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Monty Hall Illustrated original ↗

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Vibe coding is metaprogramming original ↗

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Everybody can learn to walk original ↗

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Excerpts from The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer, 1960)original ↗

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The Rise and Fall of Idols original ↗

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AGI is the new AI original ↗

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Stuff I did in 2024 original ↗

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The case for 100% code coverage original ↗

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Turn the Ship Around! (L. David Marquet, 2013)original ↗

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Solving Redactle with Decision Trees original ↗

30 Aug 2024

View yourself as a sitcom character original ↗

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The Principle of Total Evidence original ↗

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The uniqueness of sentences original ↗

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I mishandle my smartphone in my nightmares original ↗

17 Oct 2023

Fooled by Randomness (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2001)original ↗

8 Sept 2023

A chess paradox, and a social psychology bias original ↗

4 Aug 2023

Croppenheimer original ↗

10 Jul 2023

"It's okay, I'm learning."original ↗

13 May 2023

ChatGPT Scratchpad original ↗

19 Apr 2023

The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007)original ↗

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ChatGPT has trouble giving an answer before explaining its reasoning original ↗

7 Mar 2023

ChatGPT Epic Fail: The rules of Chess original ↗

7 Jan 2023

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The 2 definitions of being good at something original ↗

26 Dec 2022

ChatGPT Decision Making: Greenlighting or vetoing technology original ↗

11 Dec 2022

ChatGPT Collaborative Writing: The Guardians of the Dark Forest original ↗

7 Dec 2022

Nucléaire, Stop ou Encore ? (Antoine de Ravignan, 2022)original ↗

13 Nov 2022

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein, 1916)original ↗

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The best don't even try hard original ↗

10 Jul 2022

Antifragile (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2012)original ↗

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813)original ↗

9 May 2022

AI is automation of mental tasks original ↗

29 Jan 2022

Quotes: To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960)original ↗

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2021

The complexity of contentment original ↗

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On the tracks of Mission Impossible: Fallout original ↗

15 Aug 2021

TL;DR: Deep Thinking (Gary Kasparov, 2017)original ↗

10 Jun 2021

The first thousand original ↗

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Covid and young vs old original ↗

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A more sophisticated model for introversion and extraversion original ↗

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The Inanity of Work original ↗

30 Dec 2020

How Covid Spreads original ↗

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What if the future is all that is more practical original ↗

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When do the digits of the Epoch time change?original ↗

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The sane hardship it is to understand that 0.999... = 1 original ↗

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We're in for 2 months original ↗

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Thoughts on agnosticism original ↗

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Notes on nuclear energy original ↗

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Simple streaming of videos over the LAN original ↗

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Proof that 1 + 1 = 2 original ↗

9 Sept 2019

Recreating the Midnight in Paris opening sequence original ↗

4 Aug 2019

Reading notes: July 2019 original ↗

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The One Is Two Society original ↗

13 Oct 2018

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist original ↗

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Let's not forget about SNI original ↗

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Timing a simple Python command-line tool original ↗

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How to encrypt messages on Linux original ↗

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Do not use query string parameters for cache busting original ↗

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Nessun Dorma in Rogue Nation original ↗

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2018 Oscars Predictions original ↗

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Git branches and slashes original ↗

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The Social Network and "We need to expand"original ↗

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Image orientation in the web original ↗

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Displaying colors in the terminal original ↗

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Big Bang original ↗

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The music I listen to original ↗

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The np problem, Reddit edition original ↗

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Datetime in Python original ↗

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Why Firefox was losing track of my history original ↗

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