Draper Labs Internship Wrap-up

Ajey Pandey

The Asshole

This is a work of semi-fiction.

My friend had been a mess last night. Facebook had told her that her ex had…

Genius.

A month ago at work, I saw two problems solved in two very different ways.

The first problem was solved by two computer engineers. The program we were running would — for whatever reason — crash at seemingly random points.

A Class on Fighting Bullshit

Here’s what I think education — at all levels — is missing:

Let’s call it BFT 101: Bullshit Fighting.

I’ve outlined a undergraduate-level course, but this should trickle down to high schoolers and elementary schoolers and…

A Few Words On Pluto

There’s a certain romanticism to Pluto

Things Jerry Told Me

Jerry’s not his real name. He looks a bit like Ramsay Bolton, but less evil. He works in the same lab as I do, and while I was staring down into the four-year abyss of engineering college, he was almost done, on his last day of his final Northeastern co-op.

The Holodeck

This is my desk.

There are some drawers of junk on the left side and yet more drawers beyond that. There’s…