The ratchet problem: on asymmetric risk
On asymmetric risk, ratchet effects, and what to do when it's easier to take a step than to recover from it.
Only A Model
A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
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My experience preventing and managing RSI (n=1)
Yet another story of typing-related repetitive strain injury (RSI) and what did/didn’t work for me in my journey out of it. I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice. YMMV. RSI is one of those things that turned out to be more serious than I thought at first and warrants significant intervention if it shows up. At the lower end of the spectrum, you deal with frequent pain while working. At the…
Case-sensitive multiselect in VS Code
When I use multiselect (aka multiple cursor selection) in VS Code via Cmd+D (which is constantly), I usually prefer case-sensitive behavior when refactoring and finding things I can edit in-place at once. When I search via Cmd+F, I often prefer case-insensitive behavior as I’m looking for logic related to a word (could be a foo_bar or FooBar and I want Cmd+F, foo to find both).
The Gene: Reflections on the PBS documentary
Read: The Gene: An Intimate History, by Siddartha Mukherjee (the book)
My current remote work setup
I’ve been planning to write a post describing my remote work setup for several months, but now that a global pandemic is forcing most of the world to work from home, I thought perhaps a description of my setup might be helpful to others who are figuring this out for the first time.
Notes on Spaced Repetition Memory Systems
I recently began experimenting with spaced repetition memory systems. I was inspired to investigate this after reading Michael Nielsen’s writing on the topic (see here and here). I’m somewhat of a Michael Nielsen super-fan (see this post about a lecture he gave at Georgia Tech), so when he describes something like spaced repetition as being a superpower that radically changed his life, I have to…
Review of the Coursera Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng
I started Andrew Ng’s famous Coursera Machine Learning course in 2015 after deciding to leave engineering and pursue a career in machine learning. I almost finished it, but then I actually got a job doing ML at a startup, life got crazy, and I never completed the final few weeks of the course.
On Deleting Facebook and Rare Disease
I have wrestled with the wisdom of having a Facebook account for years. I’ve deactivated, reactivated, and exported all my data with the intent to permanently delete (multiple times each).
Recap: Southern Data Science Conference 2019
Last weekend, I attended the 2019 Southern Data Science Conference (SDSC) in Atlanta. I learned a lot and met a lot of interesting people. Here are some of my takeaways.
Five-year update: BOS to ATL, Engineering to Data Science, PPP2R5D
I recently resurrected this blog from the ether and thought I might share a bit of a personal update on what I’ve been up to since I stopped posting regularly five years ago.