Documents

These are the kind of thing some would also call blog-posts or essays.

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• A possible cure for impostor syndrome
  2023-337, O4 Q2 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• De-eponymising technical terms
  2023-326, O3 Q3 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• I don't believe what I argue
  2023-309, O4 Q2 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Cycloethane (or, double bonds are just rings)
  2023-305, O5 Q5 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• The entropy maxim for binary questions
  2023-288, O3 Q3 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Why I don't use Discord
  2023-282, O2 Q3 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Counting at a glance: experiments on the approximate number system
  2023-271, O4 Q2 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• 10 underused shell scripting techniques
  2023-267, O2 Q3 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Pure logical argument weakens claims
  2023-253, O2 Q4 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Radically-collaborative delayed-cycle English classes
  2023-247, O5 Q4 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Sabbath for minimally-self-modifying economists
  2023-246, O3 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Will issues are quite nearly skill issues
  2023-239, O5 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Maybe direct contact with brutal environments can lead to injury
  2023-237, O3 Q3 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• "Could" doesn't apply after-the-fact (or, possibility arises from the model)
  2023-235, O3 Q4 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Walk while you talk: don't balk at "no chalk"
  2023-234, O4 Q4 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Clothing is a virus
  2023-233, O4 Q4 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• But why is sorting O(n log n)?
  2023-230, O1 Q3 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Smart people always buy this brand
  2023-230, O4 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Goldilocks and the Three Optimisers
  2023-229, O2 Q5 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• How to measure a circle (SoME3 entry)
  2023-227, O5 Q4 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Hiding your evil plots with noise
  2023-222, O5 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Trading with yourself by comparative advantage
  2023-220, O3 Q3 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Reflections on getting hit by an automobile
  2023-219, O3 Q5 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Evolution is obvious
  2023-214, O2 Q2 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Combatting the absurdity heuristic by reversal
  2023-213, O2 Q2 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Cursing as a coordination problem
  2023-212, O4 Q3 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Fake creativity
  2023-211, O4 Q4 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Unreasonable effectiveness of logographies in handwriting
  2023-209, O4 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Is heating your food worth it?
  2023-205, O3 Q1 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Confirmation bias arises from predictive processing
  2023-204, O3 Q2 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• How to decide under low-stakes uncertainty
  2023-202, O5 Q5 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• How to ride a bicycle
  2023-202, O1 Q5 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Please speak unpredictably
  2023-201, O4 Q5 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Predictive processing as the mechanism of estuar
  2023-200, O5 Q3 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• musi pi utala sona pi mute jan lili ike
  2023-199, O3 Q5 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Experimental lifestyles
  2023-198, O3 Q1 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Clever arguers give weak evidence, not zero
  2023-198, O2 Q1 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• How to sleep more (or, an algorithm for minimalism)
  2023-197, O3 Q2 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• sona kama pi tenpo pini
  2023-187, O5 Q3 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Alternative formulation of sexual orientation
  2023-186, O2 Q1 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Memoire spaced repetition system documentation
  2023-186, O4 Q4 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• To use computers well, learn their rules
  2023-186, O2 Q2 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• sitelen pi namako ala: ijo, sona wile, nasin
  2023-185, O1 Q3 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• List of neologisms
  2023-185, O5 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Logo edits for fun and humour
  2023-183, O4 Q5 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Mirrored/archived file list
  2023-180, O1 Q4 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Ordinal date format (YYYY-DDD)
  2023-177, O1 Q4 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• What is difficulty?
  2023-177, O3 Q1 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Possibly-accidental noncentral-fallacy arguments on people
  2023-174, O4 Q3 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Your solitude is fake (maybe)
  2023-173, O2 Q5 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Weak evidence is common
  2023-172, O2 Q1 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Maths joke collection
  2023-172, O5 Q5 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Barefoot experiences
  2023-171, O3 Q5 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Why I don't check news and you shouldn't either
  2023-170, O1 Q1 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Documents
  2023-170, O5 Q5 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Document build script (build.sh)
  2023-170, O4 Q4 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• About dkl9
  2023-170, O5 Q4 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Processes of the skilled arithmetician (or, how to multiply 17 by 23)
  2023-165, O2 Q1 T5 (metadata, Markdown)

• Cone of freedom
  2023-164, O5 Q3 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• My unusual phone, and why I use it
  2023-157, O1 Q3 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Français study tips
  2023-153, O1 Q4 T3 (metadata, Markdown)

• Revealing the universal and eternal formula for evaluating all art
  2023-145, O2 Q4 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Music considered harmful
  2023-130, O3 Q1 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• In defense of Bayesian probability and uncertain prediction
  2023-123, O2 Q2 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• Underappreciated fun of academic tests
  2023-122, O3 Q5 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• Predictive history classes
  2023-121, O5 Q3 T1 (metadata, Markdown)

• Techniques for making puns
  2023-020, O4 Q2 T2 (metadata, Markdown)

• RTensor formula calculator (v2.3) documentation
  2022-231, O5 Q3 T4 (metadata, Markdown)

• On plaintext: what, why, and how
  2021-365, O1 Q3 T5 (metadata, Markdown)