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Interior of an abandoned, boarded-up convenience store.| lcamtuf’s thing
What's the meaning of "numbers" and "arithmetic operations"? We consult Georg Cantor's turtles and look at Giuseppe Peano's code.| lcamtuf.substack.com
And some novel ideas for bicycle wheel design.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A degree in mathematics might not save you from stacking boxes for a living.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Modeling impedance in two dimensions, RC / RL / LC circuits, and why an LCR meter is not quite what it seems.| lcamtuf.substack.com
And how do we derive its value for sine waves?| lcamtuf.substack.com
Can you examine infinitely many integers in finite time? Are there numbers you're not allowed to know? Can a monkey beat a beaver in a fair fight?| lcamtuf.substack.com
A quick look at the wacky epistemology of analog circuitry.| lcamtuf’s thing
Recreational math: why a troll proof involving circles is less wrong than it seems.| lcamtuf.substack.com
If you're playing both sides, you always come out on top.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Why is there no equivalent of complex numbers for three dimensions? And what's the deal with quaternions?| lcamtuf’s thing
You might have heard of complex numbers before -- but what's the actual significance of i = √-1?| lcamtuf’s thing
Interior of an upscale restaurant, night.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Celebrating a rare dumpster fire in the kingdom of science.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Exploring a peculiar bit-twiddling hack at the intersection of 1980s geek sensibilities.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Back to the basics: defining key concepts in electronics without breaking out a plumbing wrench.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Explaining the reasoning behind my series of articles on electronics -- and asking for your thoughts.| lcamtuf’s thing
A major source of noise in electronic circuits is easy to understand. The unit we use to measure it is not.| lcamtuf’s thing
Linear components are pretty nonlinear -- and parasitics don't tell the whole story.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A simple question that takes some effort to answer in a satisfying way.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A quick look at the physics of conductors, insulators, and electric charges.| lcamtuf.substack.com
I apologize, but there won't be any Insane Clown Posse jokes in this article.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A heterodox take on the prehistory, the golden years, and the future of general-purpose calculating aids.| lcamtuf.substack.com
We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working memory.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Transistors and op-amps amplify signals - but what does it mean, exactly, and how to get it right?| lcamtuf.substack.com
Middle-aged computer expert opts to escape civilization, offers dubious life advice.| lcamtuf.substack.com
Dissing Fourier, exploring the Hadamard-Walch transform, and making square-wave spectrograms.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A real explanation of discrete Fourier transform (DFT, FFT), discrete cosine transform (DCT), and their inverses.| lcamtuf.substack.com
A brief introduction to antennas, superheterodyne receivers, and signal modulation schemes.| lcamtuf.substack.com
The lofty theory and the sordid reality of "perf".| lcamtuf.substack.com
A very early take on the promise, peril, and hype of LLMs.| lcamtuf.substack.com
The internet is littered with explanations of how transistors work. Most of them don't really explain anything.| lcamtuf.substack.com
