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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Ok, replying as real me. This is neat and I think maybe it's also about circuits with infinite arity logic gates that behaves more like a hypercomputer than a normal computer.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 20/01/2026

Twitter undefeated in the brain worms arena

Photo of a guy standing in Times Square holding a sign that says “Zohran is not my mayor”
His tweet is “ I flew 10,000 miles to New York City to say one thing: “Zohran Kwame Mamdani is not my mayor.”

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I wonder if there is a direct line of descent from Kriegspiel to modern eurogames. Maybe not.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I was in Cambridge overnight for the 40 year reunion of our old D&D group. Very tightly scheduled or I would have contacted you :( Next time! I'm also a bit confused about whether you can see this reply as I was notified of it via mastodon and can't find it on bluesky if I go there directly myself.

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barqueira @lbarqueira.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Density plot of eigenvalues from 1 million 10×10 tridiagonal matrices w/ entries randomly chosen from {0, ±1, ±i, ±10, ±10i, ±20, ±20i}. viewing window is [-48-48i, 48+48i]. The color represents eigenvalue density. #Python #MathArt #SciArt #CreativeCoding #Mathematics

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

On your phone while grabbing a cart with the other hand? Algorithms are easy. It's the preparatory data munging I hate.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Tip of the day is the start of a question you can ask chatbots: "Here's my shopping list. Can you regroup it so items that are close together in Trader Joe's end up in the same groups..." (Don't forget to check the list 'cos it might add chocolate just because it's learnt people like that...)

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

By strapping a pair of hair dryers to a vacuum cleaner the UK has found it can save £130,000,000 per year on equipment. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Defence plan will ensure UK is ready for war, minister says

The Army needs to become "10 times more lethal" to face a "new era of threats", defence secretary says.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Someone spent their £1.99 well.

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barqueira @lbarqueira.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Eigenvalues for 15 million random 10×10 tridiagonal matrices w/ entries sampled from the discrete set {0, ±1, ±i, ±20, ±20i}. The image shows the density of eigenvalues in the complex plane, with brighter regions indicating higher concentration. #Python #MathArt #SciArt #CreativeCoding #Mathematics

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The now viral, incorrect meme that LLMs are just next token predictors is causing so much confusion

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I do consider it. A friend has family in the oil business and said that when they dealt with George W Bush before he was president he seemed like a person of normal intelligence. But it seems like such a cynical thing to do. Do people behave like this? Do they hate their electorate this much?

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The fact that people like this exist is an insult to anyone anywhere who's ever bothered to learn anything. She has a degree from the University of South Dakota. I can't imagine what kind of institution this is that can produce such ignorance and stupidity.

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Satnam Singh @satnam6502.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

My daughter just sent me this meme about induction stoves and proof by induction. My work is done.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.

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barqueira @lbarqueira.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Exploring the roots of 177,147 polynomials with coefficients in {-1, 0, 1} Each dot represents a root of a degree-10 polynomial, w/ brightness revealing its frequency across all polynomials constrained to [-1.6, 1.6] × [-1.6, 1.6]. #p5js #MathArt #VisualMath #SciArt #CreativeCoding #Mathematics

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I'd pick machines I don't really know as a learning experience: Apple Lisa. Camputers Lynx. Jupiter Ace. Sinclair QL.

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Gro-Tsen @gro-tsen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

n-category theorists can think in ways that we mortal mathematicians cannot. 😔

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I'll have whichever one has a BASIC with an inline assembler thank you very much.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I still remember the many ads I saw back then emphasizing that Snowball had 7000 locations which honestly didn't seem like a good feature.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Photographed from the driveway yesterday. Cute faces, both of them.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Did you know that there is a shortage of American movies and so now we have to tax foreign movies to ensure American movies get made? Or Republicans are the stupidest people who have ever stumbled across the face of the Earth. One of the two anyway. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Trump film tariffs: What next for Hollywood and beyond?

As Trump turns his attention to what he calls the "dying" US film industry, his solution has provoked strong reactions.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The country that locks up more people than anywhere else in the world (because the US loves freedom apparently) can't find enough space to lock people up so it's having to commandeer tourist attractions. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.

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barqueira @lbarqueira.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Each point represents one eigenvalue from the spectrum of a random 5×5 matrix with entries from {-1,0,1}. Warmer colors show regions where eigenvalues cluster more densely. #MathArt #LinearAlgebra #CreativeCoding #Mathematics #VisualMath #ComplexAnalysis #math

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I really feel pity for these people. They really are good at nothing.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It's the wrong units too. I could understand saving $X/yr but an instantaneous saving of $X doesn't entirely make sense.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

As I've said numerous times: lawyers, journalists, politicians, few of these people have any clue what numbers are and what they represent. Especially numbers bigger than about 3. They're just a thing you put in sentences to give the impression of authority.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Not sure why anyone needs to one-up RFK. He's already funny enough.

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Huge news on Patreon! Because of the Apple v. Epic ruling, they are not only dropping the 30% Apple Store charge on the iOS app, they are also halting the move to subscription billing for all creators - which would have affected creators like me, who use a "per video" structure than monthly.

From Patreon's Discord: "Yesterday, a U.S. court ruled in the Epic v. Apple case that Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside of the App Store.

This is a huge victory for creators and fans. The Patreon iOS app is the number one platform for fan engagement on Patreon, and we believe this ruling allows creators to get paid without Apple taking 30% of all in-app payments.

We know many creators may have questions about how this ruling will impact your Patreon communities and how you use the Patreon iOS app. We’ve been working urgently to understand what this ruling means and how to take action to ensure that you and your fans benefit as much as possible. Here’s the latest:"

"The November 2025 subscription billing transition deadline is now on hold
This is still a developing situation, but we are moving forward under the assumption that the November 2025 deadline for all Patreon creators to switch to subscription billing is no longer necessary.

While additional information may come that alters Apple’s requirements for Patreon’s iOS app, we are optimistic that this ruling will give us additional flexibility in how we support creators on legacy billing models. However, for now, creators still need to be on subscription billing to be able to accept payments through the Patreon iOS app.

For those who still want to proceed with switching to subscription billing, our team is happy to assist with the transition, since it still unlocks access to the latest growth tools on Patreon, like gifting, Autopilot and tier repricing. For creators on per-creation billing who are actively working with our support team to transition to subscription billing, our team will be in contact with you by the end of the day tomorrow, May 2nd, with next steps to confirm how you’d like to proceed."

"Where we go from here

When we first announced rolling out Apple’s in-app purchasing requirements last year, we shared that we used three principles to guide our decision in how we planned to move forward: transparency, control, and stability. In keeping with these principles, we’ll continue actively working to learn more, and we will communicate frequently and transparently as we go.

This ruling is a huge moment for creators and fans, and we will continue fighting for a future where creators are in control, communities thrive, and professional creativity is possible for all. "

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

There's a lot of ignorance around here. But RFK's description is also way off. www.chop.edu/vaccine-educ...

chop.edu

Vaccine Ingredients: Fetal Cells

Find out which vaccines are made by growing the viruses in fetal cells.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Advisors? He gets his info from Fox.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Apple "Intelligence" ought to apply for a job at the White House.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Hid it from whom? Were there people who didn't know?

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

the best thing America is doing for the world right now is "serving as a warning"

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Isn't about time we started running it as a business and cut loose the 49 states dragging us down?

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

NEW: The USDA will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella in their products, halting a Biden administration effort to reduce food poisoning from contaminated meat. What could possibly go wrong?

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Especially if they use Fibonacci numbers or the golden ratio.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

If he waited until October it would have come back anyway. Unless he's proposing we have it every month now.

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I wrote some code to do this a while back (because of Tabby's star) but I've no doubt this paper presents better. A simulator so you can predict the light curves from megastructures orbiting distant stars. arxiv.org/abs/2406.17259

arxiv.org

A General-Purpose Transit Simulator for Arbitrary Shaped Objects Orbiting Stars

We present a versatile transit simulator aimed at generating light curves for arbitrarily shaped objects transiting stars. Utilizing a Monte Carlo algorithm, it accurately models the stellar flux bloc...

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Oh another thing is American political media is that they have permitted a key national figure to have flat earth level delusions on how international trade and tariffs without mentioning every single time

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Has anyone studied the causes of total brain dysfunction among people who live more than 100 miles from the coast?

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I didn't think you could get stupider than Trump but I think RFK is there.

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