Twitter has made people better at English

Twitter has made people better at English for two reasons:
1. Because people are limited to 280 characters per tweet, they are forced to be economical with words. Most especially when Twitter had a 140 character tweet limit, and you could not do multiple linked tweets like you can do today. Because of this word limits, people are forced to be creative and have their idea expressed in just 2 or 3 sentences.

2. Because of 'likes', 'retweets', and 'comments', people have the incentive to say something of value. Something that will make the reader want to spread what they've read to others.

So, Twitter has made people more creative with words in both length and value, and in my opinion, has made people better with English.

Best lesson on Artificial Intelligence

Best lesson on Artificial Intelligence from the Stanford Ph.D. person that began the Neural Net and Artificial Intelligence program at Stanford. He wrote the syllabus. The class was 150 students the first year. It quickly became 700 in later years.

He created that Stanford class around 2009.

Elon Musk calls him the best Neural Net expert in the world. He works at Tesla to make Tesla cars drive themselves. Autonomy. His part, the second part begins at 1:51:46

Google Photos Product Lead and Bump Cofounder David Lieb with Gustaf Alströmer

Y Combinator. Video interview with Google Photos product lead David Lieb Link

Diamonds are created from Coal under pressure

Meaning, one of the most expensive objects is created by dirt under pressure. How does that translate for me?

I have to put myself under a certain level of pressure, for me to create something good and of great value.

So, I do not feel good while learning or working, it is alright. The results will show later on. Delay your gratification for great success and true satisfaction

Chamath Palihapitiya Talking about AI, and brilliantly putting the future of the Tech Business in context - April 23, 2018 | CNBC

Here is the presentation: https://www.sohnconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ChamathPalihapitiya_2018_Presentation.pdf

My Thoughts on The Academy Awards (Oscars) 2019 Wins

Other videos and web page that I referenced in my video:

"Why 'Free Solo' is a Worthy Oscar Winner": https://nonfics.com/free-solo-oscar-winner

"This Is Me", "From Now On", "The Greatest Show" from The Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackman

Bradley Cooper (Best Director for A Star is Born) National Board of Review

Bo Burnham (Best Directorial Debut for Eighth Grade) National Board of Review

"How To Be Confident" by Kayla Day from the movie Eight Grade

How To Be Confident
By Kayla Day from the movie Eight Grade (actually written by Bo Burnham)

One thing a lot of people think about confidence is that you are born with it...either you are confident, or you are not. You know, just like how some people are tall - you're either tall or you're short. But, it's not like that actually.

Confidence is a choice.

The really awesome thing about confidence is that you can just start acting like it, even if you feel like you don't have any. For example, I used to not be confident, at all. But then one day, I'm like, I wanna be confident. So then, I just kinda started acting like it, and then it made me feel good, and then I just actually started being confident without, like, trying.

And like, a big part of confidence is being brave. And you can't be brave, unless you are scared. So, for those of you are being scared about being confident, it's actually a big part go confidence, is to be scared and that's normal. Cos you can't be brave without being scared. So, go out there, and just like be confident. And if you don't feel confident, just do it anyways. Make yourself confident.

My 2019 Oscar Winners Prediction

Best Picture

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book 
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Who Will Win: Roma
My Choice: Black Panther

Best Director
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Adam McKay, Vice

Who Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron

My Choice: Bradley Cooper (who wasn't even damn nominated!)

Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice My choice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book 

Who Will Win: Rami Malek

My Choice: Christian Bale

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 

Who Will Win: I don't know

My Choice: I don't fully care? Sorry.

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book Will Win & My choice
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Who Will Win: Mahershala Ali

My Choice: Mahershala Ali

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina De Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Who Will Win: There were all good

My Choice:

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me? 
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Who Will Win: A Star Is Born

My Choice: A Star Is Born

Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma 
Vice

Who Will Win: Vice

My Choice: Vice or Green Book, I'm good with either

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
Roma: 
Shoplifters

Who Will Win: Roma will 100% win

My Choice: Roma

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Who Will Win: Free Solo

My Choice: Free Solo

Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Who Will Win: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

My Choice: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.

Who Will Win: Haven't seen any of them

My Choice: Haven't seen any of them

Best Original Song
"All The Stars," Black Panther
"I'll Fight," RBG
"The Place Where Lost Things Go," Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow," A Star Is Born  Will definitely win
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings," The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Who Will Win: Shallow

My Choice: Shallow

Best Production Design

Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Who Will Win: The Favourite because its a period piece

My Choice: Black Panther

Best Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma:
A Star Is Born

Who Will Win: Roma

My Choice: Roma

Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther: My choice
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Who Will Win: Black Panther. They better not give The Favorite.

My Choice: Black Panther

Best Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place 
Roma

Who Will Win: A Quiet Place

My Choice: A Quiet Place

Best Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma 
A Star Is Born

Who WIll Win: 

My Choice: Black Panther

Best Animated Short Film
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Who Will Win: Bao will 100% Win

My Choice: Bao

Best Live Action Short Film
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

Who Will Win: Didn't see any

My Choice: Didn't see any

Best Original Score
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Who Will Win: Black Panther: is MY 100% choice

My Choice: Black Panther

Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War: Better win. Did you see Thanos?!
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Who WIll Win: Avengers: Infinity War better win. Did you see Thanos?!

My Choice: Avengers: Infinity War. I swear if you give First Man or Ready Player One, I will lose it!

Best Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book 
Vice

Who Will Win: Vice

My Choice: Vice

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Who Will Win: Vice. Don't give Mary Queen of Scots cos it was just showy.

My Choice: Vice

In Education, we need a class on how to turn Data into Information, Information into Knowledge, and Knowledge into Wisdom

"There needs to be a class, possibly taught every year on what it is to analyze knowledge, information, how to process facts, how to turn data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. Because it is wisdom that you need to invoke when you are a leader" - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tim Ferriss: The Productivity Superpower You Didn't Know You Had | Inc.

How to Raise Smarter Children | Neil deGrasse Tyson

How to Raise Smarter Children | Neil deGrasse Tyson


Proof:

A Near Perfect Monologue: "Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President"

Something to admire and strive toward

Awesome twitter interactions

Three (3) best friend filmmakers each have won Best Director Oscar, and more

These 3 best friends filmmakers have each won Best Directing Oscar Academy Awards. I thought what an amazing and statistically unlikely feat.

Alfonso Cuarón wins Best Director for Roma

Alfonso Cuarón Best Foreign Language Film for Roma

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Best Directing for Birdman

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Best Directing for The Revenant
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Alfonso Cuaron Best Directing for Gravity

Guillermo del Toro Best Directing for The Shape of Water

Here is one of my favorite interviews of them together on the Charlie Rose show Dec 20, 2006. I remember re-watching this video from my apartment in Memphis over and over again back in 2006.
Films: Babel, Children of Men, Pans Labyrinth

In addition, two of them won Best Picture too:

Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

My Top 10 Films of 2018

My Top 10 films of 2018 

1. Black Panther 

2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse 

3. Avengers: Infinity War 

4. Incredibles 2 

5. A Quiet Place
6. Mission Impossible: Fallout
7. Ralph Breaks The Internet 

8. Green Book 

9. Deadpool II
10. Widows
11. A Star is Born

Others
12. Smallfoot, was good fun and had a good message but not preachy.
13. Blockers, was the funniest movie of the year
14. Game Night, was also very funny and well done.

TV Shows
Because I did not want to commit to entire seasons of shows, I only watched a few
1. Barry was a revelation for Bill Hader 

2. Atlanta was so multi-dimensional

One of the best explanations of Artificial Intelligence AI capabilities I've seen @ TED

Best Roundtable Ever: Big Hero 6, The Lego Movie & More: The Full Animation Roundtable