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On having heart surgery at 32
Author’s note: this is a departure from topics that I usually write about. It’s not related to tech, learning, or …
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How much oranger do red orange bags make oranges look?
Look at this orange:
Now look at this orange:
It’s the same orange.
But, look how much more orange it looks with the red …
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Visualizing my strengths and areas for growth with RPG radar charts
Sometimes I just love a good visualization, and there’s something about radar charts that makes them so approachable. …
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Harry Chapin and RATM: the problem with bleeding interests
Note: this post requires a basic familiarity with the songs discussed. If you’re not familiar with them, I’d recommend …
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All of the writing I did in a week as a software engineer
The other day, I was thinking about less-obvious skills that I find helpful for working as a software engineer. Some …
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Brute-forcing the NYT Digits game
You’re given a list of integers and a target number. You can add, subtract, multiply, or divide numbers, and you can use …
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The dog hair and the computer mouse
Because I spend my entire workday on the computer, my mouse is very important to me. With my basic optical mouse, I’m …
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Things that are hard to measure, things that are easy to measure
There are things that are hard to measure, and there are things that are easy to measure. I think about this duality a …