George Beck
@d1g1t.bsky.social
Walking in circles and listening, math, go player, old music and movies, doom without gloom.
I used to put the cut pieces under an upside down bowl as I sliced.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I used to put the cut pieces under an upside down bowl as I sliced.
Ah, yesh, my NYTimes regular advish pushing booze. Urp!
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Ah, yesh, my NYTimes regular advish pushing booze. Urp!
from the Criterion Channel:
- Read My Lips
- Les Miserables (1934)
- The Browning Version
- Summer with Monika
- Solaris
- Read My Lips
- Les Miserables (1934)
- The Browning Version
- Summer with Monika
- Solaris
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
from the Criterion Channel:
- Read My Lips
- Les Miserables (1934)
- The Browning Version
- Summer with Monika
- Solaris
- Read My Lips
- Les Miserables (1934)
- The Browning Version
- Summer with Monika
- Solaris
go/baduk/weichi
chess
chess
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
go/baduk/weichi
chess
chess
Thirsty? Drink water.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thirsty? Drink water.
Ctrl-F doesn't work in a PDF shown in a browser but using the menu Edit > Find > ... works. (I am not 100% sure.)
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ctrl-F doesn't work in a PDF shown in a browser but using the menu Edit > Find > ... works. (I am not 100% sure.)
What about asking ChatGPT if it knows things, understands words, or is creative? (I won't ask it myself for fear of being inadvertently misinformed, just like I avoid listening to politicians.)
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What about asking ChatGPT if it knows things, understands words, or is creative? (I won't ask it myself for fear of being inadvertently misinformed, just like I avoid listening to politicians.)
So when a student wants to sketch x sin(x), say, they can do it
without calculating a single value or plotting a single point.
without calculating a single value or plotting a single point.
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So when a student wants to sketch x sin(x), say, they can do it
without calculating a single value or plotting a single point.
without calculating a single value or plotting a single point.
Compound graphing: Start with an inventory of the elements: powers, trig functions and their inverses, exponential and logarithm. Sketch them on the same axes and (roughly) add or multiply those graphs, moving along the x axis. Take reciprocals, shift, scale, reflect.
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Compound graphing: Start with an inventory of the elements: powers, trig functions and their inverses, exponential and logarithm. Sketch them on the same axes and (roughly) add or multiply those graphs, moving along the x axis. Take reciprocals, shift, scale, reflect.
telephoning a graph: I split the class into pairs, a sender and a
receiver. The sender saw a hidden graph (there were lots at the back of the book); the sender's job was to get their receiver to draw something like that graph by describing it verbally.
receiver. The sender saw a hidden graph (there were lots at the back of the book); the sender's job was to get their receiver to draw something like that graph by describing it verbally.
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
telephoning a graph: I split the class into pairs, a sender and a
receiver. The sender saw a hidden graph (there were lots at the back of the book); the sender's job was to get their receiver to draw something like that graph by describing it verbally.
receiver. The sender saw a hidden graph (there were lots at the back of the book); the sender's job was to get their receiver to draw something like that graph by describing it verbally.
Reverse graphing: The teacher shows the students the graph of a secret function. The student has to find a function to match the graph. There is no unique answer and there is no single method for finding one. Students (and the other teachers) found reverse graphing very amusing and learned a lot.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reverse graphing: The teacher shows the students the graph of a secret function. The student has to find a function to match the graph. There is no unique answer and there is no single method for finding one. Students (and the other teachers) found reverse graphing very amusing and learned a lot.
Agreed, I thought of that later.
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Agreed, I thought of that later.
Ivan Illich did the same calculation comparing cars and bicycles, probably in Energy and Equity.
September 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ivan Illich did the same calculation comparing cars and bicycles, probably in Energy and Equity.
"Unfortunately hand sanitizer can't kill norovirus, the unpleasant and highly contagious stomach bug."
from
www.uchealth.org/today/norovi...
from
www.uchealth.org/today/norovi...
Protect yourself from extremely contagious norovirus, a nasty stomach bug
Hand sanitizer can't kill norovirus, the contagious stomach bug known for sickening hundreds of people at a time. Learn how to stay healthy.
www.uchealth.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Unfortunately hand sanitizer can't kill norovirus, the unpleasant and highly contagious stomach bug."
from
www.uchealth.org/today/norovi...
from
www.uchealth.org/today/norovi...
Thanks for the warning. I'll skip this.
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thanks for the warning. I'll skip this.
Finally an answer to the popular question, "Does homotopy theory has any practical applications?"
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Finally an answer to the popular question, "Does homotopy theory has any practical applications?"
mayoclinic.com: "Kidney disease—Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body."
The world's best hospital
Mayo Clinic is the No. 1 hospital in the world., with campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota
mayoclinic.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
mayoclinic.com: "Kidney disease—Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body."
Why are you working on Labor Day? (Another prof somewhere else is doing the same.)
September 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why are you working on Labor Day? (Another prof somewhere else is doing the same.)
