Chris Staecker
@chrisstaecker.bsky.social
Mathematician, Z-list YouTuber.
The passive voice in the iOS email AI-summaries is out of control
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The passive voice in the iOS email AI-summaries is out of control
“With all that said, let’s get started!”
Why do YouTubers say this? You can just start (which you already have).
Why do YouTubers say this? You can just start (which you already have).
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
“With all that said, let’s get started!”
Why do YouTubers say this? You can just start (which you already have).
Why do YouTubers say this? You can just start (which you already have).
Super-ambitious project by Jonatan Nielavitzky: a 3D printed Babbage Difference Engine! He says it's a work-in-progress but it looks pretty polished to me.
Show him some appreciation on youtube if you have a moment! (I'm trying to encourage him to keep going)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOR...
Show him some appreciation on youtube if you have a moment! (I'm trying to encourage him to keep going)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOR...
3D Printed Difference Engine
YouTube video by Jonatan Nielavitzky
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Super-ambitious project by Jonatan Nielavitzky: a 3D printed Babbage Difference Engine! He says it's a work-in-progress but it looks pretty polished to me.
Show him some appreciation on youtube if you have a moment! (I'm trying to encourage him to keep going)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOR...
Show him some appreciation on youtube if you have a moment! (I'm trying to encourage him to keep going)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOR...
Just saw this old machine with tons of oddities: BOTH 10-key and “full” keyboards, 3-pronged digit shifting crank, 2 big asymmetrical carrying handles. Gotta look at all the pictures.
ebay.us/m/Yv0fQ5
ebay.us/m/Yv0fQ5
Pardon Our Interruption...
ebay.us
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Just saw this old machine with tons of oddities: BOTH 10-key and “full” keyboards, 3-pronged digit shifting crank, 2 big asymmetrical carrying handles. Gotta look at all the pictures.
ebay.us/m/Yv0fQ5
ebay.us/m/Yv0fQ5
New short: the Larrometer! A surprisingly sophisticated wheelchart for calculating cow feed. #cowtools
youtube.com/shorts/uanpW...
youtube.com/shorts/uanpW...
Five dimensional cowculator! 🐮🧮 #cowtools
YouTube video by Chris Staecker
youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
New short: the Larrometer! A surprisingly sophisticated wheelchart for calculating cow feed. #cowtools
youtube.com/shorts/uanpW...
youtube.com/shorts/uanpW...
They assure me this means “one way”
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
They assure me this means “one way”
How about “You have been unsubscribed?”
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
How about “You have been unsubscribed?”
Tons of low hanging jokes I sidestepped in favor of the comment-bait thumbnail, which seems to be going well on TikTok.
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Tons of low hanging jokes I sidestepped in favor of the comment-bait thumbnail, which seems to be going well on TikTok.
New video: a mechanical pedometer! The New Haven Pedometer, probably from the 1960s.
youtu.be/6P9Vt1Mk-V0
youtu.be/6P9Vt1Mk-V0
1960s New Haven Pedometer Review/HowTo
YouTube video by Chris Staecker
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
New video: a mechanical pedometer! The New Haven Pedometer, probably from the 1960s.
youtu.be/6P9Vt1Mk-V0
youtu.be/6P9Vt1Mk-V0
My wife got me a Curta!
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My wife got me a Curta!
This was new to me
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This was new to me
Promising eBay description. (I bought it)
December 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Promising eBay description. (I bought it)
Found a tiktok page getting 100Ks of views on reuploads of my stuff. And I have a hard time getting anybody to follow me over there!
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Found a tiktok page getting 100Ks of views on reuploads of my stuff. And I have a hard time getting anybody to follow me over there!
Reposted by Chris Staecker
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
After more than a year, Math Props returns with its 20th episode! Hoodlum (1997)
Hoodlum 1997 movie (Math Props)
youtu.be/--jUkkXwmTs
Hoodlum 1997 movie (Math Props)
youtu.be/--jUkkXwmTs
Hoodlum 1997 movie (Math Props)
YouTube video by Chris Staecker
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
After more than a year, Math Props returns with its 20th episode! Hoodlum (1997)
Hoodlum 1997 movie (Math Props)
youtu.be/--jUkkXwmTs
Hoodlum 1997 movie (Math Props)
youtu.be/--jUkkXwmTs
ok so what are my chances for winning the FIFA Fields Medal?
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
ok so what are my chances for winning the FIFA Fields Medal?
A job candidate listed their research area as "Crank Statistics". Turned out to be a lot less funny than I expected.
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A job candidate listed their research area as "Crank Statistics". Turned out to be a lot less funny than I expected.
Sounds about right
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sounds about right
i do not think it means what you think it means #mechanicalcalculator
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
i do not think it means what you think it means #mechanicalcalculator
Reposted by Chris Staecker
Now short: cow tape!
youtube.com/shorts/IsEGY...
youtube.com/shorts/IsEGY...
Cow Tape! Estimate live weight of cow #cow #farming #tape
YouTube video by Chris Staecker
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Now short: cow tape!
youtube.com/shorts/IsEGY...
youtube.com/shorts/IsEGY...
Anyone here able to help me?
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