The Centrifuge Problem
A while ago (almost 3 years ago, to be more exact) I watched a video on Numberphile where Dr Holly Krieger presents the following problem.
Given a centrifuge with \(n\) holes, is it possible to balance \(k\) test tubes?
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Override GitHub Linguist with gitattributes files
Linguist is, in short, the library used on GitHub to detect blob languages and generate language breakdown graphs. It takes the list of languages it knows from languages.yml and uses a number of methods to try and determine the language used by each file, and the overall repository breakdown.
Creating environments on Conda
This week I started studying Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics with Python. As many, I use Conda for managing my Python environments and packages. On this post I will cover how to create new environments on Conda and how to use them with JupyterLab.
Improve your daily workflow with jumpapp
Most "advanced" users will always recommend using keyboard shortcuts whenever possible, no matter which system or application you are using. In this post I'm going to touch the process of launching and switching applications.
Running JupyterLab as a desktop application on Linux
JupyterLab has quickly become the standard for doing Data Science in Python. Arguably, the main reason for this is the notebook format, an idea introduced back in 1986 in the amazing Wolfram Mathematica.
But the fact is there are just no decent alternatives.
Including images with Liquid
A while ago I covered on Using Jekyll, Lightbox, and GitHub pages how to use includes in Jekyll/Liquid to simplify the process of adding images to your posts.
How to delay startup applications on GNOME
Back in 2017, support for status icons, pictured below, was removed from GNOME Shell (v3.26).
This has been a controversial topic (as anything in the GNU/Linux community, really) and probably will always be, but in my opinion there's no point on discussing about it.
Disabling GRUB graphical theme
I've been using Antergos/Arch Linux for a couple of years after switching from Ubuntu GNOME, and although I don't dislike the shipped graphical GRUB theme (depicted below), I always found it unnecessary and in some resolutions the background image is stretched.
Getting system notifications with R
So today I was making quite time consuming simulations in R, and I was wondering if there was a way to know when the simulations were finished so I could have a look at the results.
Custom domains and HTTPS with Github Pages
One of the main reasons people point out to use a custom domain is that people will take your website more seriously. I personally just did it because it's relatively cheap and because I wanted to learn on the process.
On this post I will try to explain shortly my (mis)adventures on setting up my own custom domain.