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Gitalogy — The Science of Being a Big Fish
Gitalogy Gitalogy originates from the Chinese proverb “宁做鸡头，不做凤尾” — literally “better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix,” equivalent to “better to be … Read more →
Photography and Research
最近重新拾起了相机，惊觉摄影和科研（至少在计算机领域）简直相似地过分。强烈建议学术民工尝试一下摄影，或者摄影师尝试一下科研（？）。 从创新开始 首先要强调的就是创新。摄影创新的角度和科研简直不要太像了。 当下我们习以为常的造物，若是能置于历史的车轮下，我们即刻就能发现它的伟大。 选题和时代 简单地说，选题就是去找一些历史上真就没人拍过的东西。在Duchamp的小便池（Fountain）成为艺术之 … Read more →
Notes on a Fractured 2022
Things have been getting more surreal with each passing year. When someone who spends too much time doomscrolling stops being surprised by the absurd, they’re already in trouble. My chronic … Read more →
Symbols and Interpretation
在被Coq折磨了快一个月后，终于我终于看完了Logic Foundation。作为Software Foundations系列书籍中的第一员大将，它还是有点东西的。这里只浅谈一下我对于符号和解释这两个概念所产生的更深的理解。正文部分基本不涉及任何与编程本身相关的问题。 Preface 我并不打算对书的中知识概括总结，而是希望浅谈自己在读书过程中对于两个重要的概念，符号与解释的一些理解和思考。 在这 … Read more →
A Few Days in California
Just got back from California, couldn’t wait to jot down my impressions. Finally got around to finishing this post a month later. Prologue This summer I was fortunate to land an internship at a … Read more →
Reflections on 2020
A record of the unprecedented, surreal year that was 2020. And a summary of my own year, plus hopes for 2021. Fair warning: this post is stream of consciousness with no pretense of structure—written … Read more →
BCI, Humans, and Computation
Some musings on what brain-computer interfaces might look like in the foreseeable future and ideas that could become research topics. Prologue BCI technology and brain-related sciences have appeared … Read more →
Thoughts on "Antifragile"
I’ve been reading Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professor at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. I’d long heard of his “Incerto” series on uncertainty—this book … Read more →
Photography Notes
Why Write This To remind myself and share what I’ve learned. Why Photography Technically speaking: to preserve a visual record of a specific moment in time for future reference. Artistically … Read more →