În trecutul recent am scris câte ceva; două articole pentru revista Connect:

• "Alternative gratuite", derivat din articolul despre alternativele open source
• "Copia de rezervă la nevoie se cunoaşte"

Revista nu e gratuită, însă articolele au fost scrise gratis, cu condiţia că le voi putea publica aici pe site. Până când nu o fac, pentru ca ambele articole (în alte forme) deja sunt disponibile online. Despre primul am scris mai sus, iar al doilea este disponibil în engleză: "How to backup my data the right way" (varianta engleză mi se pare mai interesantă decât acea în română, este şi mai completă).

Este şi un alt articol, în care se explică cum poate fi recuperat un SMS care a fost şters. Pe lângă explicaţii în "plain-text" se oferă şi câteva scheme, una dintre care ilustrează cum se stochează datele pe SIM card la nivel inferior. În final ar trebui să găseşti răspunsurile la orice întrebare legată despre recuperarea unui SMS (tot ce ai vrut să ştii, dar îţi era frică să întrebi :-)

Lectură plăcută!

Română • Thoughts, Recommendations • Leave a comment

WALL-E, интересный фильм - рекомендую. Перевод тоже хороший (хотя… там не так уж и много работы), особенно понравилось то, что были переведены и надписи на картинках (например статья в газете; мир глазами робота^, итд). Но кое-что они упустили…

• WALL-E = Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class
• ВАЛЛ-И = Вселенский Аннигилятор Ландшафтный Лёгкий, Интеллектуальный

Смысл не совсем тот, больше похоже на оружие массового уничтожения, чем на инструмент который очищает что-то.

Да, можно сказать что они козлы, не могли придумать вариант по лучше… А ты, как бы ты растолковал акроним "ВАЛЛ-И"? (представь себе что тут эта картинка)

На всякий случай, кое-что о слове "робот". Термин был придуман в 1921 Карелом Чапеком (Karel Čapek), а точнее – его братом. На чешском, "robota" = "работа", далее – "robotnik" (the one who does the "robota") -> "robot".

^ Между нами говоря, роботу такое не нужно, все эти данные там для тех кто контролирует робота, или для его создателей (для отладки), сам робот хранит все в своей памяти и ему все эти надписи не нужны.

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Русский • Thoughts, Recommendations • Leave a comment

I thought you were my friend
but now I'm on my own,
drowning in my thoughts,
digging my own hole.

You helped me get up high
atop this tree
and now you throw me down
saying "be free!"

***

I hope she's coming soon
to catch me as I fall,
and whisper to my ear -
"you're not alone".

English • Poems • 4 comments

Initially this was supposed to be a story about how to bother people less with instant messages that are not worded properly. As I started going down to the roots, I realized that I was dealing with an iceberg - the problem was much more complex than I initially thought.

Information overload is real, and today I understand that it is a serious condition that I have. If the lion's share of your day consists of Alt+tabbing, looking at the "new messages" icon, checking the RSS feeds every other minute, and so on - this story is for you.

The first step is to acknowledge that you have this problem.

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English • Thoughts, Office space • 4 comments

I've been making myself more and more aware of how information travels and how it transforms beyond recognition from what is being meant by the communicator and what is understood by the receiver. It is truly amazing.

Yes, but I wouldn't call it amazing, I would call it one of mankind's most serious problems. Just think about it, from all the problems we have, not all are actually problems caused by someone's bad will, jealousy, aggression, greed or spite; a great deal of them are communication issues.

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English • Thoughts, Society • 3 comments

If you have no idea what the meaning of your life is, the following exercise can help you get started: make a list of reasons not to commit suicide.

This works best if you actually thought of committing suicide, i.e. it is not just a hypothetical "if I were to commit suicide, what would keep me from actually doing it?"

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English • Thoughts • 2 comments

Whenever you do something that relies on previously acquired knowledge, make sure you know the rationale behind each decision. This is especially important if you trust the information that came from other sources, and less important when you rely on conclusions previously established by yourself.

Here's why:

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English • Jokes, Academia, Office space • 1 comment

Look at your to-do list, if you are like me, you'll see that most of the items have the "pending" state (sometimes noted as "x% complete" or "almost done" or "final review required").

Look at the age of each entry, if you are like me, you'll see that most of the "pending" tasks are quite old. If you don't see that, it most likely means that your to-do list lacks a "date" or "age" field ;-)

Zoom into each entry and see where exactly you got stuck. You'll be surprised that in most cases you are "almost there". What are you waiting for?

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English • Thoughts, Office space • 2 comments

The following rule will help you get out of trouble sooner, or not get in trouble at all. Whenever you are about to decide that you failed, that something has to be canceled, that you have to do X, or that you have to do X instead of Y, imagine that your rationale is made public.

Think about it for a while... Are you still into it?

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English • Thoughts • 2 comments

Cînd cerul albastru
Se transformă în plumb,
Şi soarele nu se mai vede,
Stropi de metal şi durere străpung
Liniştea codrului verde.
***
Taie, şi rupe din frunzele tale;
Fum şi cenuşă, căzute petale...
Curge acidul pe scoarţa tulpinii
Roşii văpăi sunt noua lumină.
***
Lasă şuvoiul să se scurgă în mine,
Eu voi absoarbe veninul ce vine.
***
Noaptea se-aşterne, iar în depărtare
Ziua de mîine cu-ncetul răsare...

Română • Poems • 3 comments