Tag: Problem

Electric Vehicles Have a Problem

Electric vehicles are expected to take the world by storm. Europe is anticipating the takeover will be in full swing by 2030, while the U.S. has a similarly-ambitious plan of banning combustion engines by 2035. But there’s a problem: they aren’t really selling. Sure, Tesla is seeing h...

ChatGPT Has a Lying Problem

But beneath all the hype and occasional silliness, there are some serious problems that LLMs are about to unleash on our world. The most likely scenario is that the information space of the future — web content, comments, social media, and everywhere else that text exists — will be massi...

Dear Feminists, We’re The Problem

I wasn’t raised to become a feminist. Instead, I stumbled into it. Feminism was the logical response to a world that told me I was less than simply by being born a girl. I was raised in a Christian family. We attended an evangelical church that frequently segregated Sunday school classes an...

It’s not the crowded field that’s the problem

Itis technically too early to make proclamations about the next presidential election so those arguing that it is premature to give up on the idea of Ron DeSantis winning the GOP primary have a point in principle. I, however, still maintain that unless Donald Trump drops dead, he will b...

The Problem with Reality

Reality refuses to do what we are told it is doing. No one except the paid media commentators and corporate stooges thinks the American economy is doing great. The rest of the planet is struggling with the reality we are being told to ignore. That’s a problem. At the start of 2023, the Worl...

I Think Maybe Cooking Isn’t Our Real Problem

Do you think it odd that people who have never made a waffle from scratch in their lives will make a waffle when they’re staying at a hotel? I love to imagine how this came about. Some earnest, hopeful waffle lover got an appointment with the Big Hotel People and sold the hell out of this i...

I Have a Penis Problem

In the locker room after my workout, a lovely man strolled out of the shower fully nude. With each step, there was a resounding THWACK of his startlingly gigantic penis hitting his legs. “Sup,” he said. “Uh — hi,” I spluttered. I couldn’t help star...

No Plus One, No Problem: The Art of Being Happily Single

There was a time in my life when the allure of far-off places called to me like a siren’s song. I was enchanted by the idea of endless explorations and new encounters. So, I set off on a journey that led me to live and work on a cruise ship and later to Taiwan, where I spent a year teaching En...

The Problem with Reality

No Title, No Problem: How to Lead When You’re Not the Boss

Ever been in a room where the loudest person isn’t the one in charge? Welcome to the world of silent leadership, where authority is a myth, and influence is the real game. Leading without authority is like being the puppet master without holding the strings. It’s about guiding without pu...

Too Many Meetings Is Not Your Problem

Recently Shopify decided to kill all its meetings, and somehow it was newsworthy. I’ve personally been a part of multiple efforts to combat meetings. A few years back Airbnb declared a “calendar amnesty.” With new guidance, everyone’s calendars were summarily wiped clean...

Why leaders still pretend to be okay and why that is a problem for everyone

Today employee engagement and retention — physical and cognitive — is a central concern. Workers are reeling from the pandemic, economic conditions, political polarization, racial unrest, war, and climate change. Buzzwords dramatically evoke the pain across headlines and social media ...

4 ways to find a solution to any problem.

Do you have a problem? Of course, you do ;) We all have. The good news is that every problem has a solution — that is what defines the problem: a solution. The second good news is that we have at least 4 ways of finding the solution: absolution resolution solution diss...

Evolving Business Meetings: The Subtle Transformation of Problem Solving

For fifteen years, I spent almost half of every business day holding conferences and discussing problems. Should we do this or that, or nothing at all? We would get tense; twist in our chairs; walk the floor; argue and go around in circles. When night came, I would be utterly exhausted. I fully expe...

The Problem with Org Charts

In the modern era org charts are an antipattern you should avoid. Most such artefacts and documents were invented with good intentions. The org chart shows how our people are organised into teams, what their roles are and where they sit in the hierarchy. Everyone likes to see where they fit in. A ni...

“I Think I Have A Problem”

I sold a lot of my gaming stuff, but now, I’m on a mission to get them back. During my move to Nashville, I had decided to declutter my life. I was still working at my GameStop, and I figured why not make a tiny bit of money on some of the old games I never play anymore. So, I sold my 3DS, ...

Virtual reality has negative side effects — new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace

Some employers are excited about swapping out computer monitors for virtual reality headsets, but the side effects of using VR are not completely understood. In a recent study, my colleagues and I propose 90 factors that could influence VR side effects in the workplace. In another study, w...

Problem solving in Compose Text

Given a requirement, sometimes multiple alternatives may be available to implement it. In this blog we look at a practical use case for positioning text in Compose. We’ll analyze multiple alternatives to solve it, using different Compose text APIs. We’ll review pros and cons and, as a bo...

Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Its Windows 10 Upgrade Problem

Half of the readers of my Windows Intelligence newsletter are still using Windows 10 on their primary PC. The one billion estimate comes from two sources: Microsoft, which has said there are more than 1.4 billion Windows PCs, and Statcounter, which shows that the vast majority of...

How to Fix the “No Internet, Secured” Problem in Windows 10/11

In today’s interconnected world, a stable and reliable internet connection is paramount for both personal and professional activities. However, encountering the message “No Internet, Secured” on a Windows 10 device can be a frustrating and perplexing experience for users. This issu...

Startup Ecosystem Development & Thailand’s “Seattle Problem”

A few days ago, my former employer and one of the largest banks in Thailand made an announcement that marked a seismic shift in the Southeast Asian banking landscape and the Thailand tech and startup ecosystem. Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), a Thai full service financial institution and growing corpora...

Why Does Dubai Have a “Poop Problem”?

Dubai! The marvellous city of the United Arab Emirates is known to the entire world thanks to its beauty, wealth and architecture. It’s home to the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, standing a whopping 830 metres tall, and the globe’s biggest mall — Dubai Mall, which is...

My First-Ever £150 Optimization Problem

Last Tuesday officially marked the end of my MSc study (Operational Research with Data Science) at the University of Edinburgh (UoE). It was indeed a special year — imagine spending the entire year learning online in a tiny studio with minimal social gatherings. Heck, the pandemic made my eyes...

The UK has a big problem.

The UK has a big problem on its hands, and no I’m not talking about the never-ending increases in knife crime. While some may have heard the youth refer to it as “smart whip” the drug in question is nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. Nitrous oxide is a colourles...

The Wicked Problem: Culture and Heritage.

OK, we made it through our first week at the cohort. It had so much new information to process and to learn, but at the same time soo interesting!! After covering some foundational theory in Design Thinking and User-Centered Design, my beautiful partner Christina (Mo) and I decided to work...

Solving the Josephus Problem with Python: A Historical Riddle and Code Exploration

The Josephus Problem, named after the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, is derived from a story during the Jewish-Roman War. Josephus and 40 of his soldiers found themselves trapped in a cave by Roman soldiers. Rather than surrender, they chose mass suicide, forming a circle. Every third soldier ki...

The climate movement has a man-hating problem

I was at the watch party for the launch of the Sunrise Movement’s national campaign to get Biden to declare a climate emergency, when out of the blue I heard one of the young women there say jokingly, “Sorry to the men here, but I hate men!” Even though I didn’t hear ...

Big Tech Had a Water Problem Long Before ChatGPT

ChatGPT is making headlines for the enormous amount of water it uses, but water consumption in the tech industry has been an issue long before before the AI chatbot’s November 2022 debut. Microsoft and Google reported a 34% and 21% spike in water consumption, respectively, in...

Dear Feminists, We’re The Problem

The climate movement has a man-hating problem

Even though I didn’t hear the context of her facetious comment, it was a bit of a punch in the gut to someone who now identifies as transmasculine. (Although some people who claim that “all men are bad” exclude trans men and transmasculine people from this judgment, but that is a d...

Jackson’s Unidentified Body Problem

Upon his election in 2017, Mayor of Jackson Chokwe Lumumba promised to make Jackson “The Most Radical City on the Planet”. While many changes have indeed occurred under his leadership, there are issues long buried that are now beginning to wake up and undue any trust left government and ...

Legalverses’ move to Caddy, AWS ECS, Cloudfront, and our CORS problem.

Legalverse is going through a major infrastructure overhaul. We’ve been devout and productive users of NGINX for years, however, when making our switch to AWS Elastic Container Service, we realized managing SSL certificates was going to be a challenge. For starters, we were going to be runn...

Chapter 4.3 — The Gilgamesh Problem

“Power is taken, not given.“ Said the Zoë Pound Gangleader. He sat in the sunshine, sipping beers and watching rich tourists strolling in the French Quarter. His brother sat across from him. Between them, a metal table of welded iron fleur-de-lis. “But, the State must ...

American de minimis online shopping rules are creating a de maximus problem

The United States faces a worsening headache as a result of the huge volume of goods consumers are buying online, principally from China, and that could see it caught up in its own version of the Opium Wars inflicted on China in the mid-19th century by Britain. The problem is small...

Deep-Dive into VRP Problem-solving with Region based Fleet Management and Dock Placement Strategies

In the dynamic landscape of urban logistics, where demand for proximity stores continues to surge, the optimization of distribution networks becomes paramount. This case study delves into a Super and Hypermarket food distribution network in Portugal, where over&nbs...

The Immigration Wicked Problem

As I have begun my new journey as a UX designer at Ironhack in Lisbon, I was assigned to a group where we had to work on a wicked problem for our first project. We decided to tackle the “Immigration” wicked problem. Wicked problems are “… a class of social system pro...

WHY OUR POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE A PRIMARY PROBLEM

Until women finally got the vote one hundred years ago, the political parties were essentially men’s clubs. Joining a political party was a demonstration of manhood. One of the first things male immigrants would do having attained citizenship, would be to join one of the parties. Even if they ...

Ecology Solved My Gnat Problem

Last summer my beloved houseplants were invaded by fungus gnats. When I watered them, I would see small black flecks scurry across the soil, too many to remove by hand. They were in my plants, in my drains, in my face, and floating in every drink I poured. It was a nightmare I couldn’t escape....

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Has a Major Cassandra Problem

Today, I’m going to talk to you about a study at the cutting edge of modern medicine — one that uses an artificial intelligence model to guide care. But before I talk to you about that, I need to take you back to the late bronze age, to a city located on the coast of what is now Turke...

An Oxford University Math Problem

Here’s another fun calculus problem from the Oxford MAT 2020. The Oxford MAT is an annual entrance exam for students looking to study mathematics at the University of Oxford. Let’s see if you are smart enough to do that!  Here’s a hint: the difference of squares … ...

A 7-Circle Geometry Problem

Geometry is a beautiful intellectual pursuit. I believe that solving geometry puzzles is one of the greatest hobbies anyone can do. Whether you liked math in school or not, I hope this problem will make your day just a little better  Here’s a hint: rearrange the shaded … I re...

A Valentine’s Day Math Problem

Valentine’s Day is the day of love. Love comes in many different forms, whether romantic or platonic, it’s about one’s appreciation for another human being. We convey our love and affection through gifts and dates, and I hope all of you reading this can spend some quality time with...

We Don’t Have a ‘Drug Problem’

There’s been a lot of debate around drugs in the US, from the legalization of marijuana to the stunning fatality rates of our ‘opioid crisis.’ We’ve built up such a tremendous fear, negativity and stigma around drugs that our main solution has been to throw enough enforc...

How Opioid Addiction Became An America Problem

The opioid epidemic in the United States is a complex and multifaceted issue that has taken hold of the country over the past few decades. It has affected millions of individuals, families, and communities across the country, leading to countless deaths and devastating consequences. To understand th...

Is fashion’s problem overproduction or overconsumption?

It’s likely that those with an interest in sustainable fashion are tired of hearing that they should be reducing their shopping habits even further. Many of us have started buying fewer items per year, and have begun investing in clothing made from longer-lasting eco-friendly materials. ...

Is fashion’s problem overproduction or overconsumption?

Arabic Case Insensitive In Database Systems: How To Solve Alef With and Without Hamza Problem

When I first started learning database systems, I ran into problems dealing with Arabic text in databases. Since these problems were specific to the Arabic language, I couldn’t easily find solutions on the internet. I try in this post to summarize the solutions I know to a common Arabic text p...