reblogarythm | Entries tagged with math

If you found candy with my name in it, here's why.
by Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZRXpmnys7I
this is kinda delightful
via rss
INTEGERS WITH A PREDETERMINED PRIME FACTORIZATION
by Eric Naslund
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.2363
this is also delightful, but differently
via personal communication

The High Cost of Being a Second-Hand Thinker
by Grant Sanderson talking with Luba Yudasina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtkac4WHC1o
mostly cuz it's interesting to hear Grant's perspectives on math education. cuz of course.
via youtube recommends
LEGO Raises Age Limit to 100+ for David Attenborough’s Birthday
by Michael Walsh
https://nerdist.com/article/lego-raises-age-limit-to-100-for-david-attenborough-birthday/
in case you were worried
via discord
How I met my wife
by Jack Winter
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/how-i-met-my-wife.html
your challenge: read this out loud at an ordinary speaking pace
via ran prieur

April 2026 Review
by Edmonton Weather Nerdery
http://edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-review.html
cuz ~~march~~ april was a weird one
via rss
LaTeX Tutorials
by Dr. Trefor Bazett
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHXZ9OQGMqxcWWkx2DMnQmj5os2X5ZR73
it's far far past time for me to grok L_AT_EX. this looks helpful?
via going looking

Small gaps between almost primes, the parity problem and some conjectures of Erdős on consecutive integers
by D. A. GOLDSTON, S. W. GRAHAM, J. PINTZ AND C. Y. YILDIRIM
https://arxiv.org/pdf/0803.2636
relevant to some conjectures i'd made
via elseDW
Dickson's conjecture
by Wikipedia, after DIckson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson%27s_conjecture
also relevant
via same elseDW
Quantum
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/quantum-6
all great, and the red button is precisely correct
via rss
Wombats Poop Cubes
by Veritaseum
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iRach9lpIlg
in case you were wondering why
via rss
If you're not ready for real patients, try fake ones.
by Tom Scott et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2ZhcJcnBE
i've encountered some of this sort of stuff before. their set-up looks impressive
via not yet rss, but i'm sure it'll be there soon
set
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/set
as with link 3, the red button is entirely correct
via rss
HIKED: A set of five personality attributes
by David Stark
http://zarkonnen.com/hiked/
cuz 2-axis alignment matrices are so 1980
via rss

Linear Chinese
by Accented Cinema sharing someone else's stuff
https://bsky.app/profile/accentedcinema.bsky.social/post/3mji6ymjyrc2o
now i want a translation!
via discord
Fold Catastrophes
by Peter Watts
https://tachyonpublications.com/product/fold-catastrophes/
in case you need some excellent Canadian SFF
via Cory Doctorow
In Lonely Lands
by Victoria Goddard
https://www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/in-lonely-lands
in case you need some excellent Canadian SFF
via discord
Make It Myself
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3233/
i'm pretty sure i know people in this situation
via rss

All elementary functions from a single binary operator
by Andrzej Odrzywolek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21852
i don't think this would be of any particular use to what i'm doing, but nontheless cool!
via discord

Playing Neapolitan
by David Morgan-Mar
https://www.dangermouse.net/wordpresshome/2026/04/09/playing-neapolitan/
that looks like it could be fun! i wonder if it'll get published at some point?
via rss
Route Report Card (Fall 2025)
by Edmonton Transit Service
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/city.of.edmonton/viz/RouteReportCard2025/ROUTEREPORTCARD-20252
yay data! yay my routes are generally on time
via cbc news item
Jane’s Walk organizers pass the torch to ECAMP after 16 years
by Sara Sheydwasser
https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2026/04/09/janes-walk-organizers-pass-the-torch-to-ecamp-after-16-years
what a great concept. and the new organizers seem like an excellent fit
via rss
Who Is L.A.’s Hero Posting Up These Anti-ICE Parking Signs?
by Lauren Bethke
https://lataco.com/anti-ice-parking-signs
excellent sinage work here
via Cory Doctorow
Award-winning documentary Agatha's Almanac captures 92-year-old's life on ancestral Manitoba farm
by Jura McIlraith
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/agathas-almanac-documentary-9.7156163
might be worth tracking this one down
via rss
Spheres
by Zach Weinersmith and Terrence Tao
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1
how abstract, theoretical math helps people on a regular basis
via rss

U.S. lawmakers demand answers after Canadian man says border officers made him give DNA sample
by Emma Loop
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-border-dna-canadian-man-cbp-cross-larson-dingell-raskin-9.7144472
guess where i'm not going any time soon?
via rss
Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference
by Joseph Howlett
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference/
i mean, they relocated in 2022. how is this different?
via discord
Edmonton’s 2027-2030 Budget Engagement Survey
by the City of Edmonton
https://cityofedmonton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5yzNg3deH3Y4vNY
they want our input. or, at least, they're asking for it.
via taproot
Word for the day: kerning
by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2026/03/word-for-day-kerning.html
ah yes, keming
via rss

A 16th century motet for the US President
by Jonas Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91CuilQk61U
well said, sir!
via siderea
Escher's most mathematically interesting piece
by M.C.Escher, B. de Smit and H.W. Lenstra Jr., and Grant Sanderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxFjLJ3rVY
an excellent deep dive into conformal maps in Escher's print gallery
via rss

Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness)
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kahGSss6SsU
following up James Propp's paper posted yesterday
via rss
Feeling Grumpy about Pi Day
by Mike Merrifield speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV6e41-uxc
oh look, someone is being worng on the internet. little endian dates? feh.
via rss
"Titled"
by Vi Hart
https://vimeo.com/1173465844
several excellent points here from Vi.
via rss
The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year:
by John Carlos Baez
https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/116223948891539024
this doesn't sound like good news?
via discord
Pope Leo on Mathematics Day: Moral dimension must be upheld
by Deborah Castellano Lubov
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-03/pope-leo-sends-mathematics-day-message.html
apparently March 14th is "the International Day of Mathematics"? huh.
via discord
Calculating Pi with Skittles (and census data!?)
by Tony Padilla speaking with Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O6ej9OSW2w
now wondering about what would happen if you attempted to interpret the census π calculations as an implicit curvature...?
via rss
The Theology of the Warrior Cats
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTl_f0W1a68
i mean, we couldn't have all of today's links be mathematical in nature, could we? maybe we could?
via rss
A language curiosity
by TYWKIWDBI, reblogging redditors
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-language-curiosity.html
indeed curious!
via rss
I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.
by Ok_Lingonberry3296
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/?share_id=yEeUuZVOUgHm2Me-4mjNB
that's disconcerting without being surprising
via discord
Seattle Universal Math Museum
by Seattle Universal Math Museum
https://seattlemathmuseum.org/
if at some point in the future i'm in the area again, something assuredly to check out
via discord

Terminology, Clarity, and the Question of What Is the Left?
by Rebecca Solnit
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-my-never-ending-quest-for-clarity/
several good things here, but especially "Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war."
via rss
In Praise of Stupid Questions
by James Propp
https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/in-praise-of-stupid-questions/
what a delightful method for calculating π!
via rss
Why the bones of a blue whale are being reconstructed in Alberta's Badlands
by Jenny Howe
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7124924
the question doesn't really get answered, but it still looks like a cool project
via rss
Father, 99, and son, 80, feast on free oysters after cashing in on decades-old restaurant promise
by Kalya McLean
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/alabama-oyster-house-free-oysters-9.7127648
not the easiest offer to take advantage of
via rss
Time to survey Manitobans on changing clocks, Kinew says
by Brittany Hobson
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/daylight-time-kinew-survey-9.7127857
Kinew might get them to stay on standard time? yes plz!
via rss

‘All you need is a chair and a view’: could daily ‘dusking’ make us healthier and happier?
by Rachel Dixon
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/01/could-daily-dusking-make-us-healthier-and-happier
remember also Jo Walton: "There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them."
via discord
Principia mathematica, vol. 1 (of 3)
by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78050
in case you wanted to read it, it's in the poublic domain, and freely avaialble. i don't know if this voume gets as far as 1+1 = 2.
via discord
Burnaby and Region Allotment Gardens Association
by Burnaby and Region Allotment Gardens Association
https://baraga.ca/about/
that's a large community garden
via hearing it mentioned in conversation
Ephesians … do good …
by Abe Janzen
https://somemessynotes.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/ephesians-do-good/
some considerations about religion and politics
via rss
I have a very rough idea in my head that I don’t think I can clearly articulate beyond “And that concludes tonight’s reports on German air forc—WHAT’S THIS? IT’S KING ARTHUR WITH A STEEL CHAIR”
by the people of tumblr
https://michaelblume.tumblr.com/post/809841110629466112
i like the place this goes
via discord

The most beautiful formula not enough people understand
by Grant Sanderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLh-NYhOoU
in case you need to derive formulas for hyperspheres in n dimensions, Grant's got you covered
via rss
Buckaroo Banzai end titles
by the Banzai Institute et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqJ3iGBdOo
why had i never previously noticed that Perfect Tommy's outfit changes halfway through this?
via hearing mention of this, going to look
Welcome to Montréal 2027 Worldcon
by Montréal 2027 Worldcon
https://montreal2027.ca/en
should be a fun time. i almost certainly can't attend
via going looking for information

Brothers in Arms
by Dire Straights, covered by Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JuADsbXSM
a well done cover
via Paul Krugman
The title of Finnegans Wake
by John Atkinson, with commentary by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-title-of-finnegans-wake.html
and yet i am neither an english major nor a copy-editor. and i'm still grumpy about the person who wrote an apostrophe on the cover of my copy
via rss
Equal Temperament (Part 3)
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/equal-temperament-part-3/
most of this was known to me. the bit about semiconvergents was new.
via rss

Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
by Alix Markman
https://thebeaverton.com/2026/01/man-who-wouldnt-wear-mask-to-protect-people-fine-wearing-mask-to-shoot-them/
as with the best satire, even if it's false, it's true
via checking in on the beaverton after a while
We Didn’t Ask for This Internet
by Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow talking with Ezra Klein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yepnhe1T-9U
i've heard enough of Cory by himself on this topic, but him talking with other folks (including in this case someone he went to elementary school with) brings him in contact with other perspectives, which is great
via cory's blog
The 15-Game
by Ben Sparks speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UafhPUOCM1E
a fun game, and then an isomorphism
via rss

Cybertruck Song
by MyHomeSchoolLife
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8-1ka0bHJsk
it checks out
via discord
Tools of the Trade (for infinite sums)
by Ed Copeland speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgMqrT8ilyU
squeeze principle FTW!
via rss

The Hairy Ball Theorem
by 3Blue1Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHdbsHFs2P0
let's all admire Grant Sanderson's Hairy Balls!
via rss
flavor
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flavor
for all you ritual cannibal foodies out there
via rss
HAI Seminar with Adam Becker & Jon Evans: “More Everything Forever” and “Exadelic”
by Adam Becker and Jon Evans speakin wtih Riana Pfefferkorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbLl8bfHaE
in case you'd like to hear a couple of guys with insight into AI, tech bros, etc
via seeing a still from it in discord, and going looking for the video
raga Pilu
by pandit Amiya Gopal Bhattacharya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_8QOG4atQ
a short portion of a performance on surbahar, live in Varanasi in the early '70s
via rss

Tiny Musical Intervals
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/tiny-musical-intervals/
introducing the Quark of Baez!
via rss
Magnetically hovering guitar strings (I can't believe this worked)
by Mattias Krantz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCO4spGNPs
i also can't believe it worked. he gets some nifty effects. and discovers how hard tuning an instrument can be. and it also only mostly works. yikes.
via youtube recommends
Streets Of Minneapolis
by Bruce Springsteen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
in case you need some music relevant to the current situation
via discord
City of Heroes
by Billy Bragg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW8
in case you need some music relevant to the current situation
via discord
Possibly Humanity's Best Idea
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpGU8NARX-s
in which hank gives a suggestion as to how to distinuish science from pseudoscience. also gets into why there are no Crash Courses on math.
via rss
Virtual goods for the virtual tabletop
by ironymade
https://play.shardtabletop.com/marketplace#?pub=ironymade
in case you need some nifty virtual dice for your VTT
via discord
What Animal Should I Avoid Punching?
by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lY7Y6iJ1jk
some excellent questions/answers in here
via youtube recommends

The Most Mistranslated Word in Old English
by Graham Scheper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIfHNn9KGs
bro makes a good case
via discord
Higgledy piggledy/Timothée Chalamet
by Gretchen McCulloch
https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3m2rtjnrxlc2t
i likes me a good double dactyl i does
via her blog
A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict Cumberbatch
by Gretchen McCulloch
https://web.archive.org/web/20250322082608/https://the-toast.net/2013/12/02/a-linguist-explains-the-rules-of-summoning-benedict-cumberbatch/
i noticed some of these early on, but several caught me by surprise
via her blog
Dante and the 3-Sphere
by John Carlos Baez
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/dante-and-the-3-sphere/
combining early renaissance italian literature and higher-dimensional geometry, as is appropriate
via rss
True Facts: Is The Goffin's Cockatoo The Smartest Bird?
by Ze Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9JXXrhOt8
Ze makes a good case, and a lot of double entendres
via rss
Jazz Musician Reacts to Rush – “Limelight” | I Wasn’t Ready for THIS!
by Rush and chris g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbbMp8v3vE
ah, his tool deep dive has lead to a rush deep dive. all is proceeding according to plan
via youtube recommends
Concrete Jungle [1971]
by the Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qp1LqiuAU
the definitive performance, every bit as heavy as Yabby You, and with version too!
via wanting to track it down again
The Paris Suburban Cable Car Is NOW OPEN (And Predictably, I Love It)
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqP4QipFCkc
to look for next time one's in Paris?
via rss

What The Media Got Wrong About Octopus Cities
by SciShow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjft8sngENw
octopodes!
via youtube recommends
Monthly Mindbenders
by MoMath, Peter Winkler, and Grant Sanderson
https://momath.org/mindbenders/
this should be fun!
via 3blue1brown
Feminist Futurism Versus Project 2025: An Empowering Speculative Salon
by Isis Asare, Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Ada Palmer, and Andrea Hairston
https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/feminist-futurism-versus-project-2025-an-empowering-speculative-salon/
have only just started, but given the people involved, this should be good
via Ada Palmer's mastodon
Advocacy group sees sunny days for rooftop solar
by Sara Sheydwasser
https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2026/01/16/advocacy-group-sees-sunny-days-for-rooftop-solar
unsurprisingly, Edmonton is rated high for solar potential. will we realize that potential?
via rss

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