Mitchell P. Krawiec-Thayer
@mitchellpkt.com
I like birds and numbers and chess. RHS / ONU / UW-Madison
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Wow, the aurora borealis is currently *very* visible in Colorado. Photo from right now, in the #Denver area. Check it out ASAP!
Every time I see something like this, I think that avoiding Kessler syndrome needs to become a secondary plank in every political platform.
"Don't let the most reckless billionaires ruin space tech for everybody, with no upside for anybody" seems like it should be a broadly palatable stance.
"Don't let the most reckless billionaires ruin space tech for everybody, with no upside for anybody" seems like it should be a broadly palatable stance.
January 31, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Every time I see something like this, I think that avoiding Kessler syndrome needs to become a secondary plank in every political platform.
"Don't let the most reckless billionaires ruin space tech for everybody, with no upside for anybody" seems like it should be a broadly palatable stance.
"Don't let the most reckless billionaires ruin space tech for everybody, with no upside for anybody" seems like it should be a broadly palatable stance.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hello, nice to meet you, I'm the Atlantic Ocean 👋🌊
Hello, nice to meet you, I'm the Atlantic Ocean 👋🌊
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm the fireball from the kitchen oven
Hi, I'm the fireball from the kitchen oven
You might be the bread and the knife, but I will always be the apple, rotten on the orchard floor.
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hello, nice to meet you, I'm the Atlantic Ocean 👋🌊
Hello, nice to meet you, I'm the Atlantic Ocean 👋🌊
Technically "Primer" is a Christmas movie
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Technically "Primer" is a Christmas movie
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself (1986) by William Sleator
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself (1986) by William Sleator
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself (1986) by William Sleator
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself (1986) by William Sleator
Birb, very rotund (laudatory)
#bird #birds #veryhandsome #newfriend #naturephotograhy #cardinals #addBirder
#bird #birds #veryhandsome #newfriend #naturephotograhy #cardinals #addBirder
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Birb, very rotund (laudatory)
#bird #birds #veryhandsome #newfriend #naturephotograhy #cardinals #addBirder
#bird #birds #veryhandsome #newfriend #naturephotograhy #cardinals #addBirder
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
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After some mildly concerning antics and at least one song, I should be rescued by the time the credits roll.
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After some mildly concerning antics and at least one song, I should be rescued by the time the credits roll.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
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After some mildly concerning antics and at least one song, I should be rescued by the time the credits roll.
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After some mildly concerning antics and at least one song, I should be rescued by the time the credits roll.
Slightly spooky early morning at the Turkey Trot
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Slightly spooky early morning at the Turkey Trot
😂 My version control before learning about version control:
ode_solver_v1.m
ode_solver_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final.m
ode_solver_v2_final_2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v3.m
ode_solver_FINAL_final.m
ode_solver_v1.m
ode_solver_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final.m
ode_solver_v2_final_2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v3.m
ode_solver_FINAL_final.m
Too many in the replies are implying (jokingly?? ) that they don’t know either.
Y’all. Y’all. You’re freaking me out. We had version control before git. Many different ones. They had different drawbacks, some were painful to use, but we were professionals before git.
I’m hoping people are joking.
Y’all. Y’all. You’re freaking me out. We had version control before git. Many different ones. They had different drawbacks, some were painful to use, but we were professionals before git.
I’m hoping people are joking.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
😂 My version control before learning about version control:
ode_solver_v1.m
ode_solver_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final.m
ode_solver_v2_final_2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v3.m
ode_solver_FINAL_final.m
ode_solver_v1.m
ode_solver_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final.m
ode_solver_v2_final_2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v2.m
ode_solver_v2_final_actually_v3.m
ode_solver_FINAL_final.m
Hi random internet people, add me on #Duolingo if you want to do friend quests for extra gems or boosts or whatever 😁 www.duolingo.com/profile/EmCl...
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hi random internet people, add me on #Duolingo if you want to do friend quests for extra gems or boosts or whatever 😁 www.duolingo.com/profile/EmCl...
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from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
New visitor to the park - some sort of night heron??
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New visitor to the park - some sort of night heron??
/* record scratch */
My rook, fianchettoed on g2: “Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...”
#chess
My rook, fianchettoed on g2: “Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...”
#chess
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
/* record scratch */
My rook, fianchettoed on g2: “Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...”
#chess
My rook, fianchettoed on g2: “Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...”
#chess
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶
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September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Just bought a book on optics, for a bit of light reading
September 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just bought a book on optics, for a bit of light reading
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A bit metaphorical and personified, but I'm fairly satisfied with the result. #poetrysky
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A bit metaphorical and personified, but I'm fairly satisfied with the result. #poetrysky
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My toxic trait is thinking I'll notice a pattern if I just keep increasing n. 🧮
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My toxic trait is thinking I'll notice a pattern if I just keep increasing n. 🧮
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Another math-y stained glass art. How? Place random points and create Voronoi diagram and give each polygon the average color of the underlying pixels.
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Another math-y stained glass art. How? Place random points and create Voronoi diagram and give each polygon the average color of the underlying pixels.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart!
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Fourier transform of Google Trends of Fourier transform 🧪
October 27, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Fourier transform of Google Trends of Fourier transform 🧪
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Oft remarked that two wrongs don't make a right, but never seen anytime establish in general that if you've done n wrongs then n+1 won't fix it. Keep going, dig deeper, there's still hope.
May 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Oft remarked that two wrongs don't make a right, but never seen anytime establish in general that if you've done n wrongs then n+1 won't fix it. Keep going, dig deeper, there's still hope.
I previously thought that Langton's ant was just a theoretical construct, lol! 🧮
May 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I previously thought that Langton's ant was just a theoretical construct, lol! 🧮