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New Year's Observations

The years 2021-2029 sound to me like James Bond introducing himself. “Name’s Twenty. Twenty Five.”

The best gift I got for this Christmas is the teapot for making tea that has thermal insulation, and thus I can now make a tea, forget about it for 2 hour, and still have a cup of warm tea.

Everyone tolerates people staring at their smartphones during lectures/events. Even though they are obviously not having any emergency, but scrolling some feed.
Everyone tolerates people using laptops at the events. Even though they are obviously not taking notes, but side-channelling some work.
But try taking a book out to quietly read…

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Christmas Thoughts

You can’t say “No” to an open bottle of wine because it comes from “Yes"terday.

To Boldly Space Where no One has Before

Do you think a space (as a text symbol, as a " “) should be the same width in the text whether it is a “bold text”, an “italic text”, or a “plain text”, for consistency? Or should it be wider in the bold case and the italic case, to accommodate for the extra heaviness or tilt? 🤔

Santa, to Cash Register

Just heard from the loudspeaker, while waiting at the checkout line:

🎵 Santa, baby… An employee to checkouts! 🎵 hurry down that chimney tonight

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The Mythical Man-Month

Filter bubbles cause funny interactions. My girlfriend saw me reading a book “The Mythical Man-Month” that she never heard about before. So, we asked our friends around, what they think this book is about.

We got two types of answers:

  • either it must be something about the male hormonal cycle,
  • or about a month when a man goes into nature and reconnects with his predecessors’ roots.

Both ideas are funnier than the reality - that this is a book about software project leadership and time estimation (in man-months).

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Email from the Past

Everything stays on the Internet forever.
In the summer of 2012, I presented my research project about amyloid beta at my university’s conference.
Today, 12 years later, I received an email asking about this project.

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Theory

“A scientific theory is nothing but a fairytale with the human-like characters replaced by even more magical ones”

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Founding a Startup vs Writing a Novel

The more I date an author, the more I realize how similar are founding a startup and writing a piece of fiction: 1. You have a wild idea of how to change the world. 2. Despite it being wild, many people had tried something similar before, unsuccessfully...

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Adult

Adult (noun) - a person capable of making rational decisions… sometimes

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About Memorizing

30 years ago, people had to memorize everything they had learnt.
15 years ago, the Internet gave us instant access to all the knowledge, so memorizing fell out of fashion.
Today, we again must memorize, as things on the Internet can no longer be deemed trustworthy.

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