Dunno how it is in other schools but my kid was doing basic algebraic stuff (3 + x = 6) at the beginning of K! TK they ended with basic arithmetic and counting to 100
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Dunno how it is in other schools but my kid was doing basic algebraic stuff (3 + x = 6) at the beginning of K! TK they ended with basic arithmetic and counting to 100
Anyone who thinks a longer mortgage is a good thing knows absolutely nothing about personal finances, or even arithmetic.
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anyone who thinks a longer mortgage is a good thing knows absolutely nothing about personal finances, or even arithmetic.
The personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar. The other place (X) is filled with foul-mouthed unreasonable individuals. What a mess!
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar. The other place (X) is filled with foul-mouthed unreasonable individuals. What a mess!
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.29r
AGI should, in theory, be able to do basic arithmetic correctly
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
AGI should, in theory, be able to do basic arithmetic correctly
Somewhat surprising (to me) advice in Google's C++ style guide:
"Try to avoid unsigned types (except for representing bitfields or modular arithmetic). Do not use an unsigned type merely to assert that a variable is non-negative."
Example of a possible bug: abseil.io/tips/227
(via @wingolog.org)
"Try to avoid unsigned types (except for representing bitfields or modular arithmetic). Do not use an unsigned type merely to assert that a variable is non-negative."
Example of a possible bug: abseil.io/tips/227
(via @wingolog.org)
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Somewhat surprising (to me) advice in Google's C++ style guide:
"Try to avoid unsigned types (except for representing bitfields or modular arithmetic). Do not use an unsigned type merely to assert that a variable is non-negative."
Example of a possible bug: abseil.io/tips/227
(via @wingolog.org)
"Try to avoid unsigned types (except for representing bitfields or modular arithmetic). Do not use an unsigned type merely to assert that a variable is non-negative."
Example of a possible bug: abseil.io/tips/227
(via @wingolog.org)
; mathematics was my least
favourite subject - until
i developed an eating
disorder; quickly learnt that
mental arithmetic is
anorexia’s forte...
#7syllablesentence #subject #micropoetry #poetry #anorexia #eatingdisorder #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
favourite subject - until
i developed an eating
disorder; quickly learnt that
mental arithmetic is
anorexia’s forte...
#7syllablesentence #subject #micropoetry #poetry #anorexia #eatingdisorder #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
; mathematics was my least
favourite subject - until
i developed an eating
disorder; quickly learnt that
mental arithmetic is
anorexia’s forte...
#7syllablesentence #subject #micropoetry #poetry #anorexia #eatingdisorder #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
favourite subject - until
i developed an eating
disorder; quickly learnt that
mental arithmetic is
anorexia’s forte...
#7syllablesentence #subject #micropoetry #poetry #anorexia #eatingdisorder #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
LLMs have more or less learned how to do arithmetic despite being language machines, but because they're language machines they do arithmetic in the most beautifully demented way
fabulous little thread
fabulous little thread
once we reach the projection layer underneath the attention heads, we take '7' and '8' and entangle them such that it moves '1' into the first position and '5' into the second position. this isn't a clean, perfect helix (this isn't at the first attention module) but here's how a 3d projection works:
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
LLMs have more or less learned how to do arithmetic despite being language machines, but because they're language machines they do arithmetic in the most beautifully demented way
fabulous little thread
fabulous little thread
She learned what most elected officials never do: power is not performance — it’s arithmetic. Count the votes. Secure the votes. Hold the votes. Deliver the votes.
And she did.
Again and again.
4/14
And she did.
Again and again.
4/14
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
She learned what most elected officials never do: power is not performance — it’s arithmetic. Count the votes. Secure the votes. Hold the votes. Deliver the votes.
And she did.
Again and again.
4/14
And she did.
Again and again.
4/14
Pre-k report cards for arithmetic. No. My son had social/emotional struggles in High school. The school was brilliant. They said “he is a smart kid. We are not worried about his math.. he can pick that back up. We need to be sure he is emotionally able to move forward right now.” Deans list now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Pre-k report cards for arithmetic. No. My son had social/emotional struggles in High school. The school was brilliant. They said “he is a smart kid. We are not worried about his math.. he can pick that back up. We need to be sure he is emotionally able to move forward right now.” Deans list now.
this is obviously stupid at many different levels but also there's no way any Pre-K student is "good at math;" at best we could say they are good at arithmetic, but that means very little as it's the thing computers are exceedingly good at already
(or at least they were before LLMs)
(or at least they were before LLMs)
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
this is obviously stupid at many different levels but also there's no way any Pre-K student is "good at math;" at best we could say they are good at arithmetic, but that means very little as it's the thing computers are exceedingly good at already
(or at least they were before LLMs)
(or at least they were before LLMs)
Never been a huge Sundays fan myself but my wife is quite fond of them and this record specifically. My local shop had a copy (new reissue) so picked up and giving it a spin for the first time!
#TheSundays #NowSpinning #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky
#TheSundays #NowSpinning #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Never been a huge Sundays fan myself but my wife is quite fond of them and this record specifically. My local shop had a copy (new reissue) so picked up and giving it a spin for the first time!
#TheSundays #NowSpinning #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky
#TheSundays #NowSpinning #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying #MusicSky
My kid just had an exam in school that involved being assigned some chapters, summarizing them, then having an open-book test on the details. The teacher encouraged them to use AI to prepare. This paragraph does a great job explaining why I found it so disturbing.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My kid just had an exam in school that involved being assigned some chapters, summarizing them, then having an open-book test on the details. The teacher encouraged them to use AI to prepare. This paragraph does a great job explaining why I found it so disturbing.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Yesterday, Dr. Oz made a claim at an obesity press conference that Americans would lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms. Dividing the 135 billion by the number of Americans gives us a 393-pound loss per person. Does anyone in the administration understand basic arithmetic?
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Yesterday, Dr. Oz made a claim at an obesity press conference that Americans would lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms. Dividing the 135 billion by the number of Americans gives us a 393-pound loss per person. Does anyone in the administration understand basic arithmetic?
Omg YES. And also just because your kid is good at counting/adding doesn’t mean they are “good at math”. There’s a lot of kinds of math and they might hit a wall at multiplication, algebra, or calculus. I am very good at arithmetic and cannot do calculus to save my life.
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Omg YES. And also just because your kid is good at counting/adding doesn’t mean they are “good at math”. There’s a lot of kinds of math and they might hit a wall at multiplication, algebra, or calculus. I am very good at arithmetic and cannot do calculus to save my life.
Quote with a 10/10 album.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Quote with a 10/10 album.
vector arithmetic actually kinda fun ngl
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
vector arithmetic actually kinda fun ngl
Girl help the capchas are starting to make me do basic arithmetic
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Girl help the capchas are starting to make me do basic arithmetic
My other pet peeve is when journalists say things like "Can Reeves get her sums to add up?" as though the national economy is just a matter of basic arithmetic rather than an incredibly complex non-linear system.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My other pet peeve is when journalists say things like "Can Reeves get her sums to add up?" as though the national economy is just a matter of basic arithmetic rather than an incredibly complex non-linear system.
Imagine being a tech bro (derogatory) and not knowing the difference between arithmetic & math
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Imagine being a tech bro (derogatory) and not knowing the difference between arithmetic & math
Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor in (arithmetic) algebraic geometry and number theory. See www.uu.nl/en/organisat... for all information.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
Assistant Professor in (arithmetic) algebraic geometry and number theory
We are looking for an Assistant Professor with expertise in (arithmetic) algebraic geometry or number theory and enthusiasm for teaching. Apply now!
www.uu.nl
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor in (arithmetic) algebraic geometry and number theory. See www.uu.nl/en/organisat... for all information.
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
Doing pre-K arithmetic assignments quickly is… well let's just say I'm guessing the teacher felt like they needed something nice to say about this kid. It doesn't generalize to being "good at math," to say the least
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Doing pre-K arithmetic assignments quickly is… well let's just say I'm guessing the teacher felt like they needed something nice to say about this kid. It doesn't generalize to being "good at math," to say the least
Great to see @tomcalver.bsky.social using this IFS chart in his (excellent) piece about the UK's economic and fiscal travails. The combination of low growth and high debt interest really does make for some unpleasant fiscal arithmetic. It's a tough time to be Chancellor.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great to see @tomcalver.bsky.social using this IFS chart in his (excellent) piece about the UK's economic and fiscal travails. The combination of low growth and high debt interest really does make for some unpleasant fiscal arithmetic. It's a tough time to be Chancellor.
Look at the stupid fucking baby.
It’s truly breathtaking how this man’s entire economic policy is just voodoo economics and the magical thinking of a con artist who cannot do basic arithmetic. What a profound embarrassment.
It’s truly breathtaking how this man’s entire economic policy is just voodoo economics and the magical thinking of a con artist who cannot do basic arithmetic. What a profound embarrassment.
Math illiterate Trump stumped by how refund checks and tariffs work: report
President Donald Trump is apparently stumped by math and how refund checks work after announcing he wants to give Americans $2,000 checks paid for by his tariffs — then expressing bewilderment about where the money would come from. The 79-year-old president promised to send rebates to "low and middl...
www.rawstory.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Look at the stupid fucking baby.
It’s truly breathtaking how this man’s entire economic policy is just voodoo economics and the magical thinking of a con artist who cannot do basic arithmetic. What a profound embarrassment.
It’s truly breathtaking how this man’s entire economic policy is just voodoo economics and the magical thinking of a con artist who cannot do basic arithmetic. What a profound embarrassment.
I know :D
But I'm also pretty good at arithmetic in my head
But I'm also pretty good at arithmetic in my head
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I know :D
But I'm also pretty good at arithmetic in my head
But I'm also pretty good at arithmetic in my head
Lol someone did the arithmetic wrong and added a zero to the price.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lol someone did the arithmetic wrong and added a zero to the price.