Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.Old Chinese saying (allegedly)
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Sow and reap
Posted in Musing, tagged action, character, destiny, habit, philosophy, quote, reap, sow, thought on 18 July 2012| Leave a Comment »
The real meaning of a PhD
Posted in Musing, PhD, tagged meaning, phd, philosophy, self realization on 14 July 2012| Leave a Comment »
It is not about research, science, publishing, or conferences: it is about you.
3 years in which you can express yourself as much as you want, and choose what to do and how to improve yourself day by day.
It is a great opportunity to get to know yourself, to learn what is important for you, to think about your path in life.
A time for change, a bet on yourself.
Self realization.
140 character slogan
Posted in Musing, Technology, tagged conversation, rant, slogan, Twitter on 12 May 2012| Leave a Comment »
<rant>
I wonder how you can entertain a deep conversation on any topic when the medium is short slogans 140 characters long. When you read them in isolation they always sound convincing, mostly because there is no context around them.
To me it looks very much like trying to communicate by throwing small stones at each other while trying to draw the attentions of passers-by.
</rant>
The true problem with big data
Posted in Musing, Research, tagged big data, failure on 3 May 2012| 3 Comments »
Is that if anything has the slightest chance to go wrong, it will go horribly wrong.
It’s Murphy’s law at its highest peak.
Lies
Posted in Musing, tagged lies on 1 May 2012| Leave a Comment »
Lies are hostile acts. Don’t fool yourself, you are not telling
well-meant lies, you are only trying to manipulate people.
Living in the present
Posted in Musing, tagged future, life, past, present on 6 April 2012| Leave a Comment »
Finding the equilibrium between the anxiety for the past that fades away and the resignation to the future that advances inexorably.
I could get used to American coffee…
Posted in Fun, Musing, Travel, tagged coffee, Italy, USA on 22 March 2012| Leave a Comment »
…if only I could forget how Italian coffee tastes!
Serial VS Parallel
Posted in Fun, Musing, Research, tagged algorithm, parallel, serial on 21 February 2012| Leave a Comment »
A serial algorithm is only a simplified version of a latent parallel algorithm.
On reporting acceptance rates
Posted in Musing, Research, tagged acceptance rate, competition on 16 February 2012| Leave a Comment »
Just to be clear, this is my own biased opinion on the issue.
To people that report acceptance rates in their publication list:
- Science is not a race.
- Published papers are not awards.
- Conferences are not exclusive clubs.
If you really need to boast, at least do it with more taste, please.
Acceptance rate is just awkward.
Quote of the day
Posted in Musing, tagged complexity, philosophy, quote on 5 November 2011| Leave a Comment »
When things get complicated enough,
you are forced to change your level of description.
Douglas Hofstadter
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