Political correctness Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli believes it generally hurts more than it helps.
Especially when you can't even mention censored things to criticize them. You have to pretend they never existed. So people will forget about them, and do them again in the future.
Adjoint operator Updated 2025-07-16
Given a linear operator over a space that has a inner product defined, we define the adjoint operator (the symbol is called "dagger") as the unique operator that satisfies:
Taylor expansion definition of the exponential function Updated 2025-07-16
The Taylor series expansion is the most direct definition of the expontial as it obviously satisfies the exponential function differential equation:
German learned society Updated 2025-07-16
Helium Updated 2025-07-16
Position and momentum space Updated 2025-07-16
One of the main reasons why physicists are obsessed by this topic is that position and momentum are mapped to the phase space coordinates of Hamiltonian mechanics, which appear in the matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics, which offers insight into the theory, particularly when generalizing to relativistic quantum mechanics.
One way to think is: what is the definition of space space? It is a way to write the wave function such that:And then, what is the definition of momentum space? It is of course a way to write the wave function such that:
- the position operator is the multiplication by
- the momentum operator is the derivative by
- the momentum operator is the multiplication by
physics.stackexchange.com/questions/39442/intuitive-explanation-of-why-momentum-is-the-fourier-transform-variable-of-posit/39508#39508 gives the best idea intuitive idea: the Fourier transform writes a function as a (continuous) sum of plane waves, and each plane wave has a fixed momentum.
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PostgreSQL Updated 2025-07-16
PostgreSQL feels good.
Its feature set is insanely large! Just look at stuff like: stackoverflow.com/questions/1986491/sql-split-string-by-space-into-table-in-postgresql/1993058#1993058
If Oracle is the Microsoft of database, Postgres is the Linux, and MySQL (or more precisely MariaDB) is the FreeBSD (i.e. the one that got delayed by legal issues). Except that their software licenses were accidentally swapped.
The only problem with Postgres is its name. PostgreSQL is so unpronounceable and so untypeable that you should just call it "Postgres" like everyone else.
PostgreSQL logging Updated 2025-07-16
Ubuntu 21.10 has a certain default level of logging by default to:but it does not log everything, only/mostly errors it seems.
/var/log/postgresql/postgresql-13-main.logSetting:under:and then restarting the server:just works.
log_statement = 'all'/etc/postgresql/13/main/postgresql.confsudo service restart postgresqlRealtime monitoring for long queries instead: stackoverflow.com/questions/8597516/app-to-monitor-postgresql-queries-in-real-time
Representation of the Lorentz group Updated 2025-07-16
One of the representations of the Lorentz group that show up in the Representation theory of the Lorentz group.
State of the art Updated 2025-07-16
Aluminium Updated 2025-07-16
Oxygen Updated 2025-07-16
The Final Encyclopedia Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware House 2018-01 Toilet mirror lamps Updated 2025-07-16
When I came, two Bell GU4 (MR11) 20W 12v.
One burnt. Put in an ASDA halogen one.
ASDA burnt, put in TopLux on right, old Bell left.
2019-01-24, right one burnt a few days ago, old Bell still works. Inner part black, and black dot on the wire. Putting new TopLux again, but this time on the left, old bell on right.
2019-01-24 toilet top lamp also burnt a few days ago, but not at the same time as mirror. Diall, 240V 40W, GU10. Putting in IKEA 240V 35W.
2019-02-02 toilet mirror lamp left (TopLux) burnt. Don't know what to do anymore. Only the magic Bell lamp works.
2019-03-06 toilet top lamp left burnt, IKEA 240V 35W GU10. Putting in another one.
2019-03-28 toilet top lamp right burnt, IKEA 240V 35W GU10. Waiting for people to come to look at transformer, there is definitely something wrong.
2019-04-03 top lamps: replaced with LED (LAP GU10 3W) since lower power, transformer not changed. Mirror lamps: transformer changed, left one replaced with Homebase Halogen 20W 12V. When I came back lamps flickering badly and sometimes not turning on, recalled technician.
2019-04-12 mirror lamp: it was just he connector that was bad, it was changed, also put LEDs there to make it less warm and hopefully have less tear on connector.
Nuclear fission Updated 2025-07-16
ProtonMail Updated 2025-07-16
One of the very few encrypted emails... beauty. And they also have an encrypted password manager!!! Using this is a must as of 2023 basically. The only missing thing now is to find a fully open source alternative!!!
Sure, search capabilities have to be somewhat limited: proton.me/blog/engineering-message-content-search
techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/ you've fucking got to use Tor Browser with it if you want your IP to remain hidden, learn that...
Their backend is closed source: www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/iyjqxf/is_protonmails_backend_open_source/
Are daily notifications without a recovery email possible? www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/yjau8f/allow_daily_email_notifications_without_having_a/ OK, they do work actually.
The lack of Gmail dot trick is tragic however, and you have to pay for multiple aliases. But you can however create separate inboxes with the same cell phone verification however.
PsiQuantum Updated 2025-07-16
CEO: Jeremy O'Brien
Raised 215M in 2020: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/quantum-computing-startup-raises-215-million-for-faster-device
Good talk by CEO before starting the company which gives insight on what they are very likely doing: Video "Jeremy O'Brien: "Quantum Technologies" by GoogleTechTalks (2014)"
PsiQuantum appears to be particularly secretive, even more than other startups in the field.
They want to reuse classical semiconductor fabrication technologies, notably they have close ties to GlobalFoundries.
Ciro Santilli's hardware House 2021 Updated 2025-07-16
Fridge: Lamona LAM6800 fridge freezer.
Washing machine: Lamona, someting along LAM8603: www.manualslib.com/manual/1049371/Lamona-Lam8603.html
- display lights meaning: www.coftonholidays.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dishwasher-Instructions.pdf
- using: finish powerball quantum ultimate all in one tablests
- www.finish.co.uk/detergents-help but you also need salt and rinse, e.g. www.finish.co.uk/detergents-help
Ciro Santilli's hardware Internet speed Updated 2025-07-16
Ciro Santilli's hardware KitchenAid Artisan toaster (2017) Updated 2025-07-16
Bought: 2017-09
Impossible to open to properly clean.
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