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4 days ago

How To Import And Organize Your Fitbit Data

Today I’m going to show you the script I used to parse my Fitbit biometric data for fun n=1 experiments like this one: Playing Faster Tetris By Sleeping Less Surprising findings from my n=1 studykongmunist.medium.com How To Get Your Data Due to data protection laws, Google has to give you every single byte it has collected about you. Your personal data export can be requested from your…

Data Science

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How To Import And Organize Your Fitbit Data
How To Import And Organize Your Fitbit Data
Data Science

4 min read


Oct 23

Accelerate Backtesting With The Index Trick (Algorithmic Trading)

Hi, I’m Andy! In this article, I’m going to show you some code optimizations that can speed up your backtesting of trading algorithms by a factor of 10+.

Algorithmic Trading

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Accelerated Backtesting With An Index Trick (Algorithmic Trading)
Accelerated Backtesting With An Index Trick (Algorithmic Trading)
Algorithmic Trading

8 min read


Sep 24

Applying Anti-Aliasing Using PrusaSlicer

I recently acquired a DLP 3D printer, which uses liquid resin that cures into a solid under UV light. The resolution is much better than a traditional FDM printer, and can even enable the 3D printing of lenses. These printers deposit a layer of material at a time, using an…

3D Printing

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How To Apply Anti-Aliasing in PrusaSlicer Using Gamma Correction
How To Apply Anti-Aliasing in PrusaSlicer Using Gamma Correction
3D Printing

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May 20

Recording The Serial Monitor Using Processing IDE

Hello dear reader! Recently I found myself sending sensor data from a microcontroller to my computer via the serial port, and ran into trouble recording the data with Processing. At high data rates, new data arrives before I can finish processing the old data! In my endeavor to fix this…

Processing

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Serial Logging In Processing Using Shell Commands
Serial Logging In Processing Using Shell Commands
Processing

5 min read


Apr 13

Candlestick Patterns Suck

Hello! Recently I’ve been losing money on the stock market. In order to stop losing money, I’ve been reading some books and articles to see if there’s any way that a savvy guy like me can get a read on the markets by just looking really hard at it. …

Finance

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Candlestick Charts Are Bullshit
Candlestick Charts Are Bullshit
Finance

5 min read


Nov 29, 2022

Playing Faster Tetris By Sleeping Less

Exploring counterintuitive results from my n=1 study. Medical journals, successful people’s biographies, even the alt-nutrition people who eat raw liver: the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that sleeping ~7 hours a night consistently is the best thing you can do for your long-term health. …

Data Science

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Playing Faster Tetris By Sleeping Less
Playing Faster Tetris By Sleeping Less
Data Science

10 min read


Mar 12, 2022

Ruby Identification With Lasers, Magnets, and X-rays

Kings, queens, and rich people everywhere agree: rubies look great. Their clarity and red color make them wonderful, shiny jewelry pieces, and I find them beautiful. But if you’re buying one, there are many similar red, clear gemstones which are much cheaper for the seller to pawn off as ruby…

Gemstone

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Identifying An Ebay Ruby With Lasers, Magnets, and X-rays
Identifying An Ebay Ruby With Lasers, Magnets, and X-rays
Gemstone

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Jan 1, 2022

How Trees Fall Apart

Hello! You only get to experience 1 fall a year, and by the time you read this you’re probably older than 15. This means you probably have only 65 falls left in you — remember to do your best to enjoy each one. Anyway, this particular fall I took more…

Nature

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How Trees Fall Apart
How Trees Fall Apart
Nature

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·May 27, 2021

Face Tracking With JavaScript on the Browser (Mobile or Desktop)

Want to build a website that uses face tracking? Well, you’re in the right place! — Today I’m going to show you how to set up a webpage that does real-time face tracking in any browser, mobile, or desktop. I’m doing everything in HTML and JavaScript to allow for cross-device portability. …

Programming

14 min read

Face Tracking With JavaScript on the Browser (Mobile or Desktop)
Face Tracking With JavaScript on the Browser (Mobile or Desktop)
Programming

14 min read


Feb 9, 2021

Keyboards vs. Brain-Computer Interfaces

Hi! Today we’re going to be comparing the usability of various household devices (Microwave, TV remote, keyboard, etc.) against those of research devices (like eye trackers and brain-computer interfaces). Information Transfer Rate and Bits/Min To do this, we’ll be investigating each device’s information transfer rate (ITR), or how fast the user can communicate with the…

Brain Computer Interface

14 min read

Keyboards vs. Brain-Computer Interfaces
Keyboards vs. Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain Computer Interface

14 min read

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Andy Kong

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