Who Needs Backpropagation? Computing Word Embeddings with Linear Algebra: numerical word representations are built using simple frequency counts, a little information theory, and linear algebra. #python

Some newer & simpler biostatistical approaches for more credible clinical research. TL;DR lower P-value threshold, increase C-index, statistical medicine instead of medical statistics, prefer small sample for intensive research in some cases. #stats

vim-galore: All things Vim! #vim

Properly setting $PATH for zsh on macOS (fighting with path_helper). #apple

Faster Algorithms via Approximation Theory (PDF, 89 pp.).

But just how close the computed solution $\hat{x}$ and the true solution $x$ are depends on how “nice” the matrix M is. — Don’t solve the normal equations

Python Design Patterns. #python

Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition, by Peter Bailis, Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker (eds).

Assorted less(1) tips. If you use Vim, you already know most of those shortcuts.

Ivry by night, Jan. 2026