#hand-wavy

Clearly the computing substrate i have grown up uses algorithm on this priority. 1.recursion 2.pattern matching(probably a side-effect of strong memory) 3.Deductive Reasoning 4.Inductive Reasoning

Note Inductive Reasoning at the last?? that may be the reason, i haven’t developed many products so far.. I should include probabilistic Reasoning, but not sure where that comes in…

What do you do when you realize you have a chronic condition/problem in letting go? (i.e: when you realize that you have a tendency to never leave the past alone and an OCD to recall what your masters’ thesis guide would have said/actually said, what your ex-startup boss would have said/said, what your ex-colleagues said/would have said..) You sigh, accept it and learn to manage it. You learn…

Overestimating the Short-term vs Underestimating the Long term

Venkatesh Rao here refers to this quote by Roy Amara

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.”

Anecdotally it’s true and Venkatesh hypothesizes that this is because even though we(our brains) are comfortable with arithmetic, they are handicapped when it comes to exponential thinking.

Now this stuck…

Listening to Paul Graham speaking on PyCon.. first observation, he’s clearly not a spontaneous speaker.. Just notice the amount of uhmm.. he says… It’s a prepared speech, with notes, so it’s weird, especially, if you are more used to reading his blogs. I wonder how deliberate/ self-aware he’s on the stage?? He punctuates every sentence with a uh..umm… sometimes he’s indeed spontaneous..

I guess…

Cost-center vs Profit center

I don’t know how a MBA level course would differentiate between a cost-center and a profit-center, but i would define based on the drive/motivation of the majority people on the unit.

If it’s to maximise profits it’s a profit centre and if it’s to reduce costs, it’s a cost-centre. Now this leads to some interesting combinations. like being in an off-shore development centre, i am part of a cost…