I picked up a random book at a flea market a few months ago that I’m just getting around to reading now. I didn’t think it’d be that great, the length seemed a bit daunting, and it felt like I was going to have to become invested in another long-term saga that spanned generations and might not ever be finished. But it’s not. It’s a bunch of short stories with a loose thread pulled between…
Looking for a gift for a friend who never stops giving? Anomia – it’s the simplest game, but it invokes the strongest reactions from all those who play it. If you have yet to play it, it’s worth the $20 – you will laugh from it, you will learn from it, you will become frustrated by it. All elements of a great game.
I’ve had a few interactions with AI where I ask it a question, technical of course, it doesn’t give me the correct answer, I rephrase and/or learn more and ask again. I get another answer. I repeat the same process, only this time I get the initial answer that started us down this path. And this might go on for a few more interactions, partly because I want to see where it will go. But…
We’ve spent the last month getting ready for the winter – turning things off, putting away summer stuff, taking out winter gear, buying a snowblower – all the stuff that comes wtih the changing of the seasons from anything else to Winter. At the time of writing, it is snowing outside. There is no more work to do; we’ve done all we could do, and now it’s time to get through and live it.
If you don’t want to be challenged on your work, you have two choices; Don’t work (improbable). Do work where you won’t be challenged (i.e., something where we don’t care about the quantity or value of what you are doing). But you should want to be challenged in your work, you should want to be pushed, you should want to answer for your work. Because that is the only way you will get better.