Finishing and publishing my diary entry about a personally significant encounter. I arrived in the small lakeside city of Ithaca, New York at midnight. Driving along Interstate-88 in the twilight hours wasn't something you can easily forget. As the sky faded behind the Upstate hills surrounding me, the crescent moon, the forests, and eons of … Continue reading at Dr Sagan’s Resting Place
Year: 2023
Perimeter 1-2
Waterloo included, I (re)visited many spots of importance to my career on my recent journey, and have connected with, grabbed lunch with, or otherwise disappointed, quite a few friends and colleagues in North America. What I feel like making my next remark on — before hitting Twitter with “NEW PAPER”, and not for my signature … Continue reading Perimeter 1-2
Perimeter 1-1: In the Hour Before Departure
My suitcase has returned to my desk. I took down my name on the doorplate and stored it in the inner layer of the case of my tablet. Everything is just like the evening when I arrived last month. My visit to Perimeter was short, so short that the only environmental change I noticed was … Continue reading Perimeter 1-1: In the Hour Before Departure
Perimeter 1-0: Architectural Impression
My first visit to Perimeter Institute is nearing its end. While an appreciable amount of physics and related academic thinking is to be uploaded here in the near future, I wish to start with photos of the building itself. Pool Table Untitled Interior Exterior Untitled Interior Geese Alice Room Sky Room Favourite Staircase Foosball Polyhedral … Continue reading Perimeter 1-0: Architectural Impression
Baristas and Elliptical Galaxies – 00
What kind of galaxies have the highest entropy? Late at night, waiting for a hyped-up rocket launch, I stumbled upon an old attempt to calculate the entropy of my simulated dark matter ensemble while idly scrolling my old code from my first year of PhD. It wasn't used in any published result, other than confirming … Continue reading Baristas and Elliptical Galaxies – 00
Introducing FWPhys® Just Right(™ Pending)
Are you tired of the internet jumping between light and dark modes all the time? With FWPhys Just Right (™ Pending), all content will be rendered in pleasant 0x808080 (HTML Grey) on a 0x808080 (HTML Grey) canvas, the perfect blend between black and white. Rolling out across all FWPhys.com content and Frank Wang’s doctoral thesis.
Matching Humans
I am writing this brief essay as a witness to history. As of the publication of this blog post, I have not personally sought access to GPT4, and so recognise that this essay contributes little to the worldwide technical discussion. Nonetheless I felt compelled to voice my emotions over the recent developments. If not near … Continue reading Matching Humans