Jochen Voss
@seehuhn.bsky.social
Finally, I'm not sure whether Zdzislaw Brzezniak is a celebrity (he has in the past given talks in our probability seminar), but he has four "z" in his name. www.york.ac.uk/maths/people...
Zdzislaw Brzezniak - Department of Mathematics, University of York
Zdzislaw Brzezniak
www.york.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Finally, I'm not sure whether Zdzislaw Brzezniak is a celebrity (he has in the past given talks in our probability seminar), but he has four "z" in his name. www.york.ac.uk/maths/people...
Here is how Claude and I did this: claude.ai/share/eaed8d...
Finding celebrities with multiple z's in wikidata
Shared via Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic
claude.ai
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Here is how Claude and I did this: claude.ai/share/eaed8d...
w.wiki/Gbyw
If you press the play button the on the left, you get 30 movie actors with at least three "z" in their names, sorted by how many languages their wikipedia page has been translated to. Say hello to Zazie Beetz, Janusz Zakrzeński, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, and their friends!
If you press the play button the on the left, you get 30 movie actors with at least three "z" in their names, sorted by how many languages their wikipedia page has been translated to. Say hello to Zazie Beetz, Janusz Zakrzeński, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, and their friends!
w.wiki
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
w.wiki/Gbyw
If you press the play button the on the left, you get 30 movie actors with at least three "z" in their names, sorted by how many languages their wikipedia page has been translated to. Say hello to Zazie Beetz, Janusz Zakrzeński, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, and their friends!
If you press the play button the on the left, you get 30 movie actors with at least three "z" in their names, sorted by how many languages their wikipedia page has been translated to. Say hello to Zazie Beetz, Janusz Zakrzeński, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, and their friends!
I believe the correct use of LLMs here would be to ask the llm to write you a wikidata query to find the people. Hallucination proof, not affected by llm counting affections, and probably gets more names.
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I believe the correct use of LLMs here would be to ask the llm to write you a wikidata query to find the people. Hallucination proof, not affected by llm counting affections, and probably gets more names.
Also, for comparison, here is what Claude thinks about celebrities with "Z" in their names.
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Also, for comparison, here is what Claude thinks about celebrities with "Z" in their names.
Not the answer to your question, but are you familiar with this excellent paper? arxiv.org/pdf/1003.6064 . To me, the hightlight is footnote 3.
arxiv.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Not the answer to your question, but are you familiar with this excellent paper? arxiv.org/pdf/1003.6064 . To me, the hightlight is footnote 3.
Dame Judi Dench walk (wade?) earlier today.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dame Judi Dench walk (wade?) earlier today.
True. But how do we know that the human brain just isn't one of these, too? The only arguments I've heard for the brain being qualitatively different all sounded quite similar to "I just know it".
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
True. But how do we know that the human brain just isn't one of these, too? The only arguments I've heard for the brain being qualitatively different all sounded quite similar to "I just know it".
Thank you, I enjoyed reading this. The only weak point, in my mind, is how he argues near the end that AI gaining sentience is "absurd", because it's just a "word-guessing program".
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Thank you, I enjoyed reading this. The only weak point, in my mind, is how he argues near the end that AI gaining sentience is "absurd", because it's just a "word-guessing program".
I think it's simply pre-internet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think it's simply pre-internet.
I know about "size biasing". This seems be something like "inverse size biasing". Is there a mathematical name for this?
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I know about "size biasing". This seems be something like "inverse size biasing". Is there a mathematical name for this?
The signs keep coming ...
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The signs keep coming ...
But that's still "streaming Netflix consumes 340W". The unit watt already is energy per time (Jules per second).
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
But that's still "streaming Netflix consumes 340W". The unit watt already is energy per time (Jules per second).
"that's 240 watt-hours per hour at the higher end" - "watt-hours per hour" could just be "watt", right?
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"that's 240 watt-hours per hour at the higher end" - "watt-hours per hour" could just be "watt", right?
My condolences. I had to do this yesterday, and it's not fun.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My condolences. I had to do this yesterday, and it's not fun.
How would we write the number of ways to split n objects into three groups of sizes k1, k2, and k3 (with k1+k2+k3=n) in "Formula A"-language?
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How would we write the number of ways to split n objects into three groups of sizes k1, k2, and k3 (with k1+k2+k3=n) in "Formula A"-language?
I agree that the formula with the falling factial is pretty, but I think I still prefer "Formula B", because it makes it clear that the binomial coefficient is really just a special case of the multinomial coefficient.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I agree that the formula with the falling factial is pretty, but I think I still prefer "Formula B", because it makes it clear that the binomial coefficient is really just a special case of the multinomial coefficient.
If I remember right, you can also do this via the library web page.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If I remember right, you can also do this via the library web page.
But with the "... Crime Commissioners" gone, who is going to commission crime in the future?
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
But with the "... Crime Commissioners" gone, who is going to commission crime in the future?