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This Week I Learned

2026


TWIL 20 2026

·5 mins
Topic 1 : Thermal printers #My wife started a small business & got a thermal printer to print the labels for her orders. It’s a new device for me, I’ve never interacted with one, so I decided to investigate how it works & how I can communicate with it & print labels safely, especially since the driver that the seller advised me to use is very suspicious Chinese non-official software.

TWIL 19 2026

·2 mins
Neuroplasticity #Neuroplasticity is the brain’s lifelong capacity to reorganize itself by forming, strengthening, or pruning neural connections in response to experience, learning, and environment. It’s not a metaphor, it’s a literal physical restructuring of brain tissue. The three mechanisms are : Synaptogenesis : building new synaptic connections Pruning : eliminating pathways you don’t use Myelination : brain wraps the pathways you use most in a protective layer, making signals travel faster. The more you repeat something, the quicker and smoother that connection becomes. How to drive neuroplasticity