tef
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i used to take pictures of crows, but it's been a while
they/them thanks
they/them thanks
in "no one cares but me" news, the little treap code i am playing with has range queries now
after parameterizing things, everything decomposes into like three basic operations (lookup, split, join) + five specialized versions (replace, delete, subset, join-disjoint, join-three-disjoint)
neat
after parameterizing things, everything decomposes into like three basic operations (lookup, split, join) + five specialized versions (replace, delete, subset, join-disjoint, join-three-disjoint)
neat
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
in "no one cares but me" news, the little treap code i am playing with has range queries now
after parameterizing things, everything decomposes into like three basic operations (lookup, split, join) + five specialized versions (replace, delete, subset, join-disjoint, join-three-disjoint)
neat
after parameterizing things, everything decomposes into like three basic operations (lookup, split, join) + five specialized versions (replace, delete, subset, join-disjoint, join-three-disjoint)
neat
posting entirely for my own entertainment, as usual
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
posting entirely for my own entertainment, as usual
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The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
great news: seen more sunlight today than i have for last 3 days, and i have only been awake an hour
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
great news: seen more sunlight today than i have for last 3 days, and i have only been awake an hour
can't trick me, i'm not going to read an nyt opinions page
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
can't trick me, i'm not going to read an nyt opinions page
one of those weeks of stuff happens in a weekend weekends huh
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
one of those weeks of stuff happens in a weekend weekends huh
have been reminded that the Comparable type in golang is not actually comparable (that's cmp.Ordered)
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
have been reminded that the Comparable type in golang is not actually comparable (that's cmp.Ordered)
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
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"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
i am at it again, but honestly the last three calls went well, so i am not completely without hope
buying a lottery ticket because i want to experience something with better odds than a job interview
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
i am at it again, but honestly the last three calls went well, so i am not completely without hope
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sorry I've been like this for the past thirteen years I was dehydrated
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
sorry I've been like this for the past thirteen years I was dehydrated
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I come home to my perfectly spherical wife. she does not greet me because her firmware is updating. we are happy.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I come home to my perfectly spherical wife. she does not greet me because her firmware is updating. we are happy.
good morning, there's about 20 minutes until sunset
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
good morning, there's about 20 minutes until sunset
saw a post suggesting that "ai does 70% of the work for you" but all i can think about is the study that found "using ai makes you 19% slower"
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
saw a post suggesting that "ai does 70% of the work for you" but all i can think about is the study that found "using ai makes you 19% slower"
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
so if you handwave the math: ai does 70% of the work and makes the remaining 30% about four times as hard as a result, qed
free video game opinion: having lives and gameover/permadeath in videogames is an artifact of arcade machines and their thirst for loose change
even kaizo mario games have given up with lives/gameover and moved to "death count", as whatever N you pick for "do this in under N deaths" won't help much
even kaizo mario games have given up with lives/gameover and moved to "death count", as whatever N you pick for "do this in under N deaths" won't help much
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
free video game opinion: having lives and gameover/permadeath in videogames is an artifact of arcade machines and their thirst for loose change
even kaizo mario games have given up with lives/gameover and moved to "death count", as whatever N you pick for "do this in under N deaths" won't help much
even kaizo mario games have given up with lives/gameover and moved to "death count", as whatever N you pick for "do this in under N deaths" won't help much
ahem, ass isn't a swear, in fact your ass is a universal pronoun *
bsky.app/profile/prof...
* no, really personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
bsky.app/profile/prof...
* no, really personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
@tef.bsky.social has swears! They've used 283 profanities in their last 6,386 posts.
🥇 "shit" (41 times)
🥈 "ass" (31 times)
🥉 "fuck" (27 times)
🥇 "shit" (41 times)
🥈 "ass" (31 times)
🥉 "fuck" (27 times)
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
ahem, ass isn't a swear, in fact your ass is a universal pronoun *
bsky.app/profile/prof...
* no, really personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
bsky.app/profile/prof...
* no, really personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
@profanity.accountant count please and thank you
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
@profanity.accountant count please and thank you
making a terrible post and cackling to myself about it
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
making a terrible post and cackling to myself about it
videos that live rent free in my head: biggie smalls buys a super nintendo www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kov...
Biggie smalls goes to buy snes
YouTube video by The anti-swag Corporation
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
videos that live rent free in my head: biggie smalls buys a super nintendo www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kov...
i gotta say, twitch is absolutely brimming with great djs
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i gotta say, twitch is absolutely brimming with great djs
duke nukem forever took 14 years from announcement to release
gta 6, if released in 2026, will have taken 12 years. amateurs
gta 6, if released in 2026, will have taken 12 years. amateurs
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
duke nukem forever took 14 years from announcement to release
gta 6, if released in 2026, will have taken 12 years. amateurs
gta 6, if released in 2026, will have taken 12 years. amateurs
can't believe the pro war, pro genocide, anti union paper would publish a screed about ... race? [opens tab] oh, gender
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
can't believe the pro war, pro genocide, anti union paper would publish a screed about ... race? [opens tab] oh, gender
q-tip is having his 5am zoomies again.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
q-tip is having his 5am zoomies again.
every so often you stumble onto a website with a real "old web" texture and today it is a database of elevators
www.elevatordatabase.com
www.elevatordatabase.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
every so often you stumble onto a website with a real "old web" texture and today it is a database of elevators
www.elevatordatabase.com
www.elevatordatabase.com