The Linux Foundation is wrong about sanctions

Many people are arguing the Linux Foundation had no choice in removing Russian maintainers, but I show with facts how that's clearly not true.

Linus Torvalds is wrong about Russians

I explain in detail why Linus Torvalds' comment regarding Russians is so wrong on so many levels. For that I have to explain obvious things such as the nature of legal advice and the purpose of sanctions, because apparently many people are not familiar.

In defense of Richard Stallman v2

Due to the pressure campaign against Stallman I put my hat of defense attorney, even though I don't agree with Stallman in many issues. I also explain how in truth this has nothing to do with Stallman.

A body of work of an atypical programmer

Examples of how my atypical way of thinking has often been objectively proven right.

Linux proves Elon Musk is wrong about entrepreneurs

I show with a simple example that Elon Musk's claim that only entrepreneurs generate wealth is completely wrong.

Explaining the modulo/remainder nonsense

It seems some people explain the behavior of different implementations of % as "modulo" versus "remainder", but this is nonsense and I explain why.

Everyone is using modulo wrong

All programmers use the modulo operator, but virtually none have stopped to consider what it actually is, and that's why one of the most powerful features of it doesn't work in most programming languages. This article touches abstract mathematics in order to explain why.

Reviewing Terrence Howard’s 1×1=2 claim

In Joe Rogan's episode #2171 with Eric Weinstein and Terrence Howard it was mentioned the scientific establishment does not do review of heterodox ideas — especially from people outside their clique, and this is something I actually agree with. Terrence mentioned multiple times that he would love review, well… here's my review of one of …

The myth of Mexico’s extreme poverty

Recently it came to my attention that according to some sources, Mexico's extreme poverty increased during Obrador's administration. I was skeptical of this conclusion because according to my own analysis of the changes in income distribution between 2018 and 2020, it was the poorest who experienced the biggest benefits. This is not the first time …

Simplifying the xz backdoor

Step by step I simplify the beginning of the xz backdoor so there's no doubt of what it does.