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Hi I'm Jackson. I am pursuing my master's degree in CS at UChicago. I'm interested in programming languages and interactive programming environments. I also ...

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Chunky Soup Rankings

Campbell’s Chunky Pub-Style Chicken Pot Pie Savory Pot Roast Steak and Potato Jazzy Jambalaya Buffalo-Style Chicken Mac Spicy Sausage Mac Spicy Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Chili with Beans Classic Chicken Noodle Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables Beef with Country Vegetables Spicy Chicken Noodle Hearty Beef and Barley Creamy Chicken Noodle…

My Favorite Word is Discrete, What's Yours?

Discrete is a word that gives me a little spark of joy every time it pops into my head. The dictionary definition of discrete is individually separate and distinct . That makes sense to me, but if you hadn’t encountered the word, without any context would you really understand what that is supposed to mean? The more mathematical definitions are not really satisfying either. They basically boil…

Valley of Despair

The following is an entry from the project journal for my compiler project : 8/2 I’m feeling a little bummed and not particularly motivated to work on my compiler today. I feel like the more I learn about compilers, the less of an accomplishment the compiler that I’m building feels like. Lack of accomplishment isn't quite right though. I didn’t go into this project expecting to come out with a…

Stuck Between 24 Rocks and an NP-hard Place

I became interested in the 24 game after my friend, who has incredible number sense, told me a story 1 about how he dominated the game when he played it in elementary school. Thinking it would be a fun and quick exercise, I decided to make myself a toy version of the game. Unbeknownst to me, I was embarking down a path that would lead me to a new appreciation for some of the core principles of…