Michael Barany
@mbarany.com
Historical and cultural theories about maths and science theories. Fields Medal killjoy. Scotland enjoyer. @mbarany on birdsite and @mjb@mathstodon.xyz on fediverse
it was so bright here in Scotland, rare clear-ish night for this time of year
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
it was so bright here in Scotland, rare clear-ish night for this time of year
so disappointed this mac is planning to give up when it gets to 100
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
so disappointed this mac is planning to give up when it gets to 100
this from the linked article is right except for the last four words
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
this from the linked article is right except for the last four words
these are apparently big in France
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
these are apparently big in France
never change, ai overview
October 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
never change, ai overview
in other news I was not aware Claude Lévi-Strauss had his own shop
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
in other news I was not aware Claude Lévi-Strauss had his own shop
building of the first newspaper to call the Fields Medal a Nobel Prize of mathematics (almost certainly a joke that went over the journalist’s head), now a starbucks
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
building of the first newspaper to call the Fields Medal a Nobel Prize of mathematics (almost certainly a joke that went over the journalist’s head), now a starbucks
and if a foreign adversary snuck into our pantry and rustled up a hearty stew we would probably consider it an act of hospitality, I suppose, in an equally meaningful hypothetical
October 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
and if a foreign adversary snuck into our pantry and rustled up a hearty stew we would probably consider it an act of hospitality, I suppose, in an equally meaningful hypothetical
update, it has been escalated
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October 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
update, it has been escalated
will let you know if I get a reply
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
will let you know if I get a reply
new menacing journal spam dropped
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
new menacing journal spam dropped
we used to get a somewhat helpful daily digest by email of new enrollments on our courses; now we still get the email but it just says this every time:
August 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to get a somewhat helpful daily digest by email of new enrollments on our courses; now we still get the email but it just says this every time:
another start of the semester, another email generated by Information Security that expects us to ignore all the anti-phishing training and message injections we've been enduring
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
another start of the semester, another email generated by Information Security that expects us to ignore all the anti-phishing training and message injections we've been enduring
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- culturally, a lot of mathematical collaboration is conspiratorial. I gave a talk in this direction a few years ago:
- culturally, a lot of mathematical collaboration is conspiratorial. I gave a talk in this direction a few years ago:
August 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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- culturally, a lot of mathematical collaboration is conspiratorial. I gave a talk in this direction a few years ago:
- culturally, a lot of mathematical collaboration is conspiratorial. I gave a talk in this direction a few years ago:
with ratios like this they could be the American Proportion Association
August 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
with ratios like this they could be the American Proportion Association
"settings available down to course level" tells me that uni admins are still going to opt everyone in and make it somewhere between a pain and impossible to turn off for individual courses, it's clear the "opt-in" model here is mainly top level
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"settings available down to course level" tells me that uni admins are still going to opt everyone in and make it somewhere between a pain and impossible to turn off for individual courses, it's clear the "opt-in" model here is mainly top level
Can anyone at @ucea.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk explain what this means from the "final offer" on joint work on sector finances? How are employers imagining that working with the union on this would end up supporting a dispute? (At worst, I imagine it likely just does very little to mitigate disputes.)
July 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Can anyone at @ucea.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk explain what this means from the "final offer" on joint work on sector finances? How are employers imagining that working with the union on this would end up supporting a dispute? (At worst, I imagine it likely just does very little to mitigate disputes.)
and can we all take a moment to appreciate this session info page
July 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
and can we all take a moment to appreciate this session info page
omg just clocked this distinction in the app
July 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
omg just clocked this distinction in the app
in other news, the way the app handles localisation is making a confusing timezone situation even more confusing by converting the event times to UK local but basing the today/tomorrow labels on what day it is in New Zealand (at least I think that's what's happening)
June 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
in other news, the way the app handles localisation is making a confusing timezone situation even more confusing by converting the event times to UK local but basing the today/tomorrow labels on what day it is in New Zealand (at least I think that's what's happening)
Indeed! these are cossike numbers, similar to variables
June 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Indeed! these are cossike numbers, similar to variables