I sit on the metro. I see the lady on my side unlock her smartphone, scroll up to reveal the list of installed apps, open one at random, go back…
“You don’t have the experience we are looking for”
Now that I am looking to transition from my academia + freelance jobs into an industry full time employment, my applications are sometimes left dangling, if not upright rejected from…
Deform an unstructured mesh (or how a good angle dramatically simplifies a problem)
In the attempt of coupling my Finite Elements Framework for Fjord Ice-ocean Interactions (FEFFII) with an ice code, I stumbled upon the issue of deforming the ocean mesh. If a…
What do mathematicians do? Inside a mathy mind (3b1b Summer of Math Exposition)
I took part to the first Summer of Math Exposition from 3blue1brown! Check out the video! (My first ever)
How to implement the 6-hour workday in a company
It is difficult to argue that the current, wide popular 8-hour workday in cognitive-demanding jobs is in any way efficient. It is bad both for employees and employers. Quoting the…
Setup OpenWRT on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ to avoid data trackers
I am definitely not an expert in networking, so take all of this with some salt. Still, I found it valuable to have my home internet powered by open source…
Automate spam/pending comments deletion in WordPress + bbPress
If you expose your bbPress forums to the public, it is likely you will be getting loads of spam every day. Most of it is actually caught either by WordPress…
A fix for broken (physical) buttons and dead touch area on Android phones
My old Android smartphone fell too many times and had its physical buttons (back, home, recent apps) not working, which was problematic to do anything. You can go back with…
FOSS Android Apps and my quest for going Google free on OnePlus 6
A while ago I decided I did not want to be a product anymore, and start paying for services. I started by breaking free from all the free-but-commercial company services…
A setup for remote piano lesson over Zoom
First create a new sink: pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=zoom_input sink_properties=device.description=zoom_input then remap into a Zoom monitor source that Zoom will allow selection of: pactl load-module module-remap-source master=zoom_input.monitor source_name=zoom_mic source_properties=device.description=”zoom_mic”
The spiritual similarities between playing music and table tennis
As a fellow table tennis player and piano player, I have noticed some interesting spiritual similarities between the two arts. I’m pretty sure they are also common to other sports…
FEniCS differences between Function, TrialFunction and TestFunction
The FEniCS project allows for simple solution of partial differential equations. However, getting started from examples is so quick, it is easy to miss how the inner-workings of it behave.…
How to give a scientific talk
I have listened to so many talks in so many different fields and topics, that I feel confident enough to provide advice on how to give a proper talk. I…
The need of teaching and learning more languages
For a second, stop to think about how many languages you know. With languages, I do not mean verbal languages: rather, any means of expressing thoughts and feelings, or of…
The reasons why mathematics teaching is failing
As a mathematics PhD student, I have seen a lot of mathematics teaching. I have been lucky enough to witness some (very) good teaching, but I have also been inflicted…
Troubleshooting the installation of IRAF on Ubuntu
So, found myself installing IRAF on a friend’s laptop running Ubuntu. There are some decent tutorials online about the general steps: for example, this one, and the official one. However,…
Install Windows 7 on a modern, Intel 8th generation computer
I spent a good week trying to get Windows 7 to work on a modern laptop, having an Intel i3 8th generation CPU and other recent components, such as a…
Endless Christmas X-MAS CTF Writeup
This is a writeup for the Endless Christmas challenge, md5 hash 866c92038d6e9fc47db4424f71f6167a (download binary). It appeared in the X-MAS CTF, and it’s a Reverse challenge. Using afl with Radare we…
On knowing when to stop in software development
One of the very few things I learnt in art class is what the role of Jackson Pollock was in his art. Because, we were asked, what is the role…
A day tour in Cork, Ireland: the best things to see and do!
After spending two months in Cork, Ireland, I feel like I can provide good advice for a nice day tour in Cork. I stayed in July-August, so some of my…
