Stark from Earth @ LS @tonyfromls@qoto.org

Heard some stuffs about the leadership in Ukraine. As much as I want to fight when moral calls weigh in heavier, I am also hesitant when leadership is bullshit.

When I was in the army a long time ago I've noticed this about crappy leadership which actually results in crappy strategy and then it's the frontline guys that suffer from this while the leaders just sit in their safety of their HQ.

I think the bombshell is true as to the pride and stubbornness of the leadership as corroborated by other observations from different aspects of the Ukraine's campaign against the invading Russians.

I almost fought for them in 2022 when a female civilian friend of mine became combatant and got wounded in a grenade but she survived. I said I don't give a shit about politics or morals and I just want to save my friend from there but before I can even buy my plane ticket, she was sent home.

I really need to rethink my plans again but again there is no perfect thing in this world.

I almost worked for USAID a long time ago. Not sure how they actually help my country.

Though it's a good thing US was providing support to PH via USAID, I am on the other hand questioning what projects and if they really help my country

Hitting the differential equation now.

When it comes to agreements, principles, and my branding, and even promises, I am one of the few who really adheres to it even if I lose people.

At one point, one of the prominent member of the class during the final exam whispered to me, he was asking me to help them by sharing my answers.

Such request will make me go against principles, agreements, and my personal brand which I had adhered to strictly. From breaking the academic honor code, to breaking Islam morals, to breaking my own principles, to breaking my agreements with the IEEE organization, and putting my employer in a potential bad light, and it damages my branding.

So no I didn't help anyone cheat. It ended where everyone in the class was hating me so much

The last period, the finals, a much matured classmate who is like me, finished a first degree already (I am from computer science while the classmate was from education major in mathematics) approached me and asked me how we can help the majority of the class that is failing the mathematics course (Calculus). I told him it is impossible for the finals because it will take a significant grade figure for each to pull their average to passing.

I still tried to help the classmates though but that was the last effort I did because the response is always the same. When I am helping them to learn, they are nowhere to be found in the group chat. When it is about giving the answers directly, everybody hurries to get it.

Stupidity at it's best.

The general perspective here in the Philippines that in order to survive university one needs to be an intelligent person is an outdated one.

The success in university is not about being an intelligent person although it helps, the key to success is to take studies seriously and not be lazy of learning.

One thing that stood out on my observation of most of the classmates, the youngers generations, they prioritize parties and get-togethers, they prioritize extra-curricular activities like leadership and playing with a musical band while their academic performance went downhill and then they fuckin complain of the simplest of academic problems

Checked on some classmates from the BSEE first semester from last year and saw that the second semester became so much challenging for them.

It is, because I am not there anymore. Not that I am having a narcissist outlook but just being honest. When I was with the class in the first semester, almost all are trying their best to get a hold of my answers to problem sets. They were not learning but riding on my efforts on all courses that I am there, from minor general education courses to STEM courses.

It's not a surprise they will be at "survival" on the second semester now that I am not there with them.

I'd say the K-12 education failed them to prepare for university.

Maybe my plans are screwed.

When I am in the time of planning to prepare and leave to join some war in a foreign land, this is also the time that opportunities are popping up from the opposite side.

A colleague is offering me his pickup truck which is a very good deal, then earlier I met another younger woman who is more caring of me, more sincere, more understanding, and hot than anyone I've met so far. A good amount of money is coming also from the engineering career front.

I mean why are these things that are stable is showing up amidst the time when I am preparing to leave for a growth on the profession of arms which is an unstable path. Why the crossroads? Am I being tested?

WTF

In terms of the Theoretical Minimum, I have left Integral Calculus for the time being with enough of the understanding needed to move on with Susskind's book.

Started on Dynamics with Aristotle's Law of Motion.

Freelance scammers are Filipinos. The syndicates are Chinese.

Looks like there is also a political protection behind the scenes why these Chinese syndicates are able to continue the scamming operations.

The weak points for these scammers is that they leave their trails uncovered.

For instance the sim cards they are using are registered sims which requires the necessary identification process.

They also have photos.

Been playing with the scammers for about a month now.

Tried to understand how they operate as an adversary and their modus operandi nuances.

I was really shocked to realize that much of these scammers were mostly women and not men and are very good in manipulating individuals

It also seems that the organizational structure is a mix of freelance scammers and syndicates. The individual freelancers takes more risk while the syndicate controlled is only taking calculated risk.

Got back home. A lot of disappoints with the travel.

Met with different people from colleagues to acquaintances and the general theme is that my time was wasted.

Consolation is setting foot back at the beach home is a relief

OTW to a mountain city and in the meantime will get back to where I stopped in Susskind's The Theoretical Minimum.

Finished with my 21km in the usual race pace.

Weekend warrior starts now. Preparing for a run at this hour.

Then tomorrow before I go to a mountain city will do the gym workouts.

Forgot it is my anniversary at the company. A colleague reminded me during a meeting today

Supposed to be doing the gym but upon arriving I was hungry and the nearby restaurant (2 of them) didn't have food without pork in it.

Had to go beyond the area to a nearby makeshift home cooked serving local canteen and ate from there.

Upon arriving, the gym smells chemical and was coming from the car shop below. Smells like paint thinner and had to cancel the gym workouts cuz of that.

Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.