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  • @fabian_writes I sit in 13A. #Essays #Life #Personal

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    Oct 22, 2016
  • @pointers_gone_wild Silicon Valley, Six Months Later #Tech #Programming #Essays

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    Sep 21, 2016
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Gorgonia #Programming #MachineLearning #Essays

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    Sep 19, 2016
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Yes and No #Essays #Life #Ideas

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    Sep 11, 2016
  • @steve_losh Playing With Syntax #Programming #Lisp #Essays

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    Aug 19, 2016
  • @olivier_lacan Taking Care of Things #Programming #OpenSource #Essays

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    Aug 19, 2016
  • @erik_mcclure Mathematical Notation Is Awful #Math #Writing #Essays

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    Jul 30, 2016
  • @epistolary_purgatory Wavelet Experiments #Essays #Music #Life

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    Apr 26, 2016
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Not Enough #Essays #Life #Ideas

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    Feb 24, 2016
  • @pointers_gone_wild Moving to the Valley #Tech #Programming #Essays

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    Feb 24, 2016
  • @jacques_mattheij The World That Could Have Been #Technology #Engineering #Essays

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    Dec 31, 2015
  • @bigger_on_the_inside On Buying A New Vacuum Cleaner #Life #Personal #Essays

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    Dec 22, 2015
  • @steve_losh Just Beat the Data Out of It #Programming #Essays #Lisp

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    Nov 30, 2015
  • @steve_losh Happy Little Words #Programming #Essays #Lisp

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    Nov 20, 2015
  • @jacques_mattheij We're heading Straight for AOL 2.0 #Technology #Essays #Software

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    Aug 5, 2015
  • @pointers_gone_wild All Possible Thoughts #Programming #Tech #Essays

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    Jul 30, 2015
  • @pointers_gone_wild Feels like Censorship #Tech #Programming #Essays

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    Jul 27, 2015
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Writing... Again #Writing #Essays #Personal

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    Jul 20, 2015
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Just Fair #Essays #Ideas #Personal

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    Mar 11, 2015
  • @erik_mcclure Does Anyone Actually Want Good Software? #SoftwareEngineering #Tech #Essays

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    Feb 18, 2015
  • @pointers_gone_wild My Thesis: A Clearer Picture #Programming #Tech #Essays

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    Feb 8, 2015
  • @jacques_mattheij All the Technology but None of the Love #Technology #Essays #Engineering

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    Jan 27, 2015
  • @pete_keen Email: The Good Parts #Tech #Software #Essays

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    Dec 31, 2014
  • @olivier_lacan The Cover Matters #Programming #OpenSource #Essays

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    Dec 17, 2014
  • @erik_mcclure How Not To Install Software #Software #Tech #Essays

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    Nov 26, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Naming Things (They're All Named Lucy) #Programming #Ideas #Essays

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    Sep 28, 2014
  • @olivier_lacan The Greatest Lie #Essays #Personal #Life

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    Jul 28, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside The Nanjing Taxi #Essays #Life #Travel

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    May 30, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Meta For The Last Two Posts #Meta #Blogging #Essays

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    May 21, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside A Fantastic Account of Wanting To Change The World Through Literary Devices #Essays #Literature #Ideas

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    May 15, 2014
  • @life_beyond_fife Death By A Million Cuts #SoftwareEngineering #Tech #Essays

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    Mar 23, 2014
  • @erik_mcclure The Problem With Photorealism #AI #Technology #Essays

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    Mar 18, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Overdrive #Essays #Life #Ideas

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    Mar 8, 2014
  • @jacques_mattheij Will Work For Food And Lodging #Technology #Engineering #Essays

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    Jan 7, 2014
  • @bigger_on_the_inside Programming is Fun #Programming #Fun #Essays

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    Dec 23, 2013
  • @bigger_on_the_inside A Tale of Productivity #Productivity #Essays #Life

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    Dec 19, 2013
  • @olivier_lacan I'm an Alien. #Personal #Essays #Reflection

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    Nov 20, 2013
  • @olivier_lacan Conventions: the silent feature #Programming #OpenSource #Essays

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    Nov 19, 2013
  • @erik_mcclure The Educational Imbroglio #Education #Essays #Society

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