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I've been thinking about how we find meaning in life after reading "The Happiness Of Dogs" by Mark Rowlands. I also finally played Disco Elysium, and I think I have thoughts on applying Rowlands' thoughts to the game. A note on spoilers: I will be discussing the game without any care for spoilers. This is your only...

Introduction Earlier this month, I found myself on a side quest to build a Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor (SH-WFS) to act as a scoring WFS for my experimental WFS. While conceptually simple to construct, I never saw any concrete step-by-step instructions for how to build one on the internet. So here is my...

Things with age verification and privacy invasion is getting pretty hairy here in Australia. I am not totally sure if my implementations of blog comments or a guestbook are in violation of Australia's rules. Who could of guessed these rushed through laws would be ambiguous and have unforseen drawbacks? Anyway, I...

An Antibubble appearing in soapy water An Antibubble appearing in soapy water (Credit Science News). This is a sphere of liquid, inside a skin of air, inside a liquid again. Back in 2003 Scientists discovered these can be formed within certain styles of Belgian Beer. These are curious, because unlike regular bubbles...

Rating: 🟩🟩 Type: Non-Fiction

Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction

🍫 Jump to Recipe The Intro I recently got my hands on a melanger and have been trying my hand at chocolate making. Only after starting this hobby, I found out that there are very few sources on the internet for home-scale chocolate making. Thankfully, we have The Chocolate Alchemist, whose giant shoulders I can...

Rating: 🟧 Type: Non-Fiction The book promises a lot, the concept is an investigation to how biology has shaped human society and history. For a while it manages to hold up to that promise, the first few chapters are genuinely really interesting. By the midpoint of the book it starts to drag unfortunately, while the...

Despite being bullish on Quantum sensing applications, I have been known to be bearish on quantum computers for a few years now. This may be a bit of disillusionment from my undergrad research. Anyway, here is a fantastic bit of anti Quantum Propaganda that I missed from last year. Replication of Quantum...