Reposted by David PetersenMatt Enlow @unsolvedmre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My feelings about A.I. and math 073
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026@ologies.bsky.social Thank Pete that the NSF doesn't accept audio grant applications or else @pgirguis.bsky.social would get all the funding! Really personable interview and great voice. I also learned a lot! Thanks for sharing! 020
Reposted by David PetersenProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I’m in Denmark, trying to figure out why everything seems to run so much smoother here, and this is a bit part of it. The society is built on social trust, and even as a tourist (!) I’m pretty sure that I’m not being scammed around every single corner. Constant vigilance is exhausting. 2452
Reposted by David PetersenAnna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026When Shel Silverstein predicted AI 839894
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 14/07/2026@ifycomedy.com I really enjoyed this week’s @gamechanger.dropout.tv episode and your performance was a major part of that. Thanks for the fun! 010
Reposted by David PetersenDaily Spurious Correlation 🤖 @dailycorrelation.bsky.social · 08/07/2026xkcd comics published about statistics correlates with The number of concierges in Ohio (r=0.921) 044
Reposted by David PetersenFranchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026why does the “you can’t fight it” rhetoric around AI feel so familiar?? 🤔 621629535
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Me to 7yo: What's half of 56? 7yo: I dunno. 23? Me: No, that'd be half of 46. 7yo: Oh, then it's 28. 071
Reposted by David PetersenEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Reminder to those who can't seem to grasp distinction between median and average. US average income in 2024 was $76,000. US median income was $44,000. The difference is vast inequality. And $44,000 is not a good living. 31892244
Reposted by David PetersenDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Are we meant to forgive SpaceX's destruction of LEO, astronomy, and the night sky for this? 45611
Reposted by David PetersenMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 08/04/2026The next Murderbot is out on May 5 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-d...barnesandnoble.com 26533111
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Ancient dice found in North America showing that Indigenous Americans may have used them to play with other groups they meet. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/ice-...thisiscolossal.com12,000 Years Ago, Native Americans Were Playing Games of Chance with Handmade DiceNew research suggests that games of chance developed much earlier—to the tune of 6,000 years—than originally thought. 010
Reposted by David PetersenRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The #1 problem with AI: "...the tool requires expertise to validate, but its use diminishes expertise and stunts its growth." taggart-tech.com/reckoning/taggart-tech.comI used AI. It worked. I hated it.I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means. 25315
Reposted by David PetersenDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026For the first time, a person who is not a white, American man will see the Moon close-up* with their own eyes. I'm eager to see with their vision. Will it be the same or different? Which cultural influences will be uppermost? #ArtemisII *From 8, 000 km 🧪 78612
Reposted by David PetersenDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The world does not need more undergraduate history essays but does need more people who can write good ones. 6475104
Reposted by David PetersenChristopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026"Math is not true because we tell kids it is true; math is true because they can find that truth for themselves. We can find these truths together." 1267
Reposted by David PetersenStarting9 GM - Team Phungo @phungo2008.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Interesting stat from the article 2451182
Reposted by David PetersenZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 30/01/2026PPS: I'm not sure how my tone comes across in these posts, because I worry my tech friends will think I'm being pessimistic and my arts friends the opposite. Personally, I feel like someone whose house is being eaten by nanobots, but who is really interested in nanobots. 1483
Reposted by David Petersenthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 26/01/2026"they don't deserve our fear" is a profound thing to say imo & I'm grateful for it distrust yes caution yes. fear God maybe (proverbs 9:10 though I have long-winded thoughts about the fear of God). these men terrorizing citizens may be a lot of things but they don't know the first thing about God 576380
Reposted by David PetersenDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/12/2025Feeling this so hard this past several weeks 243079
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 17/12/2025@ryannorth.ca TBF, I do think of you as many things before I think of you as the guy who was stuck in a hole. But, when I think of someone stuck in a hole, I think of you first. www.reddit.com/r/interestin... (I know you had your puppers with you, so this method wasn't on the table) 130
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 22/11/2025@k8nowak.bsky.social asked if I would be interested in helping a new company write curriculum while I moved states 160
Reposted by David PetersenCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Why am I so against generative AI in games? Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed. 84106154137
Reposted by David PetersenProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 06/11/2025In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody! 27920
Reposted by David PetersenLaura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Valuable info about the Physics Nobel Prize today from Prof. Joseph Barranco at SFSU on Martinis and Devoret being a grad student and postdoc in Clarke's lab at UC Berkeley & Clark and Devoret being immigrants. "California *public* education made this happen. Immigration made this happen." ⚛️ 2395127
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 06/10/2025@alliegoertz.bsky.social Matt Groening gave you a quick mention on today's WTF interview about how you were his first podcast even though he'd promised Maron. But, your interview was better 130
Reposted by David PetersenDaily Spurious Correlation 🤖 @dailycorrelation.bsky.social · 27/09/2025The distance between Neptune and the Sun correlates with Burglary rates in the US (r=0.969) 042
Reposted by David PetersenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The gap between teacher pay and other college graduates’ pay is the highest it’s been in over four decades. Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the pay, dignity, and support they deserve? 801793525
Reposted by David PetersenAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/04/2025A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context* Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text 5740491213
Reposted by David PetersenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/08/20251. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.scrippsnews.comRFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 52999052826
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 06/08/2025If we could just believe women, we wouldn't need the files released. 010
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If you finish a video or some social media and you are left feeling angry or smug, make sure you analyze your reasons and question the media you just consumed. -- @escapethispodcast.bsky.social 000
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Entering a bank with a Victoria's Secret bag and shouting it's a C cup. 010
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 23/06/2025@triangleman.bsky.social Message from my wife while I work this morning. 1110
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 12/06/2025@rhettallain.bsky.social Hi, Rhett! Do you (or the physics community) have a standard example of what 1 Newton feels like? Like Wikipedia has that the force of gravity on an apple is about 2N, but that's still not too intuitive to me. So maybe how hard you'd have to push something common? 420
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Usually it's the first 2 panels that make a good business card, but in today's comic it's the last panel that I want. 010
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 07/05/2025@ifycomedy.com You are very right about the "don't you dare close your eyes" line from Aladdin. Dial it down, bud! 020
Reposted by David PetersenSweenWSweens @sweenwsweens.bsky.social · 02/05/2025🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room! To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9 (no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do) Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class: teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil... Have fun! 44122
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 09/04/2025To really make money on the stock market you don't actually want it to just go up. You want 2 things: 1. Volatility (goes up and down a lot) 2. Predictability Then, if you have the TIME and MONEY you can ride those waves to fortune. That's why he's doing it. #RichGetRicher 010
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 08/04/2025@schviftyfive.tv How's the coding going? I'm really proud of you taking the time to learn more! 100
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 31/03/2025@zachweinersmith.bsky.social The college where my wife is a professor is putting on a play of Beowulf this weekend. So, my son is reading your book to prepare for understanding what's going on. 020
Reposted by David PetersenDr. Courtney Gibbons (she/her/xlookup) @courtneygibbons.phd · 28/01/2025USAspending.gov has some days explorations and a great API for my quant-minded friends who want to see what trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans pay for.usaspending.govUSAspending.gov 112
David Petersen @calcdave.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Tossing it out that someone could use Balatro to teach about operations and why order matters (for the jokers, put +mult before x mult) 130
