Dec
29
Programming Evolution
On Asynchronous Programming, Uncertainty, and Monad Comprehensions
8 min read
Shehab Yasser
Dec
23
Of Machines and Men
From Mathematical Formalism to Artificial Intelligence
15 min read
Oct
23
Randy Pausch: The Dying Professor who Showed us How to Live
When Randy Pausch found out he has terminal cancer, he gave one last lecture about achieving childhood dreams and enabling the dreams of others. It became a tribute to a life well-lived even if it didn’t include graying with his wife and watching his kids grow up.
9 min read
Jul
15
The Rosie Project and the Science Behind Long Lasting Relationships
Can opposites attract? Or is such a romantic arrangement confined to authors’ fantasies? In this article, we investigate this question a little deeper by weaving modern research on long-lasting marriage with the story of a fictional couple, Don and Rosie.
8 min read
Mar
27
Wittgenstein’s Practical Philosophy: Fulfilling Conversations
Wittgenstein is considered the most influential philosopher in the 1900s. In this article, we study some of his theories about language and reveal secrets for more fulfilling conversations.
5 min read
Jan
28
500 Days of Summer and Attachment Theory
“500 Days of Summer” featured a whirly non-love story between the protagonist Tom and Summer.
In this article, we try to explain emotional compatibility using Attachment Theory projecting on 500 Days of Summer.
8 min read
Jan
08
A Primer to Big Complex Distributed Systems
Building complex systems is an exciting endeavor. There are many aspects to designing such systems, like availability, reliability, scalability, and the tradeoffs that go into them. Scalability itself has many interesting elements worth discussing, like partitioning, replication, and consensus.
12 min read
Oct
12
Aliens, The Fermi Paradox, And The Dark Forest Theory
Why haven't we found aliens?
9 min read
May
12
A Brief History Of Reinforcement Learning In Game Play
We discuss humanity’s obsession with gameplay problems (be it video games or board games) and why such problems have been unflagging for so long. We describe the niche algorithms, like RL and NNs, which have helped to overcome a decades-long impasse.
12 min read
Mar
12
The Only Game in Town: Beyond Central Banks' New Playbook
For over a decade, central banks have kept the markets bullish. This had us mistake economic value for financial growth. Amid policy failure and rising inequality, how much longer can the status quo last?
8 min read