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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I came across this great app called Aubin, "an autism friendly travel companion".

http://aubin.app/

The main purpose is it's a journey planner.

You can tell it things like how much you prefer different kinds of transport, how much time you want to wait at a station, whether you'd prefer a […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 1d

"Sorry, I was thinking about a new song listing all of Ted's faults" said Tom, distractedly.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many of different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I've just retrieved my ca. 1985 ZX Spectrum+ from the mathemattic cupboard and realised that my watch isn't just 20,000 times more powerful, it also has a better screen resolution and (adjusted for inflation) cost half as much.

A dusty black keyboard with "Sinclair ZX Spectrum" at top left. Beside it is a grey cassette recorder and a "Mined-Out" cassette.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Dogs are allowed back on the beach. Pete is delighted!

Silhouette of a goofy Patterdale terrier, a small chocolate-brown dog, kicking up the sand as he runs around the beach. There is calm sea in the background and distant cliffs. The sky is clear except for a few high clouds.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Prescient, Douglas. Prescient.

The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrases, which are supplied by their Marketing Department.

The corporation is not known for the quality of their products, and almost all of their known inventions are faulty.

Their primary claim to fame seems to be constructing just about everything with (unstable) advanced robotics and software. From doors to lifts, to toaster ovens, drinks machines, vacuum cleaners, and "personal massage units"—everything has been built with a full GPP or Genuine People Personality. This means that even a set of airlock doors has emotions, hopes, dreams, intelligence, and worse of all, the capacity for boredom. It should come as no surprise then, that the majority of these devices have a neurotic streak a mile wide.

The company motto is "Share and Enjoy." This is widely adaptable, from synthesised drinks to the company of a robot, or "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with", as their robots are described as by the aforementioned Marketing Department.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, to all decent people.

Plaque "THE BATTLE OF CABLE STREET
The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist
Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End.
"THEY SHALL NOT PASS""

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Shout-out to the teenage girls I passed while running for shouting encouragement to "the little doggy". Pete was spurred on and is now worn out.

Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10d

TIL that I made about £70 over the last year on the Japanese translation of The Maths Behind. TI also L that there's a Japanese translation of The Maths Behind.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Random childhood anecdote, posted as individual toot in order to not derail some random joke post about kids these days not being into non-Euclidean geometry:

I have three siblings, spaced two years apart each. All three of us went to the same high school. My youngest sister's math teacher […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11d

[A pun some readers may find distressing.]

Inspired by a discussion with @alisonkiddle

Four pictures. On the top line, a fern, a baby, a fern.

Below, a map showing Tesco in Brno.

Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11d

We went to see Hamilton (the musical, not Academical) at the cinema. The intro bit pointed me at this clip of Miranda performing the title song at the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE

It's fascinating -- it's not hugely different lyrically, but the audience clearly think […]

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Numerologists take note: tomorrow, 27th September 2025, is a square date in both US and Everywhere Else notation.

5205² = 27092025 and 3045² = 9272025

This is the last time this will happen for a thousand years!

(from @EdPeggJr on math-fun)

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Partner's been dropping hints for ages, so I've finally managed to get tickets for us to go and see Hamilton this weekend. Should be great, away to Kelty Hearts.

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Ava @faelif.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14d

So it seems like, unfortunately, I'm going to have to use Whatsapp; I don't have much choice in this matter. What are the recommendations to minimise the privacy implications?

Please boost for reach!

#whatsapp #privacy

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14d

Never change, Bill Gosper, never change.

The treatment will be informal with few, if any, proofs.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Currently sidestepping a tedious proof by induction by observing that if you've seen one proof by induction, you've seen them all.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

It is WILD that we now live in a time where my job as an astrophysics professor has gone from "learn cool things about space" to "try to get someone to hold billionaires accountable for dropping shit on us from orbit"

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 17d

Good morning.

Immigration is good. Trade is good.

There are nuances but they are narrow enough that free and open movement of people and goods should be the default.

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17d

Can anyone recommend a really straightforward kit or set of parts for running a ~5m programmable LED strip, powered by USB?
I'm in the UK and I don't know how to solder, but would relish the opportunity to do a bit of coding.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17d

Today's facepalm from Big School: 11yo's homework assignment misspells "literacy".

Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18d

FFS, Euler.

Snapshot of paragraph from a paper saying: "where Euler uses, instead of A, B and C, the astrological symbols, (h-like squiggle), (4-like squiggle) and (circle with a north-east pointing arrow), which are the
symbols for Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, respectively."

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20d

[Unexpectedly wonderful chore]

11yo needed a spare key for the shed, so we stopped in at Wessex Locksmiths. The locksmith -- Nick -- cut the key and took payment, then noticed 11yo looking at the machine. "Want to see how it works?" He spent the next 20 minutes showing us all of the machines […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 22d

No, you had a silly idea watching the Finite Group livestream on catch-up.

A red dragon curve on a background of green and white, echoing the flag of Wales.

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23d

I'm really pleased that one of the projects I've been working on over the last year is now public:

https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/christian.perfect/accessibility-checklist-for-events/index.html

I and two colleagues at Newcastle, Elaine Lopez and Jennifer Deane, have put together a set of […]

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