David Awad's personal blog site.https://davidaw.ad/https://davidaw.ad/posts/3-8-lessons-from-markets-on-decision-making/https://davidaw.ad/posts/3-8-lessons-from-markets-on-decision-making/Exploring how market principles apply to life decisions - from understanding utility functions and value systems to finding your edge in competitive environments.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/12-22-ark-capacitor/https://davidaw.ad/posts/12-22-ark-capacitor/We debunk the silly idea of the ark of the covenant being a capacitor and do some analysis for whether the physics and history support this hypothesis.Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:38:49 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/launch-contract-variable-highlighter-for-contract-lawyers/https://davidaw.ad/posts/launch-contract-variable-highlighter-for-contract-lawyers/Introducing a Google Workspace Add-on that highlights variables in Google Docs, streamlining contract editing for lawyers.Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/nwcu-review/https://davidaw.ad/posts/nwcu-review/My experience going to law school while working two jobs the last 4 years!Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/11-06-regulating-intelligence-is-dumb/https://davidaw.ad/posts/11-06-regulating-intelligence-is-dumb/Here we tackle the core of the arguments for regulating AI and establish that they're immoral, impractial, illegal and only serve to hurt the United States.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:38:49 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/11-05-biden-eo-unconstitutional/https://davidaw.ad/posts/11-05-biden-eo-unconstitutional/We take a basic lens to the regulations of the Biden Executive Order and outline how it is not constitutional or enforceable under our current understanding of the First Amendment.Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:38:49 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/10-26-clothes-packing/https://davidaw.ad/posts/10-26-clothes-packing/We approach the clothes packing problem and do some basic comparison for optimal clothing choice and organization.Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:38:49 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/anyone-can-be-funny/https://davidaw.ad/posts/anyone-can-be-funny/Basics of improv comedy and how useful it could be for youMon, 21 Sep 2020 15:22:00 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/8-25-blockchain-horizon/https://davidaw.ad/posts/8-25-blockchain-horizon/Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/4-13-technical-diligence/https://davidaw.ad/posts/4-13-technical-diligence/Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/12-15-omscs/https://davidaw.ad/posts/12-15-omscs/My review of the Georgia Tech OMSCS Master's program in Computer Science.Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/05-9-shellparsing/https://davidaw.ad/posts/05-9-shellparsing/Thu, 09 May 2019 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/04-20-field-equations/https://davidaw.ad/posts/04-20-field-equations/Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/08-20-fight-tickets/https://davidaw.ad/posts/08-20-fight-tickets/Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/07-17-fermat/https://davidaw.ad/posts/07-17-fermat/Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/07-16-the-modern-theory-of-knowledge/https://davidaw.ad/posts/07-16-the-modern-theory-of-knowledge/Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/05-30-is-the-soul-a-physical-part-of-you/https://davidaw.ad/posts/05-30-is-the-soul-a-physical-part-of-you/Tue, 30 May 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/05-05-3d-printed-weapons--explained/https://davidaw.ad/posts/05-05-3d-printed-weapons--explained/A brief overview of the so called ghost gun and it's legal treatment as software.Fri, 05 May 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/03-22-how-should-we-model-reality/https://davidaw.ad/posts/03-22-how-should-we-model-reality/Wed, 22 Mar 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/02-11-the-email-disclaimer--explained/https://davidaw.ad/posts/02-11-the-email-disclaimer--explained/Sat, 11 Feb 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/01-24-how-to-play-monopoly-like-a-programmer/https://davidaw.ad/posts/01-24-how-to-play-monopoly-like-a-programmer/Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/12-10-how-does-bitcoin-work/https://davidaw.ad/posts/12-10-how-does-bitcoin-work/Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/03-17-small-distances-dont-mean-anything/https://davidaw.ad/posts/03-17-small-distances-dont-mean-anything/and the weird implications observation can have on our intuition.Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/01-26-the-discrete-expectation-of-good/https://davidaw.ad/posts/01-26-the-discrete-expectation-of-good/Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/12-25-game-theory--banana-theft-and-why-it-s-always-better-to-betray-your-friends-when-you-get-caught/https://davidaw.ad/posts/12-25-game-theory--banana-theft-and-why-it-s-always-better-to-betray-your-friends-when-you-get-caught/Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/12-25-german-beekeeping-law/https://davidaw.ad/posts/12-25-german-beekeeping-law/Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/10-28-what-makes-you-you/https://davidaw.ad/posts/10-28-what-makes-you-you/Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/10-10-is-mathematics-inherently-true/https://davidaw.ad/posts/10-10-is-mathematics-inherently-true/Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/09-25-exist/https://davidaw.ad/posts/09-25-exist/Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/09-01-can-we-compress-stars/https://davidaw.ad/posts/09-01-can-we-compress-stars/How many times have you looked at the stars? Often I hope! Well its not unrealistic to assume you haven’t. As most people don’t. Especially... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:17:15 GMThttps://davidaw.ad/posts/08-31-making-a-case-for-spacetime/https://davidaw.ad/posts/08-31-making-a-case-for-spacetime/Mon, 31 Aug 2015 07:17:15 GMT