One aspect of depression recently has been feeling like things are pointless, there's nothing valuable for me to do. My entire PhD has been…
Modified: February 10, 2022.
Here are some high-quality ways to have fun: Things I do now and should do more of: Ski trips with friends Traveling athletic events (races…
Modified: October 02, 2020.
Stack: goal: sample from conformations of arbitrary hydrocarbons (or whatever). simpler goal: sample from conformations of ethane. simpler…
Modified: May 16, 2020.
Chocolate tasting: buy a bunch of high-end, single-origin chocolate bars. Parcel them out blind. Give people a pad to take notes on what…
Modified: May 19, 2020.
Breville/Polyscience Control Freak: induction burner with temperature sensor. replaces normal stove, electric kettle, maybe sous vide, maybe…
Modified: November 02, 2021.
Doing [ math ] seems like a really promising area for AI. And by 'math' I mean math research (not arithmetic, which computers are already…
Modified: April 26, 2022.
MACARONI AND CHEESE 4 Tb margarine 5 tb flour Milk 2 tsp mustard 1 garlic clove, minced or 1 tb prepared minced garlic 2 ½ cups sharp…
Modified: February 22, 2022.
AI / RL Distributional RL book: https://www.distributional-rl.org/ Alignment Sequences: Value learning: https://www.alignmentforum.org/s…
Modified: June 27, 2023.
In no particular order. Items may move to [ previously read ] if I read them or former reading inbox if I decide I'm not currently…
Modified: August 28, 2023.
See also [ family recipes ]. Roast chicken and vegetables: preheat oven to ~400. cover a spatchcocked chicken with salted garlic butter at…
Modified: March 03, 2022.
This note lists some ideas and directions for research I'm interested in or excited about. Some are more fleshed out than others, some more…
Modified: February 21, 2023.
How do you start building and selling [ computational therapy ]? It can't just be a medical product, because that's a hugely regulated and…
Modified: February 10, 2022.
[ writing inbox ] the privilege of having correct advice work out for you ([ the privilege of advice working out ]) Let's stipulate that any…
Modified: February 10, 2022.
See also: [ computational life coach ] A recurring dream I have is to use AI to solve mental health. It is simultaneously one of the most…
Modified: May 16, 2022.
What are some things that people are doing now that are just clearly valuable? 3blue1brown : So much of math is hidden behind notation…
Modified: April 02, 2021.
Write Write regularly: under routine circumstances, at least a few minutes per day. This could be filling in nodes of this graph, blogging…
Modified: February 15, 2020.
See also [ writing inbox ] See also [ ongoing projects ] See, first and foremost, the backlinks below. Crypto trading model. Write a system…
Modified: November 13, 2021.
These are things that I might plausibly decide I want to work on when I sit down on the weekend. Expanding nodes on this graph. Blogging…
Modified: February 22, 2020.
Television: Arcane ken burns on the vietnam war WandaVision For All Mankind Severance: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/ Borgen Diplomat…
Modified: March 20, 2022.
Modified: May 01, 2020.
What will I do when I don't have a job? I don't feel that I have a clear direction. I want to learn and explore. There are lots of [ my…
Modified: March 04, 2022.