The science behind the smile
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The document summarizes research on happiness. It discusses how psychologists, economists, and neuroscientists study happiness to understand what people feel, value, and experience. Key findings include that couples and healthy people tend to be happier than others. While smiles can serve strategic purposes, genuine smiles may promote longevity. Research also links happiness with productivity, motivation, and problem-solving. The talks explores what kinds of happiness people should pursue and whether this research will actually make people happier.
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We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
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We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
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My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
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During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
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- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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The science behind the smile
- 2. The science behind the smile Presented by : DEBANSHU GHOSH UTSHO CHOWDHURY GOPAL KUMAR MOUMITA ROY
- 3. Science will soon be able to tell us how to live the lives we want, but it will never tell us what kind of lives we should want to live. That will be for us to decide.
- 4. Happiness research has become a hot topic in the past 20 years
- 5. Peoples to do scientific research for happiness… •Psychologists want to understand what people feel •Economists want to know what people value •Neuroscientists want to
- 7. What researchers discover about happiness… • Couples • Rich man poor man • Healthy and sick people
- 8. Not All Smiles Are Created Equal… • Get others to trust you • Smile for leniency • Recover from social slipups • Laugh off the hurt • Hide what you really think • Smile for longevity
- 9. Happiness & Productivity… “If you don’t get this to me by Friday, you’re fired” “I don’t think most people could get this done by Friday. But I have full faith and confidence that you can. And it’s hugely important to the entire team.”
- 10. Secret behind the smile… What kind of happiness should we want? For example, do we want the average happiness of our moments to be as large as possible, or do we want the sum of our happy moments to be as large as possible?
- 12. Happiness graph…
- 13. A Focused Mind is a Happy Mind… • Happy people work better with others • Happy people are more creative • Happy people fix problems instead of complaining about them • Happy people are way more motivated • Happy people worry less about making mistakes and consequently make fewer mistakes
- 14. Will all this research ultimately make us happier??? What kind of happiness should we want!!
- 15. Surprise…
- 18. Thank you…