Disclaimer: I am neither a cybersecurity expert nor an Aikido practitioner so apologies in advance for any faux pas or false facts. I was watching this video recently where it interviews an Aikido masters and he talked about Iai (Iaido), where one is always prepared to draw their sword due to sudden attack, which relates…
Are you a Systems Engineer? Are you sick and tired of hearing about Verification and Validation (V&V) that you would puke the next time you hear it? Then stop reading this because I am just going to repeat what you’ve probably known. The axioms are Validation is doing the right thing while Verification is doing…
Recently the study group I joined was talking about minor accidents and it was a good exercise to go through these cases reported by Rail Accident and Investigation Branch (RAIB), because these accidents most of the time are caused by similar underlying causes, and in left unchecked, will cause more serious accidents. If we look…
I was in a meeting today when I described a process using a cake analogy, again, and most of my colleagues looked at me in askance. I think I should try using other analogies other than a cake analogy. The thing is though I like cake and I think most people have eaten cake, even…
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…
Sometimes, some days, you feel a bit slow or unmotivated to do things. Some days, some people are very opposed to an instruction, that they question everything. Both of these situations are the extremes, and are different aspects of approaching things, but both do not get the job done. I think it is important to…
I am rearranging some furniture around the house to accommodate some work arrangements and all these are starting to annoy me. I just want a place to do some extra work, and the challenge of finding an arrangement that – works for me, works for the family, is suitable for both summer and winter, and…
I went to Aldi yesterday, on a Sunday, and it was so full that I had to circle round the parking lot twice just to find a parking spot. That is very unusual in this part of UK, if not everywhere in the UK. I went inside, picked up my items and went to the…
I paid for ChatGPT Plus recently and since it’s for a month, I am trying to use it at every useful moment. So I begin to some mini coding projects, putting prompts to create some kind of automation. My wife asked what I was doing and whether I know how to code now. I said…
Recently I was walking through the city when an old man in his 60s asked me for directions. At least that what I thought because I didn’t understand what he was saying as he wasn’t speaking in English. I thought of taking my phone and letting him talk to Google Translate but my phone’s battery…
