Greg Muller (Dr Math)
@morilac.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Roller derby ref with Twister City Roller Derby. (he/him)
Putting an instructor on leave to investigate accusations of bias is a normal thing even when the accusation of bias isn't a national news story. I'm not saying OU won't cave to political pressure, but they haven't yet.
If you are venting outrage at this point, you are taking the bait.
If you are venting outrage at this point, you are taking the bait.
I’m going to get an engineering degree from OU by saying bridges can only be measured in cubits and shekels
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Putting an instructor on leave to investigate accusations of bias is a normal thing even when the accusation of bias isn't a national news story. I'm not saying OU won't cave to political pressure, but they haven't yet.
If you are venting outrage at this point, you are taking the bait.
If you are venting outrage at this point, you are taking the bait.
One thing that always baffles me about early retirement inspo nonsense: Most people want to work. They just want work that feels fulfilling and doesn't take more than they are willing to give.
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
One thing that always baffles me about early retirement inspo nonsense: Most people want to work. They just want work that feels fulfilling and doesn't take more than they are willing to give.
Reposted by Greg Muller (Dr Math)
[instantly] I would die for the Creature
[2 seconds later] I would murder for the Creature
[10 seconds later] I would murder Victor specifically for the Creature
[2 seconds later] I would murder for the Creature
[10 seconds later] I would murder Victor specifically for the Creature
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
[instantly] I would die for the Creature
[2 seconds later] I would murder for the Creature
[10 seconds later] I would murder Victor specifically for the Creature
[2 seconds later] I would murder for the Creature
[10 seconds later] I would murder Victor specifically for the Creature
A cool thing I recently learned:
RGB gives a better range of colors when mixing additively (eg adding frequencies), so it's good for light sources like screens.
CMYK gives a better range of colors when mixing colors subtractively (eg absorbing light), so it's good for inks like printers.
RGB gives a better range of colors when mixing additively (eg adding frequencies), so it's good for light sources like screens.
CMYK gives a better range of colors when mixing colors subtractively (eg absorbing light), so it's good for inks like printers.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A cool thing I recently learned:
RGB gives a better range of colors when mixing additively (eg adding frequencies), so it's good for light sources like screens.
CMYK gives a better range of colors when mixing colors subtractively (eg absorbing light), so it's good for inks like printers.
RGB gives a better range of colors when mixing additively (eg adding frequencies), so it's good for light sources like screens.
CMYK gives a better range of colors when mixing colors subtractively (eg absorbing light), so it's good for inks like printers.
A food is "antiscorbutic" if it helps prevent scurvy, such as limes or broccoli.
quote this post with a fun word you know that other people might not know. can be in any language
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A food is "antiscorbutic" if it helps prevent scurvy, such as limes or broccoli.
Another one I had to learn the hard way: Any reply of the form "I hilariously misread this post as..." is as interesting and funny as telling a stranger about your dreams. Just enjoy your private little moment of whimsy and move on!
"To be fair" is the prefix to some of the least funny replies you'll ever read on social media
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Another one I had to learn the hard way: Any reply of the form "I hilariously misread this post as..." is as interesting and funny as telling a stranger about your dreams. Just enjoy your private little moment of whimsy and move on!
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
Ibsen: Oh yeah, we'll need some incidental music for the scene where Peer Gynt meets the troll king.
Grieg:
Grieg:
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Ibsen: Oh yeah, we'll need some incidental music for the scene where Peer Gynt meets the troll king.
Grieg:
Grieg:
These are perfectly fine, but they feel cut from the same cloth as Disney live-action remakes.
The best animated media thrives from the heightening, the simplification, and the abstraction allowed by the lack of realism. Flattening that artistic expression to people in costumes just feels so sad.
The best animated media thrives from the heightening, the simplification, and the abstraction allowed by the lack of realism. Flattening that artistic expression to people in costumes just feels so sad.
Well, holy shit. These official #LegendOfZelda movie pics sure look good!
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
These are perfectly fine, but they feel cut from the same cloth as Disney live-action remakes.
The best animated media thrives from the heightening, the simplification, and the abstraction allowed by the lack of realism. Flattening that artistic expression to people in costumes just feels so sad.
The best animated media thrives from the heightening, the simplification, and the abstraction allowed by the lack of realism. Flattening that artistic expression to people in costumes just feels so sad.
The main thing I learned in my math PhD is how bad you can be at math and still get a PhD in math.
One thing about going to an Ivy League is it rapidly disabuses you of the notion that the people at the top of the pyramid are there because of competence
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The main thing I learned in my math PhD is how bad you can be at math and still get a PhD in math.
Garrett: Looks like the perp stabbed the star jammer while she was changing, and then ran away before anyone else came in.
Math: I guess we are looking for someone who...[takes off sunglasses]...hit it and quit it.
[theme song guitar riff]
Math: I guess we are looking for someone who...[takes off sunglasses]...hit it and quit it.
[theme song guitar riff]
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Garrett: Looks like the perp stabbed the star jammer while she was changing, and then ran away before anyone else came in.
Math: I guess we are looking for someone who...[takes off sunglasses]...hit it and quit it.
[theme song guitar riff]
Math: I guess we are looking for someone who...[takes off sunglasses]...hit it and quit it.
[theme song guitar riff]
A thing I like about mathematics is that, every time Oswald Teichmüller, Ludwig Bieberbach, or Pasqual Jordan are mentioned, the author always includes "...who was an enthusiastic NAZI."
The math community never forgets and never forgives.
The math community never forgets and never forgives.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A thing I like about mathematics is that, every time Oswald Teichmüller, Ludwig Bieberbach, or Pasqual Jordan are mentioned, the author always includes "...who was an enthusiastic NAZI."
The math community never forgets and never forgives.
The math community never forgets and never forgives.
Split pea soup in a cauldron for maximally witchy vibes.
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Split pea soup in a cauldron for maximally witchy vibes.
It's my 15 year derby-versary today!
That's old enough where it's starting to blend into the horizon. Most of the folks in derby these days are pushing a decade+ in the sport, so we are all approximately equally derby-ancient.
That's old enough where it's starting to blend into the horizon. Most of the folks in derby these days are pushing a decade+ in the sport, so we are all approximately equally derby-ancient.
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's my 15 year derby-versary today!
That's old enough where it's starting to blend into the horizon. Most of the folks in derby these days are pushing a decade+ in the sport, so we are all approximately equally derby-ancient.
That's old enough where it's starting to blend into the horizon. Most of the folks in derby these days are pushing a decade+ in the sport, so we are all approximately equally derby-ancient.
I don't want to express myself creatively. I want to excel at a task. I express myself creatively by finding creative optimizations within said task.
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I don't want to express myself creatively. I want to excel at a task. I express myself creatively by finding creative optimizations within said task.
Reposted by Greg Muller (Dr Math)
oh it's time to post the Tetris story again. (short version: reporter goes to cover early e-sports, discovers that his wife is, unknowingly, the greatest Tetris player in the world)
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
oh it's time to post the Tetris story again. (short version: reporter goes to cover early e-sports, discovers that his wife is, unknowingly, the greatest Tetris player in the world)
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
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What's harder to draw: horses or kisses? We asked an expert
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aftermath.site/samuel-deats-a...
September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What's harder to draw: horses or kisses? We asked an expert
aftermath.site/samuel-deats-a...
aftermath.site/samuel-deats-a...
I'm so glad the founders had the foresight to codify the freedom for...(squints)...companies to fire you for participating in an unrelated protest.
apnews.com/article/char...
apnews.com/article/char...
September 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm so glad the founders had the foresight to codify the freedom for...(squints)...companies to fire you for participating in an unrelated protest.
apnews.com/article/char...
apnews.com/article/char...
I know this is the final boss from Morrowind and I've killed him, but I still have no idea who he is.
My roommate and I used Morrowind's infamous jank to raise our stats by several trillion. We stumbled on this guy and killed him in one hit, but nothing happened...no cut scene, no death animation.
My roommate and I used Morrowind's infamous jank to raise our stats by several trillion. We stumbled on this guy and killed him in one hit, but nothing happened...no cut scene, no death animation.
September 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I know this is the final boss from Morrowind and I've killed him, but I still have no idea who he is.
My roommate and I used Morrowind's infamous jank to raise our stats by several trillion. We stumbled on this guy and killed him in one hit, but nothing happened...no cut scene, no death animation.
My roommate and I used Morrowind's infamous jank to raise our stats by several trillion. We stumbled on this guy and killed him in one hit, but nothing happened...no cut scene, no death animation.
I ended up disliking Silksong for its punishing difficulty (expected), but also for its lack of novelty (unexpected).
So much of the world and structure feels like a Hollow Knight remix. The world is pretty, sure, but I never felt surprised or curious about a mechanic or area.
So much of the world and structure feels like a Hollow Knight remix. The world is pretty, sure, but I never felt surprised or curious about a mechanic or area.
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I ended up disliking Silksong for its punishing difficulty (expected), but also for its lack of novelty (unexpected).
So much of the world and structure feels like a Hollow Knight remix. The world is pretty, sure, but I never felt surprised or curious about a mechanic or area.
So much of the world and structure feels like a Hollow Knight remix. The world is pretty, sure, but I never felt surprised or curious about a mechanic or area.
This is baffling to me, I've never felt so alien. I love being alone with my thoughts so, so much.
67% of men and 25% of women would rather give themselves electric shocks than be alone with their thoughts
August 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is baffling to me, I've never felt so alien. I love being alone with my thoughts so, so much.
I'm not an economist, but I don't know how the AI bubble CAN crash at this point. Money out of AI has to go to somewhere, and there's nowhere else for it to go. In 2025, AI investment exceeded all consumer spending.
Bubbles are where the rich store their money now, the product is irrelevant.
Bubbles are where the rich store their money now, the product is irrelevant.
August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I'm not an economist, but I don't know how the AI bubble CAN crash at this point. Money out of AI has to go to somewhere, and there's nowhere else for it to go. In 2025, AI investment exceeded all consumer spending.
Bubbles are where the rich store their money now, the product is irrelevant.
Bubbles are where the rich store their money now, the product is irrelevant.
I know we are eyeball deep in fascism and there is no such thing as a fair fight...but exposing gay conservative hypocrites seems ineffective (hypocrisy is a proud part of their brand) and just conflates gay with shameful+evil?
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I know we are eyeball deep in fascism and there is no such thing as a fair fight...but exposing gay conservative hypocrites seems ineffective (hypocrisy is a proud part of their brand) and just conflates gay with shameful+evil?
So much of modern life is trying to optimize the value you generate for capitalist systems. It feels legitimately radical to make a cool spreadsheet, or some weird art, or to drive for several hours to ref a derby game. Make the world you want to live in, not the one that pays you the most.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So much of modern life is trying to optimize the value you generate for capitalist systems. It feels legitimately radical to make a cool spreadsheet, or some weird art, or to drive for several hours to ref a derby game. Make the world you want to live in, not the one that pays you the most.
Demonizing content that uses genAI is valid and righteous, but I can't imagine it will have much of an effect. It feels akin to "voting with your dollars", a fantasy sold to us to distract from real solutions. If we can't regulate AI with laws+policy, it will continue to be shoved down our throats.
July 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Demonizing content that uses genAI is valid and righteous, but I can't imagine it will have much of an effect. It feels akin to "voting with your dollars", a fantasy sold to us to distract from real solutions. If we can't regulate AI with laws+policy, it will continue to be shoved down our throats.