We can never learn

It is fundamentally impossible to "learn".

We can "know", but we can't "learn".

Because nothing truly repeats.

一期一会, can't step into the same river twice, etc. etc.

LoRA

原來我同 LoRA 其中一個 author 喺 NOI2004 年「交過手」 (佢第一名，我第50.... :0)

NP => randomness => divine bits

 

This actually sounds super familiar.

Those who first embark on the spiritual path are always mystified on how to discern between "our own random thoughts" vs "divine thoughts", which has a striking parallel with pseudorandomness vs "true randomness".

The concept of "true randomness" is actually ill-defined in general, but here it just means something that looks random but is actually cheaply generated using some very simple pseudorandom generator.

In fact,  intuitive people often solve apparently "NP" (not necessarily NP hard) problems using inspirations.  The idea that highly awakened people can solve their problems with "coincidence" (aka "synchronicity") is actually the daily-life equivalent of solving NP problems in P time.

It is actually an interesting question whether AI can really solve difficult math problems better than humans (not individually, but as a whole). Given that mathematics is generally NP-hard, we'd have empirical evidence whether humans can solve NP problems (using "intuition") better than machines.... 

Empathy

compassion is when you can feel deeply for another person's plight

whether it be for a few minutes or a few hours but compassion tends to lead to action

compassion will see you reaching out to someone it will see you waking up the next day thinking I will just send them

a loving message I will just give them a call I will just pop in and see how they're doing suffering for someone else

is when you become so consumed with someone else's state that you cannot get yourself back that is the difference as

we would describe it 

- Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrP3h55oWg

Ego

The idea that the structure of the "ego" is a device to focus attention on a physical form is fascinating.

In a sense the idea is echoed in Hofstadter's "I am a strange loop", in which a conscious being is hypothesized to be constructed by layers upon layers of self-reflection.

Being overly attuned to the self, the ego has a bad rep for narcissistic tendencies. But the structure itself serves the purpose of an anchor.

The artificial separation of the "self" and the "other" is a fascinating topic. I wonder whether different disciplines can advance enough that they meet in the middle somewhere and we might be able to crack the code somehow.

秦昭王

最近發現原來秦國啲野蠻事跡有一大半都係秦昭襄王一個人搞出嚟。

喺外交場合劫持楚懷王、拘留孟嘗君 (雞鳴狗盜嘅出處)、自稱西帝、強索和氏壁 (廉頗藺相如列傳)、發動長平之戰、賜死白起、滅西周國擄周赧王⋯ 

Too much, too little

The world of scarcity is the world of choice.

The world of abundance is the world of unconditional love.

回生

難得之物能起死回生唯誠之所致也物乃其證非其本之所能。

Cata

uh like it's kind of like one of the things of cataclysm it was like blizzard wanted to make the game more easy to get into and you know easy for a new player to just jump in and fall into Azeroth and you get to AME and start you know PVP and stff and yet it had the exact opposite effect to what blizzard intended people preferred the old world they preferred that's because the developers that made like the people that were making decisions at that time and like even now I think this is especially true with retail wow they give players what they want but not what they need I know it sounds kind of cliche to say but I think it's true they focus on responding to what players want and then just giving them what they want and I think that like blizzard has had like individual moments of like absolute like Sublime Genius of like how they solve certain problems in the game but in a general sense I think it's very hard for them to understand like why certain things are successful

Funny enough this sounds like messages from spirituality...

Modeling "real life" on simulated RPG worlds makes a lot of sense.

Asmongold

Interestingly, just when I thought of writing some thoughts about Asmongold he gets banned :0)

Originally I thought he's just a guy who has hot takes about WoW and gaming in general, but listening to his more recent streams on Youtube (I kinda tuned into his channel much more often recently), it feels like he's more like a modern variant of a hermit.

It's kind of shocking that his background is more upper-middle class than I expected. Almost going to law school because of MTG rule twisting? That sounds so close to home lol.

I have no comments about the ban, didn't see what he said, not that interested anyway.

Day 11

是日基本上係離島一日遊

行程係：搭船 => 搭車 => 搭船 ； 搭船 => 搭車 => 搭船

由於星期日船疏啲，所以行程不容有失。好在之前嗰晚去船公司問個清楚，佢仲好好人咁幫我印晒啲船嘅行程表出嚟。

一開始係搭大約一小時船由 Oban 去 Isle of Mull。然後再由 Isle of Mull 搭一小時車去個島嘅另一邊，再去搭船去 Isle of Iona。

中間主要都係睇景。 (由於 Blogger 上載相嘅功能係垃圾，啲相係 out of order 嘅。enjoy)

船大概八點幾返到Oban。食埋晚飯 (老婆開始抱怨我啲行程冇遇晚膳時段）

然後深夜趕咗去 Stirling。 (大約兩個半小時車程）

間酒店算係唔話得，我話可能遲啲 10-11pm 到，然後我哋真係 ~11pm 到。佢真係搵人等到我哋嚟到，然後幫我哋 check in 之後就收工⋯ orz

話說間酒店門面同 reception 都幾的骰嘅，古色古香咁。（啲房一般）

Day 10

Glasgow 一日遊

本身諗住去個 Pollock Country Park 行下，但各種原因改變計劃。

去咗間大型 shopping mall 行街。叫 "The Forge Shopping Centre"。算係幾大，入面都好多舖頭。

發現咗個機舖，有個唔算太舊嘅 DDR 機，玩咗一舖，啲制冇壞，唔錯。

其實平時我喺香港冇玩嘅，通常都係喺外地偶遇機舖先會玩下。

除咗行 mall 都行咗陣附近嘅街。 Glasgow 街頭感覺係頹頹哋，啲建築好舊。

午餐叫咗太多嘢。牛肉汁薯條、牛肉 meat pie、black pudding egg benedit，勉強食唔晒。

間餐廳感覺係 "family restaurant" (日本概念) ，啲嘢算抵食同好味。

臨食時老婆買咗隻牛牛公仔。我哋今程發現啲精品店好多明顯係 AI 圖 gen 出嚟嘅精品。有啲係 AI 到十分詭異。（好心用啲好少少嘅 model 整啦⋯

另外，發現架車原來係殺蚊高手：

真係痴撚線。

下午去咗個威士忌蒸溜廠。

The Clydeside Distillery 呢間嘢話舊係舊，但其實係新嘅。

個建築有兩百年歷史，以前 Glasgow 個港口好多貨物進出嗰陣，呢度係港口控制船隻出入嘅建築。 兩百年後，喺 2017(?) 年改建成蒸溜廠。

喺酒廠買咗支酒。又試咗少少佢哋嘅 new make spirit (啱啱蒸出嚟未熟成嘅嘢)。有陣醬香茅台味。老老實實我覺得就咁飲係冇問題，唔明點解要熟成 XD

之後揸車去 Oban。由於反應唔切行錯路，搞咗一輪都上唔到公路。（一定唔係因為徵醺）

行上公路之後，一直經過幾個好靚嘅大湖。有幾個位可惜冇落車影相⋯

黃昏去到 Oban。啱啱日落。

呢個係酒店嘅景。

機不可失，我就攞住啲相機s去影夕陽。

個鎮仔係幾靚嘅。

是日晚餐又係炸魚薯條。今日薯條 overload。

Day 9

是日係睇城堡、睇景、同埋揸車

本身第一站就係酒店對面嘅 Carlisle 城堡。但佢十點先開門。所以喺個鎮度先個轉先。

我哋遠處見到呢棟嘢，上面用 non-serif 字體寫住 "ofs"，仲諗住係啲咩公司嘅商標嚟。心諗啲古建築都可以攞嚟賣廣告？

行近先發現原來係 "old fire station" 咁解。好似話攞咗嚟做演藝嘅場地。

酒店左近嘅教堂又係幾靚。呢度地方開始偏僻，冇乜人，唔會好似倫敦咁樣同人迫入間教堂度。

但見到啲咁靚嘅建築拍烏蠅都有少少唏噓。

我哋去 Carlisle Castle 嗰陣佢啱啱開門。

喺城門行出嚟嗰個人，係出嚟喺個門牌度掛上「Open」⋯ （我哋望住張牌背面係「Closed」嚇咗半秒）

門口冇人，一睇個格局就知今次係「包場」。 Carlisle Castle 唔算出名，我哋呢度又少少偏僻，冇人都好正常。（是日行程都係包場為主）

由於已經睇過唔少城堡，呢個格局都係差唔多。不過勝在冇人⋯ 啲工作人員見到我哋，好努力咁介紹呢樣嗰樣。

其中一個比較有趣嘅嘢係，佢哋話呢啲石刻係有個守衛定係唔知乜畫嘅。反正我就覺得係有少少詭異。

下一站係 Caerlaverock Castle。

正面望落去幾型幾威㗎。

btw 呢度又係包場。

呢個城堡其中一個特色係真係有個「護城河」 (WE HAVE A MOAT!!!)

個城除咗前面好睇，後面其實係爛晒嘅。

不過爛有爛嘅趣味。我望住啲爛咗去唔到嘅通道，覺得似曾相識。

似咩呢？我諗咗好耐。

應該係呢個，除非唔係。

其實 Caerlaverock Castle 雖然個門面好似好勁，但入面真係一個「比較大啲嘅石莊」。前面介紹都話，Edward I 攻城嗰陣，入面得 60 人守城。（其實呢個故事都直接顯示咗當年英國嘅規模。英王親領士卒三千，攻打一個細細粒，得六十人守衛嘅石莊⋯）

Caerlaverock Castle 原來仲有一個前身 (version 1.0)，得返個地基。

城堡養咗幾隻可愛嘅牛牛⋯

之後就走去睇燈塔。

「蘇格蘭最南嘅地點」

點解影多咗架車呢，因為佢先至係今次行程嘅 MVP⋯

黃昏揸車去酒店。 Glasgow 嗰頭。

三個鐘。

今次嘅酒店 checkin 就發生咗件幾有趣嘅事。

間酒店話係 small family business 嚟，似乎唔會有 24 小時 reception service，所以有少少趕。

一入到去，老闆喺 reception，問我係咪經 Agoda 訂，我話係。

之後佢就話，我哋直接收你錢，你喺 Agoda 嗰邊退訂啦。

我望住佢心諗：吓？！咁都得？

我心諗嘩啲印度人真係咩都做得出。

由於呢晚嘅床被佢 hold hostage，我心裡面雖然屌晒十八代社宗，但發牌氣只會令件事更差，唯有死死地氣裝 Agoda app，搵佢個 CS 電話出嚟，然後打過去同 CS 搏鬥。

搞咗十幾廿分鐘，Agoda 確定係酒店嗰邊唔肯退讓之後，退咗訂。我聽住佢哋同老闆大戰，老闆不斷重申佢之前幾個客都收唔到錢，所以 DLLM 我唔接客喇，你哋收皮啦。

我本身以為佢哋連 Agoda 嗰少少中介人費都貪所以先搞咁多嘢，原來係有咁嘅 backstory。好彩之前冇發爛渣屌鳩個老闆唧。

搞掂退訂之後，我問個老闆，喂，究竟邊個咁衰唔俾錢你？如果 Agoda 咁衰咁應該用邊間先好？

原來個問題唔係出在 Agoda 身上，而係中介人背後仲有中介人。呢間酒店叫做 "Lochway Hotel" 但網上訂嗰陣就係見到 "OYO Lochway Hotel"。似乎 OYO 係個酒店 franchise 或中介。老闆話 OYO 從中搞鬼，食夾棍。 Agoda 啲錢會先去咗 OYO 度，但酒店就收唔到 OYO 嘅錢。

之後再對返 OYO 同酒店開嘅價錢，真係俾佢吹漲。酒店嗰邊見到係一晚 ~£80 左右，但我喺 Agoda 嗰邊訂房係 £68.36。我俾 £68.36 ，酒店邊可能收到 £80 呢？最後我見件事咁尷，過咗 £70 俾酒店。希望佢做我呢個客嘅生意唔係蝕錢啦⋯ :'(

呢個故事教訓我哋做人要俾啲耐性，眼前人未必係你想像中嘅仆街嚟。