I've got Rhythm - Hiromi Uehara

Stunning techniques. The degree that Hiromi is to into the music is quite unparalleled (watch her facial expression). Very talented pianist. Thanks Tina!

2 = 1

A friend's Facebook status reminds me of this silly proof of 2 = 1:

a = b
a² = ab
a² - b² = ab - b²
(a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b)
a + b = b
a + a = a (as we suppose a = b in the beginning)
2a = a
2 = 1

:P

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

Took some photos at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve today. Hope you like them :)

The poppies were really beautiful

What were they doing?

Enjoy Each Day!

Simple Love (簡單愛) - Jay Chou

I like simple love & life :)

佛道 (Buddhism)

Why unnecessary complexities are "necessary"

I always believe in Einstein's quote

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not more so.

The world as I know it now, however, has way too many complexities. From my experience, these complexities exist usually not because the systems need them to work. Rather, they are there because it is easy to screw outsiders when a system is complex enough.

This is especially true because few of us are research-type people who would do due diligence to really find out how things work. And for those who can, they may not have time to do that.

Think about it, many industries are like that.

Making decision and moving forward are almost always...

Making decision and moving forward are almost always more important than debating what the optimal solution is.

Why?

Because it is rarely the case that the optimal solution is significantly better than the second-best (or even the third-best) one that deserves the hassle of argument.

That's why I like Aaron Burr's quote so much.