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Analysis of Zoning Boards for Charter Review
Two weeks ago, I was tasked by the Charter Review Commission to come up with a quick report and analysis of how other counties in Maryland have structured their zoning change processes. For background, in Howard County, changes to the Zoning Regulations, a separate codification of laws, are made by
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Creating a Two-Phase Clock…Almost
A quick update on this. I built the clock described in this video over the weekend: This went quite well, and since I have the 6502 kit, I could start on it. But Ben Eater has not completed the instructional series. Being able to replicate the procedure is important, but the best
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6502-Based Computer in 2019
I’ve been learning a bit of signal processing, lately, for a variety of reasons. I spent a lot of time on YouTube watching videos to learn more. As I am sure you’re aware, YouTube uses what you have watched to recommend more videos to you. This was one it recommended:
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Social Change in Shinto and Meiji Japan
There is an interesting story of social change during the Meiji Restoration of how Shinto was forced, by circumstance, to change. During the Meiji period, from 1868 to 1912, the fundamental relationship between the Japanese state and Shinto establishment changed. In fact, while Buddhism had long held a privileged place
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P-hacking and Data Science
For those of you not familiar with the practice, there’s an idea called “-hacking.” If you remember from your science fair days, you first have a hypothesis, you then design an experiment and collect data that either supports or refutes the data. In p-hacking, you just collect a large breadth
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Howard County is Looking for a New Board of Appeals Member
The County Council is looking to fill a Board of Appeals position opening on January 1, 2020. There is a preference for someone from council district 5, but that’s not required. However, no more than 3 members can be from any political party, so wherever they are from, they cannot
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Bracewell Was Awesome
I was thinking about the Laplace transformation and the application to the evaluation of improper integrals is really the most interesting aspect to me. Now, that is mostly because I do a lot of statistics! But, while thinking about the Laplace Transform, I pulled up the Wikipedia page. You can
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