Dabawenyang Iska

Days ago I was in agony. A little lost and in pain, I failed to see the consequences of my actions. Blaming it on the fates and my genes, I withdrew from the rest of the world to lick my wounds in private.

Today though I’m feeling better…happy and giddy. Things are finally looking up. The decision to move out of Davao City is keeping me busy and most of all…excited. I feel like dancing (not that I know how) and tapping and jumping… and eating! Finally!

The only thing I’m worried about is working in a BPO company. Then again, I tell myself, it’s just a means to an end girl, as soon as you get your feet back on the ground you’re going to go right on pursuing the career you want. YEah, that’s right folks. I will be doing the ‘hello, good morning this i _______, how may I help you?’ line after all. Am I sure, as in really sure? Is it final? Heck no. The past few months have taught me that nothing, and I mean nothing is ever final.

Working for an outsourcing company has its perks, or so they say. And if ever I do run out of money I can always check out payday loan stores that offer quick cash loans, right?

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I missed the summit last year but I’m definitely not passing up on the chance to join MBS 2. Nevermind if the host city is a 3 or 4 hour ride away from Davao. Can’t wait to see General Santos again. Read More

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Left Leaning

THE COLLEGE Editors Guild of the Philippines, in behalf of its National Office, regional formations and chapters, all member publications and affiliate organizations nationwide and across the globe, expresses its most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Rachelle Mae Palang (1986-2008). Read More

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I’m trying out Picasa 3’s new features and so far I’m loving it all. Here’s a movie I made using picasa 3.

I’ll blog about the clip later. For now I’ll have to brave the rain coz I have to go home. Sigh.

Movies

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Just a little collage I’d like to share on this blog.

From Collages

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Ng dahil sa brown out naisipan kong paglaruan ang mga kandila. Gamit ang aming Canon Powershot A610 at sa tulong ng hangin, kinunan ko ng litrato ang mga mumunting liyab mula sa kandila. Read More

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I love Viva La Vida by Coldplay. Okay, scratch that. I love all their songs! Hehehe.

Viva La Vida, in Mexican means long live life and is used to celebrate life.

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Warning: Lots of numbers and mathematical terms involved = nosebleed!

It’s an interesting read. I’m not fond of mathematics but there are times when I do find the numbers quite interesting. This is one of those moments. I got this pdf file from the folks at Microsoft research, thanks to Dana Boyd’s blog.

Here’s the abstract:

A well-known result in game theory known as “the Folk Theorem” suggests that finding Nash equilibria in repeated games should be easier than in one-shot games. In contrast, we show that the problem of finding any (approximate) Nash equilibrium for a three-player infinitely repeated game is computationally intractable (even when all payoffs are in {−1, 0,−1}), unless all of PPAD can be solved in randomized polynomial time. This is done by showing that finding Nash equilibria of (k + 1)-player infinitely-repeated games is as hard as finding Nash equilibria of k-player one-shot games, for which PPAD-hardness is known (Daskalakis, Goldberg and Papadimitriou, 2006; Chen, Deng and Teng, 2006; Chen, Teng and Valiant, 2007). This also explains why no computationally-efficient learning dynamics, such as the “no regret” algorithms, can be rational (in general games with three or more players) in the sense that, when one’s opponents use such a strategy, it is not in general a best reply to follow suit.

If you’re from the social sciences and interested in learning more about the game theory then this might help. It’s not an easy reading because of the terminologies and the complex mathematical concepts involved… so be warned.

Download:The myth of Folk theorem

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