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Cake day: August 14th, 2022

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  • I’m really into Computer Science too.

    I got a degree, then spent a year job searching to end up working customer service; carrying drinks up and down stairs for a few months. I eventually got an internship doing programming.

    It’s nice to finally have a job in something that I’ve been interested in for a long time, although now I guess a very large amount of my time is spent using computers. Also, even if it pays more, I suppose writing code where I don’t even fully know what it’ll be used for feels less “rewarding” than serving customers.











  • Often, I loop some music such that it becomes slightly annoying for me, and tell myself that I can’t turn it off until I do the task. I’ve heard of something called “Autistic Inertia”, which states that we have a lot of difficulty starting to do something, but can easily keep doing it once we started.

    Another thing I sometimes do is set micro deadlines. Eg: If I finish getting ready before 8:30, I can have a short break, otherwise I go directly to the next task which I must complete by 9:30. (Though I might adjust the time if I am running behind)

    Something I remember hearing is “Don’t wait to be motivated to do stuff, or you won’t get anything done.”

    Edit: Added some YouTube links for some videos I remembered. Not sure if they’re the best references, but I guess they should be helpful.








  • Personally, I understand developing and embracing AI (specifically Machine Learning what people refer to as AI keeps changing), but I hate how everyone is basically stealing everything that’s public to train their ML models. In my opinion, that should be illegal depending on what the model is then used for. I heard of a concept called “glazing” where content is given edits to make it harder for ML models to learn from, but I don’t know how effective that will be. There really needs to be better protection from companies using all your data to train their stuff.

    I do often like to observe nature. Also, when I was younger I’d sometimes feel like there was something trying to speak to me through various song’s lyrics that played on the radio.

    I don’t really make too much effort to remember my most of my more recent dreams. I definitely dreamed last night, but I can’t make much sense of the events. I think it was representing minor anxiety? There was something about taking a small train to a clearing in a forest I think? Something about playing with my cat?

    It’s often nice to take a break to collect your thoughts and daydream.