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2025-03-21 -Keep Innovating
To /keep innovating/ is to innovate, and than to do it again. But you can't just do the same thing again. You need to do do something new again.
2025-02-04 -Goated Computer Science Papers: A list of classics
Hi, inspired by this HN thread I decided to write about some of the most influential computer science papers I have read. For me, these papers shaped what I think computer science is, and what it can be. When someone asks me "What is computer science?" I think the answer is that is is the scientific investigation of IT. On the low end are foundational papers whose results are used, remixed and relevant to this day. On the high end are papers that are visionary, and have shaped the way we think about computer science, that have inspired novel ways of thinking.
2024-09-27 -Banking - Part 1
So, I set up bank accounts at various banking institutions offering their services in Germany. I will write about my experiences with them in a series of posts and test them out. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or anything else I should test or write about.
This shows how the Validity Sensor 138a:0090 fingerprint sensor can be made to work on Linux. This Sensor is used in various ThinkPads such as the X1 Carbon (4. Gen) or in my case the X1 Yoga (1. Gen).
2019-07-25 -Why I migrated from Hugo to Jekyll
I moved to Jekyll because it allows for explicitly naming one layout to be extended. Using Hugo I felt like having to fight with the lookup order. This is the primary reason.