: healthy code. habitable code.

A software architect who does not code is like a cook who does not eat.

Powerplay judgement response: I see your narrative (what you tell yourself) puts me into a judgement frame. That kind of frame is quite powerful. And I’m supposed to judge you as a way to counter your own narrative, but I don’t want to.

Our “need to feel important” drives our high level behavior. Try to do some good. That is a great way to channel that need. Otherwise, you are only attracting more of the same and I don’t think that is what you want.

R: Well, i’m just trying to help already. I’m just being brutally honest.

The problem: it seems more about the brutality than the honest.

Good day.

When giving prescriptive advice, phrase it like …

Here is something prescriptive for byron…

In order to do big data, you must be able to delay gratification.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

Generally the media gives us a very toxic view of the world: disasters, threats, violence, . It appeals to the Amygdala. The acts of kindness far out way the negative. And belief it or not acts of kindness are increasing. Violence is decreasing.

Cognitive control.

Positive emotion. Inner focus.

Are emotions are contagious; especially when we pay attention to each other.

Shy children. I know you feel a little timid, but give it a try.

SUN SEP 6

Q: We use stories to build software but should software tell a story? A: Perhaps. How would it flow: Intro -> Chapters -> Conclusion? This might not be it, but there is probably something there.

Q: Would telling a story increase or decrease cognitive load? A:

Q: How can we use software to make development more reliable beyond automated test cases? A:

Q: How can we make software integration less painful and more reliable? And detect inevitable problems better? A:

SAT SEP 5

Good body language sites: https://www.indiabix.com/body-language/hand-to-face-gestures/ https://psychologia.co/talking-with-your-hands/ http://bodylanguageproject.com/nonverbal-dictionary/body-language-of-forehead-rubbing/

FRI SEP 4

Q: What is it that bothers me? A: Not listening. Condescending. Disrespectful. Arrogant.

Q: What to do? A: Don’t talk. Watch. It will tell me what I need to know. Be respectful. Have boundaries. Be understanding of their situation. Be sincere and kind. Point out the judgement frame. Go meta.

The judgement frame. Are you trying to help me or trying to feel more important?

Is there kindness or at least caring? Do they care more about you than their ego?

THU SEP 3

US number of deaths per year: 2019: 2.76 million 2020 (so far):

presenteeism

It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it And I feel fine, I feel fine

The election: a tournament of lies, deceit, and corruption.

Nihilism express some form of philosophical pessimism about the nature of human life.

A nihilist is a man who judges of the world as it is that it ought not to be, and of the world as it ought to be that it does not exist.

perhaps, just a mode of thought.

WED SEP 2

What’s Your Narrative? Is your life story true to the one you are living? Many of us spin our histories into new narratives—sometimes we are more heroic, more altruistic, more compassionate, more fill in the blank. So what’s your narrative identity.

SB: Sometimes your narrative causes me cognitive dissonance.

Cognitive Dissonance

In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance occurs when a person holds contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values, and is typically experienced as psychological stress when they participate in an action that goes against one or more of them. According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent.

Rent seeking

TUE SEP 1

Being human is a gift. An incredible gift.

Liberated.

I have a loaded question if this is a natural breaking point.

group-think and rigid adherence to wishful thinking

Functional Stupidity

Functional stupidity is organizationally-supported lack of reflexivity, substantive reasoning and justification. It entails a refusal to use intellectual resources outside a narrow and ‘safe’ terrain. It can provide a sense of certainty that allows organizations to function smoothly. This can save the organization and its members from the frictions provoked by doubt and reflection. Functional stupidity contributes to maintaining and strengthening organizational order. It also can motivate people, help them to cultivate their careers and subordinate them to socially acceptable forms of management and leadership. Such positive outcomes can further reinforce functional stupidity. However, functional stupidity can also have negative consequences such as trapping individuals and organizations into problematic patterns of thinking, which engender the conditions for individual and organizational dissonance. These negative outcomes may prompt individual and collective reflexivity in a way that can undermine functional stupidity.

To be stupid is not just (as is ignorance) to lack knowledge, it is also to lack the ability or willingness to use or process knowledge

Functional stupidity is not a purely cognitive issue. It is related also to affective issues such as motivation and emotion. The motivational aspect involves an unwillingness to use one’s cognitive capacities. A lack of curiosity, closed-mindedness, identity construction as an ‘organizational person’ or a ‘professional’ (who is inclined to see the organizational or occupational paradigm as unquestionable), can be a very important barrier to broader thinking.

MON AUG 31

It’s only crazy until it happens. And it happens.

Q: Do people love/hate conflict? A: Evidence: news stations uses it so that people watch it; yes, it perpetuates it, but it’s what people want.

Q: What do people need? A: Respect.

California is not a great place for the closed minded or fixed mindset.

SUN AUG 30

Dev Deconstructed

4.me F#

Learning certs python spark

Bitcoin: 51% attack

Q: Who do you work for? A: Myself and my family. I work for my daughter’s future. I’m free to work any place that will have me.

Q: Don’t you work for person X? A: Not really. I report to that person. I don’t pick up their dry cleaning or anything.

SAT AUG 29

Do it for me. Not to prove to them.

Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith) is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one’s material wealth.

FRI AUG 28

Bureaucracy Deconstructed

About 150 years old. 

Invisible bc everywhere.

But every org is built based based on it.

Powers trickles down. Access 

Toxicities are created because...
people compete for scarce resources of promotions or go else where for opportunities to create value

Still a cast system. Those with the creative ideas and the doers.

Turn human beings as reliable as the machines they served.

Consolidation of information. Hierarchy was an information processing tool.

Genius is at HQ with MBAs and top scientists.

Human centered. Old power structures.

Are there alternatives?

Mash up of military command structure and industrial engineering.

Used because needed to turn human labor into as reliable as the machines they served. Used as communication which was expensive. Goes up and down the hierarchy. Efficient.

Factors
    Engagement

As much as we hate it, we can seem to shake it.

How do you break thru layers of it

Bureaucracy 

References
Breaking Down Bureaucracy and Building up Workers

Pathetic: crack the whip then procrastinate. repeat…

THU AUG 27

TDDA: Test Driven Data Analysis The difference: AAA is not done on an instance but a dataset.

The good from change

health
reduced stress
stillness
control

I’m not harmless but kind.

Be a controlled monster.

WED AUG 26

Frame Control:

Judge Frame: if you don’t comply, you’re not good enough in some way. Response: reframe. judge them, go meta. explain the way they’re framing the problem

Flip the frame’s meaning (Frame flipping)

Power Bible.

TUE AUG 25

Problem -> Answer(Soln) Problem definition Ideation Hypothesis Experiment or research Decision/Context

MON AUG 24

[X] Status [X] Nature walk

SUN AUG 23

vscode xmind

Think about? Methods Deconstructions Bureaucracy Notebooks - Juniper

SAT AUG 22

Bureaucracy Deconstructed

What is it?

Fundamentals
Hierarchy of information and decision making

FRI AUG 21

Python tail recursion mechanism https://chrispenner.ca/posts/python-tail-recursion

THU AUG 20

Deconstruction Template

What is it? 
    e.g., planning, object-oriented, 

What are the features or principles? Fundamentals.

How is it done today? state of the art practice.

How did we get here?

Pause. Zoom out. 1st principles.
    
    What are the goals or problem being solved?

    How can we reframe the problems?

    What is an alternative to meet the goals more directly?

    What contexts does it make sense?

Explore Questions/Problems/Bias
    questions
    problems
    hypothesis
    data
    experiments
    research

Conclusion
    Set of futures: thrive, survive, or die
        Quantum leap

References/URLs/Notes

WED AUG 19

Q: Was Java the most advertised language ever? A: $500 million in 2003. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/2221961/McNealy+Takes+Java+on+the+Offensive.htm

TUE AUG 18

Got to see Dad for his b-day. Two full racks of ribs for lunch. Mike and Mom.

MON AUG 17

Planning Deconstructed

Planning as a guestimation of effort and time is far less valuable than planning as the understanding and sequencing of a complex set of futures. A transformation that requires a common understanding of the problem, solution, and work - the steps to get to pt A to pt B.

The key to transformation: get to point b – safe and efficiently. The succession problem.

Q: If your planning budget is roughly 25% of your development budget, how could it be spent more effectively? A:

Best Practices and Dogma Deconstructed

TO Dos [X] Oil change [X] Modem [X] Find charger

SUN AUG 16

Dev Deconstructed: OO Fundamentals Inheritance (Implementation): but composition over inheritance is recommended Methods: syntax sugar; circle.grow(3) vs grow(circle, 3) Polymorphism: subtyping is a form of polymorphism; + dynamic binding of method calls Objects: syntax sugar for structs and procedures Encapsulation: just a weaker form of modularity that most modern languages now have Explain why?

Most languages are OO because modularity is a good idea. OO languages got modularity by chance.

SOLID 
S ingle responsibility: almost always violated
    define a responsibility to be
    “a reason for change.” If you can think of more than one motive for changing a class, then that class has more than one responsibility. 

O pen/closed principle: 
    open for extension; closed for modification; 
        but composition over inheritance is recommended
L iskov substitution rule: this is just about strong typing (good)
I nterface segregation principle: 
D ependency inversion principle: 
    one should depend on abstractions not concretions
    doesn't everything depend on an object? or it's just the abstraction

SAT AUG 15

Stillwater trip to see Ainsley. Averton hotel. Wonderful.

Q: Is competition for losers? Ala peter thiel. A: Competition creates great performance but at a cost. A cost that you stop asking the important questions.

FRI AUG 14

Method: Please choose to…

There is no I in TEAM. But there is one in dickhead.

Scientific Method

Process Q H P T A Formulation of a question (from observations)

Hypothesis

Prediction
    This step involves determining the logical consequences of the hypothesis. One or more predictions are then selected for further testing. The more unlikely that a prediction would be correct simply by coincidence, then the more convincing it would be if the prediction were fulfilled; 
Testing

Analysis

Replication

People Really Hate Eating Donuts And Cold Cider Problem, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment/data {testing}, Analyze, Conclusion, Communicate

consider Beck’s 4 sentence abstract 1st: states the problem 2cd: states why it is a problem 3rd: startling sentence 4th: implications of the startling sentence

q: where do stories fit? a: the problem. the hypothesis (surprise? maybe).the challenge. the analysis. the conclusion.

phrases for Welcome to Dev Deconstructed with Greg Cowin

The problem Statement

The challenge. How to challenge conventional thinking?

The analysis. What does the analysis show?

The conclusion.

The 5 whys

THU AUG 13

Two main kinds of data Stream data. Transducers.

Projections.

Making any decision without maximum information is not good.

A transducer is a composable higher-order reducer. It takes a reducer as input, and returns another reducer.

general concept of a higher-order reducer — a transformation of a transformation.

WED AUG 12

Meeting w/ Mike R. 9 at 5.

Transducers https://medium.com/javascript-scene/transducers-efficient-data-processing-pipelines-in-javascript-7985330fe73d

TUE AUG 11

Walk every day you can.

I’m an old dog that just wants to learn new tricks.

MON AUG 10

Knee hurts.

Q: What am I going to do with Ainsley at college? A: Golf?

SUN AUG 9

Got home at 1 am.

I miss Ainsley.

SAT AUG 8

[X] Move-in day at OSU w/ Ainsley [X] Dinner at Rancher’s club

FRI AUG 7

[X] Set up air for A. [X] mfa [ ] find [X] acct

Dev Deconstructed Deconstruct development techniques, tools, and practices.

Development Deconstructed with Greg Cowin

Software Deconstructed Software Development Deconstructed

THU AUG 6

In additional automated testing, delivery, and operations, we use more formal development and modeling techniques such as ML type system, functional programming, immutability, and formalized requirements to ensure we are doing the right thing.

Our developers have

WED AUG 5

Q: How do you scale a consulting agency? A: High performance culture; learning organization; candor

Q: What not to do? A: Over-abstract; too much guessing; no feedback; make people feel like a replaceable cog in the org.

Q: What are attributes of high performing teams? A: Safety. Valued. Have a say. Inclusion. Diversity. Women.

Q: How does learning get incorporated into execution? A:

Q: A:

TUE AUG 4

Q: What do i want day-to-day? A: ann. fp. big data. remote.

MON AUG 3

Q: Where’s the learning? A: Optimizing data pipeline from ingress to delivering has been interesting. But I’m not pushing it.

Q: Why so much IO? A: Exposed. But still high.

SUN AUG 2

[X] Sprinkler pipe by maple [X] Remove dead plants [X] Kitchen floor [X] Ants in backyard [X] Laundry [X] Trash cans [X] Turn on sprinkler system

[ ] Talk w/ A Mindful you are set up for success. you have what it takes. tuition

        food
        
        macbook air
        
        everything you need to get by well. 

        considering the set of futures, i am worried. 

            worried you will be safe. survive 1st semester. worried you

            your laptop. your car. your grades. you. 

            mostly, it's up to you.

    do you know will take some discipline? 

        embrace it. learning new things. that is what life is about. 

        use study techniques. use mnemonics. understand the concepts. ask why? us other memory techniques. whatever it takes to get thru the tough ones. 

Forward Looking
    social
        interesting new people in your future. but realize most are bent up in their own "need to feel important." 

        be on the look out for the smartest people. befriend them.
        
        don't fall into everyone's bullshit. 
        
        the only opinions that might matter are those that matter to you.

        listen to your professors. listen to your advisors. 

        schedule. plan. recap. 

        don't be cool. especially in phys. when i try to be cool, later i feel like a .

Dogma
    all of them collapse. sometimes even your own.

    it needs to be beat out of you. maybe by a few professors.

The focus?
  it's up to you. you'd better take this opportunity and step up you're overall academic game.

The Mindset?
    Embrace? Growth mindset. 
        Be open-minded.
    
        Listen. Echo. Understand the concepts.

        Learn.

Reality
    Based on t.f.t. and j.
  
    I'll be there.

    I hope you are a little scared. Use it as fuel to work hard and be smart.

    Don't blow off life. Be present.

    I won't be able to fly up there with a helicopter but I will do whatever I can.

Positive
    + I give this prescriptive advice because I want to make a difference. At the right time.

    + As always, no matter what happens, I do my best to help you get through it.

    Capabilities
            don't beat yourself up. you are going to make many mistakes. that's life. it's what you do to improve.

            no matter your own self doubts right now, you have the ability to perform at the highest level of just about any domain.

SAT AUG 1

Fira code: ligatures.

Q: Is it God possible from a computational perspective? A: Yes. But it would take a long time to have one thought.

FRI JUL 31

[X] Ainsley’s ticket! $282.22

THU JUL 30

[X] Macbook Air for Ainsley; arrives by 7/6

WED JUL 29

Imagination is a woefully underutilized resource.

Tyranny of the present.

program whisperer.

WED JUL 29

Scenario planning: the set of futures that are plausible and distinctive. consider forces of change.

TUE JUL 28

Q: As developers, sometimes we test a million things but miss the obvious. Why? A: Blind spots. Too much faith that mocks and scenarios are covering real world test cases. Not testing the important items. Not testing integration points.

Q: What to do? A: pause, zoom out, 1st principles. MISU.

Q: How to future proof your strategy? A: Scenario planning. articulate the set of futures that are plausible and distinctive. consider forces of change.

MON JUL 27

Crash Reports C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER

Start with hope

Corollary: forming a proposition that follows from one already proved. Proposition: a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.

Q: Know what happens when you take the red and blue bill? A: You see purple.

It’s ironic: demands.

SUN JUL 26

F# Sequence A sequence is a logical series of elements all of one type. Sequences are particularly useful when you have a large, ordered collection of data but do not necessarily expect to use all of the elements. Individual sequence elements are computed only as required, so a sequence can provide better performance than a list in situations in which not all the elements are used.

Infinite Sequence let seqInfinite = Seq.initInfinite (fun index -> Guid.NewGuid()) //let n = float (index + 1) //1.0 / (n * n * (if ((index + 1) % 2 = 0) then 1.0 else -1.0)))

    printfn "%A" seqInfinite

seq -> pure xform -> seq

Q: What about scenarios where it is I pure I pure I pure O? A: what about the idea of currying applied to IO? it could be reduced to S pure S, pure S, or S pure

SAT JUL 25

Q: Does a HOF being passed that is not pure make the function not pure? A: Technically yes. But it can still be tested as a pure function and the benefits of isolation.

Q: Is there any other way to handle large collections from I/O and maintain purity?
A: Sequence. But they could use pure HOF.

“I see the toxic vanity of ego at play every day and it never ceases to amaze me how often it wrecks promising creative endeavors.” — Marc Ecko, founder of Ecko Unltd and Complex

FRI JUL 24

Q: What time is it? A: Game time!

Sam Buoy was picked above michael jordan in the draft.

THU JUL 23

It was Castellano that was whacked at Sparks right around the corner from where I used to work while he was out on bail.

WED JUL 22

Take notes on… stats for data science scientific method (below somewhere) sequence/yield

Ideas on functional IO (isolating IO) + Sandwich (I pure O); could be open faced (pure O) ref: https://medium.com/walkme-engineering/the-functional-sandwich-principal-e6d138f6a579 aka: imperative shell with functional core Kinds of sandwiches: I pure O, S pure S, IO pure IO, pure S Sauce: HOF + event sourcing + IO Monad + Command -> S -> pure -> S

Bounded Context <- Workflow <- Activity

TOFU Basic Red Curry 1 brick firm tofu basil red pepper

onions diced garlic ginger red curry paste

TUE JUL 21

software development and cs: seems to provide an infinite set of interesting puzzles to solve.

MON JUL 20

“Cultivate meaningful work and meaningful relationships.” - Ray Dalio

Consulting: Most people are not going to follow your recommendations even if you are considered an expert. But they likely want to hear them.

Perhaps the key: know when someone wants prescriptive advice (just tell me what to do); otherwise, tradeoffs and solution alternatives. No one generally wants to be told what to do anyway.

Another technique: let the person internalize it and be their own soln

SUN JUL 19

Q DEEP DEV

Ask a question? Say it out loud.

Q: If you can move with great speed does that make it right? A: No.

F# Alternatives to DI https://blog.ploeh.dk/2017/01/30/partial-application-is-dependency-injection/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52156730/f-analog-of-dependency-injection-for-a-real-project

SAT JUL 18

Q: Prescriptive guidance. People want it. Where to put it?

A: Perhaps near the beginning with context. Or reveal at the end. Or do they really want to be told what to do? perhaps use a context first where it makes sense. practice pattern.

Agonism: taking a warlike stance in a context that are not literally war.

FRI JUL 17

Most software isn’t logical even though it ultimately runs on logic gates.

THU JUL 16

[X] Don’t forget to deploy update email

DEV.METHOD.ALT

WED JUL 15

[X] Taxes

TUE JUL 14

[X] Water foundation

MON JUL 13

Nature trail is hot.

SUN JUL 12

[X] 2 Sprinkler heads

SAT JUL 11

Grateful for results of Ainsley’s covid test. And to spend time with her.

FRI JUL 10

Need a better social ability to break out of a containment.

THU JUL 9

I’m not you’re dad, but I’d get the f out of here.

he said,

WED JUL 8

I want to do everything a little better: code, docs, etc. And want to be more focused on doing the right thing.

postbin

requestbin

[ ] check c1 and 1st!!!!!!!!

TUE JUL 7

There will be a big customer behavior gap as it moves thru the 2-4 year analytic window.

You will have to opt-in to get to the root cause.

Reduce/Fold/Accumulate

MON JUL 6

The isotope tellurium-128 has a half-life of 2.2 septillion years, whose half-life is over 160 trillion times greater than the age of the universe.

tweet from massimo

SUN JUL 5

Opening: hi. hope you are doing well friend. and appreciate your interest in my thoughts about {x}. here’s what’s in it for you.

Something outrageous

Context

Concepts

Example/Story

SAT JUL 4

Boat house. swimming. corn hole winners bracket. Mike, Melissa, and family.

Texhoma until 6PM.

Back to Frisco.

3 things

training (data architect, scala)
fx
podcast or user group

FRI JUL 3

Texhoma to see brother. Fireworks on lake. Ainsley. Logan. BBQ. Boat during day and night.

Steve and Sheryl.

THU JUL 2

Cooler [X] Water [X] Dr Pepper [X] 18 pk [X] Starbuck’s frap pack [X] Energy nut mix [X] Ice

Academy Sports [X] Boat or swimming shoes [X] Socks

Other [X] Laundry [X] Pack clothes [X] Mouth wash [X] Face masks

12 hr pack [X] Surface [X] Mouse [X] Power supply [X] High-power iphone charger [X] Infrared scope? Yes

WED JUL 1

WED 13:17 20%: almost 4 whole days - 2 hrs Recharge WED 13:19 20% WED 15:05 100% (probably sooner)

TUE JUN 30

NASA 1969 term: program alarm

TUE 11:22 54% TUE 17:39 37% (gps)

Dates AUG 4 AUG 8 AUG 18 AUG 31 NOV 23-25 NOV 27 DEC 21-23 DEC 28-30

MON JUN 29

F# as modeling tool.

SUN JUN 28

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - William Shakespeare

The corruption of the media means you have undermined democracy and our constitutional protections.

We do not have a free press. We do not have democracy.

A spectre of a threat.

SUN 12:47 92% SUN 19:22 86%

SAT JUN 27

Battery experiment #1: iPhone full charge

TUE 13:22 100% charged TUE 16:05 100% TUE 19:47 98% WED 06:00 91% WED 08:41 89% WED 18:46 80% THU 12:55 63% THU 16:54 59% THU 20:46 56% FRI 07:49 49% FRI 13:00 43% FRI 15:05 41% FRI 17:44 39% FRI 21:23 35% FRI 23:18 33% SAT 09:41 26% (walk) SAT 10:57 22% SAT 12:27 20% SAT 13:22 19% 4 full days with 19% left

SAT 13:22 Starting recharge SAT 13:42 52% SAT 13:52 66% SAT 14:17 86% SAT 14:57 99% SAT 15:02 100%

FRI JUN 26

reality is the only place you can get a decent meal.

“we are sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

keep that keyboard moving as fast as your mind and you will be fine.

“civil rights aren’t always civil”

THU JUN 25

ADL Cons No update or delete File size

WED JUN 24

Q: How to only span two monitors w/ RDP? https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToRemoteDesktopFullscreenRDPWithJustSOMEOfYourMultipleMonitors.aspx

TUE JUN 23

Battery experiment #1: iPhone 11 pro max full charge 100% @ TUE 13:22

TUE 16:05: 100% TUE 19:47: 98%

MON JUN 22

Tumbling Window Triggers ———————— Tumbling window triggers are more reliable because of retry capability as well as because they can retain state.

If the value for the frequency element (or window size) of the trigger changes, the state of the windows that are already processed is not reset. The trigger continues to fire for the windows from the last window that it executed by using the new window size.

If the value for the endTime element of the trigger changes (added or updated), the state of the windows that are already processed is not reset. The trigger honors the new endTime value. If the new endTime value is before the windows that are already executed, the trigger stops. Otherwise, the trigger stops when the new endTime value is encountered.

In case of Scheduled triggers, the use of a schedule can limit the number of trigger executions. For example, if a trigger with a monthly frequency is scheduled to run only on day 31, the trigger runs only in those months that have a 31st day. (Read Schedule property for more info)

These features make Tumbling window trigger more reliable than scheduled trigger.

SUN JUN 21

Hang with Ainse. Waffles.

Jurassic Park Marathon w/ Ainse. BBQ.

SAT JUN 20

Deep Learning Notes ——————- Deep Learning Example: Multi-layer perceptron (ann w/ multiple hidden layers) One of names gone by: ANN

Deep Learning is a kind of… Representation Learning is a kind of … Machine Learning is a kind of … Artificial Intelligence

Models ANN: were intended to be computational models of biological learning

Deep learning models: engineered systems inspired by the biological brain
    Two ideas:
        1. the brain provides a proof by example that intelligent behavior is possible, and a conceptually straightforward path to building intelligence is to reverse engineer the computational principles behind the brain and duplicate its functionality
        2. 

It appeals to a more general principle of learning multiple levels of composition, which can be applied in machine learning frameworks that are not necessarily neurally inspired.

A rough rule of thumb: a supervised deep learning algorithm will generally achieve acceptable performance with around 5,000 labeled examples per category and will match or exceed human performance when trained with a dataset containing at least 10 million labeled examples.

Since the introduction of hidden units, artificial neural networks have doubled in size roughly every 2.4 years. Drive by… faster computers larger datasets The trend … looks set to continue for decades. Unless new technologies enable faster scaling, artificial neural networks will not have the same number of neurons as the human brain until at least the 2050s

Reinforcement learning: autonomous agent must learn to perform a task by trial and error without guidance from operator.

Deep learning is an ML approach that has drawn heavily from… knowledge of human brain statistics applied math

Linear Algebra (the needed parts)

Product operation
C = AB
Ci,j= Σ Ai,kBk,j
        k

FRI JUN 19

https://towardsdatascience.com/linear-algebra-explained-in-the-context-of-deep-learning-8fcb8fca1494

https://www.deeplearningbook.org/

THU JUN 18

Overcome knowledge illusion. Help others. Be kind.

to quantify degrees of belief.

WED JUN 17

An append only database seems like a concern in a world of CCPA.

workstation4423

v 14393.0 for winget

[X] Reinstall Kinect driver: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57578#:~:text=To%20install%20the%20Kinect%20for%20Windows%20Runtime%3A%20Make,your%20PC.%20Right%20click%20kinectsensor.inf%20and%20click%20Install. [ ] Add my fin account to phone

TUE JUN 16

Just because you can use code to configure/deploy tons of templates doesn’t mean you should. You still have to get your splits right.

MON JUN 15

You be you.

I hope you have the same narrative. The things that you tell yourself.

Data biases

Survivor bias GIGO Cherry picking Number without a context Graph that doesn’t start at 0 Confusing fluctuations with trends

How was data collected?

SUN JUN 14

Scala vs Kotlin

both jvm based w/ javascript ability as well

F# vs ?

Platform Support: iOS, Android, Web, JS/Client #1: F# #2: Scala/Kotlin #3:

Job Market

Fx Name: IO.I

SAT JUN 13

Qualified immunity. Unless constitutional violation.

Did I commit a crime? Then I don’t need to provide you with any information including identification.

Are you detaining me? Yes. Why?

Did you know that if you violate my constitutional rights, then you no longer have qualified immunity?

Examples of Government is above the Law (in the way the average citizen is not)

Qualified immunity
Militarized
Drones
Spying
Any time violate constitutional or civil rights
Experimentation on humans
Hacking
Smear campaigns
Murder
Assault & battery
Speeding
Surveillance?
Drug people without consent

Not above the law (or exposed)

Watergate break-in (Nixon resigned; others prison)

Conspiracy theories that turned out to be true

The govt poisoned alcohol during prohibition and killed thousands
mk-ultra 1953-1969; gave unsuspecting people LSD
the govt spies on you; Snowden
the govt is spying on media
govt lied to get country involved into wars
govt can control the weather; cloud seeding used as far back as vietnam war

FRI JUN 12

Sonic Blast w/ Reeses.

THU JUN 11

New Thai place down street: Yummy Thai Panang Tofu Curry

So good.

WED JUN 10

You know: we are trying to provides test doubles for all the IO. So IO should definitely be isolated in general.

TUE JUN 9

Q: OO isolating via test fakes with dependency injection: is it really testing in isolation? A: Yes. It could just be a lot more isolated. It’s also a unit test in a sense that you can turn off the network and the test still runs.

MON JUN 8

Humor at the cost of another is expensive entertainment.

SUN JUN 7

Grateful: working on difficult problems for good people.

Show gratitude to those who do good.

[X] Link b-accts

SAT JUN 6

Q: Is ignorance bliss? A: Not unless you’re lucky. Wouldn’t you like to learn it all. Or be given the gift of knowing it all. A burden? Partly.

Stoicism. A way to deal/overcome w/ the deceit, deception, ego, manipulation, … of yourself and others.

Compliment Thank you sir/ma’am. you are just looking at the tip of it in my view. here is why…

FRI JUN 5

[X] Get it done

THU JUN 4

GCI Hadoop to DataBricks migration

Is social media a cess pool for fake reactive behavior? Mostly. But what value?

Real news. fake news.

WED JUN 3

Mock objects are mocking you.

Mutation spoils simple reasoning 6 Integers - has more states that the number of atoms in the universe

TUE JUN 2

[X] Call Spectrum!

AR reality blending.

Listening is wanting to hear and understand what is being said.

Every single day, one kind thing for another developer without exception.

I used to say that we need another 60’s. A fight for rights and govt tirany (constitution). I guess I got what I asked. What is ironic is that when we rise up to govt programming/proganda/manipulating/oppression, it is still used even more – during against the uprising. Who? Multiple parties at play – foreign and domestic.

MON JUN 1

Ainsley graduates!

Live stream: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/frisco-independent-school-district/evt322038c3d1

ADL The maximum number of output files of 100,000 has been exceeded

The dark web is a little like the early web but more ephemeral

I try not to do disrespect and if i do i own up to it. Sometimes circumstances are extreme and no other option.

No wait until I tell you why; you are going to have to wait.

Problem Solving Break the problem down and become an idea machine What is the problem? What is the cause of the problem? What are all the solutions to the problem? What solution do you suggest?

save 1000 or more beautiful lives, because you’re not one product away from happiness;

i believe that super-human stuff is possible;

freud was right and dewey said it better: the need to feel important drives human behavior.

Thank you momma. For showing me the super power of having a positive mindset.

SUN MAR 31

I’m a rule follower. R: You certainly are. You even have a rule for following the rules.

philosophy: stand on the shoulders of giants and be grateful; Freud was right and dewey said it better: the need to feel important drives high level human behavior; maybe why i’m even saying this now;

Music - especially old - can unlock not only memories and emotions but potential.

I willing and able.

Perhaps a counter balance to freud’s theory of ego.

Q: Does automated fact checker mean censor? A: Yeah.

Destruction Of America Plan:

Create irrational mass fear
Strip a free population of their God-given rights
Make work/worship illegal
Unemployment +40 million
Give police-state unlimited power
Cop abuse power
Mass media stokes identity hatred
Organize riots
Burn

SAT MAR 30

Think Security

Security Ideas: Use separate account for sites: gpublic@ for example The logic: bc it will be known and likely compromised at some point

Use another account for banking: gprivate@ for example the logic: keep it separate; less likely to be compromised

Use other accounts for email only

[X] Need new/better password scheme. [X] Create new accounts

FRI MAR 29

[X] Order glasses

For think4.me everafter.

a: Seeing the world thru your eyes has been the most long lasting joy of my life.

Code Smell: Output parameters

Question: Can we know it all – is it possible even with augmentation?

Theory: There will always be the unknown.

Hypothesis: prove one thing that will never be known.

Weaponized racism.

First principles: Society is a contract of behavior for a large group.

The contract has been broken in multiple ways.

If the government does not abide by the law, then why should the people. And if the gov’t doesn’t abide by the law is true, then where is society. It becomes a tyranny. The root cause? Our constitution protects us from this kind of govt tyranny. It has been compromised. The govt propaganda and programming is backfiring too.

I suspect gun sales will rise. Will that be compromised?

THU MAR 28

Aristotle courage quote:

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” - John Wooden

https://www.maurice.nl/covid-19-english/

WED MAR 27

“Upload” on Amazon

TUE MAR 26

Deliver the best data that you can.

MON MAR 25

AR does trick your mind into believing you’ve taken both the blue and red pill. Unlike other tools before, you and the computer are connected in a way that is surreal. Are you in the program or is the program in you?

SUN MAR 24

Free Logic Books https://github.com/OpenLogicProject/OpenLogic/wiki/Other-Logic-Textbooks

TLA+ https://www.learntla.com/introduction/

SAT MAR 23

Q: What is attractive (in non-Freud-ean way – to keep list minimal)? A: If authentic and pure: joy, heart, (do good - w/o highway to hell), courage, pursuit, passion, innovation (problem solving), ….

Perhaps, humanity is not so freud-ean? It’s always been a simplification of human behavior.

FRI MAR 22

3 day weekend!

pubg: 1 chicken dinner

THU MAR 21

Call Kenny P. Call Mike Call Richard

Find reference on

WED MAR 20

[X] Oof. Broke my glasses. Order back up.

TUE MAR 19

Simple explanation of augmented reality: The headset is expected to use AR technology, which overlays computer images on the real world, and VR, which tricks your brain into believing you’ve been transported into a computer program. https://www.cnet.com/news/apples-ar-glasses-wont-launch-until-at-least-2022-analyst-says/

[X] analyze other adl failure for pattern

Apple Air

General advice: what ever it is, we’ll figure it out.

Use rev2

MON MAR 18

[ ] Check child level parameters to see if error bubbles up in ADL [ ] Double check date conversion from umbraco

could be good toast: don’t get too full of yourself. here is to keeping things in moderation especially moderation itself! or to end one.

SUN MAR 17

A cowboy looking for trouble almost always finds it.

Try spinach and brocoli omelette.

[X] Wire dual panels [X] Wire mgmt 24” touch [ ] Fix light below keyboard [X] Fix cabling on 360

SAT MAR 16

[X] Move wifi [X] Move dual panels [X] Clean-up work bench

FRI MAR 15

[X] Pay bills [X] Change password [X] Timesheet

Home Depot [X] Insulation and caulk

I’m getting what I expect not what I want.

THU MAR 14

If you’re going to hack the life/simulation then focus and take action on what you want to happen – not what you expect to happen.

Negative I don’t want her to turn out to be like X. I don’t want her to turn out to be like you.

WED MAR 13

Q: When is a pivot a downhill slide? A: When it doesn’t work? How to identify? maybe dip vs decline

TUE MAR 12

[X] Install lab AC [X] Remove black out [X] Clean lower [X] Install panel [X] Screw at top [X] Black out shades

sftp vs ftps: ssl vs ssh

MON MAR 11

Broken Bow: day 4 Paddle board at spill way Kayak Drive hm via paris tx

SUN MAR 10

Broken Bow: day 3 Mountain trail at state park; treacherous, exciting, and fun. Grateful for spending time with ainse, megan, and sean; energy, joy, and viewpoint Logan log Grill

SAT MAR 9

Broken Bow: day 2 Nature walk w/ Ainsley; no trail Dinner w/ watsons

FRI MAR 8

Worry about vnets not subnets. web. business. data. …

Broken Bow: day 1 Drive Arrived at 4:00 pm No electricity

THU MAR 7

Don’t speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn’t know the difference. Words are energy and cast spells, that’s why they call it spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life. What you’re not changing, you’re also choosing. - Bruce Lee

Q: What will the impact to system behavior be? Will it go crazy?

Consider using video instead of podcast

[X] Timesheet [X] Status

WED MAY 6

Spectrum June 30

Q: What percentage of time should be used collaborating? Or what general percentage? A: This might be more of a range; where there are pros/cons for each level.

0-10%: getting things done; but right things? 10-25%:
25-50%: 50-75%:
75-100%: probably not getting much done; facilitator

I suspect the sweet spot might be closer to 25% or less for most roles.

TUE MAY 5

Problem Solving Patterns: need references like to “Ways to solve problems” from around 1931.

pattern: pause. zoom out. (and first principles).

    context: when you are stuck either in a solution or problem space

    what to do: take a moment and pause. zoom out to what is really important. use first principles to do what is probably right. the fundamental truths or goals.

    advice: perhaps should be top of list bc blindspot for most people (me)

    examples: one non-math or cs example of first principles: the goal of a comedian is to make people laugh. steve martin used first-principles to violate one of the most important rules/patterns in comedy which was to release the laughter with a punch line. martin uses no punch lines. he went to first principles.

    references:
        How to think like a rocket scientist

pattern: soln backwards
    context: 

    what to do: start at soln and work backwards to what is feasible

pattern: stepping stones

    ref: kent beck

pattern: big bang

pattern: parallel paths

    context: mission critical change

    what to do: develop new system parallel to existing system. and compare results at key integration pts. soak test on real data.

    ref: kent beck

pattern: problem space to soln space
    define

pattern: embrace your current problem
    there is just going to be another one.

pattern: move on

pattern: we chose x in support of y accepting downside z

pattern:

MON MAY 4

Biological Neurons 200 HZ

Axons
100 m/s

Artificial Neurons 2 GHZ 3 million meters /s

in one week,

SUN MAY 3

Brooks: predicted that 10 X improvement in software would not happen again

But yet it has.

SAT MAY 2

[X] Prep for install 12”x13’x30”

FRI MAY 1

Confirmation bias. Character attribution bias.

THU APR 30

Q: Grateful? A: I’m grateful and happy for stable system: adl. And for being patient to get to root cause. – Appu

WED APR 29

Q: In 5 years, will you be writing code with vscode, mirage (virtual/augmented monitors), and Hololens?

https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-hololens-mirage-app-multiple-virtual-monitors

Likely but right now you can buy 10 monitors for price of Hololens. But with Moore’s law – it will be soon.

TUE APR 28

https://www.wired.com/2010/03/heidegger-tools/

MON APR 27

Q: Is there a correlation between generosity and guilt? A:

SUN APR 26

Q: Grateful? A: Coffee; nature walk trail

Nova: Look who’s driving https://www.pbs.org/video/look-whos-driving-65sadz/

Setting a standard that is significantly better than human performance.

Propositions as Types by Philip Wadler

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/propositions-as-types/propositions-as-types.pdf

propositions as types -- aka Curry-Howard isomorphism
proofs as programs

https://gciruelos.com/propositions-as-types.html

logic	type theory	Haskell
p	    A	        a
p∧q	    A×B	        (a,b)
p∨q	    A+B	        Either a b
p⇒q     A→B	        a -> b
∀xP(x)	∏a:AP(a)	
∃xP(x)	∑a:AP(a)	

SAT APR 25

Launch start vscode cd ./core in powershell sbt launchIDE

FRI APR 24

Scala or F#? Maybe it’s really about the platform (): dotnet core vs jvm

big data, mobile, web, cloud

THU APR 23

Data Engineering Principles Immutable data (other two are difficult without) Lineage Validation

Q: Grateful? A: Health of my family.

WED APR 22

Q: Grateful? A: To have hair. And will be as long as it lasts.

TUE APR 21

Worry (Risk) driven development

Q: Grateful? A: That I’m working and doing interesting work. Very.

MON APR 20

[X] Fix monitor cabling [X] Nature walk

SUN APR 19

Q: Grateful? A: Movies w/ ainsley.

3 Levels 0 Meta 1 Autonomous/Reactive 2 High level

SAT APR 18

Q: Grateful? A: Nature walk with Ainsley and movies.

FRI APR 17

Walked with Ainsley

THU APR 16

Grateful for spending time with Ainse. Cooking and watching movies.

WED APR 15

Don’t get too full of yourself. Use checklists.

TUE APR 14

[X] Taxes final

solo. pubg chicken dinner.

%APPDATA%\Roaming?\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads

MON APR 13

solo. pubg chicken dinner.

SUN APR 12

fallacy of the body-in-seat mentality.

SAT APR 11

Motating is human. It has so many benefits. Do it when you can.

FRI APR 10

Obviously, you’ve been exposed to a lot of technology. How did you discover your passion for programming and development?

THU APR 9

[X] Taxes!

WED APR 8

Nature walk!

TUE APR 7

vcxserve for WSL

MON APR 6

Number of programmers in US: Today, the U.S. leads the world in software developers, with about 3.6 million. India has about 2.75 million. But by 2018, India will have 5.2 million developers, a nearly 90% increase, versus 4.5 million in the U.S., a 25% increase though that period, Evans Data projects.

In 2018, China will have about 1.9 million programmers, and Russia about 1.3 million, Evans Data projects.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/318818/numbers-of-programmers-and-software-development-professionals-in-the-uk/

SUN APR 5

[X] Nature walk! Even if cold. No matter if it’s raining.

There are many ways to abstract our thought. I like left brain / right brain abstraction - even though it’s probably wrong. I believe that was disproven over 20 years ago.

SAT APR 4

Focus on side two things (no more; maybe less): podcast (w/ just me); maybe programming with presidents section fx

New Template:

The Q Question Deconstruct/Reframe Examples or Story Reveal Alternatives

The News

Meta Please send questions to xyz: either voice or text.

Programming with Presidents

FRI APR 3

Bus speeds USB 2.0: 480 Mbps USB 3.0: 5 Gbps USB 3.1: 10 Gbps Thunderbolt: 10 Gbps Thunderbolt 2: 20 Gbps Thunderbolt 3 (inludes usb 3.1): 40 Gbps

HDMI 1.4: 10.2 Gbps Display Port 1.4: 25.92 Gbps Display Port 2.0: 77.4 Gbps

THU APR 2

Keep moving.

WED APR 1

Advice to beginning enterprise developers:

Always assume everything you write or do on the screen is being monitored. and it likely will be at least at some point. watch what you say and your mindset. don’t gossip. In fact, don’t talk about anyone unless it is helpful. Anonymous survey’s aren’t always anonymous.

TUE MAR 31

rueben, keena, sunil, eric, juan, joel, me

MON MAR 30

Q: Is the web just all talk? No action? A: Counter: Amazon. The noise on the web is all talk perhaps. And there is a lot of it.

Notes on “Invisible Solutions” by Stephen Shapiro

25 Lenses Reduce Abstraction #1: Leverage #2: Deconstruct #3: Reduce #4: Eliminate #5: Hyponym

Increase Abstraction
    #6: Analogy
    #7: Result
    #8: Concern Reframe
    #9: Stretch
    #10: Hypernum

Change Perspective
    #11: Resequence
    #12: Reassign
    #13: Access
    #14: Emotion
    #15: Substitute

Switch Elements
    #16: Flip
    #17: Conflicts
    #18: Performance Paradox
    #19: Pain vs Gain
    #20: Bad Idea

Zero In
    #21: Real Problems
    #22: Real Business
    #23: Insights
    #24: Variation
    #25: Observation

SUN MAR 29

Remote working tips are great. But it seems time to change they we work. To be more focused on the work than the chair or place.

Do we manage worker’s time and place because we don’t know how to manage their work?

Q: How do you focus on the work? the flow of work? A: Priorities. Embrace Problems: Problem Space/Soln Space. Focused. Outcomes.

Q: How do you measure performance in remote work environment? A: Are the meeting results. Desired outcomes.

Augmented Reality Q: How is AR going to change UI? A:

Q: Is this really true? “A question opens the mind. A statement closes it.” A: Seems like a statement could open the mind as well. Perhaps, this is better. Nothing opens the mind like a question.

SAT MAR 28

AZ-203/AZ-204: Developer AZ-500: Azure Security Expert AZ-300: Soln Expert AZ-301: Soln Expert AZ-400: Expert DevOps

AZ-103:

FRI MAR 27

Pubg lesson: listen for multiples.

Deep work is about flow. All work is about flow.

[ ] Record and edit!

I’m still tortured between scala and f#.

THU MAR 26

Q: Why keep events simple and not combined? A: 1. Performance 2. Complexity of lifecycle

Q: What does the universe need? A: Really good random number generator.

Entanglement. Superpositions.

WED MAR 25

I can’t move camera but here is a tour I made few years ago: https://bit.ly/DeepWorkLab

Q: What is it about? A: Forever navigating the dynamism of the universe.

TUE MAR 24

[X] Install Kinect [X] Drivers for WDF KinectSensor Interface 0 Steps below weren’t necesary anymore

MON MAR 23

[X] Order Kinect adapter cable $26

SUN MAR 22

Q: Is Kinect an option as webcam and hello – in the spirit of repurposing hw? A: Microsoft has drivers to let the Kinect do this in a different update channel. Here’s how to get those drivers from Windows Update.

Opt-in to receive test distribution drivers Open the Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe). Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft
Create subkeys \DriverFlighting\Partner
Under \Partner subkey, create a string named “TargetRing” and key-in “Drivers” as the value. Get the drivers from Device Manager or Windows Update From Device Manager:

Open Device Manager (Windows key + x, then m). Expand “Kinect sensor devices”. Right-click on “WDF KinectSensor Interface 0”. Click “Update Driver Software…” Click “Search automatically for updated driver software”. Allow it to download and install the new driver. Reboot. You can now use the Kinect for Xbox One as a webcam and for Windows Hello.

[X] Mount Kinect w/ boom + barely

SAT MAR 21

Some things are infinitely irreplaceable.

But my hardened Dell is not one of them. It popped while using. Repair or salvage?

FRI MAR 20

subterfuge: deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal.

Q: Is success achieved by intimidation or subterfuge really success? A: Nope.

Q: What is success then? A:

THU MAR 19

Devs S1E4 at 8:00 FX on Hulu

WED MAR 18

Time to write a masterpiece.

TUE MAR 17

Cinemark theaters close worldwide.

MON MAR 16

Devs on FX is good. My new favorite.

SUN MAR 15

West World Premiere S3 What is real?

i think people believe in things that help them.
the challenge: is it helping?

mood shirt.

Intel NUC NUC8I7HVK

Capable
Can drive 4 Quads and up to 6 displays
Medium gaming
Portable 5.7” x 8.7” x 1”

SAT MAR 14

Data Normalization fn: ProbabilityOfBuyingTickets inputs userId: int; min-max scaling + room movieId: int; min-max scaling + room rating: enum; min-max scaling on value genre: enum; min-max scaling on value title: word frequency;
each word could produce value and then normalize ticketQuantity: int;

outputs [0,1] probability of buying

FRI MAR 13

Min-max Scaling xNormalized= (x - xMin) / (xMax - xMin)

The data is normalized to a scale of [0,1]

Decimal Scaling vNormalized = vI / (10^j)

where j is the smallest integer such that max(|vNormalized|) < 1

The data is normalalized to a scale of [-1,1]

Z-score

THU MAR 12

Like the petulant church lady from Sat night. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Scenes I like

in the zone accounting scene in the accoutant; with the glass; could be used in cyber thriller

Ego, Sex, and the need to connect.

NCAA Tourney’s cancelled :-(

WED MAR 11

From data is beautiful. Programming language popularity from 1969-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqnbAJY1Osg&feature=emb_logo Kinda forgot about Pascal’s popularity.

TUE MAR 10

Q: What is field of study for mapping parameters to a ANN? A: Data normalization and standardization.

Techniques such as min-max, softmax, z-score, decimal scaling, box-cox and etc.
Some techniques are sensitive to outliers in the data.

MON MAR 9

nondeterminism (countable and uncountable, plural nondeterminisms) (computing) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input. Moving from a single-processor to a multi-processor system often exposes hidden nondeterminism due to invalid assumptions about scheduling.

deterministic. Algorithm, model, procedure, process, etc., whose resulting behavior is entirely determined by its initial state and inputs, and which is not random or stochastic. Processes or projects having only one outcome are said to be deterministic their outcome is ‘pre-determined.

SUN MAR 8

West World Season 3 starts next sunday 3/15.

Devs. Hulu.

SAT MAR 7

Challenge question: challenge something conventional with a question.

with R.D. and me.

Questions that challenge conventional thinking in software development.

Taking on questions that challenge convention wisdom and best practices in software development.

What is the segmentation template for the podcast? Intro, Challenge Question or Problem Statement in form of question (Concept, Example, Story, Data, Next Steps), and Closing (call to action)

Problem Frame/Solution Frame

I help him learn more about software development and he helps me get unstuck.

Voice tips Do not slouch - it stops the lungs from filling up; can make your voice crack Pace Pitch Pauses Passion Get rid of nasal. say “Ing–Ah”; Do a yawn to open mouth wide

Scientific Method: Tailored for podcast Observation: every developer has something that have to go to; use every time; sometimes multiple things Question: What’s your something? Hypothesis: Experiment: Results/Data/Additional links: Conclusion:

(Observation or concept, Question, Hypothesis, Story, Data, Next Steps)

FRI MAR 6

Q: What are the benefits of weirdness? A: Leads to natural self.

Every expert was once a beginner.

Q: How to get unstuck? A: do. think. change env. stillness. work on something different.

Q: Problem-oriented development? Q: What is the biggest thing? A: reframe, validate: common understanding, problem stmt, soln-

tedx [X] be authentic [ ] surrender the outcome [X] be willing to do the uncomfortable work

THU MAR 5

Q: How to give nice feedback on code that fully doesn’t do everything it needs due to lack of requirements or missing? A: there might be gaps in the logic

Genes -> Neural circuits (instincts) -> “thought” -> feelings -> behavior —>

While this might seem cool. I’d rather live my normal life.

WED MAR 4

Remote working notes from Chris Herd; articles on linked in

Open Office? Look around. How many people are wearing noise-cancelling headphones? It has become the only defense against the worst possible working environment.

Access to great talent. Retain best people. Expand talent pool.

Reaction against time in office as KPI bad middle management waste in commuting well being/health lower quality of life neon lights

Companies who don’t: Will lose their best people to their biggest competitors that do

Provides optimum workspace you need to do your best work

Deep work

Companies who trust their hires are more poised to have sustained growth. Structure Built on a culture of trust endures longer and better.

Isolation is a feature, not a bug.

TUE MAR 3

The benefits of checklists. Who? Pilots, Doctors, .. The benefits of journaling. Who? Writers, Scientists, Engineers, Pilots, Doctors, …

Workflow Oriented Services Q: What about data services need to drive workflow? A: In a group of data services not workflow

Learning Data Science ANN F# web frameworks A.I. Spark More Scala?

MON MAR 2

Had a go-live. Thought it would go perfectly and it didn’t but got thru it.

SUN MAR 1

War of Worlds. 8

SAT FEB 29

sample size,

workflow oriented services

FRI FEB 28

entity-service anti-pattern.

pubg solo. winner winner chicken dinner. IIII

THU FEB 27

Free breakfast. Free lunches.

WED FEB 26

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change - Albert Einstein

TUE FEB 25

ADL Advice: spread out the joins in usql.

MON FEB 24

Code name: r.d.

SUN FEB 23

I’m tired of phones made of glass. What about something light weight – like on westworld or at least inspired. Better use of materials and power required.

SAT FEB 22

“It’s your words that count, not your spelling.” - Branson

FRI FEB 21

[ ] Do some test recordings

Q: Is design thinking focused mostly on the new? What about being more problem driven?

THU FEB 20

You’re right. We don’t want to see this on film. I’m already taping over it my mind.

WED FEB 19

Migration Issues. It’s always the logic apps. Need a better way to migrate.

TUE FEB 18

Q: How old is spoken language? A: 25k in sync w/ behavior change? Probably much longer. It would be nice if it were only 25k to correspond, but could be closer to 100k. Even Neandethals hhad speech capabilities which goes back 400k.

Probably looks bad to even try to answer this question. Language is a part of us.

Putting down the bad gives no peace.

MON FEB 17

The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it. - george orwell

If Neanderthals had a modern-like (spoken) language-like capacity, then it stands to reason this derived from the common ancestor they shared with humans: Homo heidelbergensis.

SUN FEB 16

Q: How does understanding of the problem flow to a dev team typically? A: From BAs, scrum masters, and stake holders. but usually do not start trying to understand until sprint planning. This can be the bottleneck. Sometimes made longer by needs of stake holder or other role not being prepared or to make their life easier.

To I

#1: Personal branding !Podcast #2: Make time to network #3: Prepare Dental repair cc

SAT FEB 15

French Brunch w/ Jen for Valentines.

The observer always changes the behavior of the observed.

[ ] Limit LinkedIn, Twitter, general surfing, and pubg. [ ] F# [ ]

F# GUI: Fabulous Web Dev: Fable (F# -> JS), Sauve, WebSharper

WebSharper

Add complexity

Fable

just a f# to js compiler

Suave

just backend

SAFE

Suave.io, Azure, Fable, Elmish

Elmish: Elm-like abstractions for F# apps

FRI FEB 14

Multi-monitor RDP will not maintain window positions within the session.

mstsc /span “seems to help”

winner winner chicken dinner. pubg. 6k.

THU FEB 13

Dogma is a coping mechanism for dealing with the world. Provides order and understanding. Until it collapses – dogma that is.

winner winner chicken dinner. pubg. 8 k. followed by 100th.

WED FEB 12

Three important things to validate/test The problem statement (problem space) Common understanding of problem statement (problem space) The solution or implementation of the problem statement (soln space)

TUE FEB 11

ZombieLand double tap w/ Ainsley.

Q: How can one validate/test that the team has a common understanding? A: Echo back what you heard; review it; good docs; conceptually test the flow; test the model;

MON FEB 10

Event Stream Processing. Performance patterns.

The goals is not to be better than the other man but your previous self. - Dalai Lama

SUN FEB 9

The problem is not planning/guessing. The problem is common understanding.

Q: Is planning just used as a mechanism for understanding? Or you are trying to understand while you are planning. And that is where most of the time is spent.

SAT FEB 8

Math for CS Category Theory Linear Algebra Graph Theory Lambda Calculus Gradient Descent (calculus) Stats Numerical Methods Complexity Theory

FRI FEB 7

pubg: winner winner chicken dinner. #2.

THU FEB 6

AI is bringing computing to life.

WED FEB 5

Inspired by a statement from Rob C.

A successful client might not be responsive to your list of suggested changes/tools and technologies to incorporate. They’ve probably made lots of $ without the need of your best practices and dogma. Your goals do not appear to be aligned from the client’s perspective.

I’ve seen a principal consultant come to a successful client with a list of at least 10 technologies to incorporate including a rule-based system to an already complex project. Probably done close to it myself. Maybe I had 15. Who knows.

I’m not even sure what the total license cost would have been. But some consultant can’t just come in with a one million dollar list and expect a smart successful business to say yes. They’ve been pitched in all sorts of ways to spend $. If you were to add 5 more to you list in hopes of getting top 3, then you’ll like be viewed as someone that is all over the map. Not focused. While a few of the suggestions might have warranted consideration, his ideas and credibility were torpedoed.

Don’t believe I’ve come to a client with a list that big but sure I’ve made this mistake many times in retrospective.

He would have been better off studying decision making than making those recommendations.

Good to realize: In general, most people are not going to follow your recommendations even if you are considered an expert. But they likely want to hear them.

What to do? Be open minded. Be minimal with growth mindset. Defer recommending best practices and technologies or do it slowly. Because the company was able to become successful without the need of your best practices and dogma. Listen more. Make the hard recommendation. You’d better cut your list down and be very focused on what it is they’re getting. What not to do? Have a manifesto

TUE FEB 4

“Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.” - Unknown

MON FEB 3

Project kickoff. Had time to think, structure, and sequence.

Nature walk.

SUN FEB 2

KC vs 49ers

Nature walk and nap. Beautiful weather.

SAT FEB 1

Spark vs Hadoop

Apache spark is faster than Hadoop because it operates by ingesting all the data, performing the required operations/analytics on the data and writing it out to the disk in one full shot. Apache Hadoop on the other hand has an intermediate disk write between operations, and thus it’s slower. Even today, I/O seems to be the costliest operation though the advent of SSDs has reduced it by quite a good margin.

Another important reason for Apache Spark’s speed is it’s in-memory data processing capabilities.

Spark was purpose built with real-time capabilities and on-the-fly processing (read stream processing), whereas Hadoop was optimised for bulk processing.

Spark is supposed to be 100x faster than Hadoop when used in-memory and 10x faster even when using disk I/O. http://spark.apache.org/

FRI JAN 31

Q: How am I doing? A: Little too good this week job wise. Hopefuly won’t be struck down by lighting like in caddie shack.

pubg: winner winner chicken dinner. solo followed by 4 person team wins

THU JAN 30

Q: What are implications if P=NP? A: Crypto broken. Not necesarily fast, but always crackable. Crypto currency markets disrupted; way to generate coins faster than everyone else;

Probably the way to make real money. Definitely more than $1 million prize. At least a billion. If not a trillion.

Q: What is downside of default objects? A: Serializing as Json. rather than null fields they will have value. just noisier. Not sparse.

WED JAN 29

[X] Lunch meeting

HBR: Creativity Needs Displine Tolerate failure but not incompetence Experiment but w/ disipline Collaborate but with individual accountability Flat but strong leadership

TUE JAN 28

Politics: the cesspool of humanity is running the world

Q: Is politics the cesspool of humanity and why is a cesspool running the world? A: Seems so. Probably why governments lie so much.

Will it change? Likely.

What will it require? A lot more transparency. Less progaganda/news reporters. Or we need real reporters. some kind of real check or accountability. And counter checks. Trust but verify.

MON JAN 27

Changing bad actors and software Counter-measures blockchain determinism encryption digital sig multi-factor

SUN JAN 26

Overcome knowledge illusion: explain NN; universal approximation function

Want to think about… ANN Linear alegebra Simplifying & isolating I/O IO Monad in F# Understand modern Fp web framework; patterns

SAT JAN 25

Q: How to get started? A: Load the program.

[X] Need to understand audacity UI better. Maybe youtube video.

FRI JAN 24

Windows Performance Index for Windows 10

cmd: winsat formal
powershell: get-wmiobject -class win32_winsat

Statusing can take a lot of time, money, and energy. And doesn’t add much value in group performance – other than, how do I fit in and how can I contribute?

It can also lead to disappointment since the status is usually tied to some else’s view of the situation.

THU JAN 23

Made the most of my screen time. And there was a lot.

Future A. It’s hard as a parent not to strive to be perfect. To be the best for you. But no one is. I hope I showed you how to process thru it; with love and support.

It’s core, it gives an ability to find a way to get thru anything.

WED JAN 22

Q: Is functional code incomprehensible to those that aren’t familar w/ fp? And is there something simple that could change that? A: Probably as Significant as was OO was to OO programmers.

Q: What can be done quickly/efficiently – like explaining parens in lisp: (f x) is just f(x)? A: Definitely would be language dependent. Need to explain the call from the impl.

F#

let y = f x

Algebra Notation y = f(x) No.

The key: pipeline.

Scala

The functional idea that everything needs a parameter and a return value. Mostly, Not doing but projecting.

Pure/Avoid mutability. Great benefit.

Needs some investment of time like OO did. Is it more or less? Hard to say. So assume about equivalent.

Idea: start w/ linq Immutable Params and returns HOFs function calls

TUE JAN 21

Q: How am I doing? A: Wish I found more time for learning. More stillness in general.

Perhaps, stillness is a prereq to even start meditation.

[ ] Setup youtube learning list: ML, NN, BI, Data Science

Power BI Desktop Workflow Data prep query editor Data modelling relationship view <-> data view Data visualization report view

MON JAN 20

Stillness is the key. Ryan Holiday. Mind: Body: Spirit: 5 lines per each day. How are you feeling? How are you doing?

proud of x. or disappointed w/ y.

SUN JAN 19

Competition is for losers with peter thiel 2014. You tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fx5Q8xGU8k

All happy companies are different because they are doing something very unique. All unhappy companies are alike because they fail to escape the sameness that is competition.

Peter thiel

Mimetic Preferences

Durability.

Looking forward to development

Pubg. chicken dinner. #2 following. 5/7 top 10.

SAT JAN 18

Q: Why do we enable bad behaviors?
A: To get what is wanted. Means to an end. To avoid conflict. Make someone happy. ? Maybe dr. phil template.

FRI JAN 17

Tired. Need a little slack.

THU JAN 16

A. still sick.

WED JAN 15

[X] Haircut [X] Lunch meeting

TUE JAN 14

From a PCI perspective, none of this is considered sensitive authentication data (SAD).

MON JAN 13

[ ] What to record? Storyboard: 5 minutes

SUN JAN 12

A. recruited for cheer
Nice trip

SAT JAN 11

SFA road trip with A. STEM tour.

FRI JAN 10

Got it done.

THU JAN 9

Chunking for things that don’t need it.

WED JAN 8

Idea: don’t refer to the podcast as podcast – ever

Sessions about software development hosted by greg cowin with a secret developer. To help not only survive but thrive. Session 000: About Session 001: Dogma and Mindset Session 002:

What’s in it for you? Tools to help you cope and survive and reduce frustration. But not just to survive and thrive.

Why?

Start with a question.

TUE JAN 7

Most of us now live in a distraction factory of a world. Cars, people, devices, displays, martech. Deep work will become a super power for those that can do it.

MON JAN 6

Q: Why not just deploy one file at a time? A: dependencies and automation.

Q: Why deploy one file at a time? A: impact is reduced but knowing what is in production over time is

SUN JAN 5

From previous: Escaping velocity notes - doc norton what is velocity? some # of work units / unit of time once velocity stabilizes metric doesn’t help velocity is not the goal – once you put a goal as a metric you invalidate it – it can produce behaviors you are not looking for once you set the target, you change the system accumulative flow diagram the greatest bottleneck is the only one we need to fix

trailing indicators don't help looking forward

Use instead code quality lead time: time between initiation and completion cycle time: total time from beginning of process as defined by you and your customer

developer joy (on commit) - leading indicator – 0 - 5 indicator on commit that indicates quality of code they just worked on

mercury app by corey hains

healthy delivery

SAT JAN 4

3 Things 1. Podcast 2. ANN/Deep Learning 3. Automation/AI

FRI JAN 3

2 - MSI - Optix MAG270VC 27” LED Curved FHD FreeSync Monitor - Black

[X] Move old-old monitors [X] Install old monitors in beta station and cabling [X] Install new monitors in alpha station and cabling

THU JAN 2

pubg. chicken dinner.

WED JAN 1

Visualize success like an athlete. What you think about you bring about.

Do not feel guilty for positive events and praise; otherwise, you must not think you deserve it. Do you deserve it?

Clean-up for New Monitors [X] Strip unused cables [X] Strip unused lighting [X] Strip old power cables from beta [X] Oil soap

[X] Remove evo robot and others [X] Rewire display link docking station underneath desk [X] Rewire mesh [X] Rewire coffee station [X] Move lighting controls underneath desks

[X] Destroy old media

[X] Clean-up mesh

Let’s get in a growth mindset for the new year.

Yo-yo effect

HDMI vs Display Port HDMI can only do 120 Hz You need DisplayPort to achieve 144 hz