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Give Yourself More Playtime (2015)
I remember my first computer fondly. As a kid I was more than addicted to the Commodore 64.
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Bokehlicious Selfies
I signed up for the excellent fastai MOOC recently, and one of the project ideas I had was the idea of adding bokehs to selfies using Deep learning. Most phones have a not so great selfie (front-side) camera and therefore this idea has some merits.
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The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease
The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer's disease The hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease has an infectious origin, has a long and
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A Light Box in Heavy Times
My son is nearing his second birthday, which makes him nearly two years old. When he was only four months old I decided that I would make him something with buttons. I didn’t have much more of an idea than that, but I ordered one hundred illuminated buttons and started mulling what to do with them. Nothing much…
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Letter to Myself in Late 2008
[I originally wrote and distributed this post to Y Combinator founders and have been encouraged to share it publicly, so here it is.]
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Markdown is an excellent choice for documentation
Every few months, it seems a new post decrying the use of markdown for documentation (or other things) rises to the top of Hacker News. There are often good reasons for preferring a more structured option, like reStructuredText, LaTeX, or Asciidoc. Especially in projects where more formal text is required, or where…
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Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages
MAJOR EDIT: 9-6-2020: New nutrition info. Per Essential Amino Acid Research, Females eat 3-5 eggs/day, males up to 7 eggs per day. For Essential Fatty Acids EPA and DHA Take Fish Oil. If you are a believer in phytochemicals/Flavonoids, feel free to eat those in addition to the base $1.50/day recipes.
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On Scaling Mental Models
No Newsletter Next Week I'll be on vacation in the Caribbean, sipping drinks and juggling for Hermit crabs. The Actual Thing I'm a vim user. I've used Vim...
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Vocabulary as a Meta Mental Model
Vocabulary is a tool for creating and categorising mental models. Here’s how it works and how to leverage it.
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Build stuff
Extending on the about page, I want to emphasise even more the importance of creating personal projects, having independent work and going far beyond what a degree might teach you. Just so that we are on the same page, I will not take into consideration the reason for choosing a Computer Science degree, nor the money…
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Quarantine Bread
Bread that's hard to mess up.
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How I Teach Classes Remotely
Technology, running tech companies, data science, religion, translation technology, natural language processing, backups, p-adic linguistics, academia
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How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel
From a friend, a few days ago: We were supposed to be in Vienna today for a short vacation, but the city is at high risk and we […]
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How I recorded an album on my own, in my room
Detailed overview of what I learned and what I did to record and publish an album on my own, from my room
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I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019)
Disclaimer: this is more a rant than anything else. Maybe more #crazydudewontstoptalkingavoidthewate...
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Working from home – things no one talks about
Timo Zimmermann talking about software engineering, leading teams, consulting and start ups.
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Yes, I am still learning Rust
Recently, I got yet another nice email from a “talent sourcing specialist” asking me if I’d like to work for their company. This one stood out from the usual blockchain recruiting spam by actually looking at this blog. And they told me their expectations were lowered by the front matter stating that I’m currently…
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Why some governments appear not to be acting on the Covid-19 threat
The post conclusions contain speculation on my part. By now, you've heard of the Corona virus, otherwise known as SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
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Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking
A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.
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On Being a Generalist
Should you be a specialist or a generalist developer? My take on the trade-offs of each path, why I chose to be a generalist, and what you gain and give up.
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Why I often implement things from scratch (2006)
Once upon a time there was an Erlang programmer who needed an FTP server running on one of the hosts in a private network. In fact he didn't...
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The human genome is full of viruses
Your body requires viruses, but viruses don’t always require a body
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I have seen things
I still don't have any idea what Instagram or Facebook stories is. Tried Googling and still don't have a good idea about it. — Murat Dem...