hiking Roland tries new things: Horse riding My two brothers in law are fans of horse riding and last week they invited the rest of the family to join them for a day of horse riding. They
personal To changes During the last 1 year I've had a lot of changes in my life. I became an independent machine learning consultant. Other people consider me an entrepreneur. I'm still in
personal The right time for every habit I've written many [https://rolisz.ro/2011/06/29/planuri-de-vacanta/] times [https://rolisz.ro/2016/01/01/setting-goals/] about various goals [https://rolisz.ro/2017/01/07/new-year-old-goals/] and plans
personal Half a year as an indie consultant It's hard to believe it's been more than half an year since I started my own company and became an independent machine learning consultant. It's been a very interesting ride.
blog Happy 11th Birthday! My blog has circled the Sun for another year. You got 37 more posts in the meantime. The Obsidian post [https://rolisz.ro/2020/07/28/obsidian/] was very popular,
machine learning Learning to machine learn tl;dr: I'm launching an introductory course about machine learning in Romanian. It's aimed not just at developers, but at a more general audience. De ceva timp mă bate gândul
phone World's best phone case Yesterday I enjoyed the Australian Șuncuiuș Christmas weather while doing another Via Ferrata trail. It was much harder than the one I did last year [https://rolisz.ro/2019/11/
consulting My next steps In November I quit my job as the tech lead of the machine learning team at Archive360. Starting December 1st I am looking to provide my services as a machine learning consultant.
blog An update on 100 Days to Offload It's been almost two months since I have started the #100DaysToOffload challenge. During this time I have managed to write 25 blog posts, which is more than I wrote last
personal New desk setup Last week we were at my in-laws for a couple of days. We got back home late on Thursday. As I went upstairs, I took my backpack containing my work
personal Yard work Spot camouflaged Roland in the above picture I've spent two Saturdays in the past month doing yard work at my grandparents house. They are still alive, but they are staying
personal Four months of Bullet Journaling I'm using diary and journal as synonyms. Some people say they are the same, others say there are differences between them. I started keeping a journal when I was in
personal About time Time, or at least our perception of it, is a very interesting thing. It's not only in Einstein's relativity theory that time is relative. I believe most humans feel that days go by slowly, while years fly by. As you toil away at work
tech Productivity Tips: Pomodoros I sometimes have periods when I find it very hard to concentrate. When I was working in an office, this was made worse if there were many conversations going on
blog Why I Have a Blog In response to a thread on Hacker News [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22910532], Jan-Lukas Else posted a response [https://jlelse.blog/posts/why-no-blog/] to common objections people had
personal Reflections during COVID19 times I was checking up on Twitter and I read a thread about simulations showing that any loosening of the isolation and quarantine measures will inevitably lead to overwhelming of the
personal Interview about working from home This morning my friend David Achim, who's responsible for the Oradea Tech Hub [https://oradeatechhub.ro/], called me and asked me if I wanted to be interviewed about what's it
personal Vot 26 Mai This post is about the europarlamentary vote and a referendum in Romania Și votez Da la ambele întrebări de la referendum, din motive similare cu ce
personal Epistaxis hemorrhage from the nose, usually due to rupture of small vessels overlying the anterior part of the cartilaginous nasal septum. Minor bleeding may be caused by a blow on the
personal Evaluating 2018 goals Another half a year has passed from my latest goals [https://rolisz.ro/2018/02/23/goals-for-2018/] and this is what seems like one of my worst perfor
personal Goals for 2018 Because of my move to Romania, I decided to postpone any big goal setting until I’m finally here. Packing, driving 3000 kilometers, unpacking, deregistering from Switzer
personal An update on rolisz After 3 years and 5 months at Google, time has come for me to move on to my next adventure. Yesterday was my last day at Google. I will be
personal Drei Jahre in der Schweiz Three years ago today I started my job at Google. I had moved to Switzerland two days before, with two suitcases and a backpack. Then followed a lot of
personal How to organize a wedding - in 20 easy steps So you decided to get married. You need a wedding for that. It's a lot of work. Given that I just got married two weeks ago, I'll try to jot
personal Evaluating goals - 2017 edition Another half a year has passed, so it's time to review my goals from January [https://rolisz.ro/2017/01/07/new-year-old-goals/]. Around March something came up, so I
