Steve Huntsman
@stevehuntsman.bsky.social
American with bittersweet memories of living in a shining city on a hill. Mathematician. Give em hell Devils. Go Navy. русский военный корабль, иди на хуй. Currently clean on OPSEC. Entropy always wins. Views my own.
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Steve Huntsman
@stevehuntsman.bsky.social
· Mar 22
Kid had strong sign game at the White House today
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For the record, this is the point of having a “warrior” culture, to having notions of honor attached to the military profession is so that dishonor can is feared. Military service is honored but if you fail to uphold standards—including refusing illegal orders—you must be dishonored.
This is also why I hate hearing “it’s hard to disobey orders.” It’s hard to endure danger. It’s hard to not give up information. That’s precisely why there must be no ground given on the matter—when you bear arms, you take on that responsibility and must endure the consequences if you fail.
anyways read theory. american soldiers do not swear loyalty to the commander-in-chief. they swear loyalty to the constitution. the difference matters--not in sunny skies and good weather, but on bad days, when you are pressed to the breaking point--that is precisely when it matters most.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For the record, this is the point of having a “warrior” culture, to having notions of honor attached to the military profession is so that dishonor can is feared. Military service is honored but if you fail to uphold standards—including refusing illegal orders—you must be dishonored.
> Take 4-5 physics classes with a LCDR and about five other folks
>> Form favorable opinion of him 20 years before he gets his fourth star
>>> Hope he might take a critical action in the midst of lawless behavior by political leadership
>>>> Monkey’s paw curls
>> Form favorable opinion of him 20 years before he gets his fourth star
>>> Hope he might take a critical action in the midst of lawless behavior by political leadership
>>>> Monkey’s paw curls
The fall guy. Though he is probably also guilty of first degree murder.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
> Take 4-5 physics classes with a LCDR and about five other folks
>> Form favorable opinion of him 20 years before he gets his fourth star
>>> Hope he might take a critical action in the midst of lawless behavior by political leadership
>>>> Monkey’s paw curls
>> Form favorable opinion of him 20 years before he gets his fourth star
>>> Hope he might take a critical action in the midst of lawless behavior by political leadership
>>>> Monkey’s paw curls
Heading over to Topology, Algebra, and Geometry in Data Science at UCSD shortly. Talking tomorrow about peeling metric spaces. Skipping NeurIPS.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Heading over to Topology, Algebra, and Geometry in Data Science at UCSD shortly. Talking tomorrow about peeling metric spaces. Skipping NeurIPS.
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“"it is not only an obligation to adhere to the Law of Armed Conflict; to protect civilians, it is critical to our success in competition, to represent our values…I do commit to keeping that as a focus for our command.” -VADM Frank M. Bradley, 22 July 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g650...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g650...
Trump Military Nominees Commit to Preventing Civilian Harm, Studying Effects of Blast Overpressure
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“"it is not only an obligation to adhere to the Law of Armed Conflict; to protect civilians, it is critical to our success in competition, to represent our values…I do commit to keeping that as a focus for our command.” -VADM Frank M. Bradley, 22 July 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g650...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g650...
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Shift from “there may be some classified or legal framework that could potentially be a viable excuse for the use of force if it won in court” to “oh this is the Ur war crime, like so clearly a war crime that there is no legal cover for this specific order”.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Shift from “there may be some classified or legal framework that could potentially be a viable excuse for the use of force if it won in court” to “oh this is the Ur war crime, like so clearly a war crime that there is no legal cover for this specific order”.
I guess he is complaining about NABU and SAPO
🇺🇸 Trump: “Ukraine has difficult problems. They have a corruption situation that is not helpful. But there’s a chance we can make a deal.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I guess he is complaining about NABU and SAPO
NYT:
Joni Ernst Has Learned Her Lesson
by Susan Collins
Joni Ernst Has Learned Her Lesson
by Susan Collins
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
NYT:
Joni Ernst Has Learned Her Lesson
by Susan Collins
Joni Ernst Has Learned Her Lesson
by Susan Collins
Worst day on the alumni front ever
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Worst day on the alumni front ever
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I was acquainted with Mitch Bradley 20 years ago from many hours in very small physics classes together, but I cannot claim to know him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this report does not leave much doubt. It looks like a crime was the price for a fourth star. I hope it wasn’t.
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I was acquainted with Mitch Bradley 20 years ago from many hours in very small physics classes together, but I cannot claim to know him. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this report does not leave much doubt. It looks like a crime was the price for a fourth star. I hope it wasn’t.
Trying to place this haircut
I think I’ve seen it before
I think I’ve seen it before
Although the toupee-like feathers on the head of male pheasants help them woo the ladies, the unusual embellishments also render the birds partially blind. https://scim.ag/48Hxko3
Love practically makes these birds go blind
Unusually obstructive plumage compromises the vision of two types of pheasants—a first in birds
scim.ag
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trying to place this haircut
I think I’ve seen it before
I think I’ve seen it before
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I wrote about the challenge of mathematicians explaining mathematics to other mathematicians for
Science Magazine's Expert Voices column series:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Magazine's Expert Voices column series:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too
At a recent conference on mathematics in the age of automated proofs, mathematician and Fields Medalist Akshay Venkatesh presented “How do we talk to our students about AI?'' He quoted an email he'd r...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wrote about the challenge of mathematicians explaining mathematics to other mathematicians for
Science Magazine's Expert Voices column series:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Magazine's Expert Voices column series:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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![On April 17th, 2020, meme creator Welcome To My Meme Page posted a parody infographic to Facebook,[1] Instagram,[2] and Twitter,[3] titled, "STOP DOING MATH" (shown below). The infographic describes various ridiculous reasons why people should stop doing math, including that "numbers were not supposed to be given names," and ends with the phrase, "they have played us for absolute fools." The post gained over 9,800 reactions on Facebook, 77,000 likes and 23,000 retweets, and 18,500 likes on Instagram in 10 months.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsyj5jtayxcq5dw5mtja4xtb/bafkreier7r5uluprz24b47wich5lrs5tc4kxdkbc5kbu34cxlvf5ukzgbq@jpeg)
At the Naval Postgraduate School physics department they beat students over the head with the fact that the skin depth of salt water at 1 MHz is about 28 cm. Whales can’t get above surface clutter long enough to transmit anything meaningful at that wavelength. Skin depth is just 1.5 cm at 1 GHz lol
Life
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-8 (click through for bonus panel and because by god it's the right thing to do)
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
At the Naval Postgraduate School physics department they beat students over the head with the fact that the skin depth of salt water at 1 MHz is about 28 cm. Whales can’t get above surface clutter long enough to transmit anything meaningful at that wavelength. Skin depth is just 1.5 cm at 1 GHz lol
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I already saw Spectre
The challenges of the digital age require more partners to monitor fast-moving, global threats, writes Mitchell Gallager.
The Five Eyes Alliance Can’t Afford to Stay Small
The challenges of the digital age require more partners to monitor fast-moving, global threats.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I already saw Spectre
This fucking guy
Like, the author, or the subject, or the intended audience
Like, the author, or the subject, or the intended audience
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This fucking guy
Like, the author, or the subject, or the intended audience
Like, the author, or the subject, or the intended audience
One is a slam dunk according to the laws of physics and economics
One is mathematically provable to be an overreach without further breakthroughs that are disincentivized by current market forces
Guess which is which
One is mathematically provable to be an overreach without further breakthroughs that are disincentivized by current market forces
Guess which is which
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
One is a slam dunk according to the laws of physics and economics
One is mathematically provable to be an overreach without further breakthroughs that are disincentivized by current market forces
Guess which is which
One is mathematically provable to be an overreach without further breakthroughs that are disincentivized by current market forces
Guess which is which
russian ambassadors residence rn by @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
russian ambassadors residence rn by @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Beautiful spectra
Puts mine to shame and I work hard to make nice figures
Puts mine to shame and I work hard to make nice figures
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Beautiful spectra
Puts mine to shame and I work hard to make nice figures
Puts mine to shame and I work hard to make nice figures
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In which 19th century math done numerically in the 20th century looks like “AI”
www.ams.org/journals/not...
www.ams.org/journals/not...
![Schwarz-Christoffel map of "Emma's maze" computed with the SC Toolbox; image taken from [6]. The problem domain, defined by a rectangle with crooked slits, is known as a quadrilateral because of the four distinguished vertices (where red meets black). The canonical domain, not shown, is a rectangle.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jo2hkinon4xilcemhuazjpjr/bafkreibqwuuf5gdxfdlhgiagj4tauxz6i7c6lxcu4tbl2rhkjtc7wzjkwe@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In which 19th century math done numerically in the 20th century looks like “AI”
www.ams.org/journals/not...
www.ams.org/journals/not...
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The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
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Do not recall this nugget being in the Handbook of Cryptography
Carmichael numbers, composites that "look like" primes, force us to use fancier primality tests like Miller-Rabin. Less known is that Miller-Rabin actually factors those Carmichaels.
Factoring Carmichael Numbers
Carmichael Numbers are the bane of probabilistic primality algorithms. You have to go through extra steps just to handle these relatively ra...
blog.computationalcomplexity.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Do not recall this nugget being in the Handbook of Cryptography