The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

Fall vibes on @tue.nl campus.

With the expected number of awarded applications being about the same as in the previous call, this makes the success rate drop from ~17% to below 10%. If one were serious about protecting science in Europe in view of things happening elsewhere, then put also money where your mouth is.

Election fail: when you and your partner request mail-in voting documents from the same city administration at the same day and in the end only one of you gets the actual ballot. 😒

A lovely day at which we sent off one revision of a manuscript, only to receive four hours later reports for another paper, where you wonder if the reviewer even read the paper 😒

Doing alright over there?

Here is Round 2 of the 2024 top 10 recipes on www.contentednesscooking.com head-to-head.

Mujadara (Lentil and Rice) vs. Creamy Lemon Pasta

Comment below with you favorite! You can also find the links to the recipes there.

#veganfood

I'm looking back at 2024 and going to do a head-to-head of the 10 most popular #veganfood recipes on www.contentednesscooking.com over the next days.

We start with round 1: White Chili vs Creamy Mac and Cheese

@poll.blue
Choose:
A-White Chili
B-Creamy Mac and Cheese

🌱 Vegan Lentil Burger
Starting my #veganfood presence here with a throwback to one of the most amazing burgers I created. Simple to make and incredible delicious.

See that sauce? That's a creamy Mustard Sauce with maple syrup. Would you take a bite?

www.contentednesscooking.com/vegan-lentil...

Go home Spotify, you are drunk.

- 2 BSc projects
- 1 visiting PhD hosted full year
- Promotion to Associate professor level 1
- Taking over chair of cluster “Centre for Analysis, Scientific Computing and Applications”

Busy year gone in a blink. Lots of highs, some lows.

Highlights: connections with students and colleagues

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My professional 2024 in review.

- 5 published peer reviewed papers
- 1 book chapter
- 3 preprints
- 1 PhD defended
- 1 submitted PhD thesis
- 2 submitted proposals (one fail, one pending)
- 1 rejected workshop proposal

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Here’s a Christmas present for y’all: a new physics post! I’ve done these things on “the other side”—let’s see how many people are interested on 🦋!

I’ll be talking about a famous principle in classical mechanics: that of “least action.” And I’ll tell you why it’s a misnomer!

Buckle up!

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