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What little hope remains

What little hope remains

I am alone now.

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“The Secret Life of Circuits” is here

“The Secret Life of Circuits” is here

Some pics, endorsements, and the reason the book exists in the first place.

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Inverse-square law

Inverse-square law

In which Sally loses her marbles.

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Recursion into madness

Recursion into madness

Raymond Chandler would have loved generative AI

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Fluorescent lamps (don’t) have ears

Fluorescent lamps (don’t) have ears

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Journal of Negative Results

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Know your paradoxes

Know your paradoxes

The matter is too important to be taken seriously.

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Meta: 7,000

Meta: 7,000

Although I try to keep navel-gazing to a minimum, I’m happy to report that this publication has crossed 7,000 email subscribers (plus an unknown number of RSS weirdos).

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Meta: 7,000

Meta: 7,000

Although I try to keep navel-gazing to a minimum, I’m happy to report that this publication has crossed 7,000 email subscribers (plus an unknown number of RSS weirdos).

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Severance

Severance

» Mark has joined the call.

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Severance

Severance

» Mark has joined the call.

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Negative resistance

Negative resistance

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Negative resistance

Negative resistance

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My falling-out with the rationalist community

My falling-out with the rationalist community

This is an article I resisted writing for a long time.

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My falling-out with the rationalist community

My falling-out with the rationalist community

This is an article I resisted writing for a long time.

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Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

When working on my latest book, The Secret Life of Circuits, I wanted to keep the artwork real.

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Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

When working on my latest book, The Secret Life of Circuits, I wanted to keep the artwork real.

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Panel meter calculator with floating point

Panel meter calculator with floating point

Yes, there's a video at the end of the article.

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Panel meter calculator with floating point

Panel meter calculator with floating point

Yes, there's a video at the end of the article.

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Cursed circuits #6: reverse avalanche oscillator

Cursed circuits #6: reverse avalanche oscillator

An oscillator so bad it's actually good. But seriously, it's still bad. But in a good way?

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Cursed circuits #6: reverse avalanche oscillator

Cursed circuits #6: reverse avalanche oscillator

An oscillator so bad it's actually good. But seriously, it's still bad. But in a good way?

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Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier

Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier

Capacitor vendors don't want you to know this! Save money on capacitors by spending more on other components

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Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier

Cursed circuits #5: capacitance multiplier

Capacitor vendors don't want you to know this! Save money on capacitors by spending more on other components

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All logic, no bite

All logic, no bite

This radio station gets many requests for treatises on formal logic.

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All logic, no bite

All logic, no bite

This radio station gets many requests for treatises on formal logic.

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AI children's books, body horror edition

AI children's books, body horror edition

Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.

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AI children's books, body horror edition

AI children's books, body horror edition

Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.

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The 100,000 whys of AI

The 100,000 whys of AI

One of the most painful arguments I keep having with fellow techies is the question of whether you can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.

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The 100,000 whys of AI

The 100,000 whys of AI

One of the most painful arguments I keep having with fellow techies is the question of whether you can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.

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Getting silly with C, part &((int*)-8)[3]

Getting silly with C, part &((int*)-8)[3]

Read on to uplevel your coding SKILLS.md.

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Getting silly with C, part &((int*)-8)[3]

Getting silly with C, part &((int*)-8)[3]

Read on to uplevel your coding SKILLS.md.