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Jan 16

2025 By The Books

This year, I’m experimenting with a slightly different approach to book reviews — returning to publishing book reviews less frequently…

2025 By The Books

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Sep 7, 2025

Three Language Models Take on Project Euler

What happens when you sign up the world’s best language models for a coding challenge that requires lots of advanced math and clever…

Three Language Models Take on Project Euler

Daniel Issing

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Aug 27, 2025

Better Race Predictions with AI

It won’t stop you from bonking, but it’ll help your friends waste the right amount of time waiting at aid stations

Better Race Predictions with AI

Daniel Issing

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Jul 26, 2025

2024 By The Books, Q4

Phew, this installment comes in very late! I had meant to it for a long time but somehow never got around to actually sitting down and…

2024 By The Books, Q4

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Dec 31, 2024

2024 By The Books, Q3

Going through the list of books I’ve engaged with this quarter, I’m surprised to find that almost all of them are audiobooks, and only two…

2024 By The Books, Q3

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Sep 21, 2024

2024 By The Books, Q2

I wait for death with the courage I gained from living. I will not speak falsely and say to you: ‘Do not grieve for me when I go.’ I have…

2024 By The Books, Q2

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May 20, 2024

2024 By The Books, Q1

We are back with another truckload of reviews of works that left me wonder whether we can ever get into the mind of a chicken, why…

2024 By The Books, Q1

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Jan 14, 2024

2023 By The Books, Q4

Reviews for 2023 conclude with eight additional books, bringing the tally to 56. Starting 2024, I’ll retire the quarterly format and will…

2023 By The Books, Q4

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Oct 15, 2023

2023 By The Books: Q3

A busy quarter. At this frequency, things are starting to look a little crowded (17 reviews in one article), so I’m considering moving to…

2023 By The Books: Q3

Daniel Issing

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Oct 8, 2023

Why I’m Joining GiveWell

After more than four years of working for an InsurTech company as a data scientist (a notoriously uninformative job title), I have recently…

Why I’m Joining GiveWell

Daniel Issing

Daniel Issing

Book reviews, trail running, physics, and whatever else I feel like writing about. Personal homepage: https://danielissing.com/

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