Monday, November 17, 2014

The stuff that I tried learn...

Spatial Econometrics
* Spatial Lag Regression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiaQWSEf8AE

What do you need to be a Data Scientist
http://blog.udacity.com/2014/11/data-science-job-skills.html

Huxley Vs Orwell
biblioklept.org/2013/06/08/huxley-vs-orwell-the-webcomic-2

Found a Cover of of one of my favorite songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZDFQ3oYbg

This Amazing Blog
http://pballew.blogspot.com/2014/11/on-this-day-in-math-november-14.html

For some reason this song came to my mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3b6cWjBA4

Discovered a System's Programming language:
http://doc.rust-lang.org/guide.html

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Memoirs of an adult aspie

Tuesday November 4th, NY
I did not vote, or better say, I did not registered to vote to be able to vote. I did not even tried. Next time, I told my self, next time.

Where I grew up, there was a running joke: when you do not come to work on Monday, you had a blast on Sunday. Sometimes I think about how "I do no like to get sick on Mondays" because of that. 
Returning to work on a Tuesday, was not my favorite thing in the world. I feel walking into a place where everyone one thinks I partied too much the day before, which I found hilariously funny, the fact that it may be true one day. But not this time. I was really sick, seasonal cold was making my immune system work extra hours over the weekend. Being a person who tends to forgets that everyone is mentally tuned to different things, and the things I particularly found funny, may not be funny to everyone for a reason x or y. I do not know why I made "the joke".

-Haha, I am the only person who laughs. 

I am not even sure If the joke came out right. I am not sure it has ever been funny. Specially when the joke requires back references, that I assume everyone has or I don't know how to explain. 
The word Friday came out in the conversation. I continue rambling about Fridays and long weekends, and how I've taken sick days to make a long weekend. A friend starts explaining how he sometimes has to take sick days to take care of his sick kids. 
"On the bright side, you do not get sick very often". - I said. 
"The problem is that I do get sick", he replied. 
My best answer: "Well, that sucks".
My comment turned an action from a great father, into a reminder of how uncomfortable  the situation was. 

What can I say? say something better. Quick! No one said anything, as if the conversation clock was timing out to silence. sigh. It happened again.
It happens with frequency, I just don't know how to reply back. It is like an paradox state. Should I wait? Should I said something? How would I explain what I mean without saying something that could make it worst? In the end, it is like falling into a programming loop waiting for an exception to catch an error and get out of the condition.

I will do better next time. 
:-)

Notes for the maintainer: 

* Being funny is difficult sometimes. 
* Spoken words usually are taken on the worst possible interpretation. No matter how good your intention is, if the words did not come out right, the intention will not come out right.
* Voting systems are mathematically complex.