Giuseppe Bilotta
@giuseppebilotta.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Researcher @ INGV-OE. Opinions my own.
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The number of people who don't know about #GPUSPH within #INGV is too damn high (.jpg).
Memes aside, I've had several opportunities these days to talk with people both within the Osservatorio Etneo and other branches of the Institute, and most of them had no idea something like that was being […]
Memes aside, I've had several opportunities these days to talk with people both within the Osservatorio Etneo and other branches of the Institute, and most of them had no idea something like that was being […]
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November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This morning there was #snow on #mtetna, yesterday there wasn't. I wonder when it happened.
#etna #winteriscoming
#etna #winteriscoming
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This morning there was #snow on #mtetna, yesterday there wasn't. I wonder when it happened.
#etna #winteriscoming
#etna #winteriscoming
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Sono alla ricerca di profili nel fediverso che parlano di urbanistica e pianificazione territoriale.
Qualcuno di voi ne conosce qualcuno?
Grazie mille!
BOOST GRADITI
#urbanistica #pianificazioneurbana #pianificazioneurbanistica #sostenibilità #boostgraditi #ambiente #territorio
Qualcuno di voi ne conosce qualcuno?
Grazie mille!
BOOST GRADITI
#urbanistica #pianificazioneurbana #pianificazioneurbanistica #sostenibilità #boostgraditi #ambiente #territorio
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Sono alla ricerca di profili nel fediverso che parlano di urbanistica e pianificazione territoriale.
Qualcuno di voi ne conosce qualcuno?
Grazie mille!
BOOST GRADITI
#urbanistica #pianificazioneurbana #pianificazioneurbanistica #sostenibilità #boostgraditi #ambiente #territorio
Qualcuno di voi ne conosce qualcuno?
Grazie mille!
BOOST GRADITI
#urbanistica #pianificazioneurbana #pianificazioneurbanistica #sostenibilità #boostgraditi #ambiente #territorio
Uh … is there a federation issue between fediscience.org and mstdn.science? Did either block the other?
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Uh … is there a federation issue between fediscience.org and mstdn.science? Did either block the other?
OK, I'll bit a bit on the “meta” of the quote posts, since there's some interesting aspects to its Mastodon implementation (the only one I can experience) that I'm curious about.
The first thing I'm going to do is try linking, inline, to another post of mine, to see how aggressive the text […]
The first thing I'm going to do is try linking, inline, to another post of mine, to see how aggressive the text […]
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fediscience.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
OK, I'll bit a bit on the “meta” of the quote posts, since there's some interesting aspects to its Mastodon implementation (the only one I can experience) that I'm curious about.
The first thing I'm going to do is try linking, inline, to another post of mine, to see how aggressive the text […]
The first thing I'm going to do is try linking, inline, to another post of mine, to see how aggressive the text […]
Our most recent paper on #sph / #FEM coupling for offshore structures modeling with #GPUSPH has been published:
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1m3VB_hNWk2tT
These kinds of works, with validation against experimental results, is always a challenging task, even for the simpler problems. Lab […]
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1m3VB_hNWk2tT
These kinds of works, with validation against experimental results, is always a challenging task, even for the simpler problems. Lab […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our most recent paper on #sph / #FEM coupling for offshore structures modeling with #GPUSPH has been published:
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1m3VB_hNWk2tT
These kinds of works, with validation against experimental results, is always a challenging task, even for the simpler problems. Lab […]
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1m3VB_hNWk2tT
These kinds of works, with validation against experimental results, is always a challenging task, even for the simpler problems. Lab […]
Today I introduced a much-needed feature to #GPUSPH.
Our code supports multi-GPU and even multi-node, so in general if you have a large simulation you'll want to distribute it over all your GPUs using our internal support for it.
However, in some cases, you need to run a battery of simulations […]
Our code supports multi-GPU and even multi-node, so in general if you have a large simulation you'll want to distribute it over all your GPUs using our internal support for it.
However, in some cases, you need to run a battery of simulations […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Today I introduced a much-needed feature to #GPUSPH.
Our code supports multi-GPU and even multi-node, so in general if you have a large simulation you'll want to distribute it over all your GPUs using our internal support for it.
However, in some cases, you need to run a battery of simulations […]
Our code supports multi-GPU and even multi-node, so in general if you have a large simulation you'll want to distribute it over all your GPUs using our internal support for it.
However, in some cases, you need to run a battery of simulations […]
I just discovered that apparently #europass doesn't provide their .docx and .odt templates anymore. But they provide an #xml schema for the data in it, which is cool.
https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-07/europass-xml-schema-doc-v3.4.0_0.pdf
seems to be the latest specification […]
https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-07/europass-xml-schema-doc-v3.4.0_0.pdf
seems to be the latest specification […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I just discovered that apparently #europass doesn't provide their .docx and .odt templates anymore. But they provide an #xml schema for the data in it, which is cool.
https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-07/europass-xml-schema-doc-v3.4.0_0.pdf
seems to be the latest specification […]
https://europass.europa.eu/system/files/2020-07/europass-xml-schema-doc-v3.4.0_0.pdf
seems to be the latest specification […]
The next issue of the #spheric #newsletter is fresh out, go download it from https://www.spheric-sph.org/newsletters
#sph #cfd #ComputationalFluidDynamics
#sph #cfd #ComputationalFluidDynamics
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October 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The next issue of the #spheric #newsletter is fresh out, go download it from https://www.spheric-sph.org/newsletters
#sph #cfd #ComputationalFluidDynamics
#sph #cfd #ComputationalFluidDynamics
Sulla strada per scendere al lavoro ci sono degli #stencil su un breve tratto di strada che porta anche ad una biblioteca. Oggi ho deciso di fotografare quelli testuali (altri sono impronte di scarpe e frecce), perché li ho trovati interessanti. Scusate se le […]
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[Original post on fediscience.org]
September 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Sulla strada per scendere al lavoro ci sono degli #stencil su un breve tratto di strada che porta anche ad una biblioteca. Oggi ho deciso di fotografare quelli testuali (altri sono impronte di scarpe e frecce), perché li ho trovati interessanti. Scusate se le […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Apparently, between mid-August and now the endpoint we were using to download #VIIRS satellite data from #nasa has disappeared.
I am trying really, really, really, hard to discuss political issues in this account, because I would like to make this one all about science, but sheesh.
I am trying really, really, really, hard to discuss political issues in this account, because I would like to make this one all about science, but sheesh.
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Monday. September the 1st. Getting back to work after nearly a full month of complete relax and thinking about anything but work* is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very […]
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fediscience.org
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Monday. September the 1st. Getting back to work after nearly a full month of complete relax and thinking about anything but work* is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very […]
Reading the news about the UK National Drought Group asking its citizens to delete emails to reduce water consumption by data centers made me think (again) about one of the biggest limitation of the decision makers of our times, aside from the blatant corruption (we all know that the data […]
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fediscience.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reading the news about the UK National Drought Group asking its citizens to delete emails to reduce water consumption by data centers made me think (again) about one of the biggest limitation of the decision makers of our times, aside from the blatant corruption (we all know that the data […]
First day of vacation, so obviously I had to deal with work administrative stuff, because I finally got the formal notification of the renewal of the lecturing post at the university for another year, and I need a “no impediment” (nulla osta) from my administration.
And I'm actually thankful […]
And I'm actually thankful […]
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fediscience.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
First day of vacation, so obviously I had to deal with work administrative stuff, because I finally got the formal notification of the renewal of the lecturing post at the university for another year, and I need a “no impediment” (nulla osta) from my administration.
And I'm actually thankful […]
And I'm actually thankful […]
Primo giorno di #ferie, quindi ovviamente ho dovuto sbrigare #burocrazia per il rinnovo del contratto di docenza all'Università.
E non solo la cosa è un fastidio per me, ma anche per il personale d'amministrazione che mi deve protocollare la domanda di nulla osta, e per il presidente ed il […]
E non solo la cosa è un fastidio per me, ma anche per il personale d'amministrazione che mi deve protocollare la domanda di nulla osta, e per il presidente ed il […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Primo giorno di #ferie, quindi ovviamente ho dovuto sbrigare #burocrazia per il rinnovo del contratto di docenza all'Università.
E non solo la cosa è un fastidio per me, ma anche per il personale d'amministrazione che mi deve protocollare la domanda di nulla osta, e per il presidente ed il […]
E non solo la cosa è un fastidio per me, ma anche per il personale d'amministrazione che mi deve protocollare la domanda di nulla osta, e per il presidente ed il […]
When I ping any of my PhD students or postdocs about progress updates on their work, I like to open with «tell me something good».
Recently, the answers have been to the tune of «the sun, the beach, icecreams». I should probably specify that I meant something nice about how the work is going.
Recently, the answers have been to the tune of «the sun, the beach, icecreams». I should probably specify that I meant something nice about how the work is going.
July 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
When I ping any of my PhD students or postdocs about progress updates on their work, I like to open with «tell me something good».
Recently, the answers have been to the tune of «the sun, the beach, icecreams». I should probably specify that I meant something nice about how the work is going.
Recently, the answers have been to the tune of «the sun, the beach, icecreams». I should probably specify that I meant something nice about how the work is going.
*sigh* #Overleaf has started enforing their new, lower, 10 seconds timeout for compilation times on their free plan. I understand where this is coming from, but sadly I also understand where this is going, and I'm not happy about it.
July 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
*sigh* #Overleaf has started enforing their new, lower, 10 seconds timeout for compilation times on their free plan. I understand where this is coming from, but sadly I also understand where this is going, and I'm not happy about it.
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Oh well that's just peachy. #EUMETSAT switched to #zip64 for its zipped data archives even when standard zip worked fine (I assume for consistency with situations where it didn't?), and #zipios, the C++ library we're using to access the file inside the zip without unpacking the archive, does not […]
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fediscience.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oh well that's just peachy. #EUMETSAT switched to #zip64 for its zipped data archives even when standard zip worked fine (I assume for consistency with situations where it didn't?), and #zipios, the C++ library we're using to access the file inside the zip without unpacking the archive, does not […]
Reposted by Giuseppe Bilotta
“In principle, the Max Planck Society gives institutes complete freedom to reward scientists for doing slow, reliable research.… We don’t have to play the game of chasing big-if-true Nature papers.
But most institutes chase Nature papers anyway. Partly this is because PhD students and post-docs […]
But most institutes chase Nature papers anyway. Partly this is because PhD students and post-docs […]
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piaille.fr
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“In principle, the Max Planck Society gives institutes complete freedom to reward scientists for doing slow, reliable research.… We don’t have to play the game of chasing big-if-true Nature papers.
But most institutes chase Nature papers anyway. Partly this is because PhD students and post-docs […]
But most institutes chase Nature papers anyway. Partly this is because PhD students and post-docs […]
I just realized that in my quest to port #GPUSPH to other POSIX-like OSes, I've never actually tried something like Alpine or other non-glibc Linux system.
July 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I just realized that in my quest to port #GPUSPH to other POSIX-like OSes, I've never actually tried something like Alpine or other non-glibc Linux system.
Reposted by Giuseppe Bilotta
OpenCL v3.0.19 maintenance update released with bug fixes & clarifications and adds two new extensions: cl_khr_spirv_queries to simplify querying the SPIR-V capabilities of a device, and cl_khr_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer to more efficiently […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
July 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
OpenCL v3.0.19 maintenance update released with bug fixes & clarifications and adds two new extensions: cl_khr_spirv_queries to simplify querying the SPIR-V capabilities of a device, and cl_khr_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer to more efficiently […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
Ah yes, Mondays, when you walk into the office and the workstations rebooted because of a blackout in the weekend, v and the GUIs won't start
July 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Ah yes, Mondays, when you walk into the office and the workstations rebooted because of a blackout in the weekend, v and the GUIs won't start
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Downside: having to go in on a holiday due to a cooling system failure. Upside: this is precisely why we started this project on remote data center control, and now the students and post Docs know exactly why.
July 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Downside: having to go in on a holiday due to a cooling system failure. Upside: this is precisely why we started this project on remote data center control, and now the students and post Docs know exactly why.