How LED works (as told by cute animal GIFs)

In the midst of the global pandemic, we all need some distractions. So... I present you, the operating principle of engineering marvel that is light emitting diode (LED), as told through cute animal gifs!

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How to keep up with climate tech developments

Three weeks ago, I left my previous job at Capital One and joined a climate tech startup. Since then, quite a few people reaching out to me and expressed interest in finding a data science job in climate tech setting. I collect my resources in this blog post.

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COVID19 fatality rate analysis

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One thing that's somewhat under-appreciated in my mind about COVID19 is that it has disproportionately higher fatality rate for older adults. And many of our political leaders are old. It's not inconceivable that the virus could claim lives of high-profile politicians.

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"Shelves of cans of worms" - why deep-tech in energy is tough

Reminiscing about first decade of my career in materials science and deep-tech energy companies, and what I learned about the sector. (Also: what software companies and fruit flies have in common, and why working on deep tech energy technologies can feel like opening cans of worms all day.)

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Mental exercise: comparing countries to US states

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When my US friends and colleagues asked me about my home country, Taiwan, I often found it helpful to map Taiwan's high-level metrics into US states, which my colleague can better relate to.

Taiwan is closest to the following US states in metrics:

  • Area: Maryland (MD: 32,131 km^2 …
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