#171 — Sun 08 February 2026 by Evan Chen

EWD 854 and EWD 1036 talk about the dangers of trying to make predictions about the future by using analogies to the past. Actually I feel like I haven't heard many other people say the same thing.

What happens if I tune out all predictions about radically new territory which are justified with a comparison to the past? Is that ignoring history?

#170 — Sun 08 February 2026 by Evan Chen

TIL the story of Čech and higher homotopy groups. Bit of a sad story.

#169 — Sun 08 February 2026 by Evan Chen

Nobody told me about tmux being able to detach (like nohup). I'd always assumed it was just something like a window manager inside the terminal. Glad to learn something new.

#168 — Fri 06 February 2026 by Evan Chen

Achievement unlocked: file complaint with FCC.gov.

#167 — Fri 06 February 2026 by Evan Chen

i thought i had no meetings today what a fool i was