Tag Archives: Tech

Bayes’ Theorem and The Replication Crisis

Posted on 2019-08-06 by jcs

I’ve written before about the replication crisis and the shockingly low reproducibility rates in scientific research. I’ve usually focused on psychology but sadly medicine is even worse. I’ve usually viewed these problems through the lens of reproducible research and have … Continue reading →

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MAlt: CERN Strikes a Blow for Open Source

Posted on 2019-07-29 by jcs

Microsoft has been a sleeping dragon lately. Those who haven’t been around for more than, say, 10 years probably don’t remember how ferocious and predatory they were. Still, to mangle a metaphor, the dragon hasn’t really changed his scales. For … Continue reading →

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Minimalism

Posted on 2019-07-25 by jcs

As I wrote in my Ten Years post, I’ve become interested in leveraging my digital life style as a way of further simplifying my life. My post on everyday carry is an example of this: searching for ways to minimize … Continue reading →

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The First Rule

Posted on 2019-07-22 by jcs

For many years I had the good fortune to work with a small team of very talented software engineers. The team stayed together across many jobs working for many different companies. Our work was always related to computer networking and … Continue reading →

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VisiCalc Redux

Posted on 2019-07-07 by jcs

A month ago, I wrote about Dan Bricklin’s TED talk on VisiCalc. Bricklin’s talk was in honor of the 40th anniversary of the modern spreadsheet. The spreadsheet idea was an old one but it was so labor intensive that it … Continue reading →

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Light or Dark

Posted on 2019-06-24 by jcs

I’ve long been a member of the much maligned minority who strongly prefer a light theme for Emacs and, for that matter, everything else too. All the cool kids have dark themes, some even using grotesque combinations like blue on … Continue reading →

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Notion

Posted on 2019-06-03 by jcs

Ali Abdaal is a Junior Doctor (sort of like a Resident in the US) practicing in Cambridge, UK. He’s also a YouTuber producing videos on productivity, efficient study habits, tech reviews, and life as a Junior Doctor. I’ve been following … Continue reading →

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Cell Phones and the Crime Rate

Posted on 2019-06-01 by jcs

The New Luddites current favorite hobby horse is the evils of smart phones and all the myriad ways they are destroying civilization as we know it. These people are exceptionally tiresome but they never seem to tire of badgering us … Continue reading →

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The Story of VisiCalc

Posted on 2019-05-30 by jcs

Via Karl Voit I found this video of Dan Bricklin telling the story of how VisiCalc came to be. Many younger Irreal readers probably don’t remember Lotus 1-2-3 let alone VisiCalc so it’s worth mentioning that VisiCalc was the first … Continue reading →

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Some Useful Bash Variables

Posted on 2019-05-21 by jcs

In a computing world that often seems increasingly captured by the “point and click” mindset, it’s useful, now and then, to be reminded of the power and value of the command line. I’m not a “I do everything in the … Continue reading →

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