Doug WrightThe Simulation ArgumentFor all you know, the year might be 2216 and you are a bored teenager immersed inside a ‘virtual world’ game…Jun 5, 2017Jun 5, 2017
Doug WrightinTowards Data ScienceA Simple Neural NetworkThis is the simplest possible neural network. We take an input (real world data) and a weight to multiply against the input…May 30, 2017May 30, 2017
Doug WrightGlobal WarmingIf you haven’t seen Al Gore’s 2016 TED talk on global warming, watch it now:Sep 27, 2016Sep 27, 2016
Doug WrightA World of Our OwnI am sure I’m not the first person to write about the phenomena that is plaguing the populace of the early 21st century. One might call it…Feb 18, 2016Feb 18, 2016
Doug WrightSharpen the knifeI’m 34 years old. This is the first day of the rest of my life.Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Doug WrightA Future Long PastAs the fields of green wheat flash before my eyes from the comfort of my air-conditioned car seat, I wonder what it was once like to live…Jul 2, 2015Jul 2, 2015
Doug WrightNo Man’s Sky will Change Our WorldYou will die before ever fully exploring the game world of No Man’s Sky. Think about that. A game in which the ‘map’ is so big, so full of…Jan 16, 2015Jan 16, 2015
Doug WrightRails CachingThis post is about how caching works in Rails. But it’s also about my first successful journey into getting answers from Rails source code.Nov 14, 2014Nov 14, 2014
Doug Wrightthe Unknowns of Story TellingIt occurred to me today that writing code is a lot like story telling. Both have an intrinsic nature of being a bit scary or unnerving…May 23, 2014May 23, 2014
Doug WrightNever stop learningI know the obvious reasons. It’s relaxing, it’s a break from work, from our routine, it’s fun. But what does it really do for us; why is it…Mar 29, 2014Mar 29, 2014