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 with so much bad teaching....
View ArticleThe 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 expressing a dialogue. I am...
View ArticleHow 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 have listened to talks ranging from public...
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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. This should...
View ArticleThe 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 anyway. Always think...
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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 such as Dropbox and Gmail, and...
View ArticleA 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 in-app buttons most of the...
View ArticleAutomate 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 itself, and set as pending, or by Akismet,...
View ArticleSetup 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 software as much as possible, rather than...
View ArticleHow 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 Harvard Business...
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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:...
View ArticleWhat 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) Was this Helpful ? yes no The post What do mathematicians do? Inside a mathy mind (3b1b...
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Deform an unstructured mesh (or how a good angle dramatically simplifies a...
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 simulation stretches...
View Article“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 the beginning....
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Why I stepped away from my smartphone – and why I am unlikely to go back to it
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 to the home screen, and finally lock the device again....
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