John May
@3j0hn.bsky.social
I write math software for a living. I ride bikes for fun. Both bikes and math are awesome but software is kinda horrible
also at @[email protected]
also at @[email protected]
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John May
@3j0hn.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hi Bluesky, I work at Maplesoft on the mathematical algorithms team. Mostly I am responsible for the care and feeding of the algorithms but they also make me muck out the cages. I should post more about math. Here's the Maple logo, but it's a ~20k digit prime number:
Since literally every weekend event in LA County has been cancelled, I am just sitting at home listening to Guns'n'Roses November Rain on repeat. #LArain
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Since literally every weekend event in LA County has been cancelled, I am just sitting at home listening to Guns'n'Roses November Rain on repeat. #LArain
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Daina Taimina, a Cornell University mathematician uses crochet to demonstrate Hyperbolic Geometry #womensart
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Daina Taimina, a Cornell University mathematician uses crochet to demonstrate Hyperbolic Geometry #womensart
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Do you take your work home with you? It's kinda hard to avoid if you are a mathematician. The maths just follows you wherever you go.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Do you take your work home with you? It's kinda hard to avoid if you are a mathematician. The maths just follows you wherever you go.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
Sam Howison prepares vegetables.
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Stellarix listening party is almost here.
November 6th • 19:00 CET
Bandcamp gets the full album first
Streaming services come after.
If you’re planning to join, hit RSVP so you don’t forget.
It takes two seconds and it helps a ton.
Come hang, listen early, and be part of the launch.
See you there!
November 6th • 19:00 CET
Bandcamp gets the full album first
Streaming services come after.
If you’re planning to join, hit RSVP so you don’t forget.
It takes two seconds and it helps a ton.
Come hang, listen early, and be part of the launch.
See you there!
Stellarix Listening Party from Isidor
Listening Party from Isidor.
isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Stellarix listening party is almost here.
November 6th • 19:00 CET
Bandcamp gets the full album first
Streaming services come after.
If you’re planning to join, hit RSVP so you don’t forget.
It takes two seconds and it helps a ton.
Come hang, listen early, and be part of the launch.
See you there!
November 6th • 19:00 CET
Bandcamp gets the full album first
Streaming services come after.
If you’re planning to join, hit RSVP so you don’t forget.
It takes two seconds and it helps a ton.
Come hang, listen early, and be part of the launch.
See you there!
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An attempt to exorcise a phrase that has been burned into my forebrain for far too long…
#illustration #procreate #typography #farts
#illustration #procreate #typography #farts
January 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
An attempt to exorcise a phrase that has been burned into my forebrain for far too long…
#illustration #procreate #typography #farts
#illustration #procreate #typography #farts
A recent google search for which things could have gone very wrong with autocorrect: "how to grind axe cheeks"
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A recent google search for which things could have gone very wrong with autocorrect: "how to grind axe cheeks"
I wear a lot of hats. This weekend, it was an MWBA hardhat for a morning of clearing slides from a beloved trail damaged in the Eaton Fire. It's always a privilege to get access to closed parts of the forest, and we worked hard to make sustainable fixes to these trails. www.mwba.org/updates/mwba...
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I wear a lot of hats. This weekend, it was an MWBA hardhat for a morning of clearing slides from a beloved trail damaged in the Eaton Fire. It's always a privilege to get access to closed parts of the forest, and we worked hard to make sustainable fixes to these trails. www.mwba.org/updates/mwba...
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Here’s a helpful graphic to help you prepare for the World Series:
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Here’s a helpful graphic to help you prepare for the World Series:
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Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
adventofcode.com/2025/about#f...
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from my lunch today; "the trouble is not so much AI making you more productive, but that it's tripling the output of the biggest f***ing idiot where you work"
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
from my lunch today; "the trouble is not so much AI making you more productive, but that it's tripling the output of the biggest f***ing idiot where you work"
Way too many of the quote-replies to this are about Anime
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Way too many of the quote-replies to this are about Anime
Shocking rodent news! www.science.org/content/arti...
Chicago’s beloved ‘rat hole’ was actually made by a squirrel
Scientists reopen the case of “splatatouille”
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Shocking rodent news! www.science.org/content/arti...
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this made me laugh a lot
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this made me laugh a lot
They're currently like the opposite of the old AoL business model. To fix that, Augment just needs a lot more customers who pay but don't actually use their service.
Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
They're currently like the opposite of the old AoL business model. To fix that, Augment just needs a lot more customers who pay but don't actually use their service.
I am worried that these big cuts at JPL will reduce our ability to deal with lifeforce vampires from Haley's comet
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am worried that these big cuts at JPL will reduce our ability to deal with lifeforce vampires from Haley's comet
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The whole tech industry blindly follows trends.
Post-pandemic layoffs, metaverse, NFTs, and lately “AI”.
Doomsday prepping is probably the next thing. If Zuck and Musk do it, they’re all gonna do it.
I highly doubt billionaires have some special insight the rest of us are missing.
Post-pandemic layoffs, metaverse, NFTs, and lately “AI”.
Doomsday prepping is probably the next thing. If Zuck and Musk do it, they’re all gonna do it.
I highly doubt billionaires have some special insight the rest of us are missing.
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The whole tech industry blindly follows trends.
Post-pandemic layoffs, metaverse, NFTs, and lately “AI”.
Doomsday prepping is probably the next thing. If Zuck and Musk do it, they’re all gonna do it.
I highly doubt billionaires have some special insight the rest of us are missing.
Post-pandemic layoffs, metaverse, NFTs, and lately “AI”.
Doomsday prepping is probably the next thing. If Zuck and Musk do it, they’re all gonna do it.
I highly doubt billionaires have some special insight the rest of us are missing.
This is about the speed at which my kids eat pasta too
October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is about the speed at which my kids eat pasta too
I am more tempted by this than I should be @tmbg.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I am more tempted by this than I should be @tmbg.bsky.social
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at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
at the post we have a small team of professional pollsters who have to review the full methodology behind any survey results before we can feature them in a story. they’re super annoying sometimes and i’m also very grateful that we have them
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CHOTINER: I don't know, I just feel like I've been tacitly operating in a moral framework that would fall apart with even the barest scrutiny. But maybe that collapse would bring new clarity
DOCTOR: Listen, there is an interviewer I want you to talk to. The best in the business.
CHOTINER: ...
DOCTOR: Listen, there is an interviewer I want you to talk to. The best in the business.
CHOTINER: ...
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CHOTINER: I don't know, I just feel like I've been tacitly operating in a moral framework that would fall apart with even the barest scrutiny. But maybe that collapse would bring new clarity
DOCTOR: Listen, there is an interviewer I want you to talk to. The best in the business.
CHOTINER: ...
DOCTOR: Listen, there is an interviewer I want you to talk to. The best in the business.
CHOTINER: ...
Bring it back!
Burger King Enormous Omelet Sandwich (2005-2005): A massive toasted sub/hoagie roll, packed with 2 layers of eggs, 2 slices of American cheese, 2 sausage patties and 3 strips of bacon. It featured 330mg of cholesterol, 1940mg of sodium, and more fat than a Big Mac
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Bring it back!
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This slide is excellent
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This slide is excellent
Always be thinking about knots
September 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Always be thinking about knots