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December was a restful month, the winter arrived with proper cold temperature (some places in the Bay Area actually hailed and snowed!), as well as heavy rain that helped mitigate our severe drought.  Nights are cold and long which repeatedly…

Creation video (~2 min) 送李中丞歸漢陽別業, 劉長卿流落征南將曾驅十萬師罷官無舊業老去戀明時獨立三邊靜輕生一劍知茫茫江漢上日暮欲何之

Nostalgic Game Review Welcome to a new episode of the Nostalgic Game Review, where each month I muse over an old game I played long ago. Other than indulging my own nostalgia, this column also hopefully shed some light on…

Merry Xmas! Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy (Quanta Magazine) – forward propagation, neuron burst, backpropagation, apparently…

Creation video (1.5 min) 早寒有懷, 孟浩然木落雁南渡北風江上寒我家襄水曲遙隔楚雲端鄉淚客中盡孤帆天際看迷津欲有問平海夕漫漫

Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read An Apparent Ransomware Hack Puts the NRA in a Bind (Wired) – an interesting story to see the tricky…

Creation video (2min) 過故人莊 孟浩然故人具雞黍邀我至田家綠樹村邊合青山郭外斜開軒面場圃把酒話桑麻待到重陽日還來就菊花

Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read Are Green Jet Fuels Finally Ready for Takeoff? (Wired) – Yes they are, and the extra cost is totally…

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As it turns out, I started posting on my site, heta.link, in November 2020, so it’s been a year! My very first post was the same monthly report on November 7th 2020 (Sep/Oct summary). Over the course of this year,…

Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read Deadly Heat Is Baking Cities. Here’s How to Cool Them Down (Wired) – it’s called the ‘urban heat island…

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Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read This Software Aims to Make Your Flight Smoother—and Help the Planet (Wired) – at first I thought this was…

Creation Video (~2 min) 輞川閑居贈裴秀才迪, 王維寒山轉翠綠秋水日潺湲倚杖柴門外臨風聽暮蟬渡頭餘落日墟里上孤煙復值接輿醉狂歌五柳前

Nostalgic Game Review Welcome to a new episode of the Nostalgic Game Review, where each month I muse over an old game I played long ago. Other than indulging my own nostalgia, this column also hopefully shed some light on…

Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read WHO endorses use of first malaria vaccine (Washington Post) – even at only 30 percent effectiveness (reducing the chance…

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Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read Baby Poop Is Loaded With Microplastics (Wired) – this piece may irritate you badly. Essentially, it’s not enough just…

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October was a beautiful month in the Bay Area. With the COVID numbers a bit more steady here, my family and I started to slowly re-engage with the community: ice skating at SF’s Yerba Buena Ice rink, pizzas at MOD,…

Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado… Weekly Read An Outdated Grid Has Created a Solar Power Economic Divide (Wired) – the path to decarbonize our energy infrastructure…

Creation video (1min 45 sec) 月夜憶舍弟, 杜甫戍鼓斷人行邊秋一雁聲露從今夜白月是故鄉明有弟皆分散無家問死生寄書長不達況乃未休兵