Hernan Bruno
@hbru.bsky.social
Marketing prof (U. of Cologne). Trying to figure out things.
I usually trust Google AI summaries to simple queries. But this answer to "What is an acre?" ends in a weird twist that made me chuckle.
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I usually trust Google AI summaries to simple queries. But this answer to "What is an acre?" ends in a weird twist that made me chuckle.
A winter weekend some years ago, I went through several published rankings to see if there is consensus. There is some agreement that New Hope and Empire Strikes back are top. Last Jedi and Rogue One are quite polarizing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A winter weekend some years ago, I went through several published rankings to see if there is consensus. There is some agreement that New Hope and Empire Strikes back are top. Last Jedi and Rogue One are quite polarizing.
Rules to young researchers, from one of the best mathematicians in history:
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rules to young researchers, from one of the best mathematicians in history:
One of my top 5 favorite films.
October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of my top 5 favorite films.
Just in case there was any doubt that today's 400m final in Tokyo was insane, here I made a chart with the top 10 times in the last 50 years (excluding 2020).
The 1980s were also insane but for other reasons (95% eastern Europe, 50% M. Koch)
2000-2010 is mostly the formidable Sanya Richards.
The 1980s were also insane but for other reasons (95% eastern Europe, 50% M. Koch)
2000-2010 is mostly the formidable Sanya Richards.
September 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just in case there was any doubt that today's 400m final in Tokyo was insane, here I made a chart with the top 10 times in the last 50 years (excluding 2020).
The 1980s were also insane but for other reasons (95% eastern Europe, 50% M. Koch)
2000-2010 is mostly the formidable Sanya Richards.
The 1980s were also insane but for other reasons (95% eastern Europe, 50% M. Koch)
2000-2010 is mostly the formidable Sanya Richards.
¡Feliz Cumpleaños Jorge Luis Borges! Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
August 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
¡Feliz Cumpleaños Jorge Luis Borges! Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
From the German version of the 1998 best-seller “Why Men don’t Listen and Women can’t read Maps”. The book is supposed to be amusing, but based on evolutionary psychology.
June 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
From the German version of the 1998 best-seller “Why Men don’t Listen and Women can’t read Maps”. The book is supposed to be amusing, but based on evolutionary psychology.
Too much functionality is a distraction.
Somewhat related: this "meme". I am unable to think properly in any of the fancy apps that are supposed to create mind-maps or second-brains, or whatever. I noticed I feel the best when writing in the simplest possible app (for me TextEdit in the mac)
Somewhat related: this "meme". I am unable to think properly in any of the fancy apps that are supposed to create mind-maps or second-brains, or whatever. I noticed I feel the best when writing in the simplest possible app (for me TextEdit in the mac)
January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Too much functionality is a distraction.
Somewhat related: this "meme". I am unable to think properly in any of the fancy apps that are supposed to create mind-maps or second-brains, or whatever. I noticed I feel the best when writing in the simplest possible app (for me TextEdit in the mac)
Somewhat related: this "meme". I am unable to think properly in any of the fancy apps that are supposed to create mind-maps or second-brains, or whatever. I noticed I feel the best when writing in the simplest possible app (for me TextEdit in the mac)
I adapted an xkcd cartoon. Some days I feel like this:
December 4, 2024 at 10:54 AM
I adapted an xkcd cartoon. Some days I feel like this:
Cheryl's birthday
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November 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Cheryl's birthday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%...
From **Metamagical Themas**
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 AM
From **Metamagical Themas**
I had the same feeling walking in the quite German town of Andernach (pop 30k, close to Koblenz)
November 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I had the same feeling walking in the quite German town of Andernach (pop 30k, close to Koblenz)
Borges once claimed that German was the best language for poetry, because -- among other things -- of its open sounds and the composition of words.
I have been reading and re-reading Borges for more than 30 years, and now I found a perplexing joy in reading it in translation.
His regret:
I have been reading and re-reading Borges for more than 30 years, and now I found a perplexing joy in reading it in translation.
His regret:
October 29, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Borges once claimed that German was the best language for poetry, because -- among other things -- of its open sounds and the composition of words.
I have been reading and re-reading Borges for more than 30 years, and now I found a perplexing joy in reading it in translation.
His regret:
I have been reading and re-reading Borges for more than 30 years, and now I found a perplexing joy in reading it in translation.
His regret: