Everyone is John is one of the shortest, most fun Table-Top/Pen-&-Paper Role-Playing Game (RPG) around.

Talk is cheap, show me the code
Introduction A common problem my friends and I have is receiving actionable emails whose priorities are medium level. They do require action of some sort ($ \geq lowest\ priority$), but the action is due in the near future…

OpenAI's large multimodal model, GPT-4V(ision), was recently developed for general image interpretation. However, less is known about its capabilities with medical image interpretation and...

Arduino-based USB rotary controller for arcade Arkanoid, Tempest, etc. - carlosefr/spinner-mouse

Columbia biomedical engineers are collaborating with orthopedic surgeons to build a living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years.

Ballad Health was granted the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. Since then, its emergency rooms have become more than three times as slow.

Python 2 has been dead for four years

A secret program called "Project Ghostbusters" saw Facebook devise a way to intercept and decrypt the encrypted network traffic of Snapchat users to study their behavior.

Consumer Reports experts and former car salespeople explain sales tactics like the "four square" and how to get a great deal despite old-school dealership techniques.

Accidentally released on a Finnish island 30 years ago, the parasites are spreading.

Backpressure is something nearly every software engineer will have to deal with at some point, and for some it’s a frequent problem. But…

A new method from MIT's CSAIL researchers is able to generate images at about 20 FPS on current-gen hardware.

My job was overwhelming and rich in errors. And it drove home one message: we’re always on the clock

This is my personal site, where I write about Ruby, programming, and any of my varied fascinations.

A story of Devonian clotted cream and London’s railway milk. Words by Max Walker.

I have found a lot of programmers that do not understand the Halting Problem and its implications, so here is my attempt to fix that.