Stories by Anon84

The Cold Open

Roko's Basilisk

Eddie Van Halen, Legendary Guitarist, Dead at 65

Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco

Optimization Problems for Machine Learning: A Survey

Black hole revelations win the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

The billionaire doctor duo behind President Trump’s experimental drug

The economics of vending machines

Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

A primer on engineering delivery metrics

Tours of Duty: The New Employer-Employee Compact

Science Saved Me from Pretending to Love Wine

An Elementary Introduction to Information Geometry [pdf]

Tensegrity

Dialogue as Dataflow: A new approach to conversational AI

Why did Warren Buffett invest $6B+ in centuries-old Japanese trading houses?

Federal judge postpones Trump ban on popular app TikTok

Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance

The business of selling illegal cocktails on the streets of NYC

Stanislav Petrov saved more lives than just about any human who ever lived