"The Goddess of Everything Else"

On the one hand, I'm not particularly fond of holding up a thing to imply it is transcendental over other things. But this may be one of my favorite pieces of writing by Scott Alexander: The Goddess of Everything Else.

Compression Schemes as Prediction Schemes

Awhile ago I mentioned inference in a Github post on my other blog in reference to security. But when we talk about inference in a wider informational sense, we often talk about complexity.

Einstein's Principles of Research

Einstein is perhaps most well known for his theory of relativity. But he is also known for being a scientist who broke new ground by virtue of holding close to known fundamentals and by engaging in basic research.

Savagery vs Science

Savagery is sort of the opposite of science, in that it's a kind of impulsive readiness to believe or disbelieve with absolute certainty, often followed by false religious zeal or dogma.

Clock Drift

When people think about clocks, they might know about how old analog clocks functioned and also suffered from the problem of clock drift. But even with the advent of digital clocks, we also find the same problem once more.

Euler's Continued Fraction in Lisp

In 1748, Leonhard Euler published a formula describing an identity that connected and generalized an infinite series and infinite continued fraction.

Notes on Compilers

Lately I've been revisiting compiler engineering and linguistics. It reminded me of Herbert Gross' lectures on calculus.