MARS: Inside SpaceX. A 2018 National Geographic Documentary

Michelle Obama's story of trying to get outside of White House similar from President from Scandal doing same

How Michelle Obama talks about leaving the white house, reminded me of this clip from Scandal where the President negotiates with his secret service on leaving the white house

Whatsapp founder Jan Koum talks about their Journey at Stanford

Reading vs. Watching

I have always wondered by people read books instead of watching an equivalent lesson online/youtube. I have realized that this is because in books, we can erase and re-write/ re-type. But with videos, people are forced to think on the spot and may say things that they do not mean or would not want to take back.

So I am practicing reading more. I still like watching video versions.

Watch YouTube Videos without the Ads

Do you watch a lot of YouTube on mobile but tired of all the annoying ads?

Download NewPipe and get the videos. It even has features to download both video and audio versions. Exactly what I need to get the videos on the go. You're welcome world.

Apple’s Secret iPhone Launch Team: The Event That Began It All

How To Play a Video Along With an External Audio Track Using VLC Player

How To Play a Video Along With an External Audio Track Using VLC Player


Let's say you have some video files and also have an audio track or music track, and you want to play both together using the same player, how can you do that?

1. Open VLC Player

2. "File" > "Advanced Open File..."
 
3. Under the "File" tab, put your main movie into the first spot

4. Put the audio file into the second spot called "Play another media synchronously"

5. Click "Open"


There, in 5 easy steps, now you can play a movie with an audio track simultaneously and synchronously.

By: @folarin, @folarino

This Prolific Artisan Makes Movie Props out of Paper That You Think Are just Real

Not to make light of the Kavanaugh hearing as I was very emotionally affected for the women shouting in the background, and the impassioned senators..."Mr. Chairman"


But it did remind me of this early IMF hearing in Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

Caught in Providence: The Breakfast Verdict

Watched this on a Sunday Morning and it was beautiful to watch

“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Lagos” won 2 Emmys

So at the Creative Arts Emmys: “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” — “Lagos” won 2 Emmys. 1. Outstanding Picture Editing (non-fiction) 2. Outstanding Sound Mixing (non-fiction) The show also won: Outstanding Informational Series or Special Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming


It's sad Anthony Bourdain is no longer with us...shout out to Lagos. Read what he wrote (with videos) in this quick read:
https://explorepartsunknown.com/destination/lagos/

The people that make movie trailers

I love the line that movie trailers are the only kinds of advertisement that people love to watch and actually actively seek out

My simple equation on exercise using simple economics

I want to give a simple equation on exercise using simple economics.

In economics, if you want to sell a product. You can either price it high or low.
In a perfect world, if you price high, you'll get a small number of buyers. If you price lower, you get a higher number of buyers.

Revenue = price * quantity

So if you want an exclusive spa, price higher, a smaller number of customers. If you want an affordable spa, price lower, more customers. In a perfect world, you end up with the same revenue - this is my point of this equation.

In exercise, the similar equation that I invented is

Body exercise = quality * time

If you run, the quality is high, but you would run a shorter distance in less time.
If you speed walk, quality is lower, but you can walk for miles for a longer time.

In a perfect world, you would do the same level of exercise.

Apple is now the world's first trillion-dollar company

Read this article for Apple's road to $1 trillion: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-trillion-stock-market-valuation-1.4771428

Apple’s Secret iPhone Launch Team: How They Made the iPhone that changed it all

Apple’s Secret iPhone Launch Team: The Event That Began It All

Simon Sinek - Leaders don't even know what game they are in

The Thai cave rescue - best graphic (Holographic 3D) and description

We Used To have Boredom

"We Used To have Boredom. And boredom, for lack of a better word, is good"

The Best Movies Trailers

These trailers are so memorable to me. I love listening over and over again. Most are musical with the score timed well with editing. They all tell a good story. Some tell what seems like a complete story without giving away the plot (Force Awakens). I usually get a kick of inspiration when listening.

Elon Musk says when automation takes over most jobs we will need a Universal Basic Income...I agree and I go further

Elon Musk says when our society becomes very automated...When we make and allow robots and good artificial intelligence to do our menial labor for us (drive cars, do laundry, do dishes, make reservations in restaurants), and even do most of our 9-5 jobs, this would be good.

Elon Musk predicts that we would need a Universal Basic Income (UBI) because we would not have to do 9-5 anymore, but since our society will still likely be governed by money, we would need that UBI. Here's where I take it a bit further. That Universal Basic Income, sounds like some kind of welfare that the government is helping us with, I don't like the sound of that.

I see it as, humanity has worked very very hard in getting us to this point that it should just be called Universal Income - A good and substantial amount each month that will be more than enough to have a very good living.

Elon says there would be a downside. That it would be difficult for people to find meaning. A lot of us derive meaning or fulfillment from our jobs. The fact that we serve others and our community through our work give us a sense of duty and fulfillment at the end of the day.

He says that when most work become automated, how will we find meaning?

This is a very good point and I commend Elon for his insight, foresight, and wisdom here.

Now, let me comment on that:
Because of two factors:
1. People are incredibly resilient.
2. New technology does not just appear immediately...

New tech arrives gradually, we generally see it coming, it announces itself before it shows up. We as people would begin to adjust our lifestyle to this new world trend of almost complete automation. Then we would look for and find meaning in lots of different things. I do not think Elon needs to worry about that.

For example, Automation will not solve the human problem - that two people living in a house would eventually find conflict, that would need to be solved. There's enough meaning to be found in solving disagreements, conflict and imperfections in people relations. And that's just one example that AI cannot for the foreseeable future solve.