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This is my blog, where I share (hopefully not verbosely) facts, factoids, opinions, curiosities, whatever, from my neatly preserved bamboo slips (jiǎndú).
I started writing proto-weblogs – what came to be known as blog posts later on – in early 01999 while in high school, at a time when most peers believed you could merely ask a Pentium I a question (like the modern GenAI prompt frenzy) and get a magic response. But I didn't start publishing content online until 02003, when I launched my first Blogger blog. In this blog, I have selected distant posts from that time for posterity.
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Bamboo Slips
Sorting Things Out
A visual summary of key properties of various sorting algorithms. More...
Of Uncertainties and Probabilities
Ethan Mollick asks a curious question on probabilities, and the masses respond, some with Python functions (all the while forgetting of the Law of Large Numbers and information entropy). More...
Project Update: Organizational Network Analysis
An initial update on my organizational network analysis project, which aims at providing a simple framework for analyzing organizational dynamics and power structures. More...
An Analysis of British Columbia's Harm Reduction Program
A basic systems analysis of BC's harm reduction services across key variables and systemic structures, including three high-level intervention points that I believe will improve future implementations. More...