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Generating all combinations of n elements taken t at a time

I don’t usually share the code I write for my research projects, unless someone asks for it. Anyway, today I had fun writing some C code, and I think it may turn out to be useful for other people. It’s written almost well enough to be acceptable, so here you are. I implemented Chase’s sequence [...]

Posted on 08 March 2012 § English § FreeBSD § Nerd ‡ Comments (2) °

Loui’s

Perché alla fine è così che la musica classica dovrebbe suonare. Come suona da Loui’s, che tu apri la porta alle sei del mattino e dagli speaker esce il valzer del diavolo dal Bärenhäuter di Siegfried Wagner. Ma potrebbe essere anche il più leggero minuetto di Haydn, non cambierebbe. La musica classica dovrebbe suonare così [...]

Posted on 06 March 2012 § Italiano § Personal ‡ Comments (4) °

Non affogare

Io non so nuotare. Galleggio a fatica. Ho paura dell’acqua, quella chiara della piscina, quella scura del mare, quella transparente e quella verde. Salata, dolce, clorata. Al contrario, vorrei sempre camminare in montagna. Non sono un rocciatore, mi piacerebbe fare molte piu’ ferrate, vorrei aver toccato più cime, ma so cammpinare in montagna, ho un [...]

Posted on 04 March 2012 § Italiano § Personal § University ‡ Comments (0) °

Stasi

Aspetto la primavera. Qui nevica, ma è neve gelata, non quella neve che scende come se fosse calda, che si posa lieve. Aspetto il sole che raffredda l’aria di primavera nelle domeniche di Aprile.

Posted on 01 March 2012 § Italiano § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

On Rejections

One has to learn to accept rejections. They trim down your ego, help you put things back in prospective, give you the right amount of hanger to fight back. Not everyone appreciate what we do as we think we appreciate it. Feedback is what make mankind progress, especially the negative but constructive type.Posted from Providence, [...]

Posted on 14 February 2012 § English § University ‡ Comments (0) °

Drops of wisdom, food for thoughts.

I am still reading Vapnik’s The Nature of Statistical Learning Theory. I began reading it a first time in March, but then left it aside for months, so I started over in October. It’s enlightening and a pleasure to read, if one can stay focused. Every now and then, Vapnik lets drops of wit fall [...]

Posted on 15 December 2011 § English § Nerd § University ‡ Comments (0) °

Gerusalemme pagana

New York. Manhattan. Downtown Manhattan. Financial District. Neve. Neve il 28 ottobre. La stazione della metro di Fulton St. è chiusa per lavori. Salvifico, un taxi appare all’incrocio con Williams. Non è off duty. Salgo e lo lancio verso 42st and 3rd. La corsa in taxi è lunga e i pensieri si srotolano in un [...]

Posted on 31 October 2011 § Italiano § Personal ‡ Comments (5) °

Why doing research?

There is so much I still do not know that I wonder what right I have to try to increase knowledge with my research instead of burying myself in a library and just read what the giants did. I am not limiting this to any specific field: I would like to read about literature, science, [...]

Posted on 19 October 2011 § English § Personal ‡ Comments (0) °

Darkroom night

Tonight I went to the darkroom just to develop one roll of t-max 100 film from the Mamiya 7. Relax, fun, quiet: everything I could ask for. I’m happy that I went even if it was raining and I wasn’t feeling safe on my bike. Photo geek note: I’m in love with my Kodak Process [...]

Posted on 04 October 2011 § English § Nerd § Personal § Photos ‡ Comments (0) °

Speedy update

This is the kind of post I don’t like to write, but I’m writing one now anyway. It’s just to say that I have very little time to blog about “serious” stuff, meaning “to write very/too long posts in Italian with some philosophical references“. My research is taking “away” a lot of time, I started [...]

Posted on 25 September 2011 § English § Personal § University ‡ Comments (0) °