Ramanujan and a Mismatched Era: The Mismatch Between Intuitive Genius and Modern Civilization
1. Introduction Recently, I watched a film about the mathematician Ramanujan, *The Man Who Knows No Bounds*. This film doesn't attempt to explain complex mathematical formulas to the audience, but rather repeatedly emphasizes a more intuitive question: what happens to a genius if they are born in the wrong era? Ramanujan was…
Understanding RAG from Scratch (Part 2): Running a Local RAG Demo on a Mac Mini – A Practical Guide to Minimal Architecture
1. Introduction In a previous article (see: Home Data Center Series: Understanding RAG from Scratch (Part 1): Principles and Complete Process Analysis), I introduced the theoretical five-step process of RAG: "Segmentation → Vectorization → Vector Storage → Retrieval → Answer Generation"; subsequently…
Electric shocks are not for "rebooting the heart": The truth about defibrillators and pacemakers
1. Introduction Many of us have seen this almost reflexive scene in movies and TV shows: the electrocardiogram (ECG) on the monitor suddenly becomes a straight line; the atmosphere freezes, the doctor shouts, and the defibrillator is brought in; "Clear!"—after the shock, the ECG waveform miraculously returns to normal…
The Awakening of Sound: Fundamentals (Part 3): Visualization of Interval Structure and Historical Conventions
1. Starting with the Black and White Keys: The Smallest Structural Unit of the Musical System. In a previous article (see: The Awakening of Sound - Basics (Part 1): Pitch Structure and Auditory Stability), I mentioned an important fact: the fifth interval describes the auditory proximity or distance between pitches. For example, C and…
When whitelists become the norm: An analysis of the trends and sustainability of personal cross-border travel.
1. The immediate reason for writing this article, when stability begins to require maintenance, is that a cross-border transit service provider I've relied on for a long time (which I've always considered the most technically professional) recently went bankrupt, causing my access architecture, which had been running stably for years, to suddenly fail. This change forced me to…
Telegram prompts SMS fee when logging in on a new device? A practical guide to Passkey login without SMS verification codes.
1. A Huge Pitfall Encountered When Logging into Telegram on a New iPad Recently, considering I no longer needed mobile work, I sold my unused M1 MacBook Pro and iPad mini 6 on Zhuanzhuan (a second-hand marketplace app): Then, I added some money and exchanged them for cellular versions with national subsidies…