The most important criteria in a relationship

Adam Y Zhang - Love and Hate Relationship

To me, the most important criteria in a relationship are:

Humor – it’s an ability to go past some things, to feel good, to allow expression, and, to some degree, although not necessarily true, show vulnerability.

Vulnerability – this is so important, that it gets its own point. You need to allow yourself to fail, to some degree.

Trust – very nice to have. If you don’t have this, you don’t have much.

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Titi Aur, rally pilot, Armand Domuță – Restart Energy One CEO, Diana Oncioiu, reporter, independent journalist, Paula Rusu, journalist and blogger, are coming to Fuckup Nights Bucharest to discuss failure, how they have overcome it and what they have learned from it Fuckup Nights Bucharest, chapter 13, is making a physical comeback, at CoOperativa Bar

Titi Aur, rally pilot, Armand Domuță - Restart Energy One CEO, Diana Oncioiu, reporter, independent journalist, Paula Rusu, journalist and blogger, are coming to Fuckup Nights Bucharest to discuss failure, how they have overcome it and what they have learned from it Fuckup Nights Bucharest, chapter 13, is making a physical comeback, at CoOperativa Bar

Bucharest, 27th April, 2022: Titi Aur – rally pilot, Armand Domuță – CEO Restart Energy One, Diana Oncioiu – reporter, Paula Rusu – journalist and blogger are talking about career challenges at the Fuckup Nights Bucharest, chapter 13.

The event will take place on Thursday, May 19th, at CoOperativa Bar (86 Icoanei 86 Str.). Purchase the tickets here or here.

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Struggle

Hari K Patibanda - A Pair of Wood Sandpipers fighting for the perch

Sometimes, I look at my life and others and notice there’s a huge struggle to do good.

Everyone, in their own way, wants to do good – both personally, and professionally.

And the struggle to do so is big.

We all have a brain and a body, putting them to good use is not that easy, though.

The solution – keep trying, even if, at times, you’ll fail.

The struggle is real, and it can bring good results.

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Framing the debate

Cultura UCSC - Debates Interescolares UCSC

A child’s right to eat is not equal to a meal plan for all children in school.

You can have a speech: „We don’t know why we are debating the right to eat a proper meal for all children, even poor ones”.

Well, that’s not what we’re debating, we’re debating the meals for all the kids at lunch at school.

The two things are not the same.

See, if you say „Poor children deserve to be well fed”, that’s a subject, but if you say „All the children need to be fed at school”, that’s a different topic.

For the first scenario, there are some specific solutions (like just some kids to eat at school, or giving money only to the poor children), for the second scenario, there are other solutions (food in school for all of the children).

Framing the question correctly is highly important.

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How to do weather forecast?

Follow-up: Frumusețea vremii celei rele (2019.01.26, București - zone centrale)

I watch, from time to time, what’s on the Romanian weather forecast on TV.

Some observations:

  • Lots of emphasis on Europe – what’s the weather in France for the next 24 hours? But they only show a map of Europe, and, of course, it’s got little details. If you show „Sun” in France for the next 24 hours, there might be some differences that you didn’t catch.
  • For Europe – I would appreciate both a more detailed look and, also, a longer timeframe.
  • When they present Romania, again, there’s little shown – just a few counties, not all of Romania.
  • Again, the weather forecast for 10 days? You’ll likely not see it.
  • Sometimes the presenter stays on the screen in such a way that they’re obscuring the view.
  • I’m not sure what the role of the presenter would be. If they would just show a map of Europe, with evolution for 10 days, then a detailed map of Romania, with evolution for 10 days, then I wouldn’t need the presenter.
  • Whenever I want to find the weather, I go to the Internet and find it a much more reliable source than watching TV at so-and-so-hours. TV is more entertaining, but for speed, usefulness, and ability to understand the broad image – online is much better.

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