Shi YanSeeing is Believing, In this World and the Next(This is a cross-post from our linked-in page.)6 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Shi YanOn the many types of motorsI’m very obsessed with home made legged robot these days. This post is about what I learned on researching how to make an actuator.5 min read·Aug 25, 2019----
Shi YanEpiphany.pub, Jupyter mix with MediumI have been building a new tech blogging experience epiphany.pub. It’s inspired by Medium.com and Jupyter Notebook.3 min read·Jun 20, 2019--1--1
Shi YanStep-by-Step guide to implement a basic Linux container / sandbox (I)I wanted to find a lightweight sandbox for my dirt cheap Linux server. I came across this blog on implementing a container in 500 lines of…9 min read·Jul 21, 2018----
Shi YanSome CUDA concepts explainedI bet you can easily accelerate your program by 10x by adopting CUDA. But that 10x is far from the end of the story. A fully optimized CUDA…5 min read·Feb 9, 2018--3--3
Shi YanHow to explain the spectre bug to non-techies?My colleague asked me to explain the recent CPU spectre bug and speculative execution to a non-tech person. It’s like a challenge.4 min read·Jan 9, 2018----
Shi YanXavier initialization and batch normalization, my understandingMr. Ali Rahimi’s recent talk put the batch normalization paper and the term “internal covariate shift” under the spotlight. I kinda agree…7 min read·Dec 19, 2017--5--5
Shi YaninFreeWill.aiOn the alchemical side of deep learningMr. Ali Rahimi recently gave a talk at NIPS, in which he described the current deep learning as alchemy, for its lack of theoretical…4 min read·Dec 12, 2017--1--1
Shi YanOrchid protocol and micro-payment on blockchainMy friends recently got interested in censorship fighting systems based on blockchain, so we read about the orchid protocol. What…6 min read·Dec 9, 2017----
Shi YanGame of Thorns — a brief history of my last nameI got really curious about my origin and did some research. This is the result of it.9 min read·Aug 27, 2017----
