The Insight Scoop

We discuss what the work is like in the gaming industry. Oskar talks about the benefits of working a manual food delivery job and how that adds to his mental health.

Reflecting on what's been going on in our lives lately. Mainly a touch base about university and how we got into computing, etc.

In this episode Marius shares what the corporate life is like for a newly hired software engineer at a big corporation. Thoughts about life, the meaning of it, and advice for future graduates.

Talking about mobile phone screen sizes with Aylin. His research for the honours project involved testing reaction times of users using a single hand to pop bubbles on a mobile device.

"The NFT market has imploded over the past month, with sales in every single category almost entirely drying up." The mentioned in the podcast article: https://protos.com/nft-market-bubble-popped-crypto-collectibles-are-over/

Landing a spacecraft on a planet's surface is quite a challenge. Yaseen was working on a system to detect boulders on lunar surfaces in an attempt to assist simulations and researchers working on this landing task. Presentation video: https://youtu.be/TCBJ8YUlME4 Project: https://github.com/Youssless/planetary-surface-boulder-detector

Pretty much everyone who uses the internet these days are exposed to some sort of an authentication system. Meaning they most likely have an account. By the current definition it means they must have created a password at some point too. Older adults having difficulty adapting to the rapidly changing technological landscape are at risk. Melvin created a project to attempt assisting them to keep th...

Final year university project involving microservices and other goodies explained by Dumitru. We also chat about expectations and disappointments regarding university experience and the whole education system. Find out more: https://www.dumitruvulpe.com/

Projects are over it is time to reflect on what was learned along the way. One of the main takeaways is that a plan is really important. Can you plan out life as well?

Graduating university in these weird times. Feeling the sense of community. And having an early midlife crisis.

The environment is more powerful than you. We talk about Conway's Game of Life, simple rules governing our lives and the existence itself. Is the universe just a part of the puzzle? Bacteria, then humans, then planets.. But what comes next?

Does eating influence your mood and productivity. Some crazy high calorie diets and the kcal vs cal misconception.

Today we have a chat about time and the illusions and paradoxes caused by time.

A chat about imposing limits and introducing mandatory requirements for academic articles. We also talk about logic, emotions and computer science. Why is it hard for us to empathize with people who are facing a problem. And why do we revert to suggesting solutions rather than just listening and nodding.

Today we are joined by our friend Laura to talk about Grand Theft Auto games. A really chill conversation with a guest speaker.

Today we talk about the generations. Baby boomers, generation x, generation y (millennials), gen z, iGen, etc. Even the generation alpha which is not yet fully integrated into society. We also talk about absurdism and Albert Camus.

Today we chat a bit about the psychology of addiction, starting a new diet and takeout.

If you gave a dog a brain the size of a human brain could the dog learn all the things that a human can. If you learn something new do you forget something old?

Marius has found a new exciting thing! Daily short videos. Those can be found on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/mariusurbelis. What does it take to wake up excited? And how to challenge yourself? We talk a bit about the recent Google Hash Code 2021 and more.

This episode is us thinking whether getting employed full time is worth it. How else would one sustain self? And Marius gets a job!

Work to live, not live to work. Figuring out how you may contribute to the society might be difficult. However, understanding what usefulness means might help you fit yourself in.

Let nature take its course. What happens, happens.

If you thought nothing could top the year 2020.. Think again.. What is going on with WallStreetBets, GameStop, AMC and how does that relate to the apes and degenerates? It's all that Reddit vs hedge funds thing. This episode gives a quick summary and highlights our opinions. DISCLAIMER: We are by no means financial advisors. We are two apes recording our thoughts using electronic machines and uplo...

Today's podcast is a chill one. Some speculations about AI and why people are not following the restrictions. How long will this COVID pandemic last? Is there anything that the government could have done better? Are we going to have to learn to live with it? Is is the apocalypse all the games and movies were warning us about? Questions like these pondered in the 53rd episode of The Insight Scoop p...

In this world we have choices. A lot of them. However, sometimes the environment decides our fate.