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content/blog/2016-08-25-different-distances.md

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ to the other?*
 ![The shortest distance between two points](/images/post_2016_08_25/euclidean.png){width=150 height=150}
 
 This is the go-to of distance calculations. If you're talking about
-continuous, uniform planar (2d) space^[It holds for 3d and
-higher-dimensional spaces, too.], [Euclidean
+continuous, uniform planar (2d) space[^inline1], [Euclidean
 distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_distance) is the
 shortest distance between two points.
 
@@ -34,9 +33,8 @@ figured out how to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right
 triangle. The fun part is that, with Cartesian coordinates, *any pair
 of points* can now define a right triangle. Just take one point with
 an x coordinate from one point and a y coordinate from the other, and
-the triangle itself can be defined as $((x_!, y_1), (x_1, y_2), (x_2,
-y_2))$^[Or $((x_!, y_1), (x_2, y_1), (x_2, y_2))$ if you're feeling
-frisky].
+the triangle itself can be defined as $((x_1, y_1), (x_1, y_2), (x_2,
+y_2))$[^inline2].
 
 At that point, it becomes pretty easy. The length of the two sides is
 just the absolute value of the difference between their x and y
@@ -179,8 +177,7 @@ it's still a very different beast.
 ### D&D Distance
 
 Perhaps you've played some Dungeons & Dragons. Perhaps you've
-specifically played 3.5ed^[Or its offshoot, Pathfinder; or, for that
-matter, any of the d20 games that also derived from that source]. That
+specifically played 3.5ed[^inline3]. That
 game was notorious for its complex, tactical, grid-based combat
 system. Each square represented 5 feet of space, and each character
 had a limited amount of movement per turn.
@@ -263,6 +260,9 @@ things, and there's so much more to talk about.
 
 Thanks for bearing with me.
 
+[^inline1]: It holds for 3d and higher-dimensional spaces, too.
+
+[^inline2]: Or $((x_1, y_1), (x_2, y_1), (x_2, y_2))$ if you're feeling frisky.
 
 [^1]: For an even longer time, the king piece on a chessboard had the
 exact same abilities, which is why this is probably more commonly
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chebyshev_distance), after
 Pafnuty Chebyshev, a 19th-century Russian mathematician. But I've
 played more Civ than chess, frankly.
 
+[^inline3]: Or its offshoot, Pathfinder; or, for that
+matter, any of the d20 games that also derived from that source.
+
 [^4ed]: When it came time to publish the 4th edition of D&D, however,
 they changed their mind on this. The complexity of the 3.5 distance
 calculation wasn't worth the verisimilitude, so they moved to using
@@ -299,3 +302,5 @@ using the un-floored numbers produce a more coherent image.
     situations coincide, Hamming distance becomes more palatable and
     tractable than Euclidean distance.]
 
+
+

content/pages/about.md

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Author: john melesky
 Hello, I'm John.
 
 I grew up in the northeast US, migrated to Chicago, then more recently
-to Portland, OR, where I've been for the better part of the last
-decade.
+to Portland, OR, where I've been for the last decade and a half.
 
 ![Mt Hood and Trillium Lake, by flickr user [smik67](https://www.flickr.com/photos/smik67/6223213433/), used in accordance with cc-by-nc-md]({static}/images/mthood.jpg)
 
@@ -40,8 +39,18 @@ correspondence, but I will try to get back to you.
 ### About this blog
 
 This blog is generated using [Pelican](https://getpelican.com/), a
-static site generator.
+static site generator. I'm using the
+[pelican-render-math](https://github.com/pelican-plugins/render-math)
+plugin, which uses [MathJax](https://www.mathjax.org/).
 
-I used emacs, git, [the gimp](https://www.gimp.org/), and
+The theme is [pelican-sober](https://github.com/fle/pelican-sober)
+with some local changes.
+
+Pelican uses
+[Python-Markdown](https://python-markdown.github.io/reference/index.html),
+and I'm using several included plugins plus
+[markdown-captions](https://github.com/evidlo/markdown_captions).
+
+I use emacs, git, [the gimp](https://www.gimp.org/), and
 [gogs](http://gogs.io/) in the construction and maintenance of the
 site.

content/pages/work.md

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ---
 title: Me, Professionally
+date: 2016-07-26
+modified: 2023-09-20
 ---
 
 I've been in the industry since before the dot-com boom of the late
 nineties (I almost said "late twentieth century" there, but that makes
-me sound much older than I'd like to be.
+me sound much older than I'd like to be).
 
 I have a long history of working with large, often unstructured data,
 starting with the set of member pages at
@@ -12,20 +14,20 @@ starting with the set of member pages at
 learning, mostly around document classification, though I'm a quite
 behind the current state of the art at this point. I've written a
 number of reporting systems, and am comfortable enough with databases
-that I've been a DBA for the past few years.
+that I spent a few years working as a DBA.
 
-Obviously, as a DBA, I'm operationally minded. As a developer, I tend
-to be that way, as well -- I'm concerned with robustness of the
-systems I work on, and think ahead to reduce possible failure modes in
-production.
+Nowadays, although I have capable technical chops, my strengths lie in
+management. In particular, I enjoy growing groups of individuals into
+high-performance teams. I pay attention to research, and found the
+recent paper on [Developer
+Thriving](https://www.pluralsight.com/resource-center/guides/developer-thriving-research-paper)
+very insightful.
 
-I'm comfortable in contributing leadership positions, and also have
-some experience in management.
+At the moment, I'm looking for work! If you have need of a manager of
+software developers or infrastructure engineers, then I might fit the
+bill. Here's a [recent resume]({static}/assets/resume_jmelesky.pdf) (PDF
+format), which includes contact information.
 
-I am not actively seeking new employment, though I'm not averse to
-hearing about new, interesting opportunities. Here is a [relatively
-recent resume](/resume_jmelesky.pdf) (PDF format), and you may also be
-interested in [talks I've given at conferences](/talks.html).