My personal thoughts and technical writingshttps://dennisforbes.ca/en-ushttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2026/01/dear_america/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2026/01/dear_america/Canada and America are children of a common mother. But we are not the same.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2026/01/the_dawn_of_a_new_year_2026/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2026/01/the_dawn_of_a_new_year_2026/As 2026 begins, reflections on things past and thoughts on the year aheadFri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2025/12/on_statins_and_risk_reductions/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2025/12/on_statins_and_risk_reductions/Ruminations on my limited understanding of statins and cholesterolSun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2025/09/a_new_home_for_my_thoughts/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/2025/09/a_new_home_for_my_thoughts/I've posted online content for decades, across a variety of engines and venues. This is my latest iteration.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/hypertension/my-battle-with-hypertension/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/hypertension/my-battle-with-hypertension/High blood pressure has been a norm in my life. I finally took steps to resolve it.Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/10000_brainiacs/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/10000_brainiacs/The Canadian government announced yet another immigration pathway during a period of unprecedented, world-leading growthFri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/jpegxl/effortlessly_support_next_gen_image_formats/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/jpegxl/effortlessly_support_next_gen_image_formats/JPEG XL is now supported on a billion+ Apple devices and can improve the experience for your usersWed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/python/processing_wiki_dumps_with_python/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/python/processing_wiki_dumps_with_python/A brief tutorial on acquiring and processing Wikipedia dumps with Python. Useful for many ML tasks.Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbeshttps://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/floating_point/understanding-floating-point-numbers/https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/features/floating_point/understanding-floating-point-numbers/Floating-Point Numbers are the foundation of the ML world, and understanding their operation is essentialWed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTDennis Forbes