As promised before, I’m starting the new course and I have new stuff to post :). One of my subjects is Integrated Circuits Design. The first day, as usual, teacher gave us a presentation about the subject and I liked it. Why? Because we will have 6 conferences along the course, and they do sound interesting! And you all know I love conferences and I always let you know what the speaker tell us so, here I advance you which are gonna be my posts during this semester (among others, of course!):
From micro to nano systems - by Dra. E. Valderrama
Computing architectures in reconfigurable systems - by B. Martínez
Sensors and actuators applied to personal autonomy for handiccaped persons and the old age - by Dr. V. Soler
Micro and nanotechnology for spacial applications - by Dr. C. Ferrer
Multi-robot systems applied to biomedicine - by Dr. L. Ribas
The microtechnology’s market - by Dr. J. Agulló
Notice that each speaker is highly qualified: most of them are doctors!
I have to attend 3 conferences at least in order to pass the course so, I’ll post, at minimum, 3 conferences. However, I’ll try to assist as many as I can. But don’t blame me if I don’t post a conference which you like, conferences are on Friday, it’s a difficult day;)!
One of the most common mistakes of fishes/newbies poker players is to play outside of their own economic possibilities. Either for not wanting to drop down a limit or for pride, a lot of people stay when they have to stop playing that limit because they don’t have enough bankroll for it. The most common causes are the fact of wanting more money faster or the fact of being tilt, meaning that you become more looser, damaging your game and consequently, your winnings.
What is the consequence of playing outside your possibilities? Bankrupt. We want to avoid this, but how can we know we are playing in an appropiate limit according to our bankroll? I’m talking about cash games, specially Texas Hold’em No Limit. First of all, you have to get familiarized with the word buy-in. Let’s better see an example: we are playing NL10, and blinds are 0.05/0.1$, and you want to join a table. Which how much stack are you going to join a table? It will be between 2 and 10$. If you enter with 2$, your buy-in means 2$. If you enter with 10$, then, your buy-in means 10$. Now, we can calculate which should be our limit depending on our bankroll.
First, calculate your bankroll in buy-ins. For instance, if your buy-in is 2$ and you’ve got 200$, you’ve got 100 buy-ins. Easy, isn’t it? if your buy-in is 10$ and you’ve got 200$, you’ve got 20 buy-ins.
Once we know this, the rule is:
You need, at least, 25 buy-ins in order to play a determinate limit. So, calculate it.
The most common topic these days is the LHC, is this gonna work? Are we all dead once it starts colliding particles? How secure is it? What about if something goes wrong? Well, I’m not physicist nor an expert but I don’t understand why so many people are so worried about the possible end of the world or a global disaster. Well, I do know why. The reason is the misinformation. Two scientist have claimed the worst possible end basing their claims on air. And the 99% of the other scientists are really expecting the results of LHC. Don’t let them frighten you, an experiment of 6000 millions € is not a we-can-try-this-and-see-what-happens! If you do believe this experiment is gonna creak us, then, clear your mind up and try to think as if you are Sarah Palin… She thinks God is the creator and that dinosaurs existed 4000 years ago (remember that 5000 years ago God created the earth and so on) so you won’t be concerned any more, because this experiment will fail for sure, it’s science. If you haven’t notice, I’m being sarcastic.
Either way, here you have a video about how LHC works, very interesting, I think everybody should take a look at this, LHC could be an authentic revolution…
Ok, it’s a bit nazi, but I think I’ve laughed so loud that anybody within 5miles has listened to me. I’m really sorry but I couldn’t contain myself. You’ll agree with me, I’m totally positive! Here’s the image (click to enlarge). (more…)
Oh oh oh, I need help right away! I don’t have any ideas nor inspiration! I need them so that I can go ahead blogging, this is tormenting me! I’m sorry but I will use my only available ace right now, poker.
I started to play poker on July 2008, about 25th aprox. ‘cos I was really bored at home (see my holidays 2008) I signed up through a website: pokerstrategy.com (this is my referral link, I don’t hide it, but if you join, it doesn’t cost you anything and I can earn a little bit, it’s fair, isn’t it?;))
Why do I started to play poker and besides, through PS (Pokerstrategy)? The answer is because PS gives you an initial bonus of 50$ so that you can start playing without spending any money! It’s a bit unbelievable, isn’t it? I’ll explain you how it works.
When you play poker online, each hand has a rake. This is a fee imposed by the casino (if not, casinos wouldn’t earn anything). Normally fees are between 2-5% of the pot. It means if we gotta a pot of 1$, casino will earn 0.03$ and the winner 0.97$. If we join through PS, casino will earn 1-3% instead of 2-5%. Why? Because the difference will ended up at PS! So, PS earns money when you play and generate rake if you are its referral and the way to achieve that is giving you 50$ so that you can start to play poker. You can read the whole explanation and details here.
This bonus was the main reason but PS has a lot of other things to consider such as good forums (where professional players value your hands 24/7), strategies based on statistics (really, really good) and much more things that you should take a look at if you wanna start playing real money poker for free. In the following posts I’ll explain how my evolution is going on. One fact: 130$ in my bankroll ;).
Hi folks!
It’s been a while since last time we talked. It’s been a weird time (July/August).
On July I didn’t have to study because I had passed all the February exams on the first attempt (first time ever) so, I went to the beach with my girlfriend (Beth) a few days. We stayed at Calafell because my parents had rented an apartment there. Unlucky for me, when I came back, something strange happened to me: I got up with two fingers swollen… Out of the blue! Well, it may be a… Dunno. Just let it go.
I started to work at home (I wanted to work but finally I didn’t get any job due to exams and so on, therefore my father gave me some work, proceeding from his company, which I could do at home). I had to test 25.000 small pieces, manually. It meant I had to manipulate them with the fingers mentioned above. Well, it hurt but it was bearable.
But then, when I got up the next day… I couldn’t walk! It was a nightmare! I couldn’t even stay standing. It seemed my left ankle had decided to hurt a lot even though it wasn’t swollen (like my fingers). Ibuprofeno… It didn’t work. I went to the ward but the doctor told me to go ahead taking ibuprofeno (it’s a sedative medicine). Well, he was the specialist so he was supposed to know what was going on. I started to be able to walk and I went to the beach so that I could enjoy the sea a little bit. Bad choice! The next day, I had my ankle swollen and I couldn’t walk again. I went to the doctor because it wasn’t normal. He was clear: urine and blood test to determine what could be making this inflammations, maybe it wasn’t as superficial as he thought first. (more…)
I’m posting too many humor posts lately, I hope it will end once I’m back studying at University. Either way, this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen about programming! I have an ace up one’s sleeve, keep coming ;)!
I’m sure a lot of developers will enjoy this video
