2026-10-28T05:23:54Z https://nostr.now Skewray Research https://nostr.now/npub1cd8m89atxa5zznp09awxczr0nvzq6kwv83jk4zp60748hy76t34qsur4z3 https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/113/947/449/400/651/774/original/59464818c91f6b98.png https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/113/947/449/400/651/774/original/59464818c91f6b98.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstk58qltl7mpghuhh7ywwj4p737jlv4tn7608puq9gzu7nrrfvs7gzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5zvk8wv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7t50sfvt0xax5c7js7zmp7l2l9yuldulsmmqjdawl0ukg633ysqf5x92v'>nevent1q…x92v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now I want to introduce myself as an amateur prophet. 2026-09-26T03:56:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdt0gzejp6fmrj0ahuu0s5qkaqwg5ty9dyd7t7t3lpzq7sfjzlgqgzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5xdd7gj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrejh7httt7rpnvvph59t2g7xhjerdntmtj493v9z4ee54666ysac3akrvm'>nevent1q…krvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For years, I have thought that we should have the same divide for programming languages as we have for HTML/CSS. The actual language semantics (HTML) should be mathematically proven. The syntax (CSS) should be described in a file that could be utterly personal, but the CSS is invertible; any CSS file can be converted into another. So, I can use C syntax and write my fluff. When I send it to you, your CSS file makes it look like Pascal. 2026-09-06T15:47:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9y66s7nshalzsaukngt5jg3zw6ahyr076jfkqq82e6uvxfamt6vgzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5k3s7v8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g2vrwq08teverxmu40xgjetr8s5al79g62kypt3dpmtnjlf7r8q6wztdu'>nevent1q…ztdu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IMHO, vim has added little of value for me to vi. I still use the same 10 vi commands that I first learned. But now vim does stupid, like allowing me to open and edit directories. Every time that happens, I&#39;m all wtf wtf wtf get me outta here!?! The context coloring is nice, though, so I magnanimously allow others to use it. 2026-08-07T14:34:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx96qvvd6g78s0ar6j763cc4agjqze4ttlvgl7x4wjug7t52sk3wgzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5q3zfz4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjxqqjsx7uayqldq0shwpuqx8497cca6f5fr7q6nwnvdp465kulsd5tmdl'>nevent1q…tmdl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dude. You been drinking the cool aid. Nothing wrong with csh scripting. I&#39;ve been happily using csh/tcsh scripting for 45 years. I mean, people out there actually really use emacs, and that&#39;s horrifying. 2026-08-07T03:07:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqaqmeu936rlra0j3a4qv9v6mf0fz8h89n4y4zd07vu7klw09pxyszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5vz6s4q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7g69gaucvrfgcheku2zyxgenqqrqv6sc0ddl0dy0fjjh68268sqa7efyk'>nevent1q…efyk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is &#34;command line&#34;? Can I download it on the Apple Store?<br/><br/>For the last few months, I&#39;ve been writing far more shell scripts than anything compiled. And all in csh derivatives. None of that bash hooey. 2026-08-07T01:37:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq29pu2c44ug60vxt3p72655k0nsfrjr2zpmlq8lh6p9fgxe6wk0czyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx58t2sr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr27ct4j2s54t7hedvvulh40x7u9fsqvv3lxwstun6klvswsfwyzchgkkea'>nevent1q…kkea</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Leaving us with President Vance. Uh-huh. 2026-04-07T17:25:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqqtjq9jst8ca8x6ty3g2ucw4f6a8n60x338ay4q8ukku2pa93mcczyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5kl0k3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgym3z8clu564qu3vs2mynwhzk0vuefndan49md3pq2844vtmh9dg0cvawf'>nevent1q…vawf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Neither had thousands of physicists, apparently. Quite shocking. Someone should update Wikipedia. 2026-04-06T04:42:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xvhs3x0jvaty3fvfpswdckkhnsw85kghk05p6v5edywtzuy9e2gzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5a4mvky In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4a4qstazd6l3kmjzpv0wf0dyp25l3e7j3qmdyfl2t89xyes0dagqq78dh'>nevent1q…78dh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are literally hundreds of papers every month with some clever solution to dark matter, dark energy, and/or quantum gravity.<br/><br/>I had a proposal turned down last year because, according to the reviewer, it was on WIMPs, and most papers now are not on WIMPs, so apparently they are passé. Wut? 2026-04-06T04:37:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4ay0xc8yw86nwzw05sl7jyvklvpjhuk7mg9u6pz4x3n45a2g05szyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5s0swka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqupvrc8j0d6jp73n3z6kqjjyg6v8ny39z8xa9fyr8akqvy8mxtuc9laczk'>nevent1q…aczk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I signed a contract for solar panels on April 16th. My panels have, so far, been very decorative. 2026-02-19T18:06:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsvgn66xmgt8k5yu5xfc9ypqye476k8w5uqfdpwa8mq4th59f2fqzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5ppwrzg John Baez talk in Claremont<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/115/985/616/254/251/928/original/926632a2d2201f7d.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-30T19:08:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvuwppwscshst6wc6f6lr4n2kvnw786z5g6t2q6qx8zy6u5tgwvhszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5erdzfa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2wkzuhr3383w60lexkwsrmc95phmj7zkal389c02a6p6sh49kmq4xektk'>nevent1q…ektk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Clearly, this should never have been unclassified. We will never put the Adolf back in the box now. How could we just hand out the roadmap? 2026-01-15T03:21:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsppv6q63rlpqj027xwsgskaqzulksrw2k2ereglpqfdujfclv9lcqzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5zqjdgs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw9p6v67qweh575jhr7jg3k34lftqrhkdjfg64atntatmtw7tlqgxy7y0l'>nevent1q…7y0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pinyin is not based on English; they just used a handy set of letters. Dropping that misconception makes Pinyin seem...less weird?<br/><br/>Your textbook was competing for the World&#39;s Worst Explanation...and won! I can&#39;t hear any difference between the ch&#39;s in church, and I&#39;ve been speaking Mandarin daily for 25 years. Neither &#39;ch&#39; nor &#39;c&#39; sound anything like anything in church (in standard American English). Maybe the author spoke some arcane dialect of English? 2025-11-04T16:23:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dzc75dahq6g3h9ulfdppxz5wgmcdar40anu5lypffe4z0yau2pszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5nupxug Breaking news! Physicists discover that Godel&#39;s incompleteness theorems apply to reality! And get it published! Who knew mathematics could be, yanno, used for something?<br/><br/><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mathematical-proof-debunks-idea-universe.html">https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mathematical-proof-debunks-idea-universe.html</a> 2025-10-31T12:37:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgwm939pzsczhfxaty5sur3kp8f20mjxrcza5flg4vmcht0zs00czyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5eu0p8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstx9tsw2yj73uw6yj64jsqysm63zgasj005qkjzne0qsdnjh4rpsgdxzyqu'>nevent1q…zyqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seems like a sad attempt at a pun, as oriented and oriental sound similar. Hardy-har-har-har. 2025-10-25T14:34:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxveur8tzsvlhqeg2svn6yhl774vcglttz45pan4555a3nllg8c3czyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5up2yjm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyv0hp2ldga7w9yn038taag629lv7gg5z3thxu2e7rrk69la5la5qm8sjsu'>nevent1q…sjsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My God, someone reinvented Athenian democracy! 2025-09-26T14:34:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspukl7k7jtux5s327xcqtjzv2sxva2py3wdtz06et56mdyp0xpdlczyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5qhrcs2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsnp98a3u3va3yztrtf8fnfrkz2jdmdajkewycm8uckgzvzxpm5cas9dzf'>nevent1q…9dzf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never come across empty sets with regard to AoC. Just that, if the drawers contain shoes, which come in left and right varieties, then AoC is not required.<br/><br/><a href="https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Axiom_of_Choice/Examples/Russell%27s_Socks_and_Shoes">https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Axiom_of_Choice/Examples/Russell%27s_Socks_and_Shoes</a> 2025-07-02T15:51:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwyx9e7upyjy2g9xn3yvhzulf2hdl4jy85ys00aqvw36a2v0v3agzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5lxgpxs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sx4s8k989y9ga3sz636qjvsr7mjspkd3wymdh9d2w63uwk7wducclmwk7'>nevent1q…mwk7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a horrific idea. Also, you will probably want to have a long stem with a nozzle to get the spray away from the fan thrust. Better than an aerosol can would be a CO₂ cylinder &amp; paint tank. Airbrush parts would work for a lot of that. Software would need to use the camera to actively stabilize the drone position relative to the surface. 2025-06-01T18:50:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsquu839fdrv6qqfcqngxm93a6sevc4kk5cgkfh5huaukxxjze9p8gzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5077gw5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfse6gnm5zs4a03x73jwx086pkh33emxklkgh6k4j3lpymwythclgvua5de'>nevent1q…a5de</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is &#34;just&#34; systems analysis, but what I find new (to me) is that the approach is like software engineering patterns. There, someone can say, &#34;Oh, this looks like a FactoryMakesLittleWhiteBunnies&#34; and everyone knows what the structures and algorithms are. They&#39;ve laid out the patterns the recur when people work together. That&#39;s pretty cool. 2025-05-29T18:59:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9kmp8cu55ael7zxg85h66qs8ykp3q0l7pufjxymzqjc9zzay393szyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5rtghf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ypmsqxxunm26ey2tvhen4lpcyjy3y5cmfp8ye3mpa6danap4d4s5jxp75'>nevent1q…xp75</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Only 29 libraries in Worldcat have this book, and none are nearby me. But the PDF certainly is available.<br/><br/>I am interested because, over the ten years I was in industry, I saw the pattern in the image over and over. Just as an example, the industry facility I was at proudly displayed time since last injury. Then they asked how many people were injured but did not report it, since they didn&#39;t want to be blamed for breaking the safety streak. Result: overwhelming positive response. Solution: take down display of time since last injury. 2025-05-29T17:05:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ypmsqxxunm26ey2tvhen4lpcyjy3y5cmfp8ye3mpa6danap4d4szyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5tjtc92 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdsx5p07wtqhnyzfwxy4dc2ecn75544alw2kfc06wcu8cgd3j9wccjzfa33'>nevent1q…fa33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ISBN works...but the cheapest copy used is $100. Guess I&#39;ll hit the library. 2025-05-29T16:47:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdrq88005f0l3ejzn6ha7qqysvs5ey2w8ymxv304hldnwnrku7gqzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5gfjs3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m3c43956ynyuxrfg73u5cfwpynpfekn7rzppwkddl5y3mwjwargj364vs'>nevent1q…64vs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can sort of believe that, but it makes me wonder why vorticity is considered something about incompressible fluids. 2025-05-19T18:51:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvhwf9vk0gyztrn04plyaypge2az9phhmk4vzess856vhzshw4dsszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx52rj0wu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcn4r0s8syr2h4h4sn52arrtaqchzak72ntrr5cnxvkets0rggwq30mzwy'>nevent1q…mzwy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pretty sure all conserved quantities have a symmetry. The Wiki article mentions chirality??? 2025-05-19T16:00:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkz8x6yeyy57fmqetayutzh0lmr88t6cgs326dwkzj696fvky0eqzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5w3t0jr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8cvsr5tgr9pc4dzq6xfng07vrjfwt5gqrvk2s9ufalsxsef7epq0009ke'>nevent1q…09ke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A really good use of ChatGPT would be to generate letters to academics that meet all 37 points of John&#39;s Crackpot Index.<br/><br/>When I was in grad school, there was some guy who printed up his ideas as a hardback book and mailed a copy to every physics professor is the US. I was surprised by how often I saw it retained on office bookshelves; for some of us back then, throwing out a book was blasphemy. 2025-05-10T16:00:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfgmqh02nmrqsprunp6w8ymkqfucnzrgpj553r40tps7ryr67he9gzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5c850k9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8lxekc294w6lnzzqr7e72adkqgtum5s99n6y3epg9tfl9npqupqccnm5q0'>nevent1q…m5q0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is a grant a contract? I am slightly skeptical, admittedly through ignorance. I know Caltech has a prime contract with NASA to run JPL, but any grants JPL has can and often are stopped at will. 2025-04-29T21:06:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst8uznd7tgxqaudxev0c8x27vmz2txs0t8cf3pkrcgc0gsgca9dygzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5j48n20 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9mkq2pacgk93y8qgkqr4h8w2nrxe85wzyqpllue0k33pfud0j7c4udfkp'>nevent1q…dfkp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed, but whatever it is won’t be based on the Democratic Party. So, then what? 2025-04-19T22:44:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ckm62xfy8p23033888vph3dfr2jkr9rt7l5vfnkfntpqft2fzzgzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx54l5xsm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ynvjswvf0edpec442z0nfdyycq3js34relk7629mt48vnkdy3xsam4th9'>nevent1q…4th9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hi, Jennifer. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> lives in Riverside, so that must be who this unknown caller is. Glad I could help! 2025-04-12T19:40:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0l529qrc4l733wv2d9mj9ywer6cy9qw4kgntx2zfaqv7jl65jg9szyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx566r0j4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszx9vgge62z9fqgfuc0zelt5acas8wlhj2f8spzhxvurnegd6adsc7nsa56'>nevent1q…sa56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just implying that killing entire families is very French Revolution. Otherwise, sign me up. 2025-04-08T22:44:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfrz7z59dhs8mgc5sryxwhdrh997uktd8snrnplrkwupafu34juczyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5w6fr6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydvjthmazdslz6g65zdpefv9egv5sryupem7sve8yse3mx5yft3cf7kqp2'>nevent1q…kqp2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fortunes of the richest families in the world are generally far larger than single individuals. That doesn&#39;t lead to a good place. 2025-04-08T22:16:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs87885r6auluc32etaz7szqcllcgxmnsezmdydyjr3tft32ksl6cqzyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5p6h5jw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzxak9xdguwwqngsvcguusp78mcnjmdmsa4wk82l7zqg0zayegdsuu2cq0'>nevent1q…2cq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Over the last 75 years, America has had the economic power to reshape the world however it wanted. The result was, overall, pretty fucked up. Let’s see how the Chinese do, shall we? Unless, of course, Europe gets its act together. How about it? 2025-03-18T03:19:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lyax5uguk6rm8eavaqkypkc72hhsstewwsckdscm480nzwefcxszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5lkuzg0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6rth28p0l4s5nqz0nmlf5je2wt72mng3s32d03yqteh6av7qy3q9gcvr0'>nevent1q…cvr0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There occasionally giant methane leaks from oil fields around the southwest. Just be prepared. 2025-02-17T03:06:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08v0fcstuljsmka37yy38zxaq4n53hacmus3kw7050dra879g4yszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx59qpdtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkshz8djfz963asenfg6rhhuln2k4vfspwx77w35y6gx3vpcnqpsxemfep'>nevent1q…mfep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Could make a blimp with methane. That would be about half the lift of hydrogen. 2025-02-17T01:02:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs947tzyklkkh4yvkc6mqf8hg04mtkxylr0c8dkdxh9ypwjj56rynszyrp5lvuh4vmksg2v9uh4cmqgd7dsgr2ees7x265g8fl657unmfwx5k0tw6e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwh5xgk7z20kdtz4zzmsjj5uahq9c98ntkf2zgckcnhzywv804vs5f52lz'>nevent1q…52lz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve researched a bit. A hot air blimp would be huge and ungainly. Helium too expensive. Hydrogen perfect but illegal in the US, where I am. Laws from when morons here still thought the Hindenburg was a hydrogen fire. 2025-02-16T23:54:18Z