Truth
[01-21-24]
I feel like this title would be too dramatic if I didn't include a description blurb.
skyspace2.0 year mark
[11-11-23]
Skyspace2.0 has now existed for 1 year. What has it meant? I offer some analysis of skyspace2.0 and discuss my favorite posts.
scheduleing problem: a lower bound of 2
[12-21-22]
this is a lower bound for a research problem that I've been thinking about (a lot!) recently. And some reflections on what it means.
short story 2: the butterfly effect
[04-14-24]
This story is still on alpha release. Feedback appreciated.
short story 1 -- revised
[05-12-24]
This story should hopefully be somewhat recognizable as a (heavy) revision of the previous short story 1, which was titled "short story 1". I think it works better, but this might be a controversial take. In any case, hope you enjoy.
ethics of donating to charity
[11-06-23]
Is it ethical to spend money on personal luxuries or things you find meaningful and important when this money could be repurposed to promote health and even save lives? I'm not totally sure, but must decide anyways. Alas, such is life. Anyways I wrote an essay about the question for my philosophy class, and by popular demand am posting it here. Interested to hear people's opinions, to what extent you disagree or agree, or if you have any other interesting arguments.
A Moral Dilemma: Surgery
[12-10-23]
Third philosophy essay, this time about a moral dilemma. THE PHILOSOPHY ESSAY IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE PHILOSOPHY.
To choose
[08-27-23]
I give some stream-of-consciousness musings on choice, and then hopefully edit it into something readable and meaningful that has a point.
spring24 classes
[02-07-24]
I write down some initial impressions / reactions to my classes this semester.
num a with ax less than half mod p: some notes on a personal conjecture
[06-24-23]
This blog post is a bunch of very half baked thoughts / attempts at proving a certain number theoretical conjecture of mine that arose in the study of the maxload of a linear hashing variant with n objects to 2 bins.