http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/ 2013-05-23T02:45:48-07:00 http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/ http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/lib/tpl/prsnl10/images/favicon.ico text/html 2013-05-22T22:03:56-07:00 sidaw http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/doku.php?id=homepage&rev=1369285436&do=diff text/html 2013-05-16T15:51:36-07:00 sidaw http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/doku.php?id=start&rev=1368744696&do=diff About I am a PhD student in the computer science department at Stanford University. I am advised by Prof. Chris Manning and I am part of the NLP group. In 2011, I obtained my Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Engineering Science majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, where my thesis was advised by Prof. Geoff Hinton. text/html 2013-04-29T14:43:02-07:00 sidaw http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/doku.php?id=diversions:home&rev=1367271782&do=diff Informational Why NiCd rechargeable batteries are not worth it A guide to (inadvertently) insulting computer scientist/mathematicians [My guide to PhD apps for Toronto's EngSci/ECE grads] Random Of China and the Nobel prize Corruption vs. Salary text/html 2012-11-11T17:49:40-07:00 sidaw http://www.stanford.edu/~sidaw/cgi-bin/home/doku.php?id=alt:battery&rev=1352684980&do=diff Why rechargeable battery is not worth it Since I was 12 years old I struggled with the choice between rechargeables and normal battery. I think we've progressed to the point where most discrete rechargeable batteries are not worth it anymore. I'll start with some stats and then conclude with some anecdotes. Typical use cases for me are flashlights, wireless mouse and keyboard, bike lights, alarms.