leafyleaferson

leafyleaferson

Equanimity

As I get older, I identify less as my current state and I identify more as a person who transitions through states. My change in perspective has reduced my anxieties and anger significantly. “This too shall pass” vibes. The more…

Remote Working can Work

Work is work, no matter if it’s remote, hybrid, or full-time office. Hire good people, entrust them with executing on core business needs, allow them to choose however they make the magic happen. Won’t it be extremely evident if any…

What is the average mpg of waste-collection trucks? Can we create and install simple sensors that track the capacity of a household bin (the big ones outside), so the truck only stops where it needs to? Can the latter be…

Machines are learning by themselves – to predict outcomes and make autonomous decisions – but can they unlearn things too?

How does an MRI scan work?

Most of the human body is made up of water (hydrogen and oxygen atoms). At the centre of each hydrogen atom is an even smaller particle called a proton. Protons are like tiny magnets and are very sensitive to magnetic…

Priced In

I was pretty excited to watch $INTC ‘s Architecture day yesterday – very cool upcoming parts. Intel is definitely coming back…. then I watched $TSLA ‘s AI day… OMG… How will others compete with them on any autonomy use case?…

Henry Cavendish

In the course of a long life, Henry Cavendish made a string of significant discoveries —among much else he was the first person to isolate hydrogen and the first to combine hydrogen and oxygen to form water — but almost…

Imagine a system that incentivises citizens to work on infrastructure improvements instead of the government. Using your engineering talents to create/upgrade a public cellular network. Work can be verified on a blockchain, and monetised via tokens representing the work