jessa

Reflections on becoming

Technology

  • Meet TARS, my AI assistant

    I used to start my days with our Google Nest Mini. Hey Google, news today. Hey Google, feels like temperature today. Hey Google, what’s the weather today? Sometimes, I get frustrated when it can’t record a reminder correctly. Most days, it’s unplugged because we don’t have other smart devices to make the most of its features. Isn’t it nice to have Read more


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  • My go-to apps when doing research work

    This week, I’ve been engrossed in reading literature after literature about agrivoltaics because I want to explore the topic for my research this year. And it’s not just the reading that I’ve been busy with these days. I’ve also been working on a system that would enable me to efficiently scour the web without getting Read more


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  • Bright screens

    Dazzled by the bright screens. Each scene from the game was so immersive that I couldn’t tell the time anymore. A form of escape, an entertainment to pass the time. What do we gain after the storyline ends? Read more


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  • Hello iOS! 👋

    I may be decades too late, but as someone who just entered this well-trodden space of the iOS ecosystem, I finally had the experience of what it’s like to use a minimalist but powerful device. I never said goodbye to my Android phone. In fact, I’m using both the Android and iPhone for separate reasons. Read more


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  • I watched the “Time Bomb Y2K”

    It was the year 1999, and I don’t understand much of anything that’s been going abuzz, but what I understand as a five-year-old is that the turn of the century could mean the end of the world as we know it.  It’s all over the news. And I’ve seen glimpses of the panic over the Read more


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