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For some interesting coincidence, you are staring at these trivial lines of text that I had once mindlessly scribbled in my notebook that can be described as nothing but peculiar. Oh, if I forgot to introduce myself, I go by Lómenoirë

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Thus far, there are more than 2,900 zettels

in this space, of which more than 190 are published. This graph shows the connections between published notes:

15-213 NotesWhy Systems KnowledgeData Representation as BitsMemory LayoutAssembly and Machine ProgrammingData in Machine ProgrammingMachine Programming VulnerabilitiesMemory HierarchyCode optimisationDynamic Memory AllocationLinkingVirtual MemoryProcessesShellExceptional control flowSystem-level I/ONetwork ProgrammingConcurrent ProgrammingAnki Minimal Language Learning Template: Grammar Note Type UpdateAnki Minimal Language Learning TemplateConcerning My Unofficial Version of LWTLearning With Text (LWT)The Explore Exploit ProblemEvolving String using Genetic Algorithm (Part 1 - The Experiment)2022-05-29 Evolving String using Genetic Algorithm (Part 2 - Visualisations & Analysis)Concerning AP CapstoneDeep Work (Book)How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book WritersTowards an Integrated Content-Based Language Learning Environment: An Exploratory ProposalInflux Dev Log - Phase IInflux Continuous Dev LogInflux - Phase 1Influx - Phase 2From Alfred to RaycastAn Alfred Workflow for ObsidianBuilding A Quick and Simple and Stupid Static File DirectoryWebsite Update - Launching the Third GenerationAnnouncing regular lecture notes updatesIntroducing PhotoArchive & Launching Photography Site21-127 NotesLogicSetsFunctionsInductionNumber TheoryRelationsCountingJava Notes / AP CSAAP Computer Science Principles SpeedrunAbout This SpaceAbout the CreatorZettelZettelkastenA Note on Meaningless CoincidenceCMU WikiCurriculum VitaeMusic CollectionFractal Art CollectionAlignments (FVC)Flow, Vault, and Cycles (FVC)Life (FVC)Tasks (FVC)Projects (FVC)Disciplines (FVC)Habits (FVC)Analysis ParalysisDestructive OptimisationParadox of ChoicePrioritising like a computer scheduler Optimal Stopping ProblemBad IdeasGreat Impractical Ideas for the Far and Possibly Infinitely Far or Maybe Not so Far FutureGood IdeasCMU Course NotesCMU Course WikiCMU Courses Time StatsTree content of CMU courses and activitiesNeural Networks and Deep LearningCoursera Deep Learning Specialisation Lecture NotesNeural Networks and Deep LearningDashboards (FVC)Productivity Activation EnergyThe Theory of Serendipitous CreativityDiminishing ReturnsPipeline (FVC)Pillars (FVC)Dynamics (FVC)Life-Disciplines-Projects FrameworkPillars, Pipelines, Vaults Framework (PPV)Vault (FVC)Fractal Art: Canyon of SilenceWeekly Fractal: Time VaultFractal #5: MetamorphosisFractal #7: KeyholeFractal MOCWeekly Fractal: Alien SpaceportWeekly Fractal: JunctionFractal #6: ThunderbrotFractal #8: Ancient Temple & Suspending UpdatesFrench MOCFrench Relative PronounsVoices in FrenchFrench negative constructionsFrench Verb + Verb ConstructionsFrench pronoun as object orderFrench demonstrativesBon vs Bien en FrancaisPlus pronunciation and meaningHypothesis in frenchFrench phonetic basicsGetting Things DoneDataview PluginJapanese MOCJapanese Number SystemJapanese Time SystemJapanese Kinship SystemGeneral Japanese GrammarJapanese PronounsLearning PlateauMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering EverythingLinguistics - Features of LanguagesLinguistics Notes MetaLinguistics - IntroductionLinguistics - Languages and Language FamiliesLinguistics - MorphologyLinguistics - PhoneticsSolving Linguistic ProblemsLinguistics - PragmaticsLinguistics - SemanticsLinguistics - SyntaxLinguistics - Writing SystemsLinguistics MOCThe "or" ambiguityMotivation TrapPhilosophy of FVCProjectsPsycho-CyberneticsQuests (FVC)RecipesCoffee Grind SizesRoadmaps (FVC)Some CMU Course Load StatsSome interesting CMU informationThe Language Learning SystemTowards a minimal but effective design systemNews: LREC-COLING 2024 PresentationWelcomeAvailabilityPublic KeyNews: ACL 2024 PresentationHiding Desktop Icons on MacOS Using TerminalDisabling Dark Mode for Specific Apps on MacOSFirst Blender Project: Cube ReinvigorationA Graphical Approach to Remembering the Derivative Formula for Inverse FunctionsAcademic Writing in Markdown with Pandoc and LaTeXAgglomerative ClusteringDr Mrs P. Vandertrampformat testParkinson's LawPassé Composé en FrançaisSinGANSingular Value Decomposition (SVD)Typesetting with Typst?Wasserstein Distance

A network of all my notes (published and unpublished) looks something like this:

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I write notes whenever I feel like doing so and whenever I have time to do so, usually in short bursts. At the end of the day, this is supposed to be something fun, relaxing, and meaningful. By the way, the very paragraph you are seeing right now is a result of me typing in an idyllic quadrangle somewhere with a cup of coffee in a placid morning listening to occasional birdsong and tree rustling. Who knows where I will be when the time comes for the next paragraph.

There is no single definition for this collection of notes. It is not technically a blog, nor entirely a private notebook, nor thoroughly a personal wiki, nor strictly a digital garden, nor utterly a zettelkasten

Zettelkasten

Building on the word zette, a zettelkaste is a box that holds zettel. The plural for zettelkasten is zettelkästen Wait but...

1/27/2025

. It is more of a constantly changing hybrid of all of them that emerged over time from the little things that I do, but for simplicity’s sake, I will just call it a zettelkasten. Personally, it is nothing more than a thinking and learning environment where I dump everything. I have decided to publish many of my notes as a way to experiment with public thinking inspired by Andy Matuschak’s working notes.

The start of this project dates back to 3 July 2020, but it wasn’t until January of the following year that I decided to make it a public experiment. This experiment is designed to last ten years…

As far as I can tell, the writing style across zettels

is consistently inconsistent. Most of the time notes are taken casually or quickly for my own reference, withal without grammatical constraints; for the same reason, you may find many things confusing or under-explained. Other times, I try to write formally because ultimately, clear writing is the result of clear thinking. While I do try to cite everything that I reference, the citation style is probably going to be inconsistent as well depending on how formal the note is.

To get started navigating these heavily-linked notes, you might find the index very helpful. Keep in mind that these notes are decentralised so things are all over the place.


PS. If you see anything confusing, unintelligible, perplexing, unwelcoming, intimidating, infuriating, nauseating, embarrassing, or tiring, my recommendation is to forget about it, for they are probably nothing but another meaningless coincidence

that might or might not interest you. Actually, no. I guess can do whatever you want with them.

PPS. In case you are interested, I use Obsidian as my note-taking environment. This website uses Hugo and is built based on the awesome Quartz 3 with some customisation of my own.