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Times like these made me think of how useful it would be to have some kind of a discussion board, some forum on which I and other people could bounce ideas off each other to develop a better problem-solving strategy; rather than try to find the right path, collaborate our minds to carve one out - after all, teamwork is what allowed us to survive the Ice Age through the Pleistocene and collaboration is what allows us today to make breakthroughs in semiconductor process manufacturing as we reach the end of Moore's Law. Our survival and progress as a species has depended on us working together, n'est pas?
But that was grad school. No one had time to actually put their good ideas to use. So here we are.
The purpose of this blog, first and foremost, is to serve as a diary of sorts in my quest for knowledge. I am using this space to help me stay connected with technical knowledge from my past and organize my thoughts to explore new and interesting things in the future. So, this is essentially me trying to practice the old sentiment, 'Learn something new everyday.'
My intended format is a periodic update (eventually, I'd like this to be daily, but at the moment I'm not sure that such ambition is wise) in which I will attempt some number of problems from some [engineering, mathematics, pure science, economics, ... ] topic, and share my work with the community. If it helps some budding STEM student in the process, so much the better.
Since I am an American who has traveled to places where speech is not a freedom but rather a rare luxury, I have gained a deep appreciation for the First Amendment. As such, anyone is free to comment on, criticize, disagree with, encourage, contribute to, question, answer, despise, or appreciate this blog. However, freedom of speech is not freedom to slander, so please don't.
I had a professor who liked to tell us that he didn't care about cheating in his class. Obviously, this was a ruse, for he always followed up with a caveat:
Finally, I have no idea how this blog is going to grow, if it's going to grow, or if it will even be effective for me or anyone else, but I'm definitely excited to start.
s a former graduate student, I remember wondering quite a few times whether I was "approaching the problem correctly," and realizing after an hour or so of perceived progress, "...no I wasn't."
Times like these made me think of how useful it would be to have some kind of a discussion board, some forum on which I and other people could bounce ideas off each other to develop a better problem-solving strategy; rather than try to find the right path, collaborate our minds to carve one out - after all, teamwork is what allowed us to survive the Ice Age through the Pleistocene and collaboration is what allows us today to make breakthroughs in semiconductor process manufacturing as we reach the end of Moore's Law. Our survival and progress as a species has depended on us working together, n'est pas?
But that was grad school. No one had time to actually put their good ideas to use. So here we are.
The purpose of this blog, first and foremost, is to serve as a diary of sorts in my quest for knowledge. I am using this space to help me stay connected with technical knowledge from my past and organize my thoughts to explore new and interesting things in the future. So, this is essentially me trying to practice the old sentiment, 'Learn something new everyday.'
My intended format is a periodic update (eventually, I'd like this to be daily, but at the moment I'm not sure that such ambition is wise) in which I will attempt some number of problems from some [engineering, mathematics, pure science, economics, ... ] topic, and share my work with the community. If it helps some budding STEM student in the process, so much the better.
Since I am an American who has traveled to places where speech is not a freedom but rather a rare luxury, I have gained a deep appreciation for the First Amendment. As such, anyone is free to comment on, criticize, disagree with, encourage, contribute to, question, answer, despise, or appreciate this blog. However, freedom of speech is not freedom to slander, so please don't.
I had a professor who liked to tell us that he didn't care about cheating in his class. Obviously, this was a ruse, for he always followed up with a caveat:
However, I myself never cheated because I was just too damn arrogant to believe that someone else could come up with an answer better than mine.In the same vein, I would strongly advise against plagiarizing any work that you see here because though I am indifferent to how you use it, I make no claim that it is correct - only that it is mine and that it is open to discussion. But more importantly, do you really want to rob yourself the experience of understanding that problem, no matter how hellish it may be?
Finally, I have no idea how this blog is going to grow, if it's going to grow, or if it will even be effective for me or anyone else, but I'm definitely excited to start.
Let's learn something new.
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