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What are embeddings?
A very deep dive into deep learning
Jun 7, 2023 • 
Vicki Boykis
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February 2023

Where do we go from here
Ended friendship with old internet, new internet not here yet
Feb 28, 2023 • 
Vicki Boykis
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November 2022

The art of the long goodbye
What happens when we leave but never truly leave
Nov 7, 2022 • 
Vicki Boykis
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August 2022

What we talk about when we talk about The Algo
Algorithms are complex systems that are made up of half code, half humans
Aug 8, 2022 • 
Vicki Boykis
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May 2022

Duo, the Push, and the Bandits
Why am I terrified of a 2D owl?
May 23, 2022 • 
Vicki Boykis
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March 2022

With the Feed as my witness
How to make sense of a senseless world
Mar 20, 2022 • 
Vicki Boykis
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July 2021

Scaling Normcore way down
Goodbye on the Mersey, James Tissot, 1881 Hello friends! As you might have guessed from my four-month absence, I can no longer continue writing Normcore…
Jul 11, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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March 2021

The luxury of length
Hi Friends,
Mar 14, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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February 2021

The last miles and miles of the vaccine
One web dev versus the System
Feb 11, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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Diamond hands, when memes became power ✋💎🤚
Our new, growing shared and unknowable Internet culture
Feb 4, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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January 2021

The blank slate in your hands
How do we rebuild the internet from scratch?
Jan 27, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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Containerized
Do you like boxes in boxes?
Jan 13, 2021 • 
Vicki Boykis
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