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Configure tmux and zsh to play nicely

written by Eric J. Ma on 2021-02-28 | tags: shell programming

If you're having problems with tmux, zsh, and your PATH environment variable like I did, learn from my experience: the interwebs gave me a way to get everything to play nicely.

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Experience with M1 MacBook Air

written by Eric J. Ma on 2021-01-27 | tags: data science macbook macos arm m1

Some of my early impressions using the M1 MacBook Air for data science purposes.

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Dispatch rather than check types

written by Eric J. Ma on 2021-01-24 | tags: programming coding

I finally figured out how multiple dispatch works. Come read on to see my learnings here :).

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Libro.fm: DRM-free Audiobooks

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-12-27 | tags: personal

I think I finally found a proper audiobook store that I'm willing to support! Come check out Libro.fm, or read on to see why I like it.

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Moving my CI pipelines to GitHub Actions

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-12-24 | tags: data science network analysis made simple tutorial continuous integration pipelines github actions

I had a bit of an adventure today beginning my move off Travis CI and onto GitHub Actions. GitHub Actions is a wonderfully built tool, and I'm a fan. Come check it out!

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Graphs, language, and categories

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-12-18 | tags: math graph theory category theory programming

I had an epiphany over the week, connecting graphs, programming, and category theory. I might be wrong, but if you're intrigued, come on in and check it out.

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Building a personal knowledge graph on Obsidian

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-12-15 | tags: notetaking productivity

On a recent vacation, since we've got nowhere to go, I decided to re-examine how I made notes in my personal and professional lives. The result is a lot of lessons learned into effective notetaking, and me building yet another thing. Curious to see what I learned? Read on!

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Disable sleep on Ubuntu

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-10-18 | tags: linux tips

How do you prevent a headless Linux machine from going to sleep/suspend? I recently learned how to do so :).

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Fermi estimation and Bayesian priors

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-10-15 | tags: bayesian data science statistics

Enrico Fermi had a unique way of thinking that I think dovetails nicely with constructing principled priors. Curious? Read on!

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Why giving talks is important for writing

written by Eric J. Ma on 2020-10-06 | tags: data science communication writing speaking talks career grad school

I recently arrived at an epiphany: Delivering talks on a topic is an important way to prepare for writing a paper. Intrigued? Read on to learn why.

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