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An ode to freelance historians
I was born in a country that shouldn’t exist: a Central European state that couldn’t even be found on a map from 1795 to 1918, that served as the focal…
Mar 27
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Radios, how do they work?
A brief introduction to antennas, superheterodyne receivers, and signal modulation schemes.
Mar 25
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The myth of the sheltered mind
Online filter bubbles probably don't shape our views. Too bad.
Mar 23
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Afternoon project: JPEG DCT text lossifizer
Earlier this month, I posted a gentle introduction to two pivotal frequency-domain algorithms: discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and discrete cosine…
Mar 17
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Product security: barking up the wrong tree
AppSec is fine. We're not paying enough attention to corporate infrastructure risks.
Mar 13
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Not so fast, Mr. Fourier!
An intuitive introduction to discrete Fourier transform (DFT, FFT), discrete cosine transform (DCT), and their inverses.
Mar 12
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Gemini: how did we end up here?
LLM bias is real, but it's not as meaningful as one might think.
Mar 2
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A reactionary take on memory safety
How much money should be spent on a problem that's largely solved?
Mar 1
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February 2024
The asymmetry of nudges
Answering the age-old question: why do bad decisions happen to good companies?
Feb 24
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DACs and ADCs, or there and back again
A look at how digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters work - from resistor ladders to delta-sigma modulation.
Feb 19
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Impedance, part 2: why do LCR meters exist?
Impedance is complex, and a common workbench gadget is not quite what it seems.
Feb 4
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January 2024
Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech
The lofty theory and the sordid reality of "perf".
Jan 29
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