QuickTip: Spell Check in LaTeX

On a previous blog, I wrote about how to set up "hunspell" as the default spell-checker in TeXMaker (my LaTeX editor of choice).

One can also spell check non-interactively from the command line. Get the linux utility hunspell using for example,

sudo apt-get install hunspell

Then, to get a list of flagged words that ignore latex tags:

hunspell -l -t myTexDoc.tex | sort

Drop the sort and "-l" flag check spellings interactively.

My Favorite Podcast of 2018

I listen to a lot of podcasts (2-3 hrs/day). They are my primary source of general knowledge.

It is hard to pick favorites, but I am going to do it anyway. The best individual podcast I listened to in 2018 was Rob from Heavyweight.

Rob remembers breaking his arm as a kid. But the rest of his family says it never happened. Did he break his arm? The answer will determine Rob’s sanity.

The podcast is hosted by Johnathan Goldstein. He sleuths around unfinished personal business that seems unimportant on the face of it. The wit, self-deprecation, and "lens" through which he tells his stories is unique.

The Other Side of Behavioral Bias

Jason Collins has an evolutionary take on how most behavioral biases "make sense" from an evolutionary standpoint.

Here is a writeup, and an (accompanying) presentation.

His blog which dwells on related issues is super-interesting.

I first heard him on the Rationally Speaking podcast.