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Another advantage of senior community living
何毓琦 2024-5-29 19:47
Recently having living in this senior community for more than 2 years, I came to appreciate another advantage of such place - complete safety for the residents. For seniors living in their own home, whether alone or with their partner, you are completely at the mercy of home invasion and random att ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|494 次阅读|没有评论
The Peter Principle of Management
热度 1 何毓琦 2024-5-8 00:22
The Peter Principle says people are always promoted to the level at which they are incompetent. The logic here is that employee are rewarded for good performance by being promoted to a higher level. For example, a good slaesman becomes a sales manager. However, different levels of management ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|797 次阅读|1 个评论 热度 1
on Fame, fortune and Power
热度 2 何毓琦 2024-5-5 21:57
Fame, Fortune, and Power It can be argued that once basic survival needs have been met all human beings in modern civilization have the selfish urge to achieve one or more of the goals in the title of this article. Among the three I’d also argue that FORTUNE ranks first among equals. Wealth is ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|1014 次阅读|3 个评论 热度 2
Use it or you lose it
热度 1 何毓琦 2024-5-1 01:25
I did my last serious research work in 2009 (age 75 at that time). Since then any technical writing I do are of the broadstorke/explanation kind rather than attempting breakthrough to new frontiers. I spend my time writing blogs to explain ST and life in these united States. Occasionaly I go to ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|1065 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
Discourse vs Discord - Some Random Thoughts
何毓琦 2024-4-29 00:29
In this connected and globalized world, anger and distrust prevail. Instead of civil discourse we end up with discord .Instead of listening without necessarily agreeing, we fight without finding common ground. Reiterating that famous line in the Rodney King incident - Can we just get along? &nb ...
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Winston Churchill said it long ago . . .
何毓琦 2024-3-18 07:56
Two famous Churchill sayings go a long way in my opinion to explain the current political gridlock in the US. If you are a Democrats in the US, you cannot help but bewildered by the solid support of some 40% of the American voters and seemingly 100% domination of the Republican Party by &nbs ...
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You Tube Video
热度 1 何毓琦 2024-3-15 04:59
In retirement, I do watch a lot of TV. Mostly I watch news program, political talk shows, and old movies. The last category brings back memories and nostalgia. However, I seldom watch the You Tube channel unless prompted by other messages or recommendation from friends. However, the other night whi ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|929 次阅读|2 个评论 热度 1
Danger of Chat-GPT and Generative AI
热度 1 何毓琦 2024-3-13 22:14
In one of my earlier blogs, I wrote about my experience with Chat-GPT in which I ask GPT to produce a biography of myself. When I found many untruths in the bio writeup, I questioned the GPT as to where it found these facts. GPT confessed that it made it up . In educational field, when ...
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