Victor

Computer Vision Engineer. MSc Chemical Engineering x MIT Data Science. Adventurer. Explorer. Bicycle commuter. Fermenter of things.

[Victor @victord_za]

It's nearly been one year since I lost my partner with whom I shared 7 amazing years. In this time I learnt what it means to love and be loved profoundly, what it feels like to be truly and deeply understood. I feel immense gratitude for these - the best years of my life.

[Victor @victord_za]

@AndreBothmaTax Good list! I’d include Andrej Karpathy as well.

[Victor @victord_za]

@CityPowerJhb Hi there, any update on the phase outage in Victory Park? It's been out since Tuesday. CPWEB4728673

[Victor @victord_za]

@SkyeZedA @LangaLikeTheSun I don't think that's what is implied by his response. Given that we have the highest Gini coefficient in the world, we are statistically the country with most income inequality, which has been found to be strongly correlated with higher crime rates in literature.

[Koshiek Karan @iamkoshiek]

heartbreaking stats from the Discovery Claims report 💔💔

60% of unnatural deaths for people under 30 are motor vehicle accidents

suicide accounts for 35% of all unnatural death claims (#1 category)

45% of unnatural death claims in the 41 - 60 age group are from suicide

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Aldous Huxley, a reminder of how miraculous this all is

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn,

Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s never seen it’s parents build one.

[Victor @victord_za]

@eudaimoniawuwei @BigOxcs @SantiagoAuFund I’m heading through in June. Do you know whether you require any additional permits to hike back up to the Sun Gate when doing the Salkantay trail?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How Japanese have produced wood for 700 years, without cutting down trees.

Daisugi is an ancient Japanese forestry technique developed in the 14th century originally used by people living in the Kitayama region, because the territory was extremely poor in saplings.

They planted cedars pruned in a special way to produce shoots that eventually would become perfect, straight, knot-free lumbers.

The shoots are gently pruned by hand every two years leaving only the top boughs, allowing them to grow straight. Harvesting takes 20 years and old 'tree stock' can grow up to a hundred shoots at a time.

There was actually another reason why the technique was developed: fashion. In the 14th century, a linear, stylized form of architecture known as sukiya-zukuri (数寄屋造り) became popular, and every prominent samurai or nobleman wanted a house built in this way.

There were simply not enough raw materials available to keep up with demand, so daisugi was developed to produce more wood in a shorter time.

The wood produced with this technique has also impressive qualities: it's 140% more flexible than standard cedar and 200% denser and stronger. And, it's extremely durable.

[Victor @victord_za]

Some rocks

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Automatically disbelieving authorities isn't independent-mindedness. It's just conformism with the sign bit flipped.

[kasey @kaseyklimes]

the place on the left has an obesity rate of 17%

the place on the right has an obesity rate of 71%

we’re killing ourselves by design

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Why are some languages spoken faster than others? A recent research suggested that different tongues, regardless of speed, transmit information at roughly the same rate

[read more: https://t.co/hP9wDcOmet]

[Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin]

Pretty strong evidence of negative mental health effects of doing a PhD.
Recent working paper by
@EvaRanehill, @annahsandberg, Sanna Bergvall, and Clara Fernström.
Paper link: https://t.co/7X4uEjzPCC

[signüll @signulll]

signs that you’re down really bad:

- you start a gratitude journal.
- you sign up for a marathon.
- you join a singles dating run club.
- you decide to get a master’s degree in data science.
- you decide to go to law school (really bad).
- you sign up for an mba program.
- you decide to get bangs.
- you decide to get another master’s degree.
- you decide to do an executive mba on nights & weekends.
- you randomly decide to go to medical school.
- you decide to build a custom gaming pc.
- you decide to get (another) tattoo or piercing.
- you spend time browsing endlessly on dating apps.
- you fill your loneliness gap by going on endless online dates.
- you pick up a hobby you have zero interest in.
- you decide to start an anon twitter account.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The bicycle.

[Vukosi Marivate 🇿🇦🚀📊 @vukosi]

Building with a team of winners at @LelapaAI <> Jade Abbott | MIT Technology Review https://t.co/YzedLTtMQM #AfricanAIWeWant

[Gayton McKenzie @GaytonMcK]

We will broaden and fully support Chess players, Chess has always been treated like some stepchild but it’s about to take its rightful place in SA. Government & business should do better when it comes to promoting the game of Chess. I accept our failure in fully supporting it.

[𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 @atlanticesque]

Let’s please be aware of our word choice today folks!