life - dimabagow

Libertarianism Libertarianism or why the stationary bandit is starting to die. There is one very uncomfortable thought. The state was never necessary. It was technically inevitable.

Warm Tube WWW The Internet of the 2000s was warm. The 2000s were a strange time.

Home server system My system consists of servers completely isolated from the network (these are simply passively cooled mini PCs), I have 12 such boxes, each responsible for its own part of the system:

Large Language Models Modern LLMs do not think in words. They work with vectors, probability distributions, and matrices of weights.

Quantum Superposition Quantum superposition is one of those things that sound like esoteric nonsense after a third bottle of cognac, but lie at the foundation of all modern electronics.

See An incredible TV series, I haven't seen anything like

Qubits and Blockchain Every time news comes out about Google, IBM or some new superconducting qubit, experts start crawling out claiming: Bitcoin is dead.

Net Homeless I first got on the Internet back in 1997. It was a completely different place.

Stargate A series with a wonderful warm atmosphere, against which various scientific hypotheses are artistically played out.

Dissidence A society is a complex social system that functions according to its own laws.

Reading I read quite a lot, but I never set a goal to read as many books as possible.

Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica is one of the most unusual examples of science fiction, where space is a laboratory for studying human civilization.

St. Matthew Island A very instructive story about population crash due to resource depletion.

Compound Interest Calculator Calculation of interest capitalization and regular additions.

Commandments An open letter responding to literal interpretations of biblical laws.

Harry Potter for Adults A review of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

Motivational Books My critical view on motivational literature and self-help coaches.

My Game A childhood thought experiment about primordial nothingness.

Diablo II Reflections on atmosphere, mechanics, and iconic gameplay of Blizzard's classic ARPG.

First Blog Post The history and technical evolution of this blog starting from 1996.