Stefan Siegert
@safest-integer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Polluting the internet with meat slop.
#generativeart and #visualisation
#running and #juggling
#rstats and #python
#physics and #machinelearning
#academia […]
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#generativeart and #visualisation
#running and #juggling
#rstats and #python
#physics and #machinelearning
#academia […]
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Enjoying this rational conversation about current US affairs between Ezra Klein and Yuval Levin. White House is creating many stories, but not achieving much, bite sized governance by deal making that dominates the news cycle but is overall very ineffective […]
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January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Enjoying this rational conversation about current US affairs between Ezra Klein and Yuval Levin. White House is creating many stories, but not achieving much, bite sized governance by deal making that dominates the news cycle but is overall very ineffective […]
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A few potentially useful tips for teachers who want to allow reasonable use of LLM chatbots in exams: https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
#academia #academicchatter #university #exam #llm #ai
#academia #academicchatter #university #exam #llm #ai
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
A few potentially useful tips for teachers who want to allow reasonable use of LLM chatbots in exams: https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
#academia #academicchatter #university #exam #llm #ai
#academia #academicchatter #university #exam #llm #ai
For some reason the Nobel committee felt it necessary to issue a statement that their prize is not transferable: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-inseparable
Interesting: "In 1943, the Norwegian author […]
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Interesting: "In 1943, the Norwegian author […]
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January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
For some reason the Nobel committee felt it necessary to issue a statement that their prize is not transferable: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-inseparable
Interesting: "In 1943, the Norwegian author […]
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Interesting: "In 1943, the Norwegian author […]
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Nicolas Lopez, b&w watercolor art.
https://danielsmith.com/nicolas-lopez/
#art #watercolor #painting #blackandwhite
https://danielsmith.com/nicolas-lopez/
#art #watercolor #painting #blackandwhite
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Nicolas Lopez, b&w watercolor art.
https://danielsmith.com/nicolas-lopez/
#art #watercolor #painting #blackandwhite
https://danielsmith.com/nicolas-lopez/
#art #watercolor #painting #blackandwhite
Tarski's semantic theory of truth is often summarised concisely as 'The sentence "Snow is white" is true if snow is white.' Due to the quotation mark removal it is called the Disquotational Principle.
It is hated by teachers because it gives rise to the […]
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It is hated by teachers because it gives rise to the […]
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January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Tarski's semantic theory of truth is often summarised concisely as 'The sentence "Snow is white" is true if snow is white.' Due to the quotation mark removal it is called the Disquotational Principle.
It is hated by teachers because it gives rise to the […]
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It is hated by teachers because it gives rise to the […]
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@eliocamp That's pure aesthetics. Let's leave these details - such as which part of the whole data set should be visible - to the plotting routine 😅
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
@eliocamp That's pure aesthetics. Let's leave these details - such as which part of the whole data set should be visible - to the plotting routine 😅
@eliocamp Since the elephant curve coordinates are guaranteed to appear somewhere in the digits of Champernowne's constant, you could even fit an elephant with zero parameters!
[I almost said "in the digits of pi" but wasn't able to confirm Normality of pi in base 10.] […]
[I almost said "in the digits of pi" but wasn't able to confirm Normality of pi in base 10.] […]
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January 15, 2026 at 10:31 AM
@eliocamp Since the elephant curve coordinates are guaranteed to appear somewhere in the digits of Champernowne's constant, you could even fit an elephant with zero parameters!
[I almost said "in the digits of pi" but wasn't able to confirm Normality of pi in base 10.] […]
[I almost said "in the digits of pi" but wasn't able to confirm Normality of pi in base 10.] […]
"With 4 parameters I can fit an elephant, and with 5 I can make him all fluffy." - John von Neumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant
fluffy = 100
x(t) = -60*cos(t) + 30*sin(t) - 8*sin(2*t) + 10*sin(3*t) + sin(fluffy*t)
y(t) = 50*sin(t) […]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant
fluffy = 100
x(t) = -60*cos(t) + 30*sin(t) - 8*sin(2*t) + 10*sin(3*t) + sin(fluffy*t)
y(t) = 50*sin(t) […]
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January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
"With 4 parameters I can fit an elephant, and with 5 I can make him all fluffy." - John von Neumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant
fluffy = 100
x(t) = -60*cos(t) + 30*sin(t) - 8*sin(2*t) + 10*sin(3*t) + sin(fluffy*t)
y(t) = 50*sin(t) […]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant
fluffy = 100
x(t) = -60*cos(t) + 30*sin(t) - 8*sin(2*t) + 10*sin(3*t) + sin(fluffy*t)
y(t) = 50*sin(t) […]
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Reposted by Stefan Siegert
I created a small package for ggplot2 called gghotelling - hotelling ellipses, robust and otherwise, bag plots and more. I would be interested in any comments. github.com/january3/ggh... #rstats
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I created a small package for ggplot2 called gghotelling - hotelling ellipses, robust and otherwise, bag plots and more. I would be interested in any comments. github.com/january3/ggh... #rstats
Genuary 2026 - 13: "Self portrait"
Voronoi image reconstruction based on grayscale values sampled from a photo, comparing uniform random sampling and (maximin) Latin Hypercube Sampling. Illustrates how the space-filling property of LHS leads to a better […]
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Voronoi image reconstruction based on grayscale values sampled from a photo, comparing uniform random sampling and (maximin) Latin Hypercube Sampling. Illustrates how the space-filling property of LHS leads to a better […]
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January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Genuary 2026 - 13: "Self portrait"
Voronoi image reconstruction based on grayscale values sampled from a photo, comparing uniform random sampling and (maximin) Latin Hypercube Sampling. Illustrates how the space-filling property of LHS leads to a better […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Voronoi image reconstruction based on grayscale values sampled from a photo, comparing uniform random sampling and (maximin) Latin Hypercube Sampling. Illustrates how the space-filling property of LHS leads to a better […]
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Genuary 2026 - 12: "Boxes only"
This was a tough challenge, but I think I solved it.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary12
This was a tough challenge, but I think I solved it.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary12
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Genuary 2026 - 12: "Boxes only"
This was a tough challenge, but I think I solved it.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary12
This was a tough challenge, but I think I solved it.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary12
@fastness @emorydunn I'm mostly interested in how to get started to make my own, but also keen on seeing more art.
January 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
@fastness @emorydunn I'm mostly interested in how to get started to make my own, but also keen on seeing more art.
Reposted by Stefan Siegert
Also made a tiny tryptic on 1x2 inch chipboard panels. Getting the alignment right was annoying and I came close to breaking the nib on a pen.
#penplotter
#penplotter
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Also made a tiny tryptic on 1x2 inch chipboard panels. Getting the alignment right was annoying and I came close to breaking the nib on a pen.
#penplotter
#penplotter
As a connoisseur of minimalistic black and white generative art I'm really enjoying the #penplotter hashtag.
Can someone in that bubble recommend a good Getting-Started guide for someone looking to explore pen plotting a bit more?
Can someone in that bubble recommend a good Getting-Started guide for someone looking to explore pen plotting a bit more?
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
As a connoisseur of minimalistic black and white generative art I'm really enjoying the #penplotter hashtag.
Can someone in that bubble recommend a good Getting-Started guide for someone looking to explore pen plotting a bit more?
Can someone in that bubble recommend a good Getting-Started guide for someone looking to explore pen plotting a bit more?
Genuary 2026 - 11: "A Quine"
A quine is a program that outputs its own source code. Below is an attempt to write a quine as an R plot. Here is how it works: Write whatever it says in the image into a single-quoted string variable x (that is, x <- 'y=1:nchar […]
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A quine is a program that outputs its own source code. Below is an attempt to write a quine as an R plot. Here is how it works: Write whatever it says in the image into a single-quoted string variable x (that is, x <- 'y=1:nchar […]
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![# A quine in R. Running this code produces an R plot that shows the contents of the string variable x arranged along a sine wave
x = 'y=1:nchar(x);plot(0,type="n",xlim=range(y),ann=F,ax=F);text(y,sin(y/9),strsplit(x,"")[[1]])'
eval(parse(text = x))](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:toolhyxss6pzu6j6eau3t6qw/bafkreifkt5y7s76lqgfbt45ufewpotwgrsd6jynuop6jlsjsvgihnbpr3a@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Genuary 2026 - 11: "A Quine"
A quine is a program that outputs its own source code. Below is an attempt to write a quine as an R plot. Here is how it works: Write whatever it says in the image into a single-quoted string variable x (that is, x <- 'y=1:nchar […]
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A quine is a program that outputs its own source code. Below is an attempt to write a quine as an R plot. Here is how it works: Write whatever it says in the image into a single-quoted string variable x (that is, x <- 'y=1:nchar […]
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Genuary 2026 10 - "Polar coordinates"
You have probably always wondered what would happen if you kept transforming 2d points to polar coordinates forever. Well, you get an iterated map (x,y) -> (sqrt(x^2+y^2), atan2(y,x)). Shown below are the (smoothly […]
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You have probably always wondered what would happen if you kept transforming 2d points to polar coordinates forever. Well, you get an iterated map (x,y) -> (sqrt(x^2+y^2), atan2(y,x)). Shown below are the (smoothly […]
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January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Genuary 2026 10 - "Polar coordinates"
You have probably always wondered what would happen if you kept transforming 2d points to polar coordinates forever. Well, you get an iterated map (x,y) -> (sqrt(x^2+y^2), atan2(y,x)). Shown below are the (smoothly […]
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You have probably always wondered what would happen if you kept transforming 2d points to polar coordinates forever. Well, you get an iterated map (x,y) -> (sqrt(x^2+y^2), atan2(y,x)). Shown below are the (smoothly […]
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Many people have seen the equality 1+2+3+... = -1/12 and wonder how this can possibly make sense.
It makes sense in the same way as saying "there are square root of pi many ways to shuffle minus half a card" makes sense.
Both rely on taking a well defined […]
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It makes sense in the same way as saying "there are square root of pi many ways to shuffle minus half a card" makes sense.
Both rely on taking a well defined […]
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January 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Many people have seen the equality 1+2+3+... = -1/12 and wonder how this can possibly make sense.
It makes sense in the same way as saying "there are square root of pi many ways to shuffle minus half a card" makes sense.
Both rely on taking a well defined […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
It makes sense in the same way as saying "there are square root of pi many ways to shuffle minus half a card" makes sense.
Both rely on taking a well defined […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Apparently this was performed in https://strudel.cc/ a live coding REPL in the browser, based on https://tidalcycles.org/ a Haskell based language for algorithmic music.
#music #haskell #strudel #tidalcycles #tidal
#music #haskell #strudel #tidalcycles #tidal
Strudel REPL
Strudel is a music live coding environment for the browser, porting the TidalCycles pattern language to JavaScript.
strudel.cc
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Apparently this was performed in https://strudel.cc/ a live coding REPL in the browser, based on https://tidalcycles.org/ a Haskell based language for algorithmic music.
#music #haskell #strudel #tidalcycles #tidal
#music #haskell #strudel #tidalcycles #tidal
I'm not a fan of trance music, but this lyrics-annotated DJ live coding session had to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.
"In the beginning there were 5 notes..."
"Increase the duck attack to 160ms..."
"We need more chaos - random detuning […]
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"In the beginning there were 5 notes..."
"Increase the duck attack to 160ms..."
"We need more chaos - random detuning […]
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January 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I'm not a fan of trance music, but this lyrics-annotated DJ live coding session had to be one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.
"In the beginning there were 5 notes..."
"Increase the duck attack to 160ms..."
"We need more chaos - random detuning […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
"In the beginning there were 5 notes..."
"Increase the duck attack to 160ms..."
"We need more chaos - random detuning […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Finnish military dude discusses why US army have little chance fighting the rest of NATO in Greenland due to lack of winter gear. They're outmatched by at least a factor 10. Hardly a relief, but interesting analysis nonetheless.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdthsG8tks
#us #nato #greenland #trump
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdthsG8tks
#us #nato #greenland #trump
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Finnish military dude discusses why US army have little chance fighting the rest of NATO in Greenland due to lack of winter gear. They're outmatched by at least a factor 10. Hardly a relief, but interesting analysis nonetheless.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdthsG8tks
#us #nato #greenland #trump
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdthsG8tks
#us #nato #greenland #trump
Genuary 2026 - 9: "Crazy automaton."
Modified Game of Life on a random Voronoi tesselation. A cell survives if it has exactly one neighbor, a new one gets spawned from exactly two neighbors. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary9 #rstats #gameoflife
Modified Game of Life on a random Voronoi tesselation. A cell survives if it has exactly one neighbor, a new one gets spawned from exactly two neighbors. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary9 #rstats #gameoflife
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Genuary 2026 - 9: "Crazy automaton."
Modified Game of Life on a random Voronoi tesselation. A cell survives if it has exactly one neighbor, a new one gets spawned from exactly two neighbors. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary9 #rstats #gameoflife
Modified Game of Life on a random Voronoi tesselation. A cell survives if it has exactly one neighbor, a new one gets spawned from exactly two neighbors. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary9 #rstats #gameoflife
Fascinating article about historical use of hard drugs as medicine https://drugabuse.com/featured/if-old-drug-ads-told-the-truth/
"Although heroin had already been invented in 1874, [...] Bayer decided to sell it as a morphine substitute between 1898 and […]
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"Although heroin had already been invented in 1874, [...] Bayer decided to sell it as a morphine substitute between 1898 and […]
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January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fascinating article about historical use of hard drugs as medicine https://drugabuse.com/featured/if-old-drug-ads-told-the-truth/
"Although heroin had already been invented in 1874, [...] Bayer decided to sell it as a morphine substitute between 1898 and […]
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"Although heroin had already been invented in 1874, [...] Bayer decided to sell it as a morphine substitute between 1898 and […]
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Reposted by Stefan Siegert
@eve.gd This is a great idea! By hiding a hidden equal sign in the source code you can differentiate which candidates ran a simple piece of code in their head and which pasted it into chatbot. I'll have to remember that trick.
A big downside is the discrimination against visually impaired […]
A big downside is the discrimination against visually impaired […]
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January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
@eve.gd This is a great idea! By hiding a hidden equal sign in the source code you can differentiate which candidates ran a simple piece of code in their head and which pasted it into chatbot. I'll have to remember that trick.
A big downside is the discrimination against visually impaired […]
A big downside is the discrimination against visually impaired […]
Genuary 2026 - 8: "A City. Create a generative metropolis." Based on code adapted from https://github.com/paulvanderlaken/generative-art. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary8 #rstats
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary8 #rstats
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Genuary 2026 - 8: "A City. Create a generative metropolis." Based on code adapted from https://github.com/paulvanderlaken/generative-art. R code in alt text.
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary8 #rstats
#GENUARY #genuary2026 #genuary8 #rstats