research notes · Romanian and English

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This is where I collect longer investigations, research notes, structured comparisons, and reference summaries that are useful enough to keep around and easy enough to revisit.

  1. Nietzsche, music, and recurrence
    Fiction · Two short stories about Nietzsche, ordinary rooms, music, repetition, and the pressure of affirming life as it returns. en
  2. Super Linton system notes: speakers, room, amp and DAC
    Audio · Practical notes on Wharfedale Super Linton speakers, NAD amplification, DAC choices, room placement, PEQ, and the KEF R3 Meta comparison. en
  3. On zygohistomorphic prepromorphisms
    Functional programming · A short note on recursion schemes, folds with memory, zygomorphisms, histomorphisms, prepromorphisms, and naming. en
  4. Brotli, gzip, and Propshaft in Rails
    Rails · Practical notes on Brotli, gzip, Rack compression, Propshaft asset delivery, precompressed files, CDN caching, and when runtime compression makes sense. en
  5. macOS animation tweaks: what defaults do and which ones matter
    macOS · Notes on animation-related defaults, Reduce Motion, Dock and Finder tweaks, safe loading, rollback, and perceived responsiveness versus real performance. en
  6. Apple Silicon GPU memory limits, wired RAM, and practical testing
    Hardware · Notes on iogpu.wired_limit_mb, Apple Silicon unified memory, local LLM workloads, and Ruby-based GPU limit testing. en
  7. Supply chain attacks on npm, Laravel, and what Ruby teams should do
    Security · Practical guidance for Ruby and Rails teams dealing with poisoned packages, compromised maintainers, lockfile review, CI secrets, and gem publishing controls. en
  8. Neural text compression in Ruby
    Compression · Practical walkthrough of lossless byte-level neural text compression, range coding, deterministic decoding, .nc containers, copy experts, retrieval, and meta-gating. en
  9. Transactional memory after the hype
    Concurrency · Notes on hardware transactional memory, Intel TSX, software transactional memory, Clojure STM, and why the idea survived in narrower forms. en
  10. Cooling a fanless MacBook Air: pads, shims, stands, and airflow
    Hardware · Practical notes on M4 MacBook Air cooling with internal thermal pads, optional copper shims, heatsink stands, and quiet airflow. en
  11. Dupa Revolutie: responsabilitate, memorie si ascensiunea FSN
    Istorie politica · Analiza despre generatia adulta in 1989, tranzitia postcomunista, victoria FSN in 1990 si responsabilitate sociala dupa Revolutie. ro
  12. Choosing a DAC digital filter for streaming music
    Audio · Notes on WiiM Amp Ultra DAC filter choices, Spotify lossless, YouTube Opus, and Wharfedale Super Linton listening. en
  13. Integrarea unui subwoofer cu boxele principale: summing, crossover, gain si phase
    Audio · Ghid despre insumare acustica, crossover, gain, phase, delay, anulari in camera si interpretarea masuratorilor. ro
  14. Managing summer humidity, dust allergy, and mold risk in a coastal apartment
    Indoor air · Practical humidity-control plan for a Constanța apartment, with dust allergy concerns, prior bedroom mold, dehumidifier use, and AC routines. en
  15. Callbacks, invariants, and durable events in Rails
    Rails · Notes on callbacks, invariants, explicit model operations, durable events, and webhook delivery records. en
  16. Scoala politica in Romania comunista: filosofie, ideologie, canon universitar si Holocaust
    History · Notes on political education in communist Romania, philosophy, university comparison, and Holocaust distortion. ro