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ChemBio Finland

March 28, 2019 • 1 min read • Technology

ChemBio Finland

The biyearly ChemBio Finland event at the Helsinki Fair Center is taking place on this week's Wednesday and Thursday.
Passwordless login via the GUI and ssh defaults

March 25, 2019 • 2 min read • Technology

Passwordless login via the GUI and ssh defaults

I use cloud services at CSC, and they do not allow SSH login with a traditional username/password combo. How do I make a bookmark in my file manager, that opens the location without asking me for a password?
Poor correlation of the Journal Impact Factor with scientific impact

March 13, 2019 • 4 min read • JIF

Poor correlation of the Journal Impact Factor with scientific impact

Definition of the Journal Impact FactorThe Journal Impact Factor (JIF or short IF) of Journal X is the number of citations found from all journals & proceedings (in the Web of Science core collection) published in 2017 to articles in Journal X, divided by the number of articles that were published in the two previous years (2016 and 2016).
The battle between the big publishers and the scientific community

March 4, 2019 • 5 min read • Finland

The battle between the big publishers and the scientific community

I participated in last week's Townhall discussion Mikä on avoimen tiedon hinta?

February 19, 2019 • 1 min read • Technology

Changing swappiness on Linux and SDD

The swappiness parameter is available from/proc/sys/vm/swappiness

February 11, 2019 • 1 min read • Technology

Mounting group directories via the fstab

At the University of Helsinki, one can apply for group directories, which is simply disk space on a NAS.
Sourdough whole wheat bread

February 9, 2019 • 3 min read • Finland

Sourdough whole wheat bread

Traditional Finish bread is made from rye and sourdough.
Finland: Paradise for cross-country skiing

February 3, 2019 • 1 min read • Finland

Finland: Paradise for cross-country skiing

At the moment, Finland is a paradise for cross-country skiing.
Thus we learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room

November 27, 2018 • 3 min read • Science

Thus we learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room

Non vitae sed scholae discimus ("Thus we learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room").
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher