Muyang Chen

I first studied this material in a computer organization course several years ago. Returning to it today, I realized that I had never quite understood it. That is why I wrote this article. Let us begin with a question: how are numbers actually represented inside a computer? Bases and Place Value We are all familiar with decimal, because we are used to counting with ten digits. Computers, however, work with binary bits underneath. We therefore need a way to move freely between different representations of the same number. ...

There was already an article on this a couple of years ago: How to Draw Scientific Diagrams with Sonnet 3.7. Even then, the model’s drawing ability was pretty astonishing. As models have improved, we now have a better way to get more elegant layouts and make finer adjustments. So I wanted to write up my own experience here. This workflow is built entirely around the ChatGPT ecosystem, so have a working ChatGPT Plus subscription or above ready. ...

I’ve loved browsing Zhihu since middle school. In a year, I would read tens of millions of Chinese characters there. Zhihu often presents one long essay after another, letting us see how different people approach a social issue from different angles. But gradually, I realized I had become too dependent on its recommendation system, and the answers I was reading were becoming increasingly emotional. That made me wonder whether there was a better way to find information. ...