Ababibababu

A List

Books

Title Date Out of 5 Comment
Life of a Klansman Aug/13/25 4 Stopped at 200 pages. Good book actually. But too needlessly verbose and I lost momentum…
The Idea Factory Jun/21/25 5 How to model success?
The Soul of a New Machine May/1/25 5 Romanticized computer for me.

Movies

Title Date Out of 5 Multiplier Comment
Se7en Aug/13/25 4.5 1 I always thought something logical should be something beautiful. Many are. Math is. But the statement is not always true. Something can also be strictly logical, if not genius, but haunting at the same time. The problem is, unlike emotion, logic isn’t a product of evolution. No one says logic should make sense.
Theater Camp Aug/12/25 5 1 Need of something pure and beautiful in life.
Freakier Firday Aug/10/25 3.5 1 Not bad.
Oh, Hi! Jul/28/25 4 1 Damn relationships are messy.
Sorry, Baby Jul/24/25 4.5 1 The trauma that hurts the most turns into humor, through time, maybe.
Eddington Jul/21/25 4 1 Explaining yourself (especially online) in the age of information is a negative feedback loop.
No Country for Old Man Jul/19/25 4.5 4 I disagree that it’s a movie about the evil. It is about so many things. This time it struck me as a movie about nature, of which ugliness below the man-made abstraction exists.
Superman Jul/14/25 4 1 It is amazing. It doesn’t even matter what the plot is. It just makes me hopeful
The Usual Suspect Jul/11/25 4 1 Good.
The French Dispatch Jul/10/25 4.5 1 Need to rewatch. The prisoner painter story. Wow.
Asteriod City Jun/30/25 5 1 Life is a play in a play in which you find love.
The F1 Movie Jun/30/25 3 1 Definitely has its flaws. Dialog feels like bad anime, is mechenical. But the overall movie is surprisingly engaging and entertaining for a non-F1 fan like me.
Sicario Jun/26/25 4 1 Cold blooded, good thriller, good match with Villenueve’s visual style. Was tense the entire time. Alejandro reminds me of Anton Chigurh.
Reservoir Dogs Jun/12/25 4 2 Reasonably, not Quentin’s best, but still, extremely powerful, and legendary.
The Life of Chuck Jun/10/25 4.5 1 Bullet in the Brain.
The Phoenician Scheme Jun/6/25 4 1 Need to rewatch.

Worthwhile Papers

Name Domain Comment
A Comparison of Software and Hardware Techniques for x86 Virtualization VM Describes techniques for virtualzation. Some techniques and benchmarks are out dated due to hardware advancement. But is regarded as the virtualzation paper.