Spring has sprung!

It is one of life’s joy to step into spring from the edge of winter.
Faris, 2023
About a year ago, a connection on Linkedin messaged me and asked whether my Masters was worth it, since he was thinking of doing the same course. I answered him then, but thought to myself that I would write a longer one. So here’s this long-coming post trying to answer the question. First of all…
When I was in school, I believed that there can be intelligence without the ability to explain, but nowadays I think that although that can still be true, the ability to explain is a greater sign of intelligence. Because sometimes you think you’ve understood it in your mind but when you try to explain it…
I read a newsletter where it was rumoured/assumed that people were faking AI. How weird, and it turned out that wasn’t true. Now if people were using AI to fake things up, that is quite common nowadays. Videos or audios of people, especially famous ones, can be easily created. But there’s almost always a slight…
I like the feature in iCloud photos, where it reminds what happened on this day, year(s) ago. It showed some cute photos of your loved ones, or a trip you have forgotten about. It also reminded where you were a few years ago, not only in the literal sense, but also figuratively. For example it…
I was a bit surprised when I started working that project managers didn’t do any of the technical stuffs, here in the UK. I said that but in actuality I believe this is the same for most countries too, at least other than in Malaysia. In my previous experience, project managers are the technical ‘expert’…
Recently I got an email from Spotify saying that I need to update my login for Spotify Podcaster because they’re migrating from another app, Anchor, and I need to do that so I can still have access to my podcast episode. Wait, I have a podcast? Yeah, I remember now, I did do some podcast…