After Singapore

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more

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  • The system cheated me, so I cheated the system

    The system cheated me, so I cheated the system

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    Background People invent technologies to help other people. However, it sometimes happen that it puts people into a rat race. Computer programmers create automations, others invented CAPTCHA to prevent automation. Photoshop can manipulate photos, while there are technologies invented to detect manipulated images. OpenAI created ChatGPT, while some people created a program to detect ChatGPT-made…

  • Recording Attendance

    Recording Attendance

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    As a lecturer, one of my responsibilities is to record students’ attendance. At least for me, this data can be used later to determine whether I should give lenience to some of them in special circumstances. COVID-19 changes that definition of “attending”. One can just show up at the beginning of a virtual class then…

  • Yes, I will fix your computer (for $250/hour)

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    We, computer programmers, all have this mantra: “No, I will not fix your computer”. It made sense, because we study hard to solve complicated problems, that is solvable by having a machine works for us. Fixing computers and networks are the job for the IT people. It was engrained to me when I graduated and…

  • 2013 in Review

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    It feels good to write again, after a long time of busy days in year 2013. I write this, to keep the spirit of writing, as well as to, well, keep at least one post per year on this blog. Boy, I really miss those days when I have time to write. May be sometime.…

  • Faith in Humanity Restored, with Public Transport

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    In case you didn’t know, I have spent about a year in Bandung building this website to help people navigate using public transport. In the meantime I also teach at Universitas Katolik Parahyangan. For both reason, I take the local buses, called angkot, to transport me back and forth between my home and office. Interestingly,…

  • Ping? Pong!

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    This post is just to let you know that I am still alive. I have been occupied with a lot of activities for my startup project with my friend Budi; and other small stuffs (relocation, catechism, etc…). Unfortunately that means lower priority to maintain this blog. And as wise men say, a picture worth a…

  • Sayonara Singapore!

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    It has been almost 4 years since I moved to Singapore, and that is not a short period. Shortly I will be leaving this so-called red dot country to start a new journey in Indonesia. There were ups and downs during my stay here, but all gave a wonderful experience. It all started when I…

  • Get lost, in the name of development!

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    If there is the time I don’t like Singapore, it could be this weekend. It happened few days before my last day here, so it could be bias though. However, read on and you judge me. Last Saturday, I went to the library to read a book I was interested at. I went out from…

  • Pascal’s Guide to Everyday Happiness

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    I love Sunday, because it’s a holiday. I love Saturday, because it’s a holiday, too. I love Friday, because it’s the last day before Holiday. I love Thursday, because tomorrow is TGIF (Thank God It’s Friday). I love Wednesday, because I would start to enjoy the days starting from tomorrow. I love Monday and Tuesday,…

  • Travel Marathon Recap

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    That five weeks has been very interesting to me. I’ve flown four different return trips (two were company paid), to five cities in four countries, using five different airlines. At some point I felt like George Clooney in Up in the Air movie. Two of my journeys were recorded in my blog, but I don’t…