I like to write about building things and self-referential systems of all types (including human). A few of these are the stories behind the projects on my homepage.
Essays
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Self-Aware Science
Creation
My review of New Horizons for Second-Order Cybernetics.
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Johnny's Big Train Ride
Essay I wrote to some friends on a big solo train trip.
Project Write-Ups
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Using ML to Play Pokémon Showdown
Trapped in a small New York apartment in the summer of 2020, I taught a computer to play Pokémon by optimizing a win metric I borrowed from finance.
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The GarliBot Saga
A crypto scheme became a garlic-bread robot in my kitchen.
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Controlling an LED Strip with Arduino
Pretty sounds deserve lights.
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I Made My Own Cell Phone
AT&T told me I had to buy a new phone.
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I Made an Exoplanet Webapp
An interactive tool for the ~4,000 known exoplanets.