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2023

More book notes (Feb 2023)original ↗
25 Feb 2023
Anomalies in the calculations of the anomalous magnetic moment of the electronoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2023
Technological and Scientific blind spotsoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2023
Ancient Apocalypse reviewedoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2023

2022

Medical history booksoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2022
The Caio Duilio class: torpedo boat carrier and battleshiporiginal ↗
29 Nov 2022
Yet more book works and days (Nov 2022)original ↗
20 Nov 2022
Michael Lewis: I wonder what FTX shenanigans he was up tooriginal ↗
13 Nov 2022
rando Q vs J thoughtsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2022
Classic books on the NPCoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2022
Aggregating experts: another great ML idea you never heard oforiginal ↗
12 Oct 2022
More books on how the world turns (Sept 2022)original ↗
2 Sept 2022
The dropoutoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2022
Poking holes in Bell’s inequality: E.T. Jaynes possibly clearing up some mysteriesoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2022
Littoral combat ships are moronicoriginal ↗
26 May 2022
Things the US establishment got wrong about wuhan-coof part 2original ↗
1 May 2022
Astronomical anomalies 2original ↗
23 Apr 2022
Ruling engines and lapping the ultimate screworiginal ↗
16 Apr 2022
From ancient Gears and Screws to Quantum Mechanicsoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2022
George Kennan, a quick revieworiginal ↗
17 Mar 2022
Managerial failings: complificationoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2022
My pal Niccolo interviews …. meoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2022
BAP books on love and war reviewedoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2022

2021

Biological anomaliesoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2021
A review of “The Man Who Solved the Market” (and “the Captain”)original ↗
29 Nov 2021
US public health problems which are more serious than Corona-chanoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2021
America Against America: the Chinese de Tocquevilleoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2021
Dune: Villeneuve makes a Villeneuve movieoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2021
Fun with complexity theoryoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2021
Michael Pollan is a public menaceoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2021
Books which inspired Robert E Howardoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2021
He was too good for this earthoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2021
Observations of n00b amateur astronomeroriginal ↗
19 Aug 2021
Things the establishment got wrong about wuhan-cooforiginal ↗
12 Aug 2021
Edison was better than Tesla in every wayoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2021
Malice, stupidity and brain melting microwave ray gunsoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2021
Why everyone should learn the slide ruleoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2021
Open problems in Astronomyoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2021
Muh government flying saucersoriginal ↗
29 May 2021
Sabine Hossenfelder’s Lost in Mathoriginal ↗
16 May 2021
Great physicists: Pyotr Kapitzaoriginal ↗
8 May 2021
Office chairs are a scamoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021
The Physicists: a history of a scientific community in modern Americaoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2021
Obvious and possible software innovations nobody doesoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2021
Planning of invention 2: lessons from Sidewinder and China Lakeoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2021
Technology winter continuesoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2021
Humble tokamak physicist owns generations of cosmological wankersoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2021
Outer limits predicted ipotato twitter mobs in 1963original ↗
11 Mar 2021
Russian empire aerospace refugeesoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2021
Texas energy markets: several bad ideasoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2021
Planning of invention part 1: Burton Klein and Dynamic Economicsoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2021
RNA memory hypothesisoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2021
The Fremen are Chechens: “Sabres of Paradise” as inspiration for Duneoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2021
Psychedelics are a waste of lifeoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2021
Why quantum mechanics (and electrical engineering) uses complex numbersoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2021
Woo for its own sakeoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2021

2020

Just as good alternatives to big-five theories of personalityoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2020
“Bit Player:” desecrating the memory of Claude Shannonoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2020
Secrets of a successful shut inoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2020
Data is not the new oil: a call for a Butlerian Jihad against technocrat data ding dongsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2020
On Leaving the Bay Areaoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2020
William R. Corliss and open problems in scienceoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2020
Open problems in Roboticsoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2020
On cultures that buildoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2020
Automotive memoriesoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2020
Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great heightoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2020
Shitty future: Bugman design versus eternal designoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2020
Ten predictions for 2030original ↗
27 Jan 2020

2019

The Fifth Generation Computing projectoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2019
Golden age experimental physics memoriesoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
Ave Atque Vale: Marty Halpernoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
Cybersyn and Allende’s Semi-Automated Luxury Socialismoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2019
AI is not eliminating jobsoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2019
Quantum computing as a field is obvious bullshitoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019

2018

Machine learning & data science: what to worry about in the near futureoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
I don’t want to work on your shitty blockchain project: especially you, Facebookoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
Dynamite Cruiser Vesuviusoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2018

2017

Decoupling from fakebookoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2017
“AI” and the human informational centipedeoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2017
Technologies which did not live up to the hypeoriginal ↗
14 May 2017
Please stop writing new serialization protocolsoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2017
How to shoot down a stealth fighteroriginal ↗
20 Jan 2017

2016

Predicting with confidence: the best machine learning idea you never heard oforiginal ↗
5 Dec 2016
The Leduc ramjetoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2016
My favorite photo of this wacky electionoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2016
The Future ain’t what it used to beoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2016
Atlas data structure: columnar NoSQL for Kerforiginal ↗
26 Aug 2016
Numeric linear algebra code: an appreciationoriginal ↗
26 May 2016
On beating roulette: part 3original ↗
14 Mar 2016
String Interning Done Rightoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2016
Tatra 603: wacky commie hot rodoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2016
An introduction to Kerf combinatorsoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2016
Timestamps done rightoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2016

2015

Putin’s nuclear torpedo and Project Plutooriginal ↗
31 Dec 2015
An introduction to Kerforiginal ↗
15 Dec 2015
Advice to a young social scientistoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2015

2014

Notation as a tool for thought: Wavelets in Joriginal ↗
14 Nov 2014
Optalysys and Optical computingoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2014
Neglected machine learning ideasoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2014
Can the Su-25 intercept and shoot down a 777?original ↗
21 Jul 2014
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