Quasi Engineer

Install Matlab in Fedora 33

2021.1.17 2021.1.17 🗃️ Tech/📚 Guides 311 2 mins

Matlab Loading Screen

While Matlab installed just fine for me in Ubuntu, it greeted me with errors in Fedora. Here’s how I got it working¹. Hope this helps someone.

Install Signal in Fedora 33

2021.1.13 2021.1.17 🗃️ Tech/📚 Guides 154 1 min

With the ongoing privacy issues being raised due to Whatsapp’s new policy updates, many people are trying to switch over to Signal. It is a secure encrypted messenger that has been endorsed by many people including Elon Musk. Hence, I was also one of the new flocks in Signal and soon discovered that it is not officially available for Fedora.

RK4 for solving Coupled ODEs in GNU Octave

2021.1.8 2021.9.20 🗃️ Tech/🧰 Engg 974 5 mins

Runge-Kutta methods are one of the most widely used methods for numerically solving differential equations. In this post, I will explain how to implement the vectorised code for solving coupled ODEs using fourth order RK methods in GNU-Octave. The same code can be easily translated to matlab with minimal changes.

Trojita, the fastest Email Client - Gmail Setup Guide

2020.8.25 2021.1.12 🗃️ Tech/📚 Guides 452 3 mins

I had recently switched to KDE from Gnome and was looking for an Alternative for Geary. I really liked how fast Geary was and neither Thunderbird nor KMail could act as a replacement for my need(Simple and fast). Before giving up for another Electron app, I gave a try to Trojita and immediately fell in love with its speed.

Saudade

2020.5.19 2021.1.17 💭 Musings/🎶 Poems 132 1 min

Wikipedia: A deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one cares for and/or loves.

Five handy Terminal features for a Linux User

2020.5.8 2021.1.12 🗃️ Tech/📚 Guides 709 4 mins

With the sudden explosion of Available games and modern looks, coupled with their increased performance and support, the Linux distros like Ubuntu are having more users who do not have a techie background. But, it would be easier to do certain things if you know some basics of getting around with Terminal by side.

When I Look at the Mirror, I see

2020.2.24 2021.1.8 💭 Musings/🎶 Poems 57 1 min

Million shimmers of broken glasses Singing the dirge of the world they once lived An aged tale of life and death Eating the living souls relentlessly. Against this ocean of merciless despair A lone figure with metallic heartbeats A warmonger standing up for life

All These Days

2020.2.8 2021.1.8 💭 Musings/🎶 Poems 70 1 min

All these days look like violent storm Brewing darkness with lightnings and thunders. All these efforts carry a silent tear A dreary run to repair the past and the future. As the clock ticks out the time’s slow death We try again and again to rise above the rest.

The Things That Eyes See

2019.5.6 2021.1.8 💭 Musings/🎶 Poems 113 1 min

The things that eyes see And the things that my ears catch Collide together To build this mental sphere Where assumptions rule in monarchy And everything spins around me. Helios, I am, with deep blues And nascent green patches Rumbling thunders and raging summers

An Ode to Share Auto Annas

2019.4.6 2021.1.8 💭 Musings/📝 Write-ups 2258 11 mins

If you have ever been to the buzzing city of Chennai, you wouldn’t have traveled correctly unless you’ve traveled in one of those three wheeled vehicles painted in yellow and draped in black. Like a bunch of bees on a mission, these Auto Rickshaws (or, as we lovingly call them — Autos) connect the nook and corners of the city swarming around the clock.