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Tutorials, notes and thoughts, 9 posts so far.

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  1. NO.09 Go Notes Series: Variables and Types Variables and basic types in Go, plus type conversion and zero values. Go 25 min · – times
  2. NO.08 Equilibrium and Comparative Statics of Tullock Contests: From Two Players to Many We extend the Tullock contest from two players to players and relax the contest intensity , and look at how equilibrium spending, the conditions for existence, and rent dissipation change. Economics 25 min · – times
  3. NO.07 How Long Does a Post Take to Read? Estimating Reading Time from Public Eye-Tracking Data Where does the “N min read” at the top of a post come from? Using public eye-tracking data on Chinese reading and code reading, we run some descriptive statistics and a simple simulation to see what range of time a post mixing prose, code and math might take. Statistics 27 min · – times
  4. NO.06 Go Notes Series: A First Look at Go Why I started learning Go, and what I know about the language before I write any code with it. Go 3 min · – times
  5. NO.05 Go Notes Series: Setup and Hello World Install Go, set up a development environment, and write and run your first Hello World program. Go 4 min · – times
  6. NO.04 Foundations of Tullock Contests: From Rent-Seeking to Nash Equilibrium An introduction to Tullock contests, where players spend resources to win the same prize and the chance of winning depends on how much each one spends, seen through rent-seeking as a way of wasting resources on the competition itself. Economics 13 min · – times
  7. NO.03 Make Your Own LINE Stickers with AI: From Idea to Launch A hands-on walkthrough of designing LINE stickers and emoji with AI, cropping them to spec, and publishing them on LINE Creators Market. Misc 9 min · – times
  8. NO.02 Python Tutorial Series: Cleaner and Safer Loops with zip and enumerate Two built-in functions that make loops more readable and more Pythonic Python 8 min · – times
  9. NO.01 Python Tutorial Series: The Nature of Variables Through id() A simple built-in function that reveals how Python variables really work Python 9 min · – times