Fred Flügel
@fredfp.tubgaming.com
I write and talk about science at ffluegel.substack.com
and https://www.twitch.tv/fredfp
Theoretical Physics @ Utrecht University
Bass @ groofenwoldt
and https://www.twitch.tv/fredfp
Theoretical Physics @ Utrecht University
Bass @ groofenwoldt
Reposted by Fred Flügel
I LOVE the rice cooker! It’s the best example of simple physics : it’s literally a pot, a heating element and a magnet. That’s it. No electronics. No sensors. Nothing. How does it work??? Physics ! 🧵
My real discourse is that everyone should own a rice cooker, its amazing.
May 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I LOVE the rice cooker! It’s the best example of simple physics : it’s literally a pot, a heating element and a magnet. That’s it. No electronics. No sensors. Nothing. How does it work??? Physics ! 🧵
Chess isn't for me
Why I love the game in theory but actual play bores me to death
open.substack.com
March 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM
None of the opinions are my own. There's a gnome holding me at gunpoint at all times.
March 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
None of the opinions are my own. There's a gnome holding me at gunpoint at all times.
Reposted by Fred Flügel
As a human being you have the right to be able to understand the world. That is why education is so important.
Any technology that hinders your understanding (even if it seemingly gives you capabilities) is deeply in- and anti-humane.
Any technology that hinders your understanding (even if it seemingly gives you capabilities) is deeply in- and anti-humane.
March 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
As a human being you have the right to be able to understand the world. That is why education is so important.
Any technology that hinders your understanding (even if it seemingly gives you capabilities) is deeply in- and anti-humane.
Any technology that hinders your understanding (even if it seemingly gives you capabilities) is deeply in- and anti-humane.
Don't know how I went this long without discovering the "physics" package for latex, it's almost magic in how much it simplifies stuff
For me it's already worth it to not have to do \left\{ \right\} or any of their size-fixed buddies anymore, but the derivatives and operators are also amazing
For me it's already worth it to not have to do \left\{ \right\} or any of their size-fixed buddies anymore, but the derivatives and operators are also amazing
March 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Don't know how I went this long without discovering the "physics" package for latex, it's almost magic in how much it simplifies stuff
For me it's already worth it to not have to do \left\{ \right\} or any of their size-fixed buddies anymore, but the derivatives and operators are also amazing
For me it's already worth it to not have to do \left\{ \right\} or any of their size-fixed buddies anymore, but the derivatives and operators are also amazing
YES
obsidian team putting in the good work, BANGER sequence with this and the CLI right after each other
obsidian team putting in the good work, BANGER sequence with this and the CLI right after each other
Obsidian Sync now has a headless client, so you can sync vaults to a server without using the desktop app.
Try the open beta:
Try the open beta:
February 27, 2026 at 9:09 PM
YES
obsidian team putting in the good work, BANGER sequence with this and the CLI right after each other
obsidian team putting in the good work, BANGER sequence with this and the CLI right after each other
Sometimes I'm like "Notion takes >10s to open, annoying but I won't worry about it"
But in this very moment I'm going "if I manually set a path for my snippets folder when lazy-loading a plugin, neovim doesn't have to scan all folders in the runtimepath and saves me a few miliseconds at startup"
But in this very moment I'm going "if I manually set a path for my snippets folder when lazy-loading a plugin, neovim doesn't have to scan all folders in the runtimepath and saves me a few miliseconds at startup"
February 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes I'm like "Notion takes >10s to open, annoying but I won't worry about it"
But in this very moment I'm going "if I manually set a path for my snippets folder when lazy-loading a plugin, neovim doesn't have to scan all folders in the runtimepath and saves me a few miliseconds at startup"
But in this very moment I'm going "if I manually set a path for my snippets folder when lazy-loading a plugin, neovim doesn't have to scan all folders in the runtimepath and saves me a few miliseconds at startup"
Dear diary today I had to use <h5> in an article
against my will
against my will
February 25, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Dear diary today I had to use <h5> in an article
against my will
against my will
Physicists won't tell you this but if you Fourier transform the Kama Sutra you can get all the sex momenta
February 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Physicists won't tell you this but if you Fourier transform the Kama Sutra you can get all the sex momenta
With this and my nvim setup for writing LaTeX documents, I'm never opening any other program other than the terminal
Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
With this and my nvim setup for writing LaTeX documents, I'm never opening any other program other than the terminal
Particle physics and the ten thousand things
Why we choose to give names
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Michael Scott behaviour
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael Scott behaviour
Reposted by Fred Flügel
You are not more likely to be killed by a coconut than a shark. This is a statistical error.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
June 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
You are not more likely to be killed by a coconut than a shark. This is a statistical error.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Reposted by Fred Flügel
June 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The US went from 1933 to 1939 real quick
June 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The US went from 1933 to 1939 real quick
He'll help put trainkind on the golden rail
June 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
He'll help put trainkind on the golden rail
[walks into the restaurant]
I see fed people
I see fed people
June 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
[walks into the restaurant]
I see fed people
I see fed people
Reposted by Fred Flügel
Who up popin they francis
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Who up popin they francis
Reposted by Fred Flügel
Humans are very weird and mostly do things because the people around them do them. This is true for me and you and everyone.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
April 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Humans are very weird and mostly do things because the people around them do them. This is true for me and you and everyone.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
Reposted by Fred Flügel
April 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Reposted by Fred Flügel
On this day in 2006, Neil banged out the tunes
April 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
On this day in 2006, Neil banged out the tunes
Nintendo Shoe
kirby air riders
April 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nintendo Shoe
Reposted by Fred Flügel
My Mushy Mates! Who doesn't love a lil mushroom guy? ft. the intial attempt that was a lot of trial and error
#art #artist #illustration #markers #ohuhumarkers #ohuhu #characters #characterdesign #mushrooms
#art #artist #illustration #markers #ohuhumarkers #ohuhu #characters #characterdesign #mushrooms
April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My Mushy Mates! Who doesn't love a lil mushroom guy? ft. the intial attempt that was a lot of trial and error
#art #artist #illustration #markers #ohuhumarkers #ohuhu #characters #characterdesign #mushrooms
#art #artist #illustration #markers #ohuhumarkers #ohuhu #characters #characterdesign #mushrooms
Status update: I think I spent more time tweaking my neovim config than actually coding on my new projects
I previously used it only for LaTeX (incredible stuff btw, live previews with zathura etc etc) and simple python scripts, but now that I'm using it for c++ I'm adding a lot more stuff to it
I previously used it only for LaTeX (incredible stuff btw, live previews with zathura etc etc) and simple python scripts, but now that I'm using it for c++ I'm adding a lot more stuff to it
Coming back to c++ after some years of doing basically just python (and other higher-level languages like julia and lua), and I just love the switch/case statement.
I know the behaviour can be easily implemented in all languages with similar syntax, but idk there's something about it.
I know the behaviour can be easily implemented in all languages with similar syntax, but idk there's something about it.
April 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Status update: I think I spent more time tweaking my neovim config than actually coding on my new projects
I previously used it only for LaTeX (incredible stuff btw, live previews with zathura etc etc) and simple python scripts, but now that I'm using it for c++ I'm adding a lot more stuff to it
I previously used it only for LaTeX (incredible stuff btw, live previews with zathura etc etc) and simple python scripts, but now that I'm using it for c++ I'm adding a lot more stuff to it