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Installing TIE-GCM on Ubuntu using gfortran

June 23, 2018 Sean Linux, Science 5 Comments on Installing TIE-GCM on Ubuntu using gfortran

This is a very specific post, most people will want to skip over it entirely. It is about how to install the ionosphere/thermosphere model TIE-GCM on Ubuntu computers using gfortran.

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World Cup 2018 Predictions Update

June 19, 2018June 29, 2018 Sean Football, Mathematics Leave a Comment on World Cup 2018 Predictions Update

Following the end of the first round of the World Cup group stage let’s see how the model is doing and how the predictions have changed.

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World Cup 2018 Predictions

June 14, 2018June 29, 2018 Sean Football, Mathematics Leave a Comment on World Cup 2018 Predictions

The World Cup is almost upon us and so it’s time to make some predictions…

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Number of Days Between Easter’s

April 7, 2018June 29, 2018 Sean Mathematics, Python Leave a Comment on Number of Days Between Easter’s

My three year old asked me a pretty interesting question this morning, “how many sleeps is it until next Easter?”

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Was there room on the door for two?

April 6, 2018 Sean Mathematics, Misc Leave a Comment on Was there room on the door for two?

Could Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) from the motion picture ‘Titanic’ both have survived by both floating on the door? (Clearly there are a load of spoilers in this article – but the film did come out over 20 years ago so I’m not going to worry too much about

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Unblock IP address from connecting via SSH

March 8, 2018 Sean Linux Leave a Comment on Unblock IP address from connecting via SSH

I manage a small cluster at work and occasionally students get their IP address banned by entering the wrong password when logging into the cluster. I don’t fix the problem often enough to remember how to do it, so I thought I’d jot it down here for future reference.

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Probability of World Cup Group Draw

November 18, 2017December 1, 2017 Sean Football, Python 7 Comments on Probability of World Cup Group Draw

The lineup for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is now complete, and the teams have been sorted into pots ahead of the group stage draw on December 1st. All draws are not equally likely, so what teams is your team likely to face? 

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Correlation of mean transfer spend and UEFA coefficient

July 24, 2017July 25, 2017 Sean Football, Mathematics Leave a Comment on Correlation of mean transfer spend and UEFA coefficient

How does a countries mean transfer spend relate to its UEFA coefficient?

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Most expensive Premier League football transfer of all time: Rio Ferdinand

July 21, 2017July 25, 2017 Sean Football, Mathematics Leave a Comment on Most expensive Premier League football transfer of all time: Rio Ferdinand

No, this post isn’t 15 years late, Rio Ferdinand really did cost “more” than Paul Pogba…

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Passwordless SSH on CentOS

June 22, 2017January 25, 2018 Sean Linux Leave a Comment on Passwordless SSH on CentOS

The CentOS wiki page misses out a crucial step in setting up passwordless SSH.

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