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The culprit I was minding my own business writing some type-annotated Python code when my type checker of trust did me dirty and nerd-sniped me. error: Return type "list[A]" of "list_method" incompatible with return type "list[A | B]" in supertype "Parent…

Wikipedia’s definition of lifestyle creep looks as follows: Lifestyle creep, also known as lifestyle inflation, is a phenomenon that occurs when, as more resources are spent on standard of living, former luxuries become perceived necessities.

Since another year has come to an end, I can’t help but ask the question: What does my exercise data have to tell me?

Just rambling about some music and books I’ve been exposed to in 2024.

Generally speaking our behaviors (both actual and ideal), morals or personalities are very sensitive to the intricate contexts of life.

I am way past a stage of a crush or merely being in love when it comes to pdb; I’d rather call it a deep love.

2023 came with another edition of Advent of Code, an advent calendar with programming challenges.

Since another year has come to an end, I can’t help but be curious: What does the exercise data have to tell me?

Just rambling about some music I’ve been exposed to in 2023.

In no particular order; probably not mutually exclusive; certaintly not collectively exhaustive I seldomly ask for permission.

I long held the belief that knowing things (by heart)1 was both overrated and not too important.

The not so mobile-friendly calculator accompanying this post can be found here.

Ingredients Serves four people.

Ingredients 1 large beet 50-100g of labneh 70g of hazelnuts 3-5 branches of mint 1 tsp of sumac 4 sour cherries some lemon juice 1 tbsp of tahini Should serve 2 people as a starter.

Motivation Assume you are working with a decision tree which as been constructed by a learning algorithm.

All of the definitions stem from Kevin Murphy’s Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction.

What QoQa - I’m still very unsure about its pronunciation - is a Swiss e-commerce business.

As another year is coming to an end I’m curious: What does the exercise data have to tell me?

Just rambling about some books and music I’ve been exposed to in 2022.

What is a status symbol?

Ingredients 300g of puff pastry 4-6 chicory heads 4 onions 200g of gorgonzola 200g of mascarpone 3 cloves of garlic 1 peach some honey some dry white wine 10 branches of fresh thyme 1 tbsp of fennel seeds 1 tbsp of mustard seeds 1/4 nutmeg Method Slice the

Every now and then I have come across prints of image collages or ‘mosaics’.

Ingredients 6 stalks of celery 8 carrots 2 onions 1 leek 3 large cloves of garlic 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 1 tin of coconut milk 1 tin of borlotti beans 1 stock cube roughly 50g of dried shiitake 4 bay leaves 1 tablespoon of curry powder 1 tablespoon of…

Ingredients 1 large celeriac 250g of strawberries 100g hazelnuts 1 handful of radishes 1 large bunch of basil 3 tablespoons of tahini 3 large tablespoons of greek yoghurt 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika powder Method After trimming off the skin of the celer…

A system just can’t respond to short-term changes when it has long-term delays.

Ingredients 1 banana 1 apple (Braeburn) 1 orange 12 fresh dates 12 tablespoons of tahini 200g of greek yoghurt dash of milk juice of half a lemon 200g frozen blueberries a pinch of salt

Ingredients Serves two for a rather light or one for a truly lavish lunch. 1 large kohlrabi 100g baby spinach 8 radishes 200g greek yoghurt 100g blueberries 100g hazelnuts 4 tablespoons tahini half a bunch of parsley half a bunch of mint 1 heaped teaspoon…

The gym operators have three folders in their open office, one of which is titled ‘problems’.

The following is an illustration of a graph optimization problem.

I had long felt a slight discomfort with the word ‘inference’.

Motivation On the one hand, there are things we notice ‘automatically’, easily, without consciously paying attention to them.

Ingredients 300g of rolled oats 100g of dark chocolate 100g of pecan nuts 50g of Brazil nuts 3 massively heaped tablespoons of crunchy peanut butter 2 massively heaped tablespoons of coconut oil 3 tablespoons of honey (preferably runny) 2 tablespoons of c…

I have long been an avid enthusiast of journaling.

I have the pleasure of having impressive friends who have completed and continue to complete spectacular athletic feats.

Previously, I’ve outlined some ideas on how to solve Suduko puzzles.

Quick to make, satisfying to eat.

Just rambling about some books, music and podcasts I’ve been exposed to in 2021.

As another year is coming to an end I’m curious: What has my running looked like this year?

This is a really hearty dish.

Ingredients Serves 3 hungry fellows.

Abstract As discussed in this previous post, a given Sudoku puzzle can be modeled in a multitude of ways.

Abstract Solving a Sudoku board can be done in many ways.

I caught myself making the mistake of thinking I wasn’t holding expectations when in fact, I was.

While I think that I’ve been doing okay when it comes to not caring too much about other people’s perception of me, I believe to have spotted some weak spots recently.

Just rambling about some books, podcasts and records I’ve been exposed to a bunch over 2020.

Yet another year’s almost over.

When looking into the future, the definition of ambitions is often intertwined with an assessment of their feasibility.

Many discussions regarding software tooling had me facing the argument that while my suggestions might decrease the duration required for the task at hand to some degree, the magnitude or quantity of the savings were not sufficiently significant, that they

TL;DR: Spend thought not money.

Ingredients 300g shortcrust dough large bunch of basil ~200g Soft, creamy goat cheese, e.g.