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The AI update a glimpse into the future

A good example is how AI is affecting our daily lives every minute. Those at the forefront of highly specialised jobs have found out that the more junior, repetitive roles can be done by AI. As part of my job as a senior software developer, I need to review code, refine it, and develop complex algorithms. You will notice that some of the simpler, easier tasks can be done by AI. This has been happening for years. Automated code generation in Microsoft Excel has been available for more than 10 years, and most of us have used it to generate baseline code for various features. Then we just refine and make alterations to make it more optimised, specific and refined. Now, a large part of the world has left Microsoft Excel behind and is using Google Sheets with C#, but that did serve as a baseline. The AI can help convert code from Excel/VBA to Google Sheets/C#. It offers greater security, can be used more extensively, and will always have the latest version of the document. Hence, the probl...
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The art of having a good maintainence culture - A good swimming pool

Since I was a young boy, I've always loved early morning exercise. I have always loved the morning jog because of the rush of endorphins flowing through my bloodstream. It stimulates your brain and gives a sense of well-being. I love swimming so much that whenever I travel, whether in Nigeria or the UK, I always want to find a swimming pool where I can swim to my heart's desire.  Since a swimming pool consists of many parts and needs specialist expertise for maintenance, it could be very expensive. On the surface, it looks just like an ordinary body of water. But it's much more complex than that. The water has to be clean, which means a good, reliable, constant source of clean water; it has to be pumped, filtered, chlorinated, and replenished, which means reliable electricity and good plumbing services. Hence, few places in the developing world can meet all these criteria. Then there are the complexities of water chlorination and temperature regulation, which are sciences i...
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The art of getting a good story - My headaches.

From my early teenage years, I have been suffering from migraine headaches. I can recall it as far back as my second year of secondary school. Now, I know it was related to stress and the things I was going through then. At that time, the headaches were so severe and frequent that I would be in so much pain that I would be admitted to the hospital on some occasions. I remember my parents sleeping outside my hospital ward, and my brothers and cousins following me to the hospital. But not surprisingly, because of the frequency of the headaches, they decided to do further investigations. Still, from the limited tests they did, for one reason or another, they could never pick up that it was not malaria, and I was suffering from migraine headaches. Throughout the time I was in secondary school, the symptomatology (the study of what a patient complains of in various diseases) of the headaches was such that they would start with an aura (a sensation or feeling before an attack of epilepsy or...
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The very British Coup

Remember, remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament Three score barrels of powder below Poor old England to overthrow By God's providence, he was catch'd With a dark lantern and burning match Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring Holler boys, holler boys God save the King! The year is 1605, and Guy Fawkes (Guido Fawkes) was caught with a large amount of gunpowder below the House of Parliament. The plan was to blow up the Parliament with the Protestant King inside during the opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 5 November 1605, and restore a new Catholic leader. The background of this was religion; after the Reformation, King Henry VIII took complete control of the church from Rome between 1532 and 1540. He destroyed all the shrines to saints, labelling them as idolatry, and he closed all the monasteries and transf...
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Chess the beautiful game

    I have just finished watching an exciting television series that came out last year. It is on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime. It is about the game known as "the battle of the minds" between the greatest Chess champion,  Garry Kasparov  and the IBM supercomputer,  Deep Blue , in 1997. However, much has been said and written about this "battle of the minds". However, this particular television series examines it from a different perspective, focusing more on the emotional and psychological aspects, as well as its impact on the main characters. I relate to this series because I have worked as a psychiatrist and software developer. Some characters are fictionalised to produce a better story, as the main narrative focuses on the psychological and emotional effects that Deep Blue had, especially on Kasparov. It begins with a disclaimer stating that some aspects of what you might be watching may be inaccurate, but at least it is "based" on actual even...
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Tracing the American Black culture

This is a fascinating book that presents a different perspective on the generally accepted narrative. Thomas Sowell appears to have done his homework, and the extent of his work supports this conclusion. He has spoken on several topics and presents a conservative viewpoint. Thomas Sowell said in the preface of the book that "the purpose of this book is to expose some of the more blatant misconceptions poisoning race relations in our time". He believes that too much has been assumed and too little has been scrutinised. He is something that is not so common in the United States of America: a Black academic conservative, as most academicians are liberal, and a majority of the Black population in the US are Democrats.    Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, and author, born on 30 June 1930, in North Carolina. Raised in Harlem, he served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War before earning degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chica...
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