Things an Amateur Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
Partially in honor of Knuth’s 70th birthday and partially because it’s on my ever-expanding list of Things I Want To Do: I’m starting my journey through The Art of Computer Programming today. I post this not to convey useful information, but to hopefully invoke the psychology behind stating something publicly in order to alter reality. [...]
One of my goals is to become fluent in Spanish to the point where I can carry on a conversation. To that end, I need to be able to type various accented characters using a Dvorak layout. Here’s the setup I’m using: * Dvorak International Alternate layout from http://keyboards.jargon-file.org/, the one that puts everything on [...]
Found some 22 dB noise reduction rating headphones at Lowe’s today: AO Safety® WorkTunes® AM/FM Stereo Radio and Hearing Protector They have an am/fm radio (obvious from the name) but I can’t pick up much down here. No big deal for me because I don’t usually listen to the radio if the Preds aren’t playing. [...]
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