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fish

Yoyo; With rwx permissions. I prototype tools in early-stage tech. I write field notes on emerging technoculture across geographies.


fish
Mountain view, CA

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Bookmarks

Reading: A Thousand Plateaus

Reading: On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects

Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?

Post-Crystallization from Hormone Hunters, the Discovery of Adrenaline

Karen Uhlenbeck Abel prize interview

Prolegomena to Omnipotence from Summa Technologiae

More is different

xkcd

Friendship is Optimal from Heaven is Terrifying

The origin of extracellular fields and currents — EEG, ECoG, LFP and spikes

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Selected work

Ongoing: Reverse engineering low-cost microelectrode arrays with Eigenlucy notes

Comparing olfaction in humans and custom metal oxide sensor also with Eigenlucy search & visualization talk at Ekkolapto metal oxide sensor pcb by lucy

NFC key changer contributor at currents.fm

Multiplayer arxiv wars

Assembling a laser cutter with Paul Han image

A kardashev scale of the universe web explorer


Selected notes

Huaqiangbei vignette

Science across ja/en/cn

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femtanyl
Willing to support fellow researchers and builders outside of traditional institutions through writing, collaboration and offering practical resources. Reach me harvest@adiabatic.garden or X. Find me on substack. Resume
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others: eigenlucy, adelaide, alexkchen, naia, ∞-modal noah, graphfei, svitlana, lydia, aryl, guillefix:)


Places lived: Shenzhen, Waterloo, SF, Tokyo, etc.

Microcommunities: Minerva University '28 (focusing on neurotech), Ekkolapto, 1517 Medici grantees. Previously lived at Vivarium, Aevitas, Harvard st. Commons/The Residency, etc.

Values: Seeing whole systems, tests and observation-first, fault-tolerant infrastructure, cultural α/β/γ diversity, adaptation.

Influences: Nicky Case, Audrey Tang (唐鳳)

Spending thousands of waking hours listening to hyperpop, edm, vocaloid, rave and instrumental music :D Representative songs: Stellaris - Deep space travels, 【洛天依原创曲】《不老不死》, Non-Fiction 【hololive English -Myth- Original Song】, Spaze - Revolution (DEMO). More music Recommendations here

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