…AI that works alongside you in real-time, suggesting code as you type or refining your writing on the fly. They’re more like having a knowledgeable colleague looking over your shoulder than an intern working independently. …
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation are trying to save you money!!
If politicians don’t want you to think they’re shady and only out for themselves, then they should stop doing shady, self-serving stuff like this. The Trudeau government wants to push back the next federal election (currently scheduled for Oct. 20, 2025) by one week. Politicians claim the election must be moved to Oct. 27, 2025, …
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A little help is nice…..
“It’s nice to have a little help, but we often resent when someone else tries to do it all for us. Each individual wants to make their own dreams a reality. If someone hands you the whole thing on a silver platter, they gift you the result, but rob you of the accomplishment. Remember this …
Fed up with feedback?
Transforming feedback to actionable insight Feedback often shows up like a lump of coal in a clean room – unwelcome and annoying. Here’s what we need to do to help us get to actionable feedback – (1) Acknowledging that all feedback is between 1% and 99% true. It is our responsibility to figure out what …
A Little Help
“It’s nice to have a little help, but we often resent when someone else tries to do it all for us. Each individual wants to make their own dreams a reality. If someone hands you the whole thing on a silver platter, they gift you the result, but rob you of the accomplishment. Remember this …
Use our intelligence and work together to solve our common problems
The wisdom of President Lincoln: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
“customer behaviour science”
The genius of modern day guilt based marketing and basis of “customer behaviour science”. This from Seth Godin: “ Comfort and convenience For the last thirty years, the easiest shortcut has been convenience. If a marketer or a politician or an institution wants to gain acceptance, make it convenient. Tim Wu has pointed out that …
How to criticize something you disagree with
How to criticize something you disagree with, Here are social psychologist Anatol Rapoport’s rules for criticizing something: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.” You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are …
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Quote from Eliot Peper
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s what’s required to overcome it. Just so, optimism isn’t about ignoring problems, it’s about choosing to believe that they’re soluble.
Recursion
“To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.” — Stephen Hawking