Alex Yuan

Alex writes about tech, science, and society for Oculus Inventa. He is also works on Oculus Inventa's servers and infrastructure.

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Science

DeepMind has Cracked Protein Folding

The true extent of AlphaFold's contributions to scientific discovery is only starting to take shape.

Politics

Bret Weinstein Banned from Facebook for Literally No Reason

Evolutionary biologist and famed member of the intellectual dark web, Bret Weinstein, was banned from Facebook on October the 22nd. Facebook alleged he violated Facebook standards and indicated that the decision was manually reviewed and irreversible. Weinstein is famous for being a fierce defender of free speech; an opinion that

Politics

Bret Weinstein, "A Plan to Save the Republic", and a Twitter Ban

The Articles of Unity is an audacious proposal for the 2020 American election.

Technology

Passwords Suck, Let's Go Passwordless

If we want to truly secure our systems, we need to centralize user identity. There should be a single source of truth that authenticates users on a variety of platforms.