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I was curious why we don't hear about locust swarms anymore in the US Turns out this species - the Rocky Mountain locust was made accidentally extinct by settlers. Although the swa…

Thank you for reading and the very thoughtful observations. >> At a certain point, the verification complexity takes off. You literally run out of time to verify everything. > Coul…

I believe there is a Verification Complexity Barrier As you add components to a system, the time it takes to verify that the components work together increases superlinearly. At a …

My blog: https://williamhuster.com I have a few deeper posts that I'm proud of. My favorite is an exploration of battle probabilities in the board game war room.

I think you and the article actually agree and you are arguing only with their use of the word "development." The article uses "development" to refer only to the part where code is…

I was surprised to learn that the British had finished laying undersea telegraph cables around the world as early as 1902! Incredible.

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The deduction is flawed because the success of one method (thinking with writing) does not necessarily disprove the success of other methods (such as thinking without writing).

I really hope that is the case. My understanding is that in the DC case, the SREC values are anchored by DC's Solar Alternative Compliance Payment (SACP). This is a penalty energy …

I think you are right, and what's happening with rooftop solar in urban environments like DC (as in OP) is a case in point. By and large, the rooftop solar here is directly integra…

> If you spend $25K on a solar installation, does the value of your home increase by $25K? I spent $25k to install solar in 2020 (also in DC like OP). The solar company estimated t…

When we went solar in DC (like the OP), the solar company offered a zero-cost option. The way this works is that the solar company owns the panels, while the customer enjoys the en…

I live in DC like the author and went solar in 2020. I want to emphasize that DC's energy credit (SREC) prices are the only reason that solar makes financial sense here - perhaps a…

Graveyard of the Fireflies (1988) Warning: not a good times film. But it is beautiful in profound and sad ways. It deepened my appreciation for the good circumstances I have been f…

Looking forward to playing this! My brother and I were brainstorming ideas for a new wordle-like game recently and we hit upon this same idea. We looked it up and learned that Lewi…

https://williamhuster.com Personal blog with a handful of tech-oriented posts and a gallery of some of my favorite photos. Haven't posted in a bit, but this thread is motivating. M…

I also grew up in the US. In my high school we read the book "Hiroshima" by John Hersey, which tells what happened that day, according to survivors. I recall it being a powerful re…

Shader programming blows my mind, especially those niche programmers who are able to create entire scenes using only shaders. For examples: www.shadertoy.com For learning: thebooko…

I built a similar app for a client. It's called "Festi." It's on IOS and Android with web app as well... Getting traction has definitely been difficult, but is slowly growing.

Weird - I just experienced one of these as I was waking up about 20 minutes ago! I say "weird" b/c it's not a regular thing, but I have experienced this a few other times, along wi…

ThinkNimble | Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Software Engineers | $60k-$100k + equity | Washington DC USA | Full-time | Onsite https://www.thinknimble.com We build software for o…

ThinkNimble | Junior Engineer | $60k-$70k + equity | Washington DC USA | Full-time | Onsite https://www.thinknimble.com We build software for organizations that we admire. We're a …