Stories by surprisetalk

Case Study: Mars College

Attempting to Make the Smallest* Electric Motor [video]

Tetrachromatic Vision

A Straightforward Explanation of the Good Regulator Theorem

MUMPS

Using computers more freely and safely (2023)

Malloy: An open-source language for analyzing, transforming, and modeling data

A Simple Showcase for the Sea-of-Nodes Compiler IR

Stuck? Build Your Language Backwards

What I talk about when I talk about IRs

US Streetlights Are Turning Purple

30 Minutes with a Stranger

Do Metaprojects

Jacob's Phone Simulator

Why the age of AI is the age of philosophy

When pop music went supernova

Futarchy's Fundamental Flaw

Optimizing tea: An N=4 experiment

My advice on (internet) writing, for what it's worth

The LIVE Primer

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