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john-science / chess_games.md
Last active March 22, 2023 13:39
Interesting Chess Games
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Just various chess games I found interesting. Ideally, I find a PGN and paste it into the lichess analysis board.

Date Light Player Dark Player Result Link Thoughts
1834 McDonnell De La Bourdonnais 0-1 W YT An amazing push of three pawns all the way to the 8th rank.
1847 Paul Morphy Alonzo Morphy 1-0 YT L An 8-year-old Paul Morphy beats his father in a very solid game.
1850-05 Paul Morphy Johann Lowenthal 1-0 YT Morphy, 13, wins his first game against a master.
1851 Adolf Anderssen Lionel Kieseritzky 1-0
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john-science / hot_sauces.md
Last active October 27, 2021 03:10
hot sauces
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john-science / where_to_buy_coins.md
Last active July 1, 2021 02:18
Trustworthy Coin Websites
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Trustworthy Websites to Buy Coins

  • US Mint - Only modern US coins and proofs and such. But absolutely trustworthy.
  • VCoins - meta seller. Lots of old coins, lots of price ranges.
  • ma-shops - auction site, but "certified sellers"
  • Great Collections - Small, but all certified from trusted sellers
  • APMEX - good for silver Peace and Morgans
  • USA Coin Book - great for US coins
  • NumisBids - coin auction site. Lots of variety. Hard do search. Good for filling in a hole in a set (you can set an alert).
  • Heritage Auctions
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john-science / nuclear_systems_notes.md
Last active May 5, 2021 01:25
Notes on "Nuclear Systems" by Todreas and Kazimi
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Notes on "Nuclear Systems"

These are just my notes on the textbook "Nuclear Systems" Volume 1, by Todreas and Kazimi. The textbook seems to be a classic on "Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals" of nuclear power reactors.

Chapter 1: Principal Characteristic of Power Reactors

This chapter attempts to give a friendly, high-level comparison of the different kinds of nuclear power reactors out there. It gives some reference as to their similarities and differences, and general performance and safety characteristics.

Neutron Energy Range Energy Range Name
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john-science / physics.md
Last active May 14, 2021 14:24
Step Right Up! Who wants to learn Physics?
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john-science / nuclear_engineering_reading.md
Last active June 1, 2021 11:01
A Reading List for Nuclear Engineering
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A Nuclear Engineering Reading List

Good Places to Start

The MIT Nuclear Engineering Ciriculum

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john-science / latency.txt
Created January 13, 2021 16:11 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
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Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
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john-science / vode_cython.md
Created January 13, 2021 12:18
Trying to Convert SciPy.integrate.ode.vode to Cython
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Convert SciPy.integrate.ode.vode to Cython

This is a research task. The SciPy Vode ODE solver is 1600 lines of Fortran with 250 goto statements, so a direct translation is actually quite tedious. It would be much easier without the goto statements, or if the code was in C, C++, etcetera.

Links Roundup

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john-science / chess_training.md
Last active March 5, 2023 01:55
Training for Chess
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Chess Training

My current goals:

  1. Go through my checklist before EVERY move.
  2. Stop playing hope chess: if you can find a single weakness in an idea, abandon it and find a new idea.

The Checklist

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john-science / plot_my_weight.py
Last active May 14, 2021 13:09
Python script for plotting my weight over time
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""" plot_my_weight.py
This is a simple scatter-and-line plot of my body weight at various times. The challenge is that
the data is very irregular. This program reads in a CSV of this form:
datetime,weight(lbs)
2010-02-18,165
2010-02-25,156.6
2010-03-11,154.4
"""