Sam Foley
@samuelfoley.com
Physics of membranes and self-assembly || Biophysics postdoc at Johns Hopkins || Previously Penn State -> Carnegie Mellon || for I perplex others not because I am clear, but because I am utterly perplexed myself ||
www.samuelfoley.com
www.samuelfoley.com
You just wait a couple more sagas
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You just wait a couple more sagas
Someone near me is selling an actual hornet nest on facebook marketplace
$150
$150
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Someone near me is selling an actual hornet nest on facebook marketplace
$150
$150
When the 🎄 hits your eye like a big pizza pie
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When the 🎄 hits your eye like a big pizza pie
No matter how many times I see the Star Wars Holiday Special, I'm still not mentally prepared for the cooking show where a man in blackface plays a four-armed woman in a stereotypical 70's cooking show
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No matter how many times I see the Star Wars Holiday Special, I'm still not mentally prepared for the cooking show where a man in blackface plays a four-armed woman in a stereotypical 70's cooking show
Just saw this plot in a colleague's simulation analysis output, and realized it pretty accurately describes my mental state as well
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just saw this plot in a colleague's simulation analysis output, and realized it pretty accurately describes my mental state as well
Welp. A rather simple 4-page document I had been editing for a few months no longer compiles on Overleaf's free tier.
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Welp. A rather simple 4-page document I had been editing for a few months no longer compiles on Overleaf's free tier.
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
You're right, the real Qui-Gon would have never done this
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You're right, the real Qui-Gon would have never done this
And the wiggly spaghetti version (wavefunction). Blue is the real part, red the imaginary part, and black is the modulus.
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And the wiggly spaghetti version (wavefunction). Blue is the real part, red the imaginary part, and black is the modulus.
The quantum bouncy ball (probability density).
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The quantum bouncy ball (probability density).
Shamelessly stolen from the Mathematical Mathematics Memes Facebook group
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Shamelessly stolen from the Mathematical Mathematics Memes Facebook group
Mine died last year, so I replaced it with the most aesthetic version they made: the TI-83+ Silver Edition, with classic Y2K translucent plastic
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Mine died last year, so I replaced it with the most aesthetic version they made: the TI-83+ Silver Edition, with classic Y2K translucent plastic
So everyone knows the pickleback, but what about...
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So everyone knows the pickleback, but what about...
Benefit of having an L-desk at home: desk buddy
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Benefit of having an L-desk at home: desk buddy
Todd finally got to me. Bought Skyrim for a second time this weekend. At least I'll get to play the DLCs for the first time.
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Todd finally got to me. Bought Skyrim for a second time this weekend. At least I'll get to play the DLCs for the first time.
"Their words cannot be allowed to stand"
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Their words cannot be allowed to stand"
Favorite soft drink of a computational physicist? LSODA
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Favorite soft drink of a computational physicist? LSODA
Genuinely incredible reddit comment on why C++ is called "C++" and not "++C"
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Genuinely incredible reddit comment on why C++ is called "C++" and not "++C"
Reads like this classic
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reads like this classic