Short story: I wanted comments and a proper RSS feed on my Hugo + PaperMod site. Longer story: I spent 30 minutes poking around, and now you don’t have to. Here’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wanting to add comment section to my blog for a while. There are a few problems. I don’t want to get attacked by bots or random people for no reason. I don’t want to allow weird things to happen. I don’t want to have a database for it. So… I decided to take a path which is not necesserially the best. It requires a third party to act on your behalf, but it is not as scary as it sounds. According to Github: ...

Daniel Naroditsky has passed away. I’ve never been a pro chess player, but I do follow some of the fun ones, and occasionally Magnus. I like Fabi a lot, but my all-time favorite is Hikaru. Danya was my favorite commentator. Someone who was so fun to watch explaining complex positions. I think he was indeed, if not the best, one of the best at it. The occasion is grim. However, let’s remember the immense pressure he was under. Let’s remember how he was accused of cheating by Kramnik many, many times. By a former world champion. Someone who has accused many and has ruined their lives for no reason. The likes of Hikaru! ...

I don’t know how to answer the “why?” or “whyyyyy?” or even “why the f***?” I have a skin routine. Last year, after I came to Germany, I asked a female friend about how to do skin care. She touched my face and said, “Knock on wood, you have good skin!”. So… idk why I decided to take extra care of my skin, but I did! Generally speaking, things like this make me feel good about myself. Like I’m doing something positive while not being tortured! It’s always fun to rub cream on your face or gently massage it. Even cleaning the face skin feels refreshing. Everything also smells nice! ...

I tried to add a simple ‘views’ counter to my PaperMod blog. It worked—until it didn’t. Here’s the story of blank numbers, a mysterious Chinese message, and the final fix.

I didn’t add a warning sign to the room. I taught the logo to breathe. ;-D The Rotunde is a good room for bold ideas and yummy coffee. The door sighs shut and the outside world gives up on us. The only thing it’s not good at is ventilating itself. Forty minutes into a group meeting, or a sressful defence, and we all feel like sleeping and running back to our offices! ...

I’m not a big movie watcher. In fact, I don’t remember the last time I watched a whole movie in a single day. It’s not that I don’t enjoy it, it’s that I want to do this with at least another person. It feels much better to not be alone when watching a movie for me for some reason. Buuuut, I watched Scent of a Woman on Sunday, and after my therapist encouraged me to do so. ...

When I started my PhD, I was told “get yourself a hobby!” many many times by both my advisor, and the director of the group I worked in. In fact, when being interviewed for the position, I was asked about my hobbies. For some reason I think I have like the weirdest hobbies of all time. Like, you know, people binge series, go to clubs, bars, hang out, and so on. But I always had interests in things that when I talk about people get weirded out, or at least some of them do so. To be honest though, when I talk more about some of my hobbies, they do show enthusiasm, but it feels like there is a clear gap between us afterwards. ...

Notice: You’ll hear me ranting in this post, so buckle up, or just go to another fun post. I am very vulnerable right now and want to put out my story without naming anyone. So… do you also think you’re a lover boy, kind, nice person? So do I! I think I’m actually really good at making friends with people. Like you know, you start introducing yourself, asking them some fun personal questions about hobbies or other stuff, and then you eventually start talking about other things. ...

I started the month by finalizing my draft for Conext Student workshop. Let’s cross our fingers and hope things work out and that it gets accepted. Notification should arrive on 25th, and I’d have until 30th to do the camera ready stuff which should be plenty of time. I did a vacation from 6th until 15th for a total of 10 days by taking 6 days off. I visited my parents after 13 months(!), and also my brother after more than two years. We had so much fun! I did a bunch of sight-seeing in Istanbul, tried out yummy foods and sweets, many different fishes, and snorkled in Antalya. What a delightful trip it was. I do have to get used to this as this is the sole way I will most probably see my parents from now on, unless they want to travel to somewhere else or visit me here. Now that my brother also has his greencard, we can travel together and see eachother more often too! ...

How I containerized a Java Minecraft server with Geyser, hit a /var space wall, and locked the server to the latest stable release.