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Tl;dr: being easy to argue with is a virtue, separate from being correct. Introduction Regular readers of my blog know of my epistemic spot check series, where I take claims (evidential or logical)…
Why Russia can’t afford to spare its young soldiers anymore
I was in the park with my son and his best friend. I saw 2 missed calls from a number I didn’t recognise. I Googled it - it was my bank. I told the other adults that I should call back in case it was important.
Hacking the happiness treadmill
In the 1990’s, I had access to the early internet (before the web) and made use of a public forum ( Usenet ) where I could ask and respond to questions about programming the Macintosh computer. I’ve mentioned before how this caught the attention of engineering at Apple ( Tom Dowdy , in any event). Perhaps too, the…
A comprehensive introduction to investing in stocks, mutual funds (managed and index), short-selling, and stock options.
Welp, I kinda gave up waxing personal on this blog a while ago, but what the hell, why not make an exception once in a while. So in the last couple of years I've been thinking about work and stuff a
Like many others in the open source community, I was very intrigued by the idea of the Framework laptop , a modular laptop designed to be repairable and upgradable. With a bunch of designs, schematics and documentation released as open source and a product that's legitimately competitive with the proprietary…
You spend years trying to learn new stuff but then look back and realize that maybe like 10 big ideas…
I started this blog on June 12th 2002—twenty years ago today! To celebrate two decades of blogging, I decided to pull together some highlights and dive down a self-indulgent nostalgia …
Using time series panels and Grafana Live streaming, Doom fans can now pursue total annihilation on Grafana.
You read documentation and tutorials to become a better programmer, but if you really want to be cutting-edge, academic research is where it's at.
The real-life story of Annie Shapiro - who fell into a coma at age 50 in 1963 - is more remarkable than the movie based on her miraculous re-awakening.
Capsaicin, the active substance in chili peppers, acts on vanilloid receptors (TRPV1) and alters adrenaline and endorphine levels.
A little post on why publishing statistics are so confusing
I gave a talk at DjangoCon US 2022 in San Diego last month about productivity on personal projects, titled “Massively increase your productivity on personal projects with comprehensive documentation and …
A new Pitt study shows that the gut microbiome of mice influences their preferred diet. The results, researchers say, could apply to humans, too.
As I've gotten older I've started to understand that memorization is important, much more than we give it credit for.
The science behind how (and when) to mix things up in order to accelerate your improvement.
