Compartmentalization

Compartmentalization

Why are so many seemingly intelligent, rational people caught in the grip of the irrational beliefs of religion? Law, engineering, chemistry, mathematics... fields that require a great deal of thinking, seem to be no guarantee of rational thinking.

The root of Compartmentalization, I believe, is the fear of death, and the inability to conceive of their own non-existence. People are so afraid of dying, of leaving everything they know and love, that they are willing to believe a lie, a fairy-tale, in order to comfort themselves.

Stevey's Blog Rants

Business Requirements are Bullshit

You can look at any phenomenally successful company, and it's pretty obvious that their success was founded on building on something they personally wanted. The extent that any company begins to deviate from this course is the extent to which their ship starts taking on water.

And the key leading indicator that they're getting ready to head off course? You guessed it: it's when they start talking about gathering business requirements.

Because, dude, face it: if it's something you want, then you already know what the requirements are. You don't need to "gather" them. You think about it all the time. You can list the requirements from memory. And usually it's pretty simple.

Done and get things smart:

You want someone who's superhumanly godlike. Someone who can teach you a bunch of stuff. Someone you admire and wish you could emulate, not someone who you think will admire and emulate you.

They're your seed engineers: the ones who will make or break your company with both their initial technical output and the engineering-culture decisions they put into place — decisions that will largely determine how the company works for the next twenty years.

Success & Motivation

Success & Motivation:

Most people won’t put in the time to get a knowledge advantage. Sure, there were folks that worked hard at picking up every bit of information that they could, but we were few and far between. To this day, I feel like if I put in enough time consuming all the information available, particularly with the net making it so readily available, I can get an advantage in any technology business.

Always ask yourself how someone could preempt your products or service. How can they put you out of business? Is it price? Is it service? Is it ease of use? No product is perfect and if there are good competitors in your market, they will figure out how to abuse you. It’s always better if you are honest with yourself and anticipate where the problems will come from.

The point of all this is that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and either should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because…

All that matters in business is that you get it right once.

Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

mp3: Shirley Bassey - If you go away

Kamikaze

When death came before dishonour:

One of the most tragic tales in Mr Axell's book is that of Lieutenant Hajime Fujii who, in December 1944, was turned down for a kamikaze mission because he was a family man. A few days later he returned home and found a note from his wife Fumiko. She had drowned herself and her two children, one-year-old Chieko and Kazuko, four, in the Arakawa river to free her husband for his mission. Five months later he flew to his death off Okinawa. The Japanese Government was so shocked by this incident they prohibited its publication until the war was over.

The soldier who wouldn't quit:

As Onoda was departing to begin his mission, his division commander told him, "You are absolutely forbidden to die by your own hand. It may take three years, it may take five, but whatever happens, we'll come back for you. Until then, so long as you have one soldier, you are to continue to lead him. You may have to live on coconuts. If that's the case, live on coconuts! Under no circumstances are you to give up your life voluntarily." It turns out that Onoda was exceptionally good at following orders, and it would be 29 years before he finally laid down his arms and surrendered.

mp3: Nine Inch Nails - Just like you imagined

Gel de org alma!

Youtube'da milletin müzik videolarına bakıp ağzın sulanmaması mümkün değil. Özellikle Ronald Jenkees kardeşimizin eserlerini beğendim. İki örnek YouTube videosu aşağıda:

Simulink

Simulink'i dededen kalma yöntemlerle kullanmak yerine hayatınızı kolaylaştırmak istiyorsanız Seth on Simulink blogunu takip ediniz.

Simulink videolarının hepsini izleyiniz, benim özellikle ilgimi parameter estimation çekti, denemeli.

Bu arada Simulink'teki Simscape içerisinde elektrik elemanlarının (direnç, kapasitör vs.) modellenebildiğini keşfettim ve hepimizin lisede tanıyıp sevdiği (!) RLC devresini oluşturdum, akımın zamana göre değişimini çizdirdim:


Olası kullanım alanı: ÖSS fiziğin elektrik sorularını çözmede, farklı alternatifleri değerlendirme kullanılabilir. Ya da hobi olarak elektrikle uğraşıyorsanız evin sigortasını attırmadan önce Simulink ile tasarlarsınız. Ha, Simulink öyle SketchUp gibi bedava değil, bir kaç bin dolarcık.

mp3: Michael Oldfield - Sentinel

Sketchyphysics ile mekanizma

Sonunda SketchyPhysics ile ilk çalışır demomu yaptım. Tabi bir makina mühendisi olarak en sevdiğimiz mekanizma olan slider-crank'ı modelledim. Kısa video aşağıda.



Nasıl yapıldığına dair fikir için bkz. YouTube'daki piston örneği

Bunu niye mi yaptım? Çünkü mekanizmaları/akıllı tasarımları severim. Ayrıca bkz. Hayatın Anlamı.

Çok yakında (inşallah):

* Garaj kapısı mekanizması
* Dolap kapağı mekanizması

mp3: Foo Fighters - The Pretender

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays
You're the pretender
What if I say that I'll never surrender?

So who are you?