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A note to future hackathon organizers

A note to future hackathon organizers

Reflections from Tufts Polyhack, October 23–24, 2015
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Alex LenailNov 11, 2015
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I want to send emails from my google domains email through gmail.

I want to send emails from my google domains email through gmail.

I registered my domain foo.com through google domains, and then I setup email forwarding so that emails sent to alex@foo.com go to alex…
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Alex LenailAug 20, 2015
Synthetic Biology and 3D Printing

Synthetic Biology and 3D Printing

Synthetic Biology and 3D printing are very closely related and will grow closer as they progress, I expect.
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Alex LenailAug 9, 2013
That Time We Built a Climbing Wall In Our Backyard…

That Time We Built a Climbing Wall In Our Backyard…

For me, Climbing is yoga on a vertical surface. It’s a negotiation between your will and gravity, and demands a holistic self-discipline I…
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Alex LenailAug 23, 2015
Led By Sheep

Led By Sheep

Climbing rocks is probably the best way I know of to slowly lose all your time and money. There is hardly a better way of doing so.
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Alex LenailOct 15, 2015
Metaphysical ramifications of Eulerian Cycles vis-à-vis my childhood.

Metaphysical ramifications of Eulerian Cycles vis-à-vis my childhood.

I was raised Christian — which is a whole other can of worms I won’t even get into — and one of the many features of that childhood…
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Alex LenailApr 2, 2014
The way we talk about Ethics is broken

The way we talk about Ethics is broken

An analogy with the Neural Network Algorithm
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Alex LenailJul 5, 2015
Infinite wants, infinite resources

Infinite wants, infinite resources

What the Information Economy and increasing automation will do to the job market
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Alex LenailApr 5, 2014
Optimizing transmission of knowledge

Optimizing transmission of knowledge

The really fascinating thing about books is the ecosystem they've given rise to. Books have essentially promulgated a set of cultural…
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Alex LenailNov 13, 2014
Torres Del Paine ‘O Loop’ in 4.5 days

Torres Del Paine ‘O Loop’ in 4.5 days

Despite what others tell you, it can be done.
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Alex LenailFeb 6, 2015
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