Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jan Panteltje Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:28:56 GMT Message-ID: References: <9o1qhjp80ddmpqpskaka7hicergps33be6@4ax.com> <3gtshjh0v2s0ahia7d9lcfnp0nj6a13nga@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:28:57 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="201093"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (Linux-5.15.32-v7l+) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jeq1s7e7d6b/E8IZk2viuGLY3ZY= X-User-ID: eJwNyckBwDAIA7CVoGCOdRLX+4/Q6itEed3OQiUEqWb6Jee0q63pYR5lm1y1OJfY0hnhacMMoQwe/UX6flBfFco= X-Newsreader-location: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (c) 'LIGHTSPEED' off line news reader for the Linux platform NewsFleX homepage: http://www.panteltje.nl/panteltje/newsflex/ and ftp download ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/news/readers/ Bytes: 4313 Lines: 61 On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:25:51 -0700) it happened john larkin wrote in : >On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:18:52 GMT, Jan Panteltje >wrote: > >>On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:17:36 -0700) it happened john larkin >> wrote in : >> >>>On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:06:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje >>>wrote: >>> >>>>On a sunny day (Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:37:19 -0700) it happened john larkin >>>> wrote in <3gtshjh0v2s0ahia7d9lcfnp0nj6a13nga@4ax.com>: >>>> >>>>>In our new office/design center we don't have a real conference room, >>>>>so we go on group hikes around the Bernal Cut or in Glen Canyon. That >>>>>seems to really work, getting physical outdoors with the crew. I just >>>>>wish that more trees had whiteboards. >>>> >>>>Go to the beach and draw in the sand? >>> >>>We'd have to drive to a beach (ocean or Bay or Gate are about equal >>>distances) and that would be a nuisance with parking and such. And the >>>graphic resolution of sand is mediocre. >>> >>>No whiteboard forces more mental visualization. We can bail on the >>>hike and go back to the office and whiteboard, max delay about 20 >>>minutes. >>> >>>Architectural and management concepts work in a hike, circuit design >>>not so well. >>> >>>Percolating ideas is an interesting process. There must be books on >>>the subject. The physical situation seems to matter. >> >>Nature is very inventive, plants, animals, >>maybe spending some time there helps? >>There are simple drawing programs for on your smartphone or laptop >>that can be usd to show somebody more complex things wherever you are, >>even via the internet (My laptop has a Huawei 4G stick, is on 4G) >>I do need a working mouse however.. > >Thinking while hiking avoids the Eyeball Effect, the fact that most >people change their behavior as a function of how many eyeballs are >aimed at them. Actors and musicians and politicians have extreme >eyeball sensitivity, get high from big audiences. Most autistic people >have little or none. > >Eyeball Effect distorts clear thinking. Hiking with people, you seldom >see their eyeballs. > >I've noticed that animals, cats and dogs and birds, are sensitive to >eyeball effect too. It's probably a component of their threat >evaluation. Every evening I put out some food for the birds here, mostly crows. Last night I checked and the neighbor's cat was eating it... It did not even care when I tapped against the window ... was hungry likely. The crows know me, they greet me .. crows are very smart.