Jan 19Common Sense Logic to Make You Stop Caring What People ThinkDo you ever find yourself giving too much of your mental energy to wondering what people think? I do, and it was one of the reasons I went off of Medium for over a year even though I was seeing great results. Unfortunately, our minds fluctuate between two states, sponge…Self Improvement3 min read
Published in CARRE4·Dec 27, 2020A New Paper Says the Human Race Is an AccidentWhat are the odds? — A recently published paper suggests that according to our current understanding of science, the existence of humans is improbable. The paper published by Cai et al builds upon previous work determining the likelihood of intelligent life emerging in our galaxy. Yet, it’s the first study to consider something previous papers…Science5 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Dec 15, 2020Medieval UFO SightingsFact or fiction? — UFOs have been around for thousands of years, but their explanations are always changing. Taken at face value, Unidentified Flying Object just means something that flies about which we can’t make any concrete statement on what it is. In prehistoric times, a UFO would probably be explained as a bird…History4 min read
Dec 15, 2020How to Spot Bad Ideas and Keep Your SanityBetter crippled in body than corrupt in mind — I’ve been there. A few years ago I was halfway through university, and I had a lot of time on my hands. I was an OK student, I’d do 90% of my studying during exam season — meaning I would loiter around most of the time. I was left to…Life Lessons4 min read
Nov 21, 2020Hitler’s Plan to Kill Churchill Using Exploding ChocolateDeath by chocolate takes on a whole new meaning — The Nazis are infamous for their murderous schemes and willingness to use any means necessary during World War II. In 1943, the war had turned sour for them. …History2 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Nov 19, 2020How I Maximised my Returns as a Beginner InvestorSmall lessons, big wins. — Common sense dictates that when you set off on a journey, you seek the advice of someone who has been on the same path before , hopefully many times before. …Investing8 min read
Published in Better Programming·Nov 9, 2020Practices That Doubled My Productivity as a DeveloperMake a list. Work the list — Being a developer is hard — especially while you’re finding your flow in the early stages of your career. I’m still going through it. Being productive? That’s even harder. As a dev, you have to put up with long meetings that eat up time you could spend on writing code…Programming5 min read
Oct 14, 2020The Next Space Shuttle Was 90% Complete. Then NASA Killed ItIn 90s, NASA was thinking big — not Apollo programme big, but big nonetheless. By then, the now legendary space shuttle was coming to be around two decades old, had served reliably on 34 missions and was a marvel of 20th Century engineering. …Space6 min read
Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Sep 24, 2020A New Neural Network Can Make Crappy Videos Smoother With Stunning AccuracyAccuracyDepth-Aware video frame INterpolation, or DAIN, is a new neural network model. The brainchild of researchers from four institutions including Google, DAIN is a look through the window of what the future holds for machine vision and AI made entertainment. What Does DAIN Do? In short, DAIN makes videos smoother. A video is basically…AI2 min read
Published in The Startup·Sep 3, 2020How I Wrote My Masters’ Thesis in One WeekHow to write a lot in a tiny amount of time — ‘They say Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I wasn’t on that particular job ‘ — Brian Clough Have you ever read an article giving good, actionable advice on how to write beautiful written content? This article is the evil twin of that. The aim here is to help…Education9 min read
