Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, September 9th, 2020. NASA Space Apps Challenge opens the registrations for the fifth edition of the hackthon which takes place in several cities in Romania and in other over 200 points on the world map, in the last 9 years. „Take action” is the event’s motto for October 3-4 and the invitation addressed by the organizers to participants from around the globe who will develop solutions to the proposed challenges, correlating NASA data, in a collaborative manner.
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Techcelerator opens applications for fifth batch, with focus on Fintech startups, in partnership with several European and local partners
Romania, Bucharest, September 8th, 2020. Techcelerator opens the applications for its fifth acceleration batch, this time with focus on FinTech startups. The founders can register here by October 1, 2020. Up to 12 selected startups from this specific area of focus for Techcelerator will enter the NEXT FinTech, a mixed online & offline Techcelerator program.
The always-to-consider solution for when you’re asked something you’re not 100% into – friction & commitment
Let’s say someone asks you a favor.
- „Hire me!”
- „Teach me X!”
- „Get me into the masters!”
- „Give me object Y!”.
You want to help, but you would prefer investing in helping someone you know is committed. One possible solution would be to refuse the person – „Look, it’s better for both of us if we don’t do so”. What might an even better solution be?
Taking measures on time
I’m surprised, a lot of times, on some measures taken at the last minute.
One example is with measures that have a clear deadline – „You must submit form X on day Y”. And then, one day or two before day Y, a new law comes, saying „We have postponed the rule with a few days/weeks/months”.
To me, that’s absurd – a lot of people, most likely, want to plan their submission, and not leave everything for the last day. Instead of making them happy, the politicians with power postpone the deadline for the few who, most likely, would have not met the deadline anyway.
It’s like having 10 employees, 5 which work hard, and 5 which don’t, and you give laws to helps those who, anyhow, don’t work that much.
Another example. Recently, the Government promised to give some answers and clarifications prior to starting the school, on September 14th. And when were those clarifications/answers given? Just a week prior to the date. You have all the summer with no activity in the educational system, and then you give a reaction only one week prior to the start of the school.
The thing is, this encourages poor planning. If I see the politicians planning, actually preparing, things for the last minute, this gets done in other circles, who mimic the behavior of politicians.
We have CoVID since March 2020, and in September 2020 we discover we don’t have time to buy tablets for pupils to study on.
„We’ll just wait and see how it goes” is a much poor principle than „Chance favors the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur.
The one solution to the intricate riddle of life
Mary Shelley: „There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.”
If improvement also includes the spiritual part, I 100% agree. What a beautiful quote!
On „Kill Bill”, Vol. 1 (2003), & 2 (2004). What a movie!
I’ve seen Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004), for a few times now, most recently the past week. What a movie!
Știrile lunii august 2020
Mai jos, resursele cele mai importante, pentru mine, din luna august 2020. Pot fi suprapuneri de la o secțiune la alta.
Exxagerated scripts
I recently took part in a class on scriptwriting in which we were told: „Exaggerate emotions! Go wild, make things plain & obvious! Put things in your face! Things should go wild and explode!”.
Recently-er still, I also saw some movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki. And the perspective changed. Sure, you can make things with powerful emotions and lots of action, and explosions, and ka-boom!, but you can also make them soft, and sweet, and kind, and nice, with real-life emotions, which sometimes may be not-as-aggressive as movies tend to portray.
Thus, I’m at peace in making scripts that don’t go over the board with emotions.
I used to think that you need to have a lot of emotions, even exaggerate a bit. Now I know there’s a different possible solution.