It sucks when reading feels like a race against time and I can’t just enjoy it.
Andrew Antes
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MS in Computer Science, software engineer at Tableau working on Tableau Prep, lifelong multidisciplinary learner interested in systems, networks, and graphs, in that order.
I also love DC comics and movies, snowboarding, running, economics & finance, and sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
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First draft of a report on the EDVAC - John von Neumann
One of the OG papers that outlines what’s is now the foundation of modern computer architecture. Know your roots!
It brings me an odd sense of joy that a potato mogul from Idaho kicked off the US semiconductor industry revival in the late 80s.
iOS 16 removing the batch highlight export feature pretty much means I’ll never buy an ebook from Apple again.
When I think of 3D printing I envision those printer-sized units creating a bunch of plastic miscellany - but they exist at much larger scales. Printing buildings (mostly the walls) by laying liquid concrete layer by layer is apparently a thing. My primary concern is increasing the already-huge carbon footprint of concrete by replacing wood and drywall, but the equation probably balances with the increased energy efficiency of the structure and the reduction of wood and insulation needed.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/23/can-3-d-printing-help-solve-the-housing-crisis/amp
“The most fundamental [lesson] is that implementation, not mere invention, determines the pace of progress—a lesson the US has failed to heed for the past several generations.”
“Vaccine” is a word created from the Latin word for “cow” because Edward Jenner used the ooze from a sick cow’s cowpox to inoculate a patient against smallpox. History of science is very bizarre and rests on a collection of chance encounters and ideas.
Apparently the most patriotic career path isn’t the military, it’s computer engineering.
“The cost of shipping a 40-foot container from China to America’s west coast is now $1,400, down 93% from its peak of $20,600 in September 2021”
What is it called when you understand something but lack the vocabulary to describe it in words?