Blog Archive

In search of presence

What does it mean to be present nowadays? I'm with my son in the apartment, struggling to be present and listen to him read a story. I'm physically present but not really there.

Angel or Duke?

I have a friend who lives in an apartment with shelves full of books and walls covered with photographs of friends.

Who can protect us from the protectors?

A young undergraduate student discovered a different and faster hash table. Beyond the interesting story in Quanta Magazine, this example reveals another point...

Could Humans Exist Outside the Loop?

There's a common expression, especially in the context of AI—'human in the loop.' This refers to human feedback given to otherwise autonomous systems that complete a task. Humans are added as an extra measure of precaution, to verify the outcome, or to help the system improve through feedback.

Pointers, hash tables, and trying to navigate in a new era

A young undergraduate student discovered a different and faster hash table. Beyond the interesting story in Quanta Magazine, this example reveals another point...

AI: The Magician's Hand

AI is all about data. Big data initiated this wave of technological investment in machine learning, which was later branded as AI systems and architectures. It's truly impressive when one considers the amount of data we—as a network-connected humanity—produce, either firsthand or with the help of algorithmic or more 'intelligent' systems.

Predator, Pegasus and stock Android

A few years ago, I decided to switch from custom Android ROMs to the official Android version provided by Google. At the time, I was using GrapheneOS, which, from a user experience perspective, is a clean version of the Android Open Source Project with Google services removed for security reasons.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Books can often lead us to rethink and reflect on our perceptions, changing our point of view and leading to a deeper understanding of the world around us. But it's rare for a book to feel like a revelation—even though I don't exactly like the word—in the sense that it deeply resonates, explaining and organizing fragments of thought that you've encountered but couldn't manage to unify.