Matt Becker
@mattbecker82.bsky.social
Lapsed cyclist and occasional piano-botherer. 🏴
What an awful situation. No words.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What an awful situation. No words.
Datsh the shicagoo wey! Also he *did* try an Irish accent early in his career in “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”. It was terrible. Later he said that he didn’t do accents because he said it shouldn’t be necessary to in order to inhabit a character.
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Datsh the shicagoo wey! Also he *did* try an Irish accent early in his career in “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”. It was terrible. Later he said that he didn’t do accents because he said it shouldn’t be necessary to in order to inhabit a character.
Sleep ➡️ slept
Creep ➡️ crept
Weep ➡️ wept
Peep ➡️ pept?
Creep ➡️ crept
Weep ➡️ wept
Peep ➡️ pept?
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sleep ➡️ slept
Creep ➡️ crept
Weep ➡️ wept
Peep ➡️ pept?
Creep ➡️ crept
Weep ➡️ wept
Peep ➡️ pept?
Maybe the Danish airport authority should deploy Eagles? Now there’s a thought. Great photo BTW.
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Maybe the Danish airport authority should deploy Eagles? Now there’s a thought. Great photo BTW.
Wait, was this ever possible?
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Wait, was this ever possible?
There’s already this great video. youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There’s already this great video. youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...
I don’t understand how even automatic transposition could get this so wrong.
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I don’t understand how even automatic transposition could get this so wrong.
Coming soon: Zorn’s Lemon flavour.
August 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Coming soon: Zorn’s Lemon flavour.
A traffic-light-centric variation on the classic “knock down ginger” prank.
August 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A traffic-light-centric variation on the classic “knock down ginger” prank.
Yep, and the driver experience is the same regardless of whether or not the pedestrian waits for the lights to change.
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yep, and the driver experience is the same regardless of whether or not the pedestrian waits for the lights to change.
Indeed. Guess required but it is an intuitive one.
July 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Indeed. Guess required but it is an intuitive one.
I was going to say, no, putting the empty After Eight wrapper back in the box is crueller. But then I realised it too is a kind of false hope.
July 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I was going to say, no, putting the empty After Eight wrapper back in the box is crueller. But then I realised it too is a kind of false hope.
Maybe “clearly congruent” is doing some heavy lifting here. Formally proving it could be a pain but mentally rotating the purple triangle -90° about the marked point should make it obvious!
July 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Maybe “clearly congruent” is doing some heavy lifting here. Formally proving it could be a pain but mentally rotating the purple triangle -90° about the marked point should make it obvious!
The triangles are clearly congruent. Hence the marked point has co-ordinates (a,a). As this point is on the ellipse it must satisfy
a^2 + 3a^2 = 1
The positive solution being a=1/2.
a^2 + 3a^2 = 1
The positive solution being a=1/2.
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The triangles are clearly congruent. Hence the marked point has co-ordinates (a,a). As this point is on the ellipse it must satisfy
a^2 + 3a^2 = 1
The positive solution being a=1/2.
a^2 + 3a^2 = 1
The positive solution being a=1/2.
If it’s not a bank holiday but it is a US federal holiday, I think it counts.
July 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If it’s not a bank holiday but it is a US federal holiday, I think it counts.
To be fair, computer science has co-opted the term Neural Network to mean something different and specific in the field of AI, albeit still not equivalent to “Program”.
June 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
To be fair, computer science has co-opted the term Neural Network to mean something different and specific in the field of AI, albeit still not equivalent to “Program”.
Everything may be chemical but do you really want Dihydrogen Monoxide (an industrial solvent) in your domestic plumbing?
June 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Everything may be chemical but do you really want Dihydrogen Monoxide (an industrial solvent) in your domestic plumbing?
Headline: Center of Attention
June 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Headline: Center of Attention
Who is the best Lord?
June 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Who is the best Lord?
By Thales’ theorem?
June 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
By Thales’ theorem?