PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS | Computational biology, specializing in novel machine learning techniques for sequence analysis. |
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OTHER ACADEMIC INTERESTS | Computer history, programming language theory (PLT), Greco-Roman civilization, typography, constructed languages, metafiction, world building, graphic design, and computer graphics. |
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES | Proficient in C, C++, perl, Python, js, Java, PHP, MATLAB, LSL, most true BASICs, and bash |
FANTASY WORLDS | The Memory of the City Anthologica Universe Atlas Samantics
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Last time, we looked at arm biomechanics and how physiology affects the ability of humans to produce shapes, especially straight lines, consistently. The prognostication was not exactly uplifting: we established that human muscles are naturally disposed to draw wobbly lines, and that extensive practice is required to draw a simple, straight horizontal line consistently without slowing down. But before we get into the marvels of how cursive writing avoids these problems, we ought to look at some of the strategies that various scripts developed to mitigate them prior to the invention of connected writing, as these approaches are still very much evident in all real-world continuous scripts. (And considering how bad the average person's handwriting is these days, you might even improve your natural-language legibility along the way...) […]
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