Paraprosdokians are funny and unexpected. Creativity is the hidden ingredient in the element of surprise. They are delightful to collect as part of the trove of any idea collector, which can be used as inspirational cues and shift paradigm steroids for creative work. In some cases, they contain wisdom and…

Mind The Perils — What Happened To The Little Riding Hood? The Little Riding Hood does face certain risks when her mother sends her through the woods to visit her grandmother, and what is an old lady living alone in the deep woods? The big bad wolf indeed has frightening Endurance. It is a carnivore. Such is encoded in its nature…

The Tao Of Changes — Change is the constant presence that affects everyone, and change is usually uncomfortable for many people. The fear of the unknown, the uncertainty of the future, and the discomfort of leaving familiar territory are just a few reasons why change can be disquieting and sometimes painful. …

The Inner Eye — Time Machine Paradigm This is the year 20XX (somewhere 15 to 20 years from now, you would be __ years old), your spouse is experiencing some pain. You bring her to the doctor. The doctor orders a scan. The result is — terminal stage cancer. You walked past a mirror with her, and…

There Are 2 Possibilities (Universes), Why Do People Often Choose The Worse One? — Caecotempus Opportunitatis (Blind From Kairos) Life is a game of choices. Every moment, we are faced with myriads of decisions — every window of each, even the seemingly most insignificant, can steer fate with a compounding butterfly effect. Yet, despite having the ability to choose what could be optimal for us for that moment, we…

Tell Me … — Gini index, Information Gain, and Entropy are 3 commonly used measures in decision tree algorithms for feature selection. These measures are used to determine the best split of data into different subsets based on the values of a feature. Gini index is a measure of impurity that is used in…

Entering Python — Configuration hash_algorithm = "sha256" timestamp_epoch_time_start = 0 timestamp_epoch_time_end = 10*365*24*60*60 key_length_RSA = 2048 message = b"Hello, world!" Ciphering, Deciphering, Hashing And HMAC’ing Of Messages import os from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers.aead import AESGCM from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, hmac key = os.urandom(32) # Generate a 256-bit encryption key nonce = os.urandom(12) # Generate a random 96-bit nonce

Guard The Center — Configuration hash_algorithm = "sha256" timestamp_epoch_time_start = 0 timestamp_epoch_time_end = 10*365*24*60*60 key_length_RSA = 2048 """ 10*365*24*60*60 = 315360000 GMT: Sunday, December 30, 1979 12:00:00 AM 0 GMT: Thursday, January 1, 1970 12:00:00 AM """ """ import time # Convert Epoch time to Unix Timestamp epoch_time = 1644018562 unix_time = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(epoch_time)) print(f"Unix Timestamp: {unix_time}")…

Now You Cannot Unhear It, Unsee It, Un-Think It Or Un-feel It — To communicate, it is not enough to simply say what you mean. To truly be effective, the last 2 inches of the crack of the whip is the critical crux, you must be able to drive your point home with glaring clarity and impactful conviction. Aristotle stated that there are…