Episodes
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Games Industry Is Rough Consider Manual Labor
We discuss what the work is like in the gaming industry. Oskar talks about the benefits of working a manual food delivery job and how that adds to his mental health.
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So, What Has Been Up? Two Years Post Uni and Other Memories
Reflecting on what's been going on in our lives lately. Mainly a touch base about university and how we got into computing, etc.
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Joining the Big Corporate Life as a Software Engineer
In this episode Marius shares what the corporate life is like for a newly hired software engineer at a big corporation. Thoughts about life, the meaning of it, and advice for future graduates.
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Does Size Matter w/ Aylin Ibryamov
Talking about mobile phone screen sizes with Aylin. His research for the honours project involved testing reaction times of users using a single hand to pop bubbles on a mobile device.
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Did The NFT Bubble Just Burst?
"The NFT market has imploded over the past month, with sales in every single category almost entirely drying up." The mentioned in the podcast article: https://protos.com/nft-market-bubble-popped-crypto-collectibles-are-over/
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Detecting Boulders on Lunar Surfaces Using AI w/ Yaseen Lahmami
Landing a spacecraft on a planet's surface is quite a challenge. Yaseen was working on a system to detect boulders on lunar surfaces in an attempt to assist simulations and researchers working on this landing task. Presentation video: https://youtu.be/TCBJ8YUlME4 Project:...
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Keeping the Elderly Secure Online w/ Melvin Abraham
Pretty much everyone who uses the internet these days are exposed to some sort of an authentication system. Meaning they most likely have an account. By the current definition it means they must have created a password at some point too. Older adults having difficulty adapting to the rapidly...
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Microservices & Expectations About University w/ Dumitru Vulpe
Final year university project involving microservices and other goodies explained by Dumitru. We also chat about expectations and disappointments regarding university experience and the whole education system. Find out more: https://www.dumitruvulpe.com/
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The Importance of a Good Plan
Projects are over it is time to reflect on what was learned along the way. One of the main takeaways is that a plan is really important. Can you plan out life as well?
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Leaving University & The Sense of Community
Graduating university in these weird times. Feeling the sense of community. And having an early midlife crisis.
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The Overpowering Nature of the Environment
The environment is more powerful than you. We talk about Conway's Game of Life, simple rules governing our lives and the existence itself. Is the universe just a part of the puzzle? Bacteria, then humans, then planets.. But what comes next?
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Crazy Diets, Nutrition & Productivity
Does eating influence your mood and productivity. Some crazy high calorie diets and the kcal vs cal misconception.
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It's Time to Talk About Time
Today we have a chat about time and the illusions and paradoxes caused by time.
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Structure, Logic & Emotions
A chat about imposing limits and introducing mandatory requirements for academic articles. We also talk about logic, emotions and computer science. Why is it hard for us to empathize with people who are facing a problem. And why do we revert to suggesting solutions rather than just listening and...
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Timelessness & The GTA Special
Today we are joined by our friend Laura to talk about Grand Theft Auto games. A really chill conversation with a guest speaker.
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Gen Z & Absurdism
Today we talk about the generations. Baby boomers, generation x, generation y (millennials), gen z, iGen, etc. Even the generation alpha which is not yet fully integrated into society. We also talk about absurdism and Albert Camus.
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Two Apes Discuss Food and Takeout
Today we chat a bit about the psychology of addiction, starting a new diet and takeout.
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Could Dogs Speak Human Language
If you gave a dog a brain the size of a human brain could the dog learn all the things that a human can. If you learn something new do you forget something old?
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How to Wake up Excited & Challenge Yourself
Marius has found a new exciting thing! Daily short videos. Those can be found on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/mariusurbelis. What does it take to wake up excited? And how to challenge yourself? We talk a bit about the recent Google Hash Code 2021 and more.
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Full Time Employment vs Roaming Free
This episode is us thinking whether getting employed full time is worth it. How else would one sustain self? And Marius gets a job!
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Usefulness & How to Figure Out Your Purpose
Work to live, not live to work. Figuring out how you may contribute to the society might be difficult. However, understanding what usefulness means might help you fit yourself in.
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How Do We Call This?
Let nature take its course. What happens, happens.
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Diamond Hands! Apes Together Strong!
If you thought nothing could top the year 2020.. Think again.. What is going on with WallStreetBets, GameStop, AMC and how does that relate to the apes and degenerates? It's all that Reddit vs hedge funds thing. This episode gives a quick summary and highlights our opinions. DISCLAIMER: We are by...
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New Strand Is Here. Lockdowns Continue. The End Is Near!?
Today's podcast is a chill one. Some speculations about AI and why people are not following the restrictions. How long will this COVID pandemic last? Is there anything that the government could have done better? Are we going to have to learn to live with it? Is is the apocalypse all the games and...
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Don't Spread Yourself Too Thin
In this world we have choices. A lot of them. However, sometimes the environment decides our fate.
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Impulsive Decisions & Uncertainty of Creativity
Impulsive decisions lead to great experiences. However, not always. We talk about Albert Einstein and creativity. Does conforming and paying attention to your surroundings or related research kill creativity? Your ideas aren't really yours, are they?
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Take a Breather and Don't Overpromise to Yourself | New Year Edition
Happy new year! However, don't rush to make new year's resolutions just yet. Don't overpromise. Especially to yourself. We chat about gifting and what type of gifts are best. We look at the "New Year, New Me" concept. And chat about what we both plan to achieve over 2021. Don't forget to keep it...
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Reflecting on the Year 2020 | Christmas Special
This year has been a mess, this episode is one too. However, the year is over and we are glad. Here is to what's to come. We try to reflect on the main themes of our year and other things. Stay safe, everyone!
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Is There a Better Way?
What is the goal you are trying to achieve? Is there a better, a more optimized way of doing that? Maybe it is not worth the effort? Or maybe it is possible to put less effort into it but still get ~100% of the outcome. We also talked about business travel, COVID impact on mental health and more.
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The Potential and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence (GPT-3)
Here are our two cents on what are some pitfalls and what the future possibly holds for Artificial Intelligence. We mostly chat about GPT-3 and it's uses.
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Mental Models, Evolution & Impact of an Individual
We talk about mental models. Marius has a revelation about how mental models relate to machine learning models and AI. Some existentialism where we try to think what impact is and how can we make an impact on the world. Quoting Elon Musk: "It doesn't have to change the world. ", "Even if it's…
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Deferring a Year of University & Making Bad Decisions
What led Oskar to a decision to defer the last year of university? More about dharma, some stock trading mishaps and how your past choices and experiences dictate your future.
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The Key to Unlocking Infinite Creativity
The main questions answered: What does creativity mean? Where does creativity come from? Where does creativity go? How does one capture a spike of creativity?
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We Choose What's Familiar
We talk about which loads we perform better under. We ask a question if Oskar is more of a scatterbrained person or deep, focused tasks work better for him. Why did he choose to participate in football again? Was it because of his free will? Or was his decision impacted by something like his...
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Episode 42 - the Meaning of Life Special
In this special longer episode we talk about mood swings, dharma, meaning, the purpose of an old man shoveling snow and other things like creativeness and deep work.
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We All Think the Same
Are humans just data processing machines? What is the impact of coursework on our willingness to do things on our free time? Why did we miss an episode? These questions and more answered on episode 41.
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Crunch Time!
It is that time of the project when we are having to work harder than usual. It affects our conversation too, we are visibly tired. But join us for a chat anyway.
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Collective Consciousness & Tiring Work
This week we have been presented with quite a significant project and are now supposed find our rhythm in developing a software solution for a company. It was a tiring week. We share our thoughts on how it went and why.
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Growing as a Person and What Is Emotion
This time we are coming to you from the studio! We have a chat about what we think growing as a person means. We also discuss some topics about the hot and the cold states and look into emotion and what that might be.
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Internet Detox and the Search for Truth
This time we are in a studio! Oskar shares his experiences of internet detor and we also chat about the search for truth. We are also experiencing slight technical issues with audio.
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What If You Had No Internet
Temptations and distractions can be limited. In this modern internet era it is very easy to access online content or order food delivery. What does it take to stay productive?
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We Are All Confused
In this episode we have a discussion on why people are confused. We have engineered the systems around ourselves to be confused. That's why. Life became way more confusing in comparison to the days of the hunters and gatherers. In turn people are now trying to avoid confusion and are looking for...
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Work Life Balance & Personal Finance
This week we have Angela join us from Toronto to chat about the importance of correctly managing your personal finances and starting to do that from a young age.
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Did We Evolve to Be Distracted?
In this episode we are talking about the definition of distraction. Why a schedule is important? And that you cannot be distracted if you do not have anything to be distracted from.
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Diversifying Your Commitments
This week we have a brief discussion on the importance of diversifying one's commitments. Does focusing on one single thing yield any real benefits? Or is having a safety net the right thing to do? Should you put all of your eggs in one basket? Or is Plan B simply a distraction from Plan A?...
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Is Online Presence Important for Modern Day Writers?
This week we have Laura on to tell us about linguistics and English literature. We talk about the importance of reading books and how 18th/19th century literature is different. We also explore topics like books only written for monetary gains and how important online presence is for modern day...
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Keep a Cool Head and What Is the Hot State
This time we have Oskar submerged in cold water! The effects of which are becoming more and more apparent with time. However, there are positives to taking cold showers and/or baths.
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Joe Rogan Was Right About Gaming
This time we provide our take on the controversial Joe Rogan clip about gaming addiction. We share our stories and think about what the future may hold for the esports and gaming industry. It is important to pursue your dreams and not let others tell you what is important to you.
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Hacking Performance With Exercise
This week we have a chat with Dumitru about his inspiring exercising journey. We learn how exercising can help you during hardships and how it can boost your performance in other life areas.
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Answering the "Why?" Is Important
In this episode we discuss the future of the podcast and try to answer the "Why?". Is sharing important or does saying too much make you look ignorant.
About this show
Welcome to a podcast about self-improvement and self-knowledge. Sharing opinions and insights, however, staying open-minded and open for a discussion.The podcast is hosted by Marius Urbelis.
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