Iñigo Lara
@inigoliz.bsky.social
Computational Physicist and Maker. I grow ideas 🪴
Puzzled about the emergence of intelligence.
Physics. ML. Photonics. Software. Electronics.
📔 inigoliz.dev
- Just keep moving -
Puzzled about the emergence of intelligence.
Physics. ML. Photonics. Software. Electronics.
📔 inigoliz.dev
- Just keep moving -
This weekend, Turing patterns and Lilo 😸
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This weekend, Turing patterns and Lilo 😸
Playing with my new toy:
A finger-sized Digital Logic Analyzer.
It's muselab's one, and it uses Pulseview's open-source visualization software.
👉 8 channels at 24 MHz for 15 €. Not bad!
A finger-sized Digital Logic Analyzer.
It's muselab's one, and it uses Pulseview's open-source visualization software.
👉 8 channels at 24 MHz for 15 €. Not bad!
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Playing with my new toy:
A finger-sized Digital Logic Analyzer.
It's muselab's one, and it uses Pulseview's open-source visualization software.
👉 8 channels at 24 MHz for 15 €. Not bad!
A finger-sized Digital Logic Analyzer.
It's muselab's one, and it uses Pulseview's open-source visualization software.
👉 8 channels at 24 MHz for 15 €. Not bad!
Browsing through macOS config files, I found a mysterious one called 'com.apple.madrid.plist'.
It turns out that Madrid, the city where I come from, was the internal feature name for iMessage before it went public.
Fun fact of the day 😆
It turns out that Madrid, the city where I come from, was the internal feature name for iMessage before it went public.
Fun fact of the day 😆
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Browsing through macOS config files, I found a mysterious one called 'com.apple.madrid.plist'.
It turns out that Madrid, the city where I come from, was the internal feature name for iMessage before it went public.
Fun fact of the day 😆
It turns out that Madrid, the city where I come from, was the internal feature name for iMessage before it went public.
Fun fact of the day 😆
I've desoldered the batteries of my razor and replaced them. Now it's functional as new.
First, I thought of trashing it and paying 70€ for a new one. It would have been a shame since I fixed it for 2€.
In a few minutes, its life was prolonged by ~4 years.
Remember, when it breaks, just fix it 🔧☑️
First, I thought of trashing it and paying 70€ for a new one. It would have been a shame since I fixed it for 2€.
In a few minutes, its life was prolonged by ~4 years.
Remember, when it breaks, just fix it 🔧☑️
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I've desoldered the batteries of my razor and replaced them. Now it's functional as new.
First, I thought of trashing it and paying 70€ for a new one. It would have been a shame since I fixed it for 2€.
In a few minutes, its life was prolonged by ~4 years.
Remember, when it breaks, just fix it 🔧☑️
First, I thought of trashing it and paying 70€ for a new one. It would have been a shame since I fixed it for 2€.
In a few minutes, its life was prolonged by ~4 years.
Remember, when it breaks, just fix it 🔧☑️
From an afternoon of art with friends:
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
From an afternoon of art with friends:
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
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The #EurIPS Workshop and Affinity Workshop deadline is now just 1 week away!
This is a great opportunity to be a part of our community-driven event, meet your peers, and highlight your niche.
The #EurIPS Workshop and Affinity Workshop deadline is now just 1 week away!
This is a great opportunity to be a part of our community-driven event, meet your peers, and highlight your niche.
EurIPS includes a call for both Workshops and Affinity Workshops!
We look forward to making #EurIPS a diverse and inclusive event with you.
The submission deadlines are August 22nd, AoE.
More information at:
eurips.cc/call-for-wor...
eurips.cc/call-for-aff...
We look forward to making #EurIPS a diverse and inclusive event with you.
The submission deadlines are August 22nd, AoE.
More information at:
eurips.cc/call-for-wor...
eurips.cc/call-for-aff...
August 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The #EurIPS Workshop and Affinity Workshop deadline is now just 1 week away!
This is a great opportunity to be a part of our community-driven event, meet your peers, and highlight your niche.
The #EurIPS Workshop and Affinity Workshop deadline is now just 1 week away!
This is a great opportunity to be a part of our community-driven event, meet your peers, and highlight your niche.
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
If you want to learn #fpga , I can highly recommend anything by @willflux.bsky.social
Isle 🏝️ is my new #FPGA project.
Isle is a simple, modern computer — an open design that encourages tinkering, experimentation, and doing your own thing. I hope to inspire you to come on a journey with me and build your own computer. projectf.io/isle/fpga-co...
Isle is a simple, modern computer — an open design that encourages tinkering, experimentation, and doing your own thing. I hope to inspire you to come on a journey with me and build your own computer. projectf.io/isle/fpga-co...
August 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you want to learn #fpga , I can highly recommend anything by @willflux.bsky.social
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
We are excited to bring #EurIPS 2025 to Copenhagen in December.
Consider becoming a sponsor and support us in making this inaugural event a success! Sponsorship packages are available and can be further customized if necessary.
Reach out if you have any questions ❔
Info: eurips.cc/become-spons...
Consider becoming a sponsor and support us in making this inaugural event a success! Sponsorship packages are available and can be further customized if necessary.
Reach out if you have any questions ❔
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August 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are excited to bring #EurIPS 2025 to Copenhagen in December.
Consider becoming a sponsor and support us in making this inaugural event a success! Sponsorship packages are available and can be further customized if necessary.
Reach out if you have any questions ❔
Info: eurips.cc/become-spons...
Consider becoming a sponsor and support us in making this inaugural event a success! Sponsorship packages are available and can be further customized if necessary.
Reach out if you have any questions ❔
Info: eurips.cc/become-spons...
-- DAY 1 of 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐏𝐆𝐀 --
- Set up apio as FPGA SDK
- Learnt about registers, clock-triggered events and wires.
- Put together a switch toggle that alternates between a red and blue LED
🔗 Day 1 > github.com/inigoliz/dai...
- Set up apio as FPGA SDK
- Learnt about registers, clock-triggered events and wires.
- Put together a switch toggle that alternates between a red and blue LED
🔗 Day 1 > github.com/inigoliz/dai...
August 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
-- DAY 1 of 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐏𝐆𝐀 --
- Set up apio as FPGA SDK
- Learnt about registers, clock-triggered events and wires.
- Put together a switch toggle that alternates between a red and blue LED
🔗 Day 1 > github.com/inigoliz/dai...
- Set up apio as FPGA SDK
- Learnt about registers, clock-triggered events and wires.
- Put together a switch toggle that alternates between a red and blue LED
🔗 Day 1 > github.com/inigoliz/dai...
For the next weeks, I'll be taking a 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐏𝐆𝐀 🥁🧪
The idea is simple:
As I dive into the exciting field of FPGAs, I'll log my learning journey. Each day, I'll share self-contained project with the contents from the day.
I'll share here and in my GH 👇
github.com/inigoliz/dai...
The idea is simple:
As I dive into the exciting field of FPGAs, I'll log my learning journey. Each day, I'll share self-contained project with the contents from the day.
I'll share here and in my GH 👇
github.com/inigoliz/dai...
August 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For the next weeks, I'll be taking a 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐏𝐆𝐀 🥁🧪
The idea is simple:
As I dive into the exciting field of FPGAs, I'll log my learning journey. Each day, I'll share self-contained project with the contents from the day.
I'll share here and in my GH 👇
github.com/inigoliz/dai...
The idea is simple:
As I dive into the exciting field of FPGAs, I'll log my learning journey. Each day, I'll share self-contained project with the contents from the day.
I'll share here and in my GH 👇
github.com/inigoliz/dai...
I hope one day to see in real life a nacreous cloud
August 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I hope one day to see in real life a nacreous cloud
I think I finally understood intuitively how Fresnel lenses work 💡
(They're the lenses from lighthouses)
They are very 'thin' lenses, that can bend the light path a lot in a narrow space 🧪
(They're the lenses from lighthouses)
They are very 'thin' lenses, that can bend the light path a lot in a narrow space 🧪
August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I think I finally understood intuitively how Fresnel lenses work 💡
(They're the lenses from lighthouses)
They are very 'thin' lenses, that can bend the light path a lot in a narrow space 🧪
(They're the lenses from lighthouses)
They are very 'thin' lenses, that can bend the light path a lot in a narrow space 🧪
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
Peter Michael, Zekun Hao, Serge Belongie, and Abe Davis, “Noise-Coded Illumination for Forensic and Photometric Video Analysis,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2025.
NCI project page: peterfmichael.com/nci (2/2)
NCI project page: peterfmichael.com/nci (2/2)
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Peter Michael, Zekun Hao, Serge Belongie, and Abe Davis, “Noise-Coded Illumination for Forensic and Photometric Video Analysis,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2025.
NCI project page: peterfmichael.com/nci (2/2)
NCI project page: peterfmichael.com/nci (2/2)
La vanidad es el motor más poderoso que existe
July 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
La vanidad es el motor más poderoso que existe
I'm playing with visualizations of Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) performing computations 🧪.
Below, an SNN multiplying two numbers 👇
(If this gets traction, I'll explain what's going on in the following GIF)
Below, an SNN multiplying two numbers 👇
(If this gets traction, I'll explain what's going on in the following GIF)
July 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm playing with visualizations of Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) performing computations 🧪.
Below, an SNN multiplying two numbers 👇
(If this gets traction, I'll explain what's going on in the following GIF)
Below, an SNN multiplying two numbers 👇
(If this gets traction, I'll explain what's going on in the following GIF)
Isn't it beautiful how it spikes?
✴︎ Done with p5.js
✴︎ Done with p5.js
July 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Isn't it beautiful how it spikes?
✴︎ Done with p5.js
✴︎ Done with p5.js
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
Our 2nd photography tour in Namibia has come to an end! Namibia is a land of infinite splendor, I can't wait to share the beautiful moments my participants and I captured. For now, a few images from our previous tours!
#photography #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #travel
#photography #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #travel
July 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our 2nd photography tour in Namibia has come to an end! Namibia is a land of infinite splendor, I can't wait to share the beautiful moments my participants and I captured. For now, a few images from our previous tours!
#photography #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #travel
#photography #landscapephotography #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #travel
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
Ludwig Godefroy's "Casa TO" in Punta Zicatela, Mexico r/brutalism
July 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Ludwig Godefroy's "Casa TO" in Punta Zicatela, Mexico r/brutalism
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
The Earth is an artist. 🌍🎨
What looks like abstract art is actually bentonite formations in Utah — painted by time, carved by erosion, shaped by silence.
📍 Utah, USA
What looks like abstract art is actually bentonite formations in Utah — painted by time, carved by erosion, shaped by silence.
📍 Utah, USA
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Earth is an artist. 🌍🎨
What looks like abstract art is actually bentonite formations in Utah — painted by time, carved by erosion, shaped by silence.
📍 Utah, USA
What looks like abstract art is actually bentonite formations in Utah — painted by time, carved by erosion, shaped by silence.
📍 Utah, USA
Can you help me make sense of this weird moon shape? 👇🧪
It was sunset. The illuminated side of the moon was facing away from the sun.
I gave it a Google and found that it's called the "Tilted moon illusion" but I couldn't find a visual and intuitive explanation of it.
Moon and sun were at 90°
It was sunset. The illuminated side of the moon was facing away from the sun.
I gave it a Google and found that it's called the "Tilted moon illusion" but I couldn't find a visual and intuitive explanation of it.
Moon and sun were at 90°
July 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Can you help me make sense of this weird moon shape? 👇🧪
It was sunset. The illuminated side of the moon was facing away from the sun.
I gave it a Google and found that it's called the "Tilted moon illusion" but I couldn't find a visual and intuitive explanation of it.
Moon and sun were at 90°
It was sunset. The illuminated side of the moon was facing away from the sun.
I gave it a Google and found that it's called the "Tilted moon illusion" but I couldn't find a visual and intuitive explanation of it.
Moon and sun were at 90°
Reposted by Iñigo Lara
The limiting factor to modern CPU performance other than thermal and power constraints is the area taken up by the PMOS part of the SRAM of the cache. That's where a lot of the performance gain of a node shrink comes from, allowing for either more cache (AMD) or more and stronger cores (Intel).
July 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The limiting factor to modern CPU performance other than thermal and power constraints is the area taken up by the PMOS part of the SRAM of the cache. That's where a lot of the performance gain of a node shrink comes from, allowing for either more cache (AMD) or more and stronger cores (Intel).
Random learning of the day 🧪:
In silicon, holes have lower mobility than electrons. To compensate for it, features in PMOS have a larger characteristic size than in NMOS.
For example, look at the transistors (red squares) 👇. The gate in the PMOS is larger than the NMOS (pic from K. Shirriff)
In silicon, holes have lower mobility than electrons. To compensate for it, features in PMOS have a larger characteristic size than in NMOS.
For example, look at the transistors (red squares) 👇. The gate in the PMOS is larger than the NMOS (pic from K. Shirriff)
July 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Random learning of the day 🧪:
In silicon, holes have lower mobility than electrons. To compensate for it, features in PMOS have a larger characteristic size than in NMOS.
For example, look at the transistors (red squares) 👇. The gate in the PMOS is larger than the NMOS (pic from K. Shirriff)
In silicon, holes have lower mobility than electrons. To compensate for it, features in PMOS have a larger characteristic size than in NMOS.
For example, look at the transistors (red squares) 👇. The gate in the PMOS is larger than the NMOS (pic from K. Shirriff)
Have you ever wondered how can DNA 🧬 copy itself?
It's easy to copy things externally. But how is it possible that an algorithm, when executed, prints itself?
In my latest blog post, I built from scratch one of those self-replicating codes in Python - a quine.
🧪👉 inigoliz.dev/posts/simple...
It's easy to copy things externally. But how is it possible that an algorithm, when executed, prints itself?
In my latest blog post, I built from scratch one of those self-replicating codes in Python - a quine.
🧪👉 inigoliz.dev/posts/simple...
Simple Python quine, step-by-step
Self-replicating programs Let’s talk about self-replicating programs: A self-printing program, or quine, is a program that, when executed, prints it’s own source code.
Why is this relevant? Think abou...
inigoliz.dev
June 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Have you ever wondered how can DNA 🧬 copy itself?
It's easy to copy things externally. But how is it possible that an algorithm, when executed, prints itself?
In my latest blog post, I built from scratch one of those self-replicating codes in Python - a quine.
🧪👉 inigoliz.dev/posts/simple...
It's easy to copy things externally. But how is it possible that an algorithm, when executed, prints itself?
In my latest blog post, I built from scratch one of those self-replicating codes in Python - a quine.
🧪👉 inigoliz.dev/posts/simple...
Reading old tech books is very fun. One frequently finds gems like this one:
👉"A question often raised by electronics students is: Why are we learning about programming microprocessors?"
Makes you remember that what's considered common sense today was mind-bending little time ago.
👉"A question often raised by electronics students is: Why are we learning about programming microprocessors?"
Makes you remember that what's considered common sense today was mind-bending little time ago.
June 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reading old tech books is very fun. One frequently finds gems like this one:
👉"A question often raised by electronics students is: Why are we learning about programming microprocessors?"
Makes you remember that what's considered common sense today was mind-bending little time ago.
👉"A question often raised by electronics students is: Why are we learning about programming microprocessors?"
Makes you remember that what's considered common sense today was mind-bending little time ago.