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Kaustav Haldar
Kaustav Haldar

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Feb 26, 2018

Lightshow — Ethereum+IoT device @ uOttahack

Editors note: This article is in-progress, please report any issues/inconsistencies or reach out for collaboration to hi@kaustav.me. Full source code: https://github.com/kaustavha/eth-lightShow-uottahack At uOttahack at the University of Ottawa in Canada my team and I created a PoC interactive art device. Users could interact with it using their phones or computers…

Ethereum

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Lightshow — Ethereum+IoT device @ uOttahack
Lightshow — Ethereum+IoT device @ uOttahack
Ethereum

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Feb 2, 2016

How to read GQ for free without ads

So an interesting article from GQ popped up on hacker news and I wanted to read it. But much to my chagrin this popped up: Now 49c really isn’t a lot of money and ads don’t bother me much but it’s really way too much effort for my incredibly lazy…

Adblock

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How to read GQ for free without ads
How to read GQ for free without ads
Adblock

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Dec 14, 2015

A theoretical outline for a self-optimizing trust-less distributed virtual machine

Note: Just thinking out loud here Abstract There exists a need, applications and implementations of trustless distributed systems courtesy of the blockchain. Recent developments have added turing completeness to what was initially merely a distributed ledger capable of recording monetary transaction. As this space continues to grow I forsee the need…

Blockchain

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Blockchain

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Dec 14, 2015

Primer on the human brain — part 2

In the last part of this series we took a high level view of the human brain, starting abstractly with the mind and worked down to the individual units of our brains. We examined the brain down to the byte level, that is, the neurons and then started looking inside…

Health

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Primer on the human brain — part 2
Primer on the human brain — part 2
Health

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Dec 14, 2015

A primer on the human brain for bio-hackers

I’ve spent some time in the online nootropics community and I’ve found a disconcerting lack of understanding of the human brain. This bothered me enough to propel me to write this article. A child playing with fire can get burnt, but adults taking drugs may not realize they’re getting burnt till…

Neuroscience

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A primer on the human brain for bio-hackers
A primer on the human brain for bio-hackers
Neuroscience

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Feb 17, 2015

Why I opted out of UWaterloos co-op program (or why jobmine sucks)

One of the reasons I came to the fine University of Waterloo in warm and sunny Ontario, Canada was because of its (over)hyped cooperative education program. For the uninitiated, cooperative education is where you spend a few terms in classes interspersed with terms working at companies where you pick up…

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Why I opted out of UWaterloos co-op program (or why jobmine sucks)
Why I opted out of UWaterloos co-op program (or why jobmine sucks)

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Kaustav Haldar

Kaustav Haldar

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Autodidact software developer and budding biohacker. Email: hi@kaustav.me

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