Troels Lauritz Reese Christensen

December 5, 2024

Ai is here to stay. No doubt about that these days. So why should we still learn to write and read? Could we not just remove that modality and use only speech to communicate with each other, and over the wire? I think this might be what will happen in some degree. We still need to learn the 'other' skills however. Writing is thinking. ...

December 4, 2024

I just checked my roof again. It's pouring down outside, and there is only a tiny place around the chimeny where a few drops of water are coming in. I feel so relieved that I no longer have to worry about rain coming in. Yes, yes, I still need a proper roof. But all things considered, my plan so far is working out quite nicely. Let's t...

December 3, 2024

Another morning, another planning. I feel like I am over the 'novelty' hump of doing daily planning. I still like doing it, although it does feel a bit like a chore nowadays. It does it's job though. When I don't have an idea of how I want to spend my day, it usually all goes down the drain. I feel restless at the end of the day. Proba...

December 2, 2024

Before I start procrastination, I think I will hurry and get my daily writing in. Actually, this is great, for some reason I just realized it was Monday, and I need to plan out my week before doing anything. That that'll be next on the list. Two things circle my head as I start writing today. This first is that I have lots of administr...

November 29, 2024

Today I am listening to Anderson East as I write this. Why? I don't know. I thought I would put on some music to stimulate a little but. I am already having a hard time concentrating though. It is funny how songs that have lyrics which are easy to understand/hear make it hard to write at the same time. I was probably going for some chi...

November 28, 2024

Hi there! And welcome to my thoughts. If you are just joining us, I use this place to dump all of my random thoughts each morning. This exercise serves no distinct purpose. I hope to one day use it in some shape or form with the help of Ai. But until then, it is just random thoughts from me. So it has no one purpose for me to write lik...

November 27, 2024

Today feels like a good day. I am feeling like I am getting back into the swing of things. My first thought here during my brain dump revolves around typing and speaking. Rather, will speech take over typing completely at some point? It is evident that speech is here to stay after playing around with a few Ai models that offer this. Sp...

November 26, 2024

I just got a new record on monkey type! 74 words per minute. I'm both excited and not excited about that. Anywho, I just had a thought about my writing. You see, I was thrown out of it a few weeks ago when the roof planning and the actual roof building took over my life. I have since struggled a little bit to get back into the swing of...

November 23, 2024

Too often I am a victim of my own consistency bias. It is a hard thing for me overcome. I don't really know where my obsession to be correct always, comes from. I think it might have something to do with this. When I am arguing a point with someone, it feels like some people will see a single 'victory' as a way to validate other points...

November 21, 2024

It has been 11 days since I last wrote. I had a pretty good streak up until this break in writing. I have a good excuse though. I removed my old roof, and built a Huntonite roof. This means I still need to build the last layer. But it took over my life for a week. The planning, coordination and the work itself was quite hard work. I ca...

November 12, 2024

Keeping your children safe is quite a large chunk of being a good parent. But what is safety? Safety can be contradicting if you look at it from different lenses, or different time-scales. On the one hand, we can wrap up our child in bubble-wrap so they don't get bruised when falling. On the other hand, teaching them how to pick themse...

November 11, 2024

Today feels yuckish. I know that's not a real word. But you understand exactly what I mean, so in effect, it actually is. Why so yuckish? Well, grey weather, and a calendar packed with meetings. I have loads I want, should and can do, but instead.. I could ramble on for days about how I feel about meetings, but what I should really be ...

November 10, 2024

Friday and Saturday I listened to the same podcast twice, not by accident. Deliberately, intesely and happily. I don't think I have ever done that before. Imagine finding out that something you have always wished you had in you, was something that was in your grasp to learn. The episode in question was from "The Knowledge Project" call...

November 8, 2024

Responsibility and Trust. This is what I will try to get into today. Yesterday I wanted to start on 'ethics' and ended somewhere on trust. The relationship between us and our children is hard to manage sometimes. I think the constant calibration to their age and what they cognitively are able to process can be a real challenge. I don't...

November 7, 2024

Today I promised myself to write, and think, about the ethics of tracking your child. I want to use this time to get my initial thoughts onto paper before I start doing some research on the topic. I like this way doing things, because it means I get to look back later and see it from my uninformed viewpoint. This can be both humbling b...

November 7, 2024

Ok, so here is a crazy thought. I was playing around with different models of using Ai Agents in my head. I wanted to think of fun ways to use AA as a way to make my work easier or more fun. After a few minutes I found myself thinking that I wanted to build up an assembly line of content that I could just monitor and use a simple yes/n...

November 6, 2024

Yesterday I wrote about my new writing ambition. After a few months of consistent almost daily writing, I think I am ready to start writing a little more longform. I want to make it easy for myself by sticking to a theme and a timeframe. The timeframe is a month. This doesn't mean I need to work on something intensely for a month. But ...

November 5, 2024

I have been considering writing more about fatherhood. I don't see a lot of writing about it. There definitely is, and some of what I have read has been really good. I think I have steered a little clear of it though. If I were to write about it, I want to reach some conclusions on my own. I don't want be influenced in the beginning or...

November 4, 2024

What to write about today? I felt like I would have loads. Sometimes however, thoughts can be scattered or rushing in such a way that I don't know what is most pressing at the moment. Maybe that's it. Maybe I should talk about what I am thinking about doing. I think the theme today is discipline. Maybe it was kickstarted by Cal Newport...

November 2, 2024

It is Saturday, and I am chilling on the couch. I have planned an hour long session of doing some work on my Music Quiz. Today's thoughts have nothing to do with that however. Today I just want to point out that I am quite unsure of the state of people or myself. Why? Well, I was checking Facebook messenger, and as I am about to quit i...

October 31, 2024

I'm listening to the tail end of a Podcast episode of Deep Work with the guest Oliver Burkeman. His latest book called "Meditations for Mortals" sounds like a book I really should get my hands on. The conversation between Oliver and Cal hit home with me today for several reasons. First of all, Cal become a bit more "human" to me, in de...

October 30, 2024

Greetings and Good Morning! I don't know why I write that. These posts are more like a journal entries. I think it is to say hi if someone should come across these posts. Or maybe, it just feels like a way to start things off. Whatever, let's start putting some thoughts together that might actually be interesting. I guess I can start t...

October 28, 2024

I don't see feel so good today. Even though my sleep tracker on my watch says that I slept at a solid 80. I am chosing to blame daylight savings time. Well, that and the fact that I slept in yesterday. Even though it feels amzing to do so, I am unsure of the benefits if it moves my circadian rythm. Luckily, a single day of sleeping lat...

October 27, 2024

I cannot shake thinking about Ai and the possibilities that lie within. Yesterday I read the first part of Dario Amodei's essay: Machines of Loving Grace. The first section called "Biology and Health" touches on how the biomedical sector could change the world if powerful Ai aka AGI were to become a reality within the next decade. I'm ...

October 25, 2024

I didn't sleep all to well. Which is kind of funny, considering I was staying over at my mom's place, with no-one home. I was looking forward to a good nights rest after a killer swim session yesterday paired with an empty apartment. Well, first off, the bed I slept on was a futon. I never struggled with sleeping in it before, but last...

October 23, 2024

You don't often get a second chance at a conversation. I find this to be true most of the time. Then there are other times when you are having the same conversation for the 100th time, and wish you were somewhere else. Luckily that's seldom the case. Today I had a thought in the car while listening to Chris Williamson talk with Richard...

October 22, 2024

It is very late. Well, not really. It's 19:43. For me that is late for many things. I try to be in bed before 9pm, I try to write early in the morning, and I try to do my work before 2pm. Today is a different day apparently. I see it as a good thing. I really like when things are in a system, predictable and routine. It helps me functi...

October 21, 2024

I feel like a learned a lot this weekend. I had frustrations and successes. It's quite remarkable how quickly angst and frustration depletes from ones system after a problem is solved. I made a few good strides this weekend on my music quiz app. It did come with a hard learned lesson. I was having fun prompting and coding and made a ni...

October 18, 2024

So many things to write about. I almost don't know where to start. I'll start with my coffee. I did planning just before this, so the coffee is now 10 minutes old and perfect temperature for drinking. [Takes another sip]. Let's get to some of the juicier thoughts. Yesterday I spent some time promt engineering. I have mixed feelings and...

October 17, 2024

Today my mind is racing. It feels like I have a million ideas shooting in and out of my brain. I keep needing to write them down or record them or something! It's funny how when you open up a new door, the ideas and possibilities just start escalating in your mind. Well, in my mind at least. Which brings me to todays topic. I dove into...