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Eisfunke

Thoughts on Computer Science, Politics and Philosophy

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I am Nicolas, also known as Eisfunke. I’m a computer science student from
Germany. I like learning & teaching stuff, functional programming, type systems,
politics and more.

If you’d like to find out more about me or if you want to contact me, take a
look at the about page.

Occasionally I write blog articles about various things that interest or bother
me. You can find these articles below.


BLOCKCHAIN IS DANGEROUS NONSENSE

Date: 2022-04-27 Tags: Blockchain, Tech, Crypto, Currency, Bitcoin, Ethereum,
NFT, DAO, web3, Decentral

I’ve been concerned about the excesses of the blockchain industry and their
spread into all parts of society for some time now. Here I’ve summarized my
thoughts regarding the subject.

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[DE] BLOCKCHAIN IST GEFÄHRLICHER UNSINN

Date: 2022-04-27 Tags: Deutsch, Blockchain, Tech, Crypto, Currency, Bitcoin,
Ethereum, NFT, DAO, web3, Decentral

Schon länger bin ich besorgt über die Auswüchse und die zunehmende Verbreitung
von Blockchaintechnologie in der gesamten Gesellschaft. Hier habe ich einmal
meine Gedanken zu der Angelegenheit zusammengefasst.

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BYTEGESCHICHTEN

Date: 2021-08-17 Tags: Podcast, Tech, Science, Computer Science

I make a German-speaking podcast about computer science named “Bytegeschichten”.

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SVG: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Date: 2021-02-12 Tags: Computer Science, SVG, Web, Language Design, Graphics

SVG, short for “scalable vector graphics” is a format for, well, scalable vector
graphics. In this article I summarize my opinion of the format, what its
problems are and suggest what could be done to improve things.

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LANGUAGE DESIGN: MACHINE OR HUMAN?

Date: 2021-02-11 Tags: Computer Science, Programming Languages, Language Design

When designing a computer language, be it for programming, data exchange,
document markup or configuration, the first thing you should do is decide as to
whether your language is meant for use by humans or by machines. Well,
obviously, every language will be used by both, but still, who is your main
target audience?

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DAS SYSTEM IST DAS PROBLEM

Date: 2020-11-08 Tags: Podcast, Politics, Germany, Society, Tech

My friend Jonas and I are now making a German-speaking podcast named “Das System
ist das Problem”.

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MY BACHELOR THESIS

Date: 2020-07-23 Tags: Personal, Computer Science, Programming Languages,
Haskell, Functional Programming, Type Theory, Dependent Types, Lambda Calculus,
Algebraic Modeling

I recently turned in my bachelor thesis. I don’t have the results yet, but
still, that’s a lot of pressure gone now. I hope that I’ll be able to use the
free time until my first master semester starts to get some of my personal
projects done.

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ROUTING SPECIFIC DOCKER CONTAINERS THROUGH WIREGUARD VPN WITH SYSTEMD-NETWORKD

Date: 2020-04-08 Tags: Tech, Linux, Network, Server, Docker, systemd,
systemd-networkd, WireGuard, VPN

A simple solution for routing specific docker containers through a WireGuard VPN
using only two simple systemd-networkd files, no cumbersome wg or ip calls.

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THE EU’S FIRST DICTATORSHIP

Date: 2020-04-02 Tags: Politics, Liberty, Authotarianism, EU

Hungary is now the EU’s first dictatorship. And the EU is doing – nothing.

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UPDATE ON SPEED LIMITS

Date: 2019-11-15 Tags: Politics, Germany, Traffic, Liberty

A small update on speed limits on expressways.

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SPEED LIMITS ON AUTOBAHNS

Date: 2019-10-12 Tags: Politics, Germany, Traffic, Liberty

In Germany the discussion about an introduction of a general speed limit on
freeways has rekindled. Again. Should it be introduced or not?

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FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Date: 2019-10-08 Tags: Photography, History

Over the weekend I went on a trip to Frankfurt am Main. For the first time in a
while, I took some time to take some photos with my camera and some turned out
quite well.

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E-SCOOTERS

Date: 2019-09-27 Tags: Politics, Environment

Electrical kick scooters are conquering cities around the globe. They are fun,
practical and environmentally friendly – allegedly, that is.

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MY NEW BLOG

Date: 2019-09-26 Tags: Meta

The first version of my new website is online.

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2021 – Nicolas Lenz



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