Archive - Garbage Collection

A Medieval Castle in Massachusetts

John Hays Hammond Jr. might be the most interesting person you've never heard of

Jun 30, 2023 •

January 2023

The Altair 8800

When 256 bytes of memory was something to get excited about

Jan 26, 2023 •

October 2020

Finding the words to describe abstract processes

Oct 5, 2020 •

March 2020

Welcome Distractions

Taking a breath

Mar 24, 2020 •

February 2020

The Prosecutor's Fallacy

Unlikely things happen all of the time

Feb 28, 2020 •

January 2020

Little Women, Big Data

Warning: spoilers ahead

Jan 8, 2020 •

December 2019

The Enchantress of Numbers

Dec 10, 2019 •

November 2019

Pluto's Little Brother

A scientific priority controversy and why anonymity isn't good enough

Nov 15, 2019 •

October 2019

But How Bad Does it Feel?

Intensity vs. sensation

Oct 18, 2019 •

September 2019

Word Embeddings

Or, AI as a mirror

Sep 25, 2019 •

Don't Get Greedy

Except when you have to

Sep 11, 2019 •

August 2019

Hard Disks and Solid State Drives

The materiality of data

Aug 27, 2019 •

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