Math and Things

Hi, I do math. I also have a quadrillion hobbies like gaming, sci-fi, and artsy things.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

So, if you notify him, he won't use it?

[ralfmaximus]

If this is in the US, report them for HIPAA violations. Seriously. ChatGPT and Gemini and all of those LLMs are not patient privacy compliant.

[discretetopology]

Family doctors are overworked and drowning in paperwork. Some are using AI scribes to transcribe visit notes and make other administrative tasks faster. These products are required to meet privacy and security standards. It would be nice if they were more transparent about this to the patient, but you can't complain about the state of healthcare and still deny doctors tools to become more efficient.

[conchobarbarian]

I did more knitting for this pie crust than I have on my actual knitting WIP in the last week

[thevastnessof]

@marvelousmawn

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[airsignz]

they mean so much to me

[animescreencolle]

[discretetopology]

Balancing the Love-Math Equation, by Anonymous

The different parts of a person’s life, such as family, friends, and careers, don’t exist in a vacuum. Disruptions in one area can have mass

[karadin]

An autistic actress deconstructs Sia’s 'Music' mess — OnStage Blog

“My anger stems from the fact that Sia knowingly and deliberately packaged an offensive, reductive, and infantilizing appropriation of our neurology as self-aggrandizing inspiration porn for consumption by non-autistics.”

[discretetopology]

Very strong article, written by an undergrad classmate of mine and fellow Homestar Runner lover, so I'm really glad to see this going around. After you're done reading this, check out her music!

[discretetopology]

Hi Mona! Wanna play some board games?

[discretetopology]

Visualizing the operation of surgery (on a circle to form two circles) as the boundary of a single higher dimensional manifold. Critical points correspond to the elementary operations of handle attachments.

From: Topological surgery in cosmic phenomena, https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.00837 by Stathis Antoniou, Louis H. Kauffman, and Sofia Lambropoulou

[discretetopology]

It’s my birthday, a time when I turn even more introspective than usual. For the first time in a long time, I feel…ok.

In the past year, I: -Finished my PhD -Took an industry job in the middle of nowhere, as some sort of self-imposed exile -Realized that my friends actually care about me, even though I’ll never understand why -Adopted a cat, who I love more than I ever thought was possible and makes me want to be a better human being -Met someone awesome, who’s a doctor (a real one!), and makes me feel the same way

And now I’m getting the itch to teach again. I don’t know if I’ll ever be satisfied with my life, and I’ll never be a great mathematician, but I’m learning to be ok. And I can see a path for progress.

Also, I’m going to bake a pie and it will be great.

[the-axiom-of-hope-deactivated20]

HEY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN!!! That’s fantastic!

FRIENDS! PARTNER! CAT!!!!!!

FEELING OK IS UNDERRATED!!!

[discretetopology]

Two years later, I:

-Have neglected posting on Tumblr

-Adopted a second cat

-Left the industry job to teach at a small nearby college

-Got married and moved to Canada

Being in a relationship doesn't magically fix everything, but having a supportive and loving partner sure helps a ton.

Maybe I'll get back to doing some math soon, and maybe I'll start posting about it again!

[discretetopology]

Family portrait.

[discretetopology]

Melody wasn't happy when I moved her cat grass to the top of the bookcase.

[discretetopology]

Precious baby

[discretetopology]

Math majors: Math is so beautiful and amazing. It is everywhere! I'm so happy to be studying this subject!

Me, a math PhD candidate, texting a math PhD holder: Math is so stupid. Who thought math was a good idea? We need to eliminate all the math.

[discretetopology]

[discretetopology]

Kitty cat fell asleep while watching me, waiting for me to play with her.

[discretetopology]

Melody was very well behaved at the vet today! Nervous at first, but curiosity got the best of her and she had to explore.

[discretetopology]

It's my birthday, a time when I turn even more introspective than usual. For the first time in a long time, I feel...ok. In the past year, I: -Finished my PhD -Took an industry job in the middle of nowhere, as some sort of self-imposed exile -Realized that my friends actually care about me, even though I'll never understand why -Adopted a cat, who I love more than I ever thought was possible and makes me want to be a better human being -Met someone awesome, who's a doctor (a real one!), and makes me feel the same way And now I'm getting the itch to teach again. I don't know if I'll ever be satisfied with my life, and I'll never be a great mathematician, but I'm learning to be ok. And I can see a path for progress. Also, I'm going to bake a pie and it will be great.