Indian Epics Blog

image source "This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down." - Gollum Time, that inescapable universal truth that follows us all. The best we can do is shake her off momentarily, but she will always linger close behind, at times her crushing weight like the boulder of Sisyphus. Try as we might to get ahead, our attempts are futile. No matter how strong our discipline, hers is stronger.  Okay, that might be a little pessimistic. Of course, there are ways that we can minimize time-wastage. Some of the tenets of time management that I follow are list-making and SMART goals. The two go hand-in-hand. By breaking a smaller task down into its components and sub-components (specificity and attainability), you can maximize the number of boxes checked off, and consequentially, the amount of dopamine released.  My current issu...

Is this the future?  image source Howdy again everyone, NitroDubbz here. For today's blog I chose a picture of a robot because today's post is about the frightening world of technology. As we approach the artificial intelligence singularity, many are finding themselves drawn towards the neo-luddite ideology, which shuns technological advancement and calls for mankind to halt our advance into the future before we open some sort of Pandora's box and we are unable to turn back. One example of technological damnation is Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" which chronicles the trials and tribulations of the last four humans on Earth as they are eternally tortured in the bowels of a sentient, globe-spanning supercomputer known as "A.M." a play on Descartes' phrase "Cogito, ergo sum" or "I think, therefore I am" On the lighter side, however, technology can be used as a tool for good. In this cl...

image source Howdy everyone, NitroDubbz again. Wow, Arnold sure does look happy with that cigar of his. A really fine example that it's the simple things in life that bring us joy. Speaking of joy, I think the assignment type that will bring me the most joy will be the story-telling assignments. I like creative writing so I think it will be a lot of fun.  Wikipedia trails sounds interesting and unique as well, I pretty much do the same thing already in my free time, just without being graded, so that should be a blast.  That's all for today loyal readers. Until next time, this has been NitroDubbz.

Did somebody say Cajun?  image source Hello again, denizens of the internet. Today I will be talking about the growth mindset. I have never heard of Carol Dweck before this, but I did hear about the Angela Duckworth "grit" research through my mom I think. Personally, I can't stand TED talks but she's always sending me them so that's how I heard about the "grit" study which is pretty similar, just about having perseverance really.  Unfortunately, I don't really apply this to my schoolwork, I just study as much as I can to get the grade because that's what goes on my resume and transcript. It's not like I really want to be a master of Fourier transforms or Butterworth filters, I just want to get an "A". But outside of school I apply this mindset unconsciously. Let me give an example.  A long time ago (like 8 years ago) I went to this Cajun restaurant with my dad and I ordered chicken and sausage gumbo, never having anyt...

image source Hello everyone. I am Nitrodubbz, the computer engineering student. You may know me from my other blog posts, such as: "my favorite place". The coolest thing about my major is how it makes companies want to hire me. Ideally if one of these companies wanted to pay me in exchange for my brainpower and hours of my life, I would just invest almost all of my income into real-estate and collect rent to supplement my income. Hopefully I move somewhere where housing is cheap, and the Federal Reserve's interest rates stay low.  I guess I'll talk about books now. I recently re-read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It is a pretty good book. The book is absurdist, filled with contradictions now known as Catch-22's, a term coined by the novel. These contradictions exist within the well-defined rules and command structure of the USAAF, the predecessor to the Air Force of today. The point being to highlight the weaknesses of a rigid military system, and to contr...

Today I decided to look at some stories and I will be sharing with you my favorites. https://sites.google.com/view/sponge-stories/home The first one I decided to look at was a Spongebob-themed storybook. I chose it because I like Spongebob, but also because the episodic nature of the show allows for more diverse story-telling in my opinion, because the writers aren't wasting precious time and energy trying to keep continuity, meaning they can focus on each episode in a vacuum. A lot of plots are derived from myths and classic literature. For example, episode 8b, "Squeaky Boots" parodies Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart". So it doesn't feel out of place that this storybook bases each story on myths and fables. However, none of that was made obvious in the introduction, which was just Spongebob talking about how awesome his life is. I guess the first-person view was interesting but overall I don't think it gave much information...

My favorite place is my home, because it has everything I need and it's where I live. I spend a majority of my time there. So beautiful (source)