Zmei Trei

Vino sa fugim ca sa nu mai stim

Toate care-au fost fara nici un rost...

Vino sa dansam, vino sa uitam,

Pana-n zori de zi, pana n-om mai sti...

[Rica din Obor, Zmei Trei]

20+ vs 30+

This made me laugh :-)
This is a before and after something. I thought that before and after 30s makes sense.

Research paper introduction

The introduction of a (computer science) research paper should answer the following questions:

• What is the problem
• Why is it important
• Why is it hard
• Why hasn't it been solved already
• What is our solution

[according to Jennifer Widom]

Search inside yourself

"There is an old Chinese Zen saying: "The small [meditation] retreat is in the wilderness, the medium retreat is in the city, and the great retreat is in the emperor’s court." Like most Zen sayings, this one is both absurd and true. All the emotional skills you learn are useless if they cannot be applied in the real world, including a setting as seductive and dangerous as the emperor’s court. Conversely, the real world is the best place to sharpen your emotional skills.

The real world is both your dojo and your zendo, from which you will get your mojo. Yo?"

[Search inside yourself, by Chade-Meng Tan]

life simple

“Many years ago I had a martial arts master from Korea. It was just like in the movies—he’d make me do crazy things like carry buckets of water up flights of stairs. He was very unaccepting of apathy. I was young at the time, so when he’d asked me a question, I’d often answer by shrugging, or saying ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I guess.’ Then one day, he told me: ‘You never give me straight answer. Your life is too complicate. I make simple for you. Do you want to be weak or strong?’
I said, ‘Strong.’
‘Do you want to be slow or fast?’
‘Fast.’
‘Do you want to be smart or stupid?’
‘Smart.’
‘Do you want to be alive or dead?’
‘Alive.’
‘You shrug one more time, you’ll want to be dead.’”

[from here]