Queer Math Steve
@noffaloffa.bsky.social
30% queer 30% math 40% Steve (they/them)
Oh you mention this! I should be clicking through your links.
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Oh you mention this! I should be clicking through your links.
At least in theory, any US state that has standards derived from the Common Core (including CA) does include the derivation similar triangles -> mx+b... in 8th grade! It's 8.ee.b.6. This is in the standard math for elementary/middle texts. (Is this unreasonable for 8th grade? I didn't write them.)
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
At least in theory, any US state that has standards derived from the Common Core (including CA) does include the derivation similar triangles -> mx+b... in 8th grade! It's 8.ee.b.6. This is in the standard math for elementary/middle texts. (Is this unreasonable for 8th grade? I didn't write them.)
To be fair search engines mostly lie and plagiarize now it's not your fault
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
To be fair search engines mostly lie and plagiarize now it's not your fault
youtu.be/Gd_mhBf_FJA?... when you represent a sound wave as a function, you can recreate it by approximating the function with sine waves. That's a Fourier series! If you cut off the series early, you can still recover the function exactly within human hearing. That's data compression!
Sound By Numbers: The Rise of Digital Sound
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
youtu.be/Gd_mhBf_FJA?... when you represent a sound wave as a function, you can recreate it by approximating the function with sine waves. That's a Fourier series! If you cut off the series early, you can still recover the function exactly within human hearing. That's data compression!
Some kind of silent majority!
That might be taken.
Moral majority?
That might be taken.
Moral majority?
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Some kind of silent majority!
That might be taken.
Moral majority?
That might be taken.
Moral majority?
Reposted by Queer Math Steve
yeah...but we'll always have the words from man himself
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
yeah...but we'll always have the words from man himself
I think what this shows is that they did a got set and it was Tarkir
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I think what this shows is that they did a got set and it was Tarkir
The first thing that happens is the direwolves, Starks are the most gw that has ever gwed
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The first thing that happens is the direwolves, Starks are the most gw that has ever gwed
This is one of my favorite applications of 2000-level differential equations! Notice that f(x)=sin(x+b) satisfies Hooke's law f'' = -f, so it must be a linear combination of sin(x) and cos(x), then evaluate at f(0) and f'(0).
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is one of my favorite applications of 2000-level differential equations! Notice that f(x)=sin(x+b) satisfies Hooke's law f'' = -f, so it must be a linear combination of sin(x) and cos(x), then evaluate at f(0) and f'(0).
Good one! I like the variation on the abs() version.
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Good one! I like the variation on the abs() version.
In Spanish it's "todos sin tacos," which is lovely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In Spanish it's "todos sin tacos," which is lovely.
Are there more natural numbers than even natural numbers? Every triangle in the plane is half a parallelogram.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Are there more natural numbers than even natural numbers? Every triangle in the plane is half a parallelogram.
It's full of volume!
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's full of volume!
Is it valid to regress against age and race/ethnicity at the same time? It seems like most voters would show up twice in these data points.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Is it valid to regress against age and race/ethnicity at the same time? It seems like most voters would show up twice in these data points.
Did you get a milkshake
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Did you get a milkshake
Yes, and that the framework is written to support implementation of the CCSS (not referring to specific standards by number seems to be a political choice, but they are there).
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yes, and that the framework is written to support implementation of the CCSS (not referring to specific standards by number seems to be a political choice, but they are there).
There are several chapters about the role of data science in the math curriculum and explicit attempts to frame this as multi-grade progressions rather than referring to individual grade-level CCSS standards. It's an analog because this doesn't reference your citation.
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There are several chapters about the role of data science in the math curriculum and explicit attempts to frame this as multi-grade progressions rather than referring to individual grade-level CCSS standards. It's an analog because this doesn't reference your citation.
A recent close analog is the CA Math Framework, but my experience is that that hasn't much translated on the ground to textbooks and curriculum materials supporting the claims.
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A recent close analog is the CA Math Framework, but my experience is that that hasn't much translated on the ground to textbooks and curriculum materials supporting the claims.
Looks good to me. Reversing the number line and reversing the direction of the inequality are the same from the perspective of x. My guess is that they tested -3 and saw that it didn't work, but my question would be "which points did you test, which worked, and where is 1?"
October 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Looks good to me. Reversing the number line and reversing the direction of the inequality are the same from the perspective of x. My guess is that they tested -3 and saw that it didn't work, but my question would be "which points did you test, which worked, and where is 1?"
I regularly do the mental math of "what grade did you completely miss because it was online and you were quite possibly babysitting your kindergarten sister and does that explain your current emotional coping state." I think the median is about the same but the floor has dropped out.
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I regularly do the mental math of "what grade did you completely miss because it was online and you were quite possibly babysitting your kindergarten sister and does that explain your current emotional coping state." I think the median is about the same but the floor has dropped out.
Mine too, and I understand the particular value of allowing this for future teachers who need to synthesize huge amounts of data daily. But I was still getting into a negative mindset about it. The biggest benefit of in class for me is that it's restored my joy in seeing their insights.
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Mine too, and I understand the particular value of allowing this for future teachers who need to synthesize huge amounts of data daily. But I was still getting into a negative mindset about it. The biggest benefit of in class for me is that it's restored my joy in seeing their insights.
No issues then! I stopped giving take homes this term, but the benefits are undeniable for students who engage them meaningfully
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No issues then! I stopped giving take homes this term, but the benefits are undeniable for students who engage them meaningfully
I understand the intent, but I wonder whether this might reasonably be considered upsetting and destabilizing for students who are already in the high-stress context of taking an exam.
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I understand the intent, but I wonder whether this might reasonably be considered upsetting and destabilizing for students who are already in the high-stress context of taking an exam.
Fair! But critical theory also asks us to consider the motives of the context in which speech is embedded. Your take as a constitutional scholar is legit! You see discourse manifesting directly as control. But that's not the only critical lens that we can look at this jerkbag through.
September 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fair! But critical theory also asks us to consider the motives of the context in which speech is embedded. Your take as a constitutional scholar is legit! You see discourse manifesting directly as control. But that's not the only critical lens that we can look at this jerkbag through.