Author Archives: E
Arduino simple serial echo
Part of my process of going from a large and complicated A, to a large and complicated B is to do small things along the way that gradually inch me closer to what I want to do. What I really … Continue reading
correlations, correlation – What came before
I went to a funeral once for someone I had recently met. it was unfortunate and I barely knew him. At the ceremony his father got up and said: to the young people in the room, my son was a … Continue reading
Vegetarian moussaka
Cultivated a moussaka recipe. Moussaka is a mostly eggplant based recipe which involves layers of flavours of various vegetables. When you take a mouthful through several layers you want to experience several flavours at once. Which means that you want … Continue reading
One model of understanding independent differences in sensory perception
This week my friend Anna said to me; “I just discovered my typical mind fallacy around visualisation is wrong”. Naturally I was perplexed and confused. She said; “When I was in second grade the teacher had the class do an … Continue reading
What it means to troubleshoot
I went to a tech meetup and someone stood up and said, “does anyone want a project?”. I have a habit of saying yes too often so naturally I said yes. I would try it. He gave me an email … Continue reading
Hacking with a NodeMCU
Today I am hacking on a node MCU. They look something like this: I am trying to program them with the Arduino IDE because arduino is stupid easy to use. Interestingly to bootstrap the NodeMCU to the arduino environment, instead of … Continue reading
Memory and notepads
The value of having notes. Why do I make notes. Story time! At one point in my life I had a memory crash. Which is to say once upon a time I could remember a whole lot more than I … Continue reading
Lesswrong real time chat
This is a short post to say that I have started and am managing a Slack channel for lesswrong. Slack has only an email-invite option which means that I need an email address for anyone who wants to join. Send … Continue reading
