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If you ask me what type of music I like, I would probably tell you “European metal music.” That’s the quickest answer, but there’s actually a whole lot more to it. I really geek out when it comes to music, as you will soon see… This is what I do. I have a “favorite music” […]

At one point in my career, I stood at crossroads of academia pondering what direction I should take. Do I pursue a scholarly life as a computer scientist? Or should I venture into the corporate world of business, money, and endless meetings? I seriously considered both options, and ultimately I decided to get a Master […]

Since I was about thirteen years old, I kept a running list of good ideas. I’m forty right now, so that’s almost thirty years of ideas. At its height, the list had over a thousand ideas. After some honing and pruning, it now stands at 647. Now, all of these ideas were “good” ideas at […]

In quantum mechanics, there is a theory that the mere observation of a phenomenon inevitably changes that phenomenon. It’s called the Observer effect. I think it not only exists at the atomic level, but also plays out in all aspects of our world. Earlier today, I tweeted an observation on Twitter: If enough people see […]

The global COVID-19 pandemic has not affected all countries equally. Some countries are doing a better job containing it than others. Why is that? There are many factors at play: Experience: Remember SARS back in 2003? That was a type of coronavirus. East Asian countries were particularly hard-hit by SARS, but they overcame it. Maybe […]

Can an Artificial Intelligence (AI) be a copyright holder? Can an AI get a patent? I think the answer is pretty clearcut. No. Let me explain. When a writer writes a novel, he or she owns the copyright. When a writer writes a novel in Microsoft Word, the writer still owns the copyright. Microsoft does […]