Stories by surprisetalk

How to build god and get away with it

Can a Computer Program Be a Cruciverbalist?

Heretical Thoughts on AI (2023)

Mola Structural System: A new way to study, teach and design structures

I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch

Deriving the Kelly Criterion to Maximise Profits

Laziness Death Spirals

The Economics of Haunted Houses

"What it means to be open" by Lu Wilson [video]

Optimizing a large SQLite database for reading

A History of Microwave Ovens

The case of the default thread pool heuristic

Design for Real Life

Bang bang he murdered math {the musical } [video]

Good Airport Design: Aesthetic vs. Efficiency [video]

A Georgist's Guerilla Gardening Guide

The Silicon Valley Tarpits

Cabin Anna, House That Slides Open, Goes into Production

Further evidence for the babysitting theory of education

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