newsd Consumes A Great Amount of Space
· 1 min read
I was trying to recover some space on my 2015 MacBook (yes, the first generation, and still alive and kicking!
Crypto! Creating My First ERC-20 Token
· 5 min read
What do you do when your government has locked you down due to the Pandemic?
Don't Use $SHELL to Check Which Shell You Are Using
· 3 min read
My preferred shell is zsh these days. I started with sh and bash, then got sidelined into tcsh after a mathematician friend and colleague at the Max Planck Institute fired up the shell on my Silicon Graphics work station and showed me the cool things it could do.
Human-Machine Interface
· 2 min read
One interesting effect of the advancement of machine learning methods and tools is that researchers are now able tease out signals derived from non-invasive sensors on the skin to infer the firing of individual neurones inside the body.
A Refresher on Unix Permissions
· 7 min read
I had to deal with some extended attributes recently while using rsync to create back ups of some blobs on one of my macOS machines, when it occured to me how much the original Unix (POSIX) file permission regime has been extended.
Forecast Revenues from Blockbuster Drugs in 2021
· 1 min read
It is interesting that 4 of the top 10 blockbuster drugs forecast for 2021 are cancer drugs.
Average Real GDP Growth in Japan Over the Next 5 Years (2020-2024)
· 7 min read
I wrote this piece for a prediction market as part of the debate on the topic.
Einstein, Gravity & Relativity
· 2 min read
I finally understand why when Einstein had developed special relativity, he wanted to tackle the effects of relativity on gravity.