thoughts
The singular goal of government, implicit until now, is to design and protect a structure where there is no distinction between the rational and the hyper-rational. Definitions * Rational Action: A single agent's action that optimizes that agent's utility function under some policy. * Hyper-Rational Action: A single
Writing
I've answered too many questions about vocation - far too many about the heart and past relationships. Questions that, by all my considerations, were the least interesting and the most unoriginal questions I’ve ever encountered. These questions - in their roteness, their dullness, their pathetic attempts at
Essays
255 (0b11111111) days ago, I wrote my most personally significant blog post to date: 2000 Days In 2000 Days, I reflect on important values in my life and conclude that I am defined by one central theme: control. This may only be partially true. Control, as a virtue, addresses my
reading
Philip K. Dick isn't the most literary writer, but the ideas he presents in this novel are engaging and I am sure that they were ahead of his time. Present day, with all the thoughts and worries involving large language models, an android filled future may not be
Writing
isn't it funny? how in our togetherness, despite both individuals being worse off, keeping up the facade hurts a little less than telling the truth?
Essays
I am working on some exciting GenAI projects at Google. Through this work, I have found myself truly leading projects for the first time in my life. Often, I am dictating the direction and the pace of the work that my immediate team is doing. This is stressful and I&
thoughts
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear friend, Happy Birthday to you! May your day be filled with joy, laughter, and all the things that make you happiest. Enjoy your special day! - ChatGPT I'm glad to be turning 25. The past few years
thoughts
Follow up on "My 2022 In Review". January Being in the software industry, I must consider the relationship of my work to the launch timeline of ChatGPT. In January we all had about one (1) month of experience using ChatGPT and many people were already calling it a
reading
Kazuo Ishiguro's 1988 novel "The Remains of the Day" is an instant favorite of mine. In the book, Ishiguro explores concepts such as duty, vocational passion, and love. It is a powerfully sad story. Having read the book, I have noticed a marked decrease in how
Programming
I've finally solidified on a purpose for my *.dev domain https://www.thornewolf.dev/. It is to provide an experience similar to Simon Willison's til.* domain. I found myself looking for a way of publication that is more formal than Twitter, but less formal than publishing
math
This question is inspired by an estimation problem I noticed in the workplace. We wanted to predict the QPS our service needs to support when client requests are rare but come in bursts when they do arrive. Problem Statement We have N marbles and M buckets. Randomly and uniformly distribute
Programming
In this writeup I will specify a few high level components that I think would be crucial for implementing an LLM-powered Text-Based MMORPG. I will identify what I consider to be the key architectural components for building a system that can support an arbitrary number of players interacting within this