Nikkin

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I write about random stuff.

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Web Developer

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2025-01-06 •

The text discusses the use of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude, highlighting their widespread use and potential pitfalls such as hallucination. It delves into the information theoretic perspective of LLM output...

2024-03-23 •

The blog post is a guide to running a newsletter in 2024, covering topics such as why start a newsletter, creating a custom email, sending emails, hosting a website, managing subscriptions, and the cost involved. The author shares...

2023-09-15 •

The author describes their journey of creating a blog, starting from Wordpress to eventually using Pandoc for converting Markdown documents into HTML. They discuss the process of automating the conversion using a bash script and t...

2023-01-08 •

The blog post discusses quantum teleportation among multiple parties, starting with the concept of transferring quantum states between two parties using an EPR pair. It then extends this to multiple parties sharing an entangled st...

2023-01-01 •

The blog post discusses using XPath monitoring to keep track of changes in websites that do not offer RSS Feeds. It explains how to get the XPath of specific content on a website and provides a Python script to monitor changes usi...

2022-11-16 •

The blog post discusses how to share files online using the site 0x0.st. It provides a simple way to upload files and obtain a share link through a single line implementation. The post also explains how to create a file for easier...

2021-12-11 •

The blog post details the process of hosting a JupyterLab server on an Ubuntu server without a GUI. It includes steps for installing Ubuntu server with NVIDIA graphics driver, setting up Miniconda and JupyterLab, generating SSL ce...

2021-09-14 •

The blog post discusses a script that allows users to download separate articles from Nature magazine and merge them together in a book format using Python. The script requires access to all Nature articles, and the process involv...

2021-04-17 •

The blog post provides a solution for when touchpad tapping stops working after installing Ubuntu/Kubuntu. It includes steps for changing the default settings for touchpad tapping.

2021-03-21 •

The blog post discusses the FizzBuzz problem in computer science and provides a generalized solution for more than 2 numbers. It includes code implementation in Python and explains the steps involved in solving the problem.

2020-01-27 •

The blog post explains a unique method to calculate the value of pi using billiard balls collisions in an elastic setting. The precision of pi depends on the ratio of masses of the balls, and the algorithm is implemented in Python...