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.

Terry Crews on Hot Ones

One of the best interviews I’ve seen. Check it out.

Underrated Kitchen Tool: Silicone Measuring Cups

These are so handy.

Memories True to Roads Anew: Skewers

Beijing does 1 thing better than anywhere else I’ve been to: skewers.

Easy Way to See Reverse Triangle Inequality

To Show

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.