A myriad of thoughts
My friends (Ping-ko, Andrew) and I recently finished a trip around the majority of the Bay Area ! I’m incredibly proud of all of us, but especially them for all the planning and hard work that went into this ride. Believe it or not, but Andrew literally bought a bike only 4 weeks prior! In the beginning, we were joking around about potentially biking on a week-long trip to LA from SF. We’d have a…
Since quarantine’s really settled in, I’ve measured my time allocations from 6/16/2020 to 7/10/2020.
I’m starting Whole 30 today with my brother. I’m fairly excited to see How well we can keep each other consistent How much closer we get What foods I have a reaction to How sustainable this is We’ve roughly timed it to happen before Hawaii, but there’re also other benefits. Angie mentioned that her focus and discipline changes based on food and that it’s a good way to lead into discipline in other…
I’d like to take a moment of silence for our biweekly cycling trips. Once the highlights of my week, these trips gave me welcome reprieve from the mundane monotony of quarantine life. My stomach is forever grateful for all the burritos we picked up along the way and I will never forget the right turn - u turn - right turn combos. Nothing put a smile on my face quite like hearing about Rylan’s…
I learned several interesting things from Rylan’s dad today about biking (and from the ride in general)! You want to keep your cadence around 80-100 rpm. Doing so allows you to burn different glycogen energy stores that you’ve consumed, not stored. This allows you to use stored energy for “kicks” of speed later and releases slower lactic acid buildup. He loves pacelines/drafting – he and a few…
prioritization of how we can maximize impact to help current + future humans. 80000 Hours has some surprising research and a quiz here. It turns out that my current work in [[security]] is likely maximally impactful, since it allows me to help protect the development of ai . list of problem profiles , which takes many problems and ranks them. helping create safe AI global priorities research…
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Recently I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how I want to manage my data and my notes. I’ve previously used Roam Research and Notion, but I’m scared that those might someday force me to pay or worse, lose my data. I’ve decided to instead create a clone of the features I enjoy here so I can just put all my notes online and access them whenever. The downside is that I can’t modify them on…
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Roam Research recently moved to a paid model. Not that I don’t support their product, it’s quite good, but it’s pushing me to realize that I can’t rely on other products to always behave the same or have my best interests at heart. They did, however, bring up a really good idea – that our thoughts are inherently graph-structured and keeping our notes in a similar fashion makes sense. Memex…
Weblog Did you know blog is short for weblog? A lot of this page (and the blog category) are inspired by Aaron Swartz . It’s intended as a space for me to put miscellaneous thoughts into the void but not quite so far that I can’t retrieve it on the fly. More organized thoughts, guides, and links go in Resources, and explicitly written-for-public-consumption reads are under /stories. Blogs I enjoy.…
Some complaints. Heavenly isn’t very friendly to snowboarders. There are tons of flats. From California to Nevada (Skyline Trail), Round a bout, etc. I expect resorts to have internet connection or reliable wifi at lodges. They’re often a central place to meet up, and not having internet makes this loads more difficult. Nobody wants to end the day waiting for a gondola to bring them down, but…
It’s nice that my family has grown closer as Kevin and I have grown up. In all honesty our relationship was incredibly strained early on as my parents pressured me to pick up “regular hobbies” like Kevin’s, practice more violin, and do better in school. I ended up making a large deal with them which ended with my gaining significant independence. Ever since, my parents and my relationship has…
Overview I recently traveled to Australia for my annual trip with my friends from SD. Specifically, this trip was with Josh, Divya, and Alan. We visited 3 locations (each of which in its own biome!). A Brief History Australia has quite an interesting history. Several hundred years ago, the UK decided that they had too many convicts so they dumped all of their criminals into Australia. Today,…
Background I’ve recently started looking into hanggliding. It’s more appealing to me than paragliding cause there’s fewer parts (and probably easier setup). There’s several gyms near me: East Bay, Pacifica, Mission Peak, Milpitas. The death rate is around 1 death per 1,000 active pilots per year. A full set of gear costs around 4k. People can get in the air and go straight after the first lesson.…
Overview I’m lucky to work on a topic I’m passionate about with intelligent people willing to mentor me at a company that treats me well. This situation has pushed me to have strong opinions about how companies should operate and what employees should be free to do. Optics Optics are when people explicitly stay longer or come in earlier to demonstrate to others that they’re working an adequate…
Overview I recently had several extensive discussions about what kind of society we live in and what society we would want to live in. Several definitions are important and useful for future topics/conversations. Definitions Socialism: Abolishes classes, significant ‘welfare’ programs, People are taxed based on ability, and given aid based on their contributions. Private ownership. Communism:…