Structured Data: Turning isolated files into reusable knowledge
Structured data often determines whether research stays usable or turns into unusable noise over time. In this post I am (somewhat officially, at least in sp...
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Repack the Nintendo Switch 2 in its original packaging (reboxing)
We occasionally borrow a Nintendo Switch 2 from the Penzberg Library. Before the due date, the same question always comes up: How do we fit all the parts bac...
Taxing Swiss Employee Stock Correctly: Dividends, Transfer of Securities, and Sale
Employees of a Swiss company, such as the pharmaceutical firm Roche, receive employee shares through a management and trading platform for employee stock own...
My genome is ready: Download & tellmeGen reports
As previously reported, approximately three months ago, on October 23, 2025, I ordered the Ultra Whole Genome Sequencing 30x kit from tellmeGen. On December ...
What is meant by the dictates of personal responsibility?
This post in the blog series Chat with GPT is about the expression “dictates of personal responsibility” and why it is appearing more and more frequently in ...
How right-wing is the German rock band Böhse Onkelz?
This post in the blog series Chat with GPT addresses the question of whether the rock band Böhse Onkelz can be classified as a right-wing extremist band in t...
Cinque Terre in autumn
We spent this year’s fall break (early November) in the Ligurian coastal town of Levanto and the nearby Cinque Terre National Park – where the five villages ...
The Eibsee circuit: crystal clear water and Alpine panorama
We recently went hiking around Lake Eibsee: a mostly flat route of about 7 kilometers with crystal-clear water and an impressive mountain backdrop. The trail...
Sequencing my own genome: Overview on direct-to-consumer whole-genome sequencing services
During my PhD, I analyzed thousands of pseudonymized genomes, spanning short-read sequencing and genotyping arrays, and searched for associations between gen...
Chat with GPT: Why the comparison between Deutsche Bahn and Swiss Rail falls short?
People often say: “Deutsche Bahn is unreliable, just look at Switzerland!” It sounds simple, but it isn’t. Both systems optimize for different goals, and the...