Computing Life · An engineering notebook

An engineering notebook on AI, systems, and everyday experiments.

Long-form notes on agentic systems, engineering judgment, astrophotography, hardware, coffee, and the tools that make a life easier to inspect and improve.

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385 posts · since 2012

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    要开始写Alive了吗

    实习生活尾声的心情感悟:闺蜜的陪伴温暖人心、加州的驾驶学习与Coast Starlight海岸列车之旅、即将开飞机的期待,以及面对回纽约PhD生活的不舍。

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    0708杂想

    与师兄师姐讨论职业发展和创业后的反思,分析PhD的优势与劣势,思考个人能力定位与未来发展路径的选择。

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    F# Revisited

    Explores F# for implementing domain-specific languages, demonstrating turtle graphics and fractal generation with elegant syntax, async support, and parallel computing capabilities.

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    Lumia 900

    Switching from iPhone to Lumia 900: smooth Windows Phone experience, excellent keyboard input, tile interface, but limited app ecosystem and IE10 shortcomings.

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    Thoughts about convex optimization

    Convex optimization as a powerful modeling language: express problems as objectives and constraints, then solve efficiently. Demonstrated with image denoising using CVX.

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    A new start...

    Restarting the blog with morning reading habits, jogging goals, and budget planning—small steps toward a more disciplined life.

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    Automatic Recognition of EMS's CAPTCHA

    Demonstrates automatic CAPTCHA recognition using image binarization, digit splitting, and K-nearest neighbor classification, achieving perfect accuracy on EMS package tracking system.

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