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Shannon Jacobs

The TI (Lisp) Explorer Project

This is actually the long version of an employment history entry I prepared for LinkedIn, so the opening is a bit fuzzy. (I might link it…

6 min readFeb 18, 2021

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The TI (Lisp) Explorer Project

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Shannon Jacobs

Bravery, Honesty, and the Constitution

Just a bit about bravery, honesty, and since you’re supposed to do these things in threes, the Constitution.

3 min readJan 31, 2021

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Bravery and Honesty and Defending the Constitution

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Shannon Jacobs

It isn’t too late for pandemic insurance!

Talk about burying the lead! But this “story” actually started with research into the local Covid-19 contact-tracing app. So I was writing…

4 min readJan 23, 2021

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Covid-19 capsoids

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Shannon Jacobs

Happy 2021

Happy New Year to everyone, and by extension to your family and friends. May 2021 be full of accomplishments and happiness and even…

13 min readJan 1, 2021

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Shannon Jacobs

Interpretations, questions, and a few speculations from “Deep Learning with Python” by François…

First of all, I need to clarify that my point of view is all wrong for this book, though I enjoyed reading it and found it quite thought…

8 min readNov 29, 2020

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Cover of Deep Learning with Python

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Shannon Jacobs

What should Joe do about Georgia’s Senators?

If I had a big soapbox, here’s what I want to hear Joe Biden say right now:

3 min readNov 13, 2020

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Joe Biden speaking

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Shannon Jacobs

Was Trump EVER right about anything?

[This is just a copy of my first reaction to the news that Pennsylvania had flipped. The context is that I was replying to a long appeal…

4 min readNov 6, 2020

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Most Broken Thing (Borrowed from Nerd Immersion)

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Shannon Jacobs

Inflamed by conspiracy thinking?

Welcome to my nightmare? Or is just a pitch for a Hollywood movie to end all movies? Or is it the 3D chess behind WW III, the Big Biowar…

3 min readOct 30, 2020

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The infamous coronovirus

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Shannon Jacobs

What secret unifies Trump’s supporters?

Trump’s not-so-secret sauce? It’s the HATE.

3 min readOct 23, 2020

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Alternative financial models to the eyeballs-for-advertisers fiasco.

Just heard about Medium again. Pretty sure I looked at it already, and if so, today’s visit reminded me why I wasn’t interested. Same sad…

2 min readJan 5, 2017

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Shannon Jacobs

Shannon Jacobs

I admire experts, but I can claim no deep expertise. But I might be the most broadly educated ignoramus you’ll ever run into. Still reading lots of books…

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