Matt Macauley
@visualalgebra.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Clemson) | AIMS Lecturer (South Africa) | Author: "Visual Algebra" (forthcoming) | YouTuber | First Gen | Homesteader | Dad to Ida & Felix | 🔱
6-4 overtime victory
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
6-4 overtime victory
“unbiased” or “impartial” is a better word choice
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“unbiased” or “impartial” is a better word choice
As a former insider, so you feel like the justices are actually “calling balls and strikes”, or are they strongly influenced by partisan political pressures such as these?
I’m not asking what the optics are, that’s clear. It’s just hard to believe former justice Breyer who swears they’re objective.
I’m not asking what the optics are, that’s clear. It’s just hard to believe former justice Breyer who swears they’re objective.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
As a former insider, so you feel like the justices are actually “calling balls and strikes”, or are they strongly influenced by partisan political pressures such as these?
I’m not asking what the optics are, that’s clear. It’s just hard to believe former justice Breyer who swears they’re objective.
I’m not asking what the optics are, that’s clear. It’s just hard to believe former justice Breyer who swears they’re objective.
He was wrong A LOT, but he was right on occasion. Notably:
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” —Dick Cheney
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” —Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
He was wrong A LOT, but he was right on occasion. Notably:
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” —Dick Cheney
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump” —Dick Cheney
It’s possible, I guess. But he also had 5 heart attacks and got a full heart transplant in his 70s.
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s possible, I guess. But he also had 5 heart attacks and got a full heart transplant in his 70s.
Everyone who finds this funny needs to immediately go read the incredible children’s book “Mr. Wuffles!”
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Everyone who finds this funny needs to immediately go read the incredible children’s book “Mr. Wuffles!”
It would be a fun challenge to make a trivia question like that, but with misnamed theorems. Like how the Cayley-Hamilton theorem was proven by Frobenius, but Frobenius’s theorem was proven by someone else. Poincare’s lemma was due to Volterra, etc.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It would be a fun challenge to make a trivia question like that, but with misnamed theorems. Like how the Cayley-Hamilton theorem was proven by Frobenius, but Frobenius’s theorem was proven by someone else. Poincare’s lemma was due to Volterra, etc.
It’s definitely just the drugs. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Venezuela has the largest crude oil reserves in the world.
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s definitely just the drugs. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Venezuela has the largest crude oil reserves in the world.
"It's hard when you have an owner with the incompetence that we've got...If you look at any head coach with an owner like that, you're going to see similar results across the league."
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"It's hard when you have an owner with the incompetence that we've got...If you look at any head coach with an owner like that, you're going to see similar results across the league."
At least 16 for me. Does Fort Worth counts for Dallas? Does driving through Nashville count?
Otherwise, only missing Houston and San Antonio.
Otherwise, only missing Houston and San Antonio.
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
At least 16 for me. Does Fort Worth counts for Dallas? Does driving through Nashville count?
Otherwise, only missing Houston and San Antonio.
Otherwise, only missing Houston and San Antonio.
Trolling and grifting, their two favorite pastimes.
October 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trolling and grifting, their two favorite pastimes.
The only other one I can remember.
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The only other one I can remember.
Once upon a time there were no sites, and library books did this and more.
Of course, I could have figured this out using only Google and Stack Overflow. But it would have taken *much* longer than 20 seconds. And so I probably wouldn't have even bothered.
Of course, I could have figured this out using only Google and Stack Overflow. But it would have taken *much* longer than 20 seconds. And so I probably wouldn't have even bothered.
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Once upon a time there were no sites, and library books did this and more.
Of course, I could have figured this out using only Google and Stack Overflow. But it would have taken *much* longer than 20 seconds. And so I probably wouldn't have even bothered.
Of course, I could have figured this out using only Google and Stack Overflow. But it would have taken *much* longer than 20 seconds. And so I probably wouldn't have even bothered.
This is the perfect example of the combination of grocery price increases + tariffs.
Friends in the Commonwealth, how much would you expect to pay for this 250g jar?
Friends in the Commonwealth, how much would you expect to pay for this 250g jar?
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is the perfect example of the combination of grocery price increases + tariffs.
Friends in the Commonwealth, how much would you expect to pay for this 250g jar?
Friends in the Commonwealth, how much would you expect to pay for this 250g jar?
From a pedagogical standpoint, I FULLY get how dangerous AI can be for a student who relies on the technology too much and never learns foundational skills well. But this isn't that.
It's also very useful for TikZ; it usually does things better than I would have. But I'll discuss that later.
2/2
It's also very useful for TikZ; it usually does things better than I would have. But I'll discuss that later.
2/2
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
From a pedagogical standpoint, I FULLY get how dangerous AI can be for a student who relies on the technology too much and never learns foundational skills well. But this isn't that.
It's also very useful for TikZ; it usually does things better than I would have. But I'll discuss that later.
2/2
It's also very useful for TikZ; it usually does things better than I would have. But I'll discuss that later.
2/2
This pretty much sums it up. 😭
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This pretty much sums it up. 😭
Cardinals. They won their two most recent WS with 83 and 90 wins, in a 6-team division. After their historic 2001 season, the M’s missed the playoffs 10 (!!!) times with 85+ wins, and 3 times with 90+. Many of those while in a 4-team division. 😩
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Cardinals. They won their two most recent WS with 83 and 90 wins, in a 6-team division. After their historic 2001 season, the M’s missed the playoffs 10 (!!!) times with 85+ wins, and 3 times with 90+. Many of those while in a 4-team division. 😩
Most of this team should have been doing what I was instructed to do in little league: TAKE UNTIL YOU GET A STRIKE.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Most of this team should have been doing what I was instructed to do in little league: TAKE UNTIL YOU GET A STRIKE.
I have a research meeting with a colleague from Toronto tomorrow and a student. There is no possible way this will go well…
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I have a research meeting with a colleague from Toronto tomorrow and a student. There is no possible way this will go well…