book review Ze Tian Ji Ze Tian Ji is a brilliant Chinese novel. In this post I talk about the themes that the novel touches on and present my fav excerpts.
explainer Lies Lying can be ordered on the scale of morality - White lies, lies to protect privacy, redirecting conversation topics, learning in a biased way to reinforce beliefs, lying by omission, misrepresentation, falsehoods. That's how I see the spectrum.
review Chocolates A review of some chocolates I recently tried. I try to describe the taste, recommend if you should try them out. Pictures, calories, and weight are cataloged.
explainer Cognitive biases Cognitive biases are heuristics build into our brains from the past which might have been useful in the ancestral environment. These are systematic ways in which humans are irrational. It is worth knowing and correcting for them.
philosophy Tradeoffs Broadly there seem to be patterns of dependence between concepts which I try to explore.
deep Goodhart's law Goodhart's law says "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" This idea is pervasive across society where you apply pressure on measures for control purposes. I explain how.
maths Made Easy Solutions Selected solutions to previous years Linear Algebra questions in the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) - IN (Instrumentation Engineering) paper.
philosophy Those who can't, teach What did Bernard mean when he said “He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches", I would like to believe it was said in a plaintive tone.
maths GATE Linear Algebra Solutions Elegant solutions to selected questions from Linear Algebra part of GATE exam.
facts Featured Factoids Did you know these fascinating facts/factoids. Here is a collection curated by me. I have linked to sources.
book review The Fifth Science "The Fifth Science" is a collection of 12 stories. This is my review of the book where I try to highlight my main takeaways.
explainer Wishes in Genshin Impact Using a Markov chain to model the Genshin Impact's gacha system. Find out the probabilities, expected number of wishes, and cost of each character in human currency!
tech How I made my website How I set up my website within an hour. A ghost blog with my own custom domain name. This is free for students taking advantage of the credits offered by Microsoft.
deep Featured Abstraction What is an abstraction? a concept? a process? a class? Why is it a powerful idea and how pervasive is it in our lives? I hope to try and provide some food for thought.
experiments TDS Meter Verification Can we verify if the cheap TDS meter we bought online actually works at least somewhat? Well yes we can!
review Onyx Boox Note Pro A review of the Onyx Boox Note Pro. Is it just an overpriced kindle? Will it be worth it for you? Find out the cool features it brings you in my review of this device.
book review Axiomatic Axiomatic is a collection of 18 short stories written by Greg Egan between 1989 and 1992. I highly recommend this for any fan of the hard sci fi genre.
about me Nostalgia A trip down memory lane. Let's recollect the games, books, movies and shows that my generation loved as kids.
love Butterflies in my stomach What are the stages of love and the warning signs you feel when you are have a crush? Do we always want what is good for us?
quotes Science Quotes "Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her pattern, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry" - Feynman
quotes Math Quotes "Math is more than a language, it's a system of reasoning. The symbolic operations that transform equations is equivalent to constructing long chains of logical inference, building arguments too intricate to hold in our heads." - Strogatz
quotes Philosophy Quotes "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart