The Viterbi algorithm made me cry.

True story.

My time in California has been a very interesting one. It was joyous (when I first arrived), it was depressing (when the novelty of smog wore off), and then it was just nice (now). And I'm ready to go back to Berlin and be happy with German and public transportation and cool classes and all that. I'm excited to start my research with Schein, and ( Read more... )

Have you heard of Texas' Futile Care Law? The hypocrisy of its consequences and cases like the Schiavo case (mentioned in the article), not to mention broader issues concerning stem cell research and abortion, blows open what a lie it is when Bush makes such claims as "It is wisest always to err on the side of life ( Read more... )

No doubt the formatting is going to get all fucked up, but this is worth sharing:

Below are some definintions I wrote in Scheme:
This finds the smallest divisor of any number n.
(define (smallest-divisor n) (find-divisor n 2))

This finds divisors of n, starting from a guess of 2. It's used above to find the smallest divisor.(define (find- ( Read more... )

I'm usually annoyed by tales of cute chance encounters, but this rendezvous via iTunes is pretty goddamn cute.

A phone for my very own.

213 446 4545

Call it. Please. I like listening to the dumb fiesta ring tone.

I haven't felt the need to post anything quite as personally boo-hoo in a while, and perhaps it's the result of being back in this crazy land of plenty called USC ( Read more... )

After 23 hours of transit, 4 airports, and 3 planes, I am back in the City of Angels. So come one, come all, and let me know if you want to kick it with the now EuroTrashed ex-Berliner. You have until April, so hurry on up ( Read more... )

Top 5 Reasons Why I Love Café Maibach
1. Wi-fi. Free. Fast. Always.
2. Open 'til 2 am weeknights.
3. Tomatensaft served with Tobasco sauce, salt and pepper.
4. Ratio of Macs to PCs is always above 2:1.
5. Comfy leather couch right next to a Steckdose.

"And how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?" - Homer SimpsonTo judge from the latest nytimes.com it seems that Larry Summers, the president of Harvard, is still getting ( Read more... )