Functionally Imperative

Functionally Imperative

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The bigger the interface, the weaker the abstraction.
A Lesson from Go Proverbs for life.
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NetLogo: A Hidden Gem in Computational Simulation
I stumbled upon a quirky language for actor-based modeling for school and found something odd and beautiful.
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Shannon's Ultimate Machine
Tinkering for its own sake is a gift to you and others.
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Slowing things down.
I have big plans for Functionally Imperative, but to pull them off, I’ve decided to slow things down to reach my goals.
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Coin flips and most significant bits.
This week is just a few random thoughts I've had on coin flips and binary numbers.
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What if the universe is pseudo-random?
True Randomness in the universe is widely accepted in physics, and understandably so.
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Building on What Won't Change
In a constantly changing world, it's easy to become preoccupied with trying to predict what will change in the future.
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What skateboarding taught me about failure
a methodology for approaching calculated risks and incremental progress
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The Case for Strategic Laziness
How to maximize your time while minimizing wasted effort.
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Thinking Through Cryptographic Hash Collisions
Cryptographic Hash functions are fascinating.
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Reflections on turning 40.
I’m turning 40, and I’m feeling reflective.
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Why you should care about Kyber and the NIST
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
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