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Savagery vs Science

Savagery is sort of the opposite of science, in that it's a kind of impulsive readiness to believe or disbelieve with absolute certainty, often followed by false religious zeal or dogma.

Clock Drift

When people think about clocks, they might know about how old analog clocks functioned and also suffered from the problem of clock drift. But even with the advent of digital clocks, we also find the same problem once more.

Notes on Compilers

Lately I've been revisiting compilers and linguistics. It reminded me of Herbert Gross' lectures on calculus.