In 2022 I had my first experience with the ISAAC database by the Dutch NWO research funding organization. ISAAC is where you apply for funding and where grants get tracked. As such, research output is recorded in this database.
When he first began his excavations at what is today Hisarlik in modern-day Türkiye, Heinrich Schliemann set out to find a single city – the city of Homer’s Iliad, a city many actually felt lay in the realms of fiction rather than any map he could lay his hands on. By the time excavations were over, Schliemann would find not one but nine cities, all built on top of each other. 1 In that, he found something relatively common – cities
Happy New Year! I’m still catching up on papers from my late 2024 backlog.
A small map-extract of Venado Tuerto over four time points in 2024, showing the addition of buildings and POI. tl;dr: One can now create >2 frames in the OSM comparison GIF. And the MyBinder version can download OSM history files , no local up/downloads needed.
Good morning, Today is the first Friday of 2025. I spent the New Year’s holiday in a backcountry hut with friends and family, reflecting on 2024 and what I’m hoping for in 2025. One of the things I’m most excited about in 2025 is to explore this intersection of technology and humanity more through the lens of science fiction. I hope you’ll indulge me for an extra TCIP edition this week to share.
How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is easy: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.
In this living document, I will document reactions to uses of homomorphic encryption by members of the public. By “member of the public,” I mean people who may be technical, but are not directly involved in the development or deployment of homomorphic encryption systems. This includes journalists, bloggers, aggregator comment threads, and social media posts.
Dr. Phil Lackey is retiring from Wake Forest University School of Medicine after many years of service to the school and the community. True to his amazing character, he was on service during his final week of work. Dr. Lackey has been an instrumental part of expanding our activities in High Resolution Anoscopy(HRA) and has been a great mentor to many of our students, residents, and fellows.
Esta entrada inaugura una nueva serie sobre la que llevo pensando algún tiempo, dedicada monográficamente al léxico empleado en la edición de textos.
MeatEater Mini-Crossword: Whitetail, Vol. 2 Are you a crossword enthusiast who also loves the outdoors? If so, you’ll be thrilled with the latest installment of MeatEater Mini-Crossword: Whitetail, Vol. 2. These puzzles are not only entertaining but also uniquely tailored for those who appreciate the beauty of nature and the thrill of the hunt. H2: What Sets This Crossword Apart?
(Previously: 2022, 2023.) #1. Baldassar Castiglione, The Book of the Courier This book gets cited from time to time as a sort of historical guide to "being cool," since the characters spend some time discussing the idea of sprezzatura , basically grace or effortlessness. More interesting to me was the differences between Renaissance conceptions of virtue, character, &