How to Run Jupyter over SSH
Use port forwarding.
One-Handed Pottery
TLDR abstraction isn’t free or always desirable.
Memories True to Roads Anew: Dragonfruits and War Museums
Did you know Vietnamese has never had its own native alphabet? They were all based off Chinese characters.
Reward Hacking: 2nd Grade Kickball
Misalignment is when the reward function you specify induces an optimal policy that you don’t like. At least that’s how I define it.
Using Exponents to Teach 3 Basic Algebraic Structures
You can think of semigroups, monoids, and groups as the minimal structures needed to define and extend exponents.
Jaynes Notes 1
This is an opinionated and incomplete book. These are sloppy notes.
Memories True to Roads Anew: Skewers
Beijing does 1 thing better than anywhere else I’ve been to: skewers.
Mental Models and Tetris
Knowing lots of facts without anything to unite them is like having a crappy Tetris board.
Solving a Problem, According to John Baez
The ladder of abstraction is more a jungle gym.
Honoring Carluccio with Carbonara
I never thought I’d like carbonara.
Notes for Sun, Nov 12 2017
It bugs me how I’ve read stories where a character comes to a major realization, often about life in general, says they’re changed, and then goes on to live their life in essentially the same way, with only minor tweaks.
Notes for Sat, Nov 11 2017
I got sick of writing organized blog posts, so I’m going to compromise on clean blog posts and just dump thoughts.
Appreciating the Randomness in the World, According to Bradley Efron
Better known as the inventor of the bootstrap.