Sean Laverty
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I think it’s only fair that you stop mowing and watering your lawn when you put up Christmas lights.
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think it’s only fair that you stop mowing and watering your lawn when you put up Christmas lights.
Make me do a captcha before accidentally calling someone when I put my phone in my pocket.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Make me do a captcha before accidentally calling someone when I put my phone in my pocket.
Before complaining you didn’t see the aurora, celebrate about the stars you did see.
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Before complaining you didn’t see the aurora, celebrate about the stars you did see.
Thrown in the ocean in a bottle.
This meeting could have been an email.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Thrown in the ocean in a bottle.
Clicks and waits for picture to move.
It's too cloudy where I am so I'm just watching the 'roras on a webcam instead
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Clicks and waits for picture to move.
Bummer to be outside of the paywall on a paper from 1935.
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The Balance of Animal Populations.-Part I.
A. J. Nicholson D.Sc, V. A. Bailey M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.Inst.P.
First published: September 1935 | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1935.tb01680.x | Citations: 662
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THE BALANCE OF ANIMAL POPULATIONS.
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36. The Balance of Animal Populations.-Part I. By A. J. NICHOLSON, D.Sc., Division of Economic Entomology, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Canberra, and V. A. BAILEY, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.Inst.P., Associate Professor of Physics, University of Sydney*
[Received November 9, 1934 : Read April 2, 1935.]|](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7aqzd7keylyebqivvhei5ahn/bafkreihhkcibkchywtxjjf45euymwbg4olly7znmwt42cw4briwhcoyj7u@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Bummer to be outside of the paywall on a paper from 1935.
![A Reddit thread redefining standard LaTeX syntax as a shortcut for something sloppy, superimposed with puke emoji.
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Why should I use |(...)) instead of $...$?
176 upvotes • 57 comments
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earendil66 • 1d
To me the advantages of V are too marginal to justify its use. The $ $ for inline math is fast, easy, and produces less visual clutter when reading the code.
However I prefer \[ l] for displaystyle ma
Edit: i forgot to escape the \
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BVPs • 1d
I have been using $ ... $ for inline mati redefine |( and V) as:
lact, I
\renewcommand{/\left(}
(renewcommand{Kright)}
These are so convenient to use for matching and appropriate-sized parentheses. But one has to be careful. Some of the LaTeX packages assume the inline math constructs using |(... V), not $ ... $.
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Phibik • 1d
That's genius gonna use, it's so annoying to write all of that for clean parenthesis.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7aqzd7keylyebqivvhei5ahn/bafkreihzakhndlmyqbyoz6vftvwbvhxalbyc4kllxtghy6vdzynyegvkoa@jpeg)
Imagine the robot following him around. “Uh, no boss, we probably shouldn’t.”
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Imagine the robot following him around. “Uh, no boss, we probably shouldn’t.”
My superhero/Michael Cera movie is “Fall birds vs. the need to go to work”
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My superhero/Michael Cera movie is “Fall birds vs. the need to go to work”
What’s your thermostat set at and who is complaining the most and in which direction?
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What’s your thermostat set at and who is complaining the most and in which direction?
There should be an alternative broadcast for every sports halftime/extended break where instead of boring chit chat in loud voices, you get to go on a tour of that school or city’s Museum of Something (Wholesome and Sane). Fifteen minutes of the band or an orchestra. Anything.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
There should be an alternative broadcast for every sports halftime/extended break where instead of boring chit chat in loud voices, you get to go on a tour of that school or city’s Museum of Something (Wholesome and Sane). Fifteen minutes of the band or an orchestra. Anything.
seems worth knowing about
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
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@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
seems worth knowing about
Reposted by Sean Laverty
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
I keep entering “1+1” in “julia>” just to make sure at least that still works…
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I keep entering “1+1” in “julia>” just to make sure at least that still works…
Reposted by Sean Laverty
Finally, to help you determine the fake and malicious from the genuine, we have signposts (support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...) in the application that can aid you in identifying fakers and phishing attempts.
We also have tools like Registration Lock to help protect against account takeovers. 6/
We also have tools like Registration Lock to help protect against account takeovers. 6/
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November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Finally, to help you determine the fake and malicious from the genuine, we have signposts (support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...) in the application that can aid you in identifying fakers and phishing attempts.
We also have tools like Registration Lock to help protect against account takeovers. 6/
We also have tools like Registration Lock to help protect against account takeovers. 6/
I finished it and it was good.
Haven't finished this yet, but it's hard to argue with "Constant pings and alerts from Canvas and Blackboard are doing your students more harm than good."
Advice | The Case for ‘Slow Teaching’
Constant pings and alerts from Canvas and Blackboard are doing your students more harm than good.
www.chronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I finished it and it was good.
But it’s not just “tech-heavy classes” is “tech-heavy institutions” then.
Are Tech-Heavy Classes Stressing Students Out?
Some wonder whether it’s possible to dial back technology.
www.chronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
But it’s not just “tech-heavy classes” is “tech-heavy institutions” then.
And how are we doing at that?
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And how are we doing at that?
Dumb question time.
I’ve been trying to put shiny apps in GitHub, but some of them use deSolve, which doesn’t seem to be available/compatible with webR.
Any shiny enthusiasts using deSolve with shinylive/GitHub?
I’ve been trying to put shiny apps in GitHub, but some of them use deSolve, which doesn’t seem to be available/compatible with webR.
Any shiny enthusiasts using deSolve with shinylive/GitHub?
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dumb question time.
I’ve been trying to put shiny apps in GitHub, but some of them use deSolve, which doesn’t seem to be available/compatible with webR.
Any shiny enthusiasts using deSolve with shinylive/GitHub?
I’ve been trying to put shiny apps in GitHub, but some of them use deSolve, which doesn’t seem to be available/compatible with webR.
Any shiny enthusiasts using deSolve with shinylive/GitHub?
What an interesting question…
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What an interesting question…
Is the travel impact of NFL Europe less than that of NFL itself because once the teams get to Europe the fans at least take public transit?
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Is the travel impact of NFL Europe less than that of NFL itself because once the teams get to Europe the fans at least take public transit?
Pitch ‘Universities rebrand as centers of developing Autonomous Intelligence.’
We still use AI to brand, but maybe the dummies throwing billions at this don’t read the fine print carefully and some universities accidentally get well-deserved money for helping develop actual people and their skills.
We still use AI to brand, but maybe the dummies throwing billions at this don’t read the fine print carefully and some universities accidentally get well-deserved money for helping develop actual people and their skills.
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pitch ‘Universities rebrand as centers of developing Autonomous Intelligence.’
We still use AI to brand, but maybe the dummies throwing billions at this don’t read the fine print carefully and some universities accidentally get well-deserved money for helping develop actual people and their skills.
We still use AI to brand, but maybe the dummies throwing billions at this don’t read the fine print carefully and some universities accidentally get well-deserved money for helping develop actual people and their skills.
I know HOAs get a bad rap, but so should moving to a treed neighborhood and relentlessly cutting down trees.
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I know HOAs get a bad rap, but so should moving to a treed neighborhood and relentlessly cutting down trees.
Maybe I should have posted pictures of misbehaving chickens last night.
Here they are behaving.
Here they are behaving.
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Maybe I should have posted pictures of misbehaving chickens last night.
Here they are behaving.
Here they are behaving.
Reposted by Sean Laverty
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...