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All clocks are 30 seconds late
OK, this is going to sound crazy: I believe all clocks are 30 seconds late. Let's get a few things out of the way: this is neither about time zones, nor l...
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Reflections
The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning. New years get people in a reflective...
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A Pixel Parable
An imagined town is at least as real as an actual town.
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How Do You Like What You've Built?
Recently, a colleague asked me for a code review on some complex UI changes. The idea was to make an...
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Choosing an op-amp for your project
Just say no to LM741 and LM324 / LM358.
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Be a property owner and not a renter on the internet
Why owning your own domain and publishing on the open web beats renting attention from Reddit, Discord, Facebook, and other mega-concentrated platforms.
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I am rich and have no idea what to do
Life has been a haze this last year. After selling my company, I find myself in the totally un-relatable position of never having to work again. Everything feels like a side quest, but not in an inspiring way. I don’t have the same base desires driving me to make money or gain status. I have infinite freedom, yet I…
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Documenting an 1115 ft radio tower climb
Some broadcast engineering tasks are a bit too daunting for me to consider. Climbing the massive towers that power radio and TV stations is one of them! Your browser does not support the video tag. Recently, local engineer Aaron Cox had the perfect set of conditions for a drone flight to capture some of that risk, as…
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Kakizome: Japanese way of new-years resolution
Kakizome, Japanese way of new-years resolution
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Rules for writing software tutorials
It's easier than you think to write an exceptional software tutorial. You can stand out in a sea of mediocre guides by following a few simple rules.
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Blogs rot. Wikis wait
blogs rot. wikis wait. 2025-01-01 wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is my abyss is my wiki is…
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Books I Loved Reading in 2024
The Books I Enjoyed Most in 2024
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An Unreasonable Amount of Time
A method for magic.
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Shmøergh Hog – The making of a simple analog synth
The making of a simple analog synth
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The Zombocom Problem
Welcome to zombocom… you can do anything at zombocom… anything at all… the only limit… is yourself…
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EmacsConf 2024 Notes
The videos have been uploaded , thank-you notes have been sent, and the kiddo has decided to play a little Minecraft on her own, so now I get to write some quick notes on EmacsConf 2024 .
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Fogus: Things and Stuff of 2024
Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2024. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new.
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My Colleague Julius
My colleague Julius par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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Revisiting Stereotype Threat
A Reckoning for Social Psychology
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In praise of the hundred page idea
I prefer a lightweight nonfiction book to a detailed tome. I’m a dilettante of many interests, so my attention for any given topic is more likely to sustain 100 pages than 600. The sweet spot is longer than a longread internet article, but that doesn’t demand a months-long commitment: a 2-3 hour text.
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Developing Developers (2015)
As of Fall 2025, Northeastern’s College of Computer Science will replace this curriculum with a set of new courses, starting with Python in the first year.
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Droste’s Lair
A swords-and-sorcery programming environment for building and counting mathematical structures
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Pelicans on a bicycle
I decided to roll out my own LLM benchmark: how well can different models render an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle? I chose that because a) I like …
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Eyes Wide Shut: Hidden in plain sight
Eyes Wide Shut is the last work of legendary movie director Stanley Kubrick, and like many of his films it contains layers of meaning not easily deciphered or understood on first viewing. Released in 1999 to mixed responses, Eyes Wide Shut has since garnered considerable interest and has come to be