Author: ChaTo

Carlos "ChaTo" Castillo (they/them pronouns) lives and works in Barcelona, where they lead a research group on applications of computing to social issues.

  • Gluten-free / lactose-free / vegan in Albania

    This is based on personal experience during a short trip to Albania, basically the capital Tirana, and cities in the riviera: Vlorë, Sarandë, and Ksamil….

  • Where did you get that skirt?

    Question: Where did you get the skirt you were wearing? I’m thinking about wearing a skirt myself sometimes. Thanks for asking! I love skirts because…

  • Mariana Grande

    Last night I dreamt that there was a crowd of people outside the building where I work, so to get to my office I had…

  • My Christmas message

    My Christmas message is this: if you are analyzing data don’t discretize a continuous variable *just* because you’re way more familiar with tests and methods…

  • Christmas message

    My Christmas message is this: if you measured some quantity with a certain precision (say 2 decimal places) and obtained some trailing zeroes, please don’t…

  • My car!

    It was just a brief moment so I left the car doors unlocked while I was buying something. I kept looking at the car several…

  • Exteresting

    A brief clarification. When I say something is “exteresting” I don’t mean it’s not interesting. “Exteresting” is not the opposite of “interesting”. Something “exteresting” is…