As my need to run more model optimization runs for AutoTS continues, I was looking at adding another mini pc to my server setup. If you don’t know, mini PCs are a class of tiny desktop computers that use laptop processors. They don’t have a battery, but the use of laptop processors means they take […]
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I was pleasantly surprised by my month long stay in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I came to Colorado Springs looking for altitude training for cycling and running. I wanted 6,000 feet of elevation in the final weeks before a competition in order to get an aerobic boost caused by altitude adaptation. I am not the only
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I would have never thought of visiting Puerto Rico if my sister wasn’t currently living there for a year now. I decided to stop by, visit her and generally explore the island for a month while working and cycling as I like to do. It proved to be a great digital nomad winter escape, and
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Naomi Novik is one of the best fantasy writers around. Her early book, His Majesty’s Dragon and following series was one of my favorites, but it had a problem. It rather wandered around the globe, Patrick O’Brian style. Unfortunately, as an obvious result, it felt rather disconnected and random at times. Naomi Novik conspicuously avoided
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The HP Book Studio G9 is very nearly perfect. I need a computer for data science with which I can also travel far and wide as a digital nomad, and I’ve been searching a while for the best one. Besides programming, movies and writing are the other use cases, and the occasional Civilization game. I
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City of Bones is a rather niche, otherwise forgotten book from 1995 that has enjoyed some renewed interest as a result of the amazing Murderbot book series by the same author, Martha Wells. It is not to be confused with another book of the same name by a different author. It can be rather difficult
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Croatia is just about perfect for everyone. It is rare that can be said about a destination. I came for the history, of Roman, Venetian, and countless other influences. I also came for the weather, which on the coast stays mild for much of the year (inland is a different story). To go with that
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“GLORIOUS PURPOSE!” Loki is one of the best, or perhaps more accurately, one of the most emotional TV series I have ever watched. It was amazing, for me. Yet I don’t think that will be true for the average viewer. Let’s start with the difficulties. Loki relies on having a solid grounding in the Marvel
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After what seems like a lull, with few decent book waiting in my reading queue, I was thrilled to see Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education, she being one of my favorite authors. Black Sun meanwhile came from the NPR top books list, and happened to be in stock in English in the bookstore here in
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One of my coworkers had setup a nice webcam, and looking at it, I thought, wow, that makes a big difference. In the world of working fully remotely, it seems like something worth having myself. I have been relying on built in webcams for ages, and it works, but it could be much better! I
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