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I bet they'll regress to below the mean.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I bet they'll regress to below the mean.
Making pdfs that are basically text documents into accessible pdfs is not hard. But, we need a lot more than just plain text! That's why html is so much better. I'm happy to provide more details.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Making pdfs that are basically text documents into accessible pdfs is not hard. But, we need a lot more than just plain text! That's why html is so much better. I'm happy to provide more details.
The student had technology that could translate to Braille on the fly. MathJax worked well with the screen reader for formulas.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The student had technology that could translate to Braille on the fly. MathJax worked well with the screen reader for formulas.
I used Rmarkdown and compiled to html and slidy presentations. I also made tactile graphs using tactileR, interactive multilayer navigable svg graphs using brailleR, and a bunch of other R tools. Making very good figures and figure captions is key (and hard).
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I used Rmarkdown and compiled to html and slidy presentations. I also made tactile graphs using tactileR, interactive multilayer navigable svg graphs using brailleR, and a bunch of other R tools. Making very good figures and figure captions is key (and hard).
I don't think pdf is the solution. Having taught a blind student, I can say that the solution is whatever works for that student (and all other students) and their technology and capabilities. In my experience, html + MathJaX is a solution that met my students needs.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I don't think pdf is the solution. Having taught a blind student, I can say that the solution is whatever works for that student (and all other students) and their technology and capabilities. In my experience, html + MathJaX is a solution that met my students needs.
The antonym of inflammable should be flammable.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The antonym of inflammable should be flammable.
You're achieving a local maximum?
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You're achieving a local maximum?
Yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup!
two sesame street characters are standing in front of a radio that says yep on it .
Alt: two sesame street characters are standing in front of a radio that says yep on it .
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Yup yup yup yup yup yup yup yup!
Statistics classes are also required to use paranormal distributions on Halloween.
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Statistics classes are also required to use paranormal distributions on Halloween.
Are kids these days aware that their phone *is* a computer?
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Are kids these days aware that their phone *is* a computer?
Kindergarteners do not need to do adaptive math testing. Research on problem solving, creativity, etc., is really interesting for this age group; however, I doubt that's the purpose of this ALEKS product.
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Kindergarteners do not need to do adaptive math testing. Research on problem solving, creativity, etc., is really interesting for this age group; however, I doubt that's the purpose of this ALEKS product.
So, not a cultural difference, but a difference in what we read. Gotcha. Thanks.
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So, not a cultural difference, but a difference in what we read. Gotcha. Thanks.
Looks like a very sweet kitty. Very sorry for your loss.
(Being in the US, I don't know what GNU means in this context.)
(Being in the US, I don't know what GNU means in this context.)
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looks like a very sweet kitty. Very sorry for your loss.
(Being in the US, I don't know what GNU means in this context.)
(Being in the US, I don't know what GNU means in this context.)
Perhaps A Million.
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Perhaps A Million.
Are you grading papers?
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Are you grading papers?
We have a null hypothesis. Why not a null x?
October 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We have a null hypothesis. Why not a null x?
Forget the pigeonhole principle. The bee fortress principle just arrived.
September 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Forget the pigeonhole principle. The bee fortress principle just arrived.
Are there any nice patterns in the Fourier series or Taylor series (centered at 0) for spiral trig functions?
Are the sequences of coefficients of either series things that are well known (by those who know them well...)?
This could be a fun Calculus or ODE class project, perhaps.
Are the sequences of coefficients of either series things that are well known (by those who know them well...)?
This could be a fun Calculus or ODE class project, perhaps.
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Are there any nice patterns in the Fourier series or Taylor series (centered at 0) for spiral trig functions?
Are the sequences of coefficients of either series things that are well known (by those who know them well...)?
This could be a fun Calculus or ODE class project, perhaps.
Are the sequences of coefficients of either series things that are well known (by those who know them well...)?
This could be a fun Calculus or ODE class project, perhaps.
Very cool!
September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very cool!
Life is better than an abelian grape.
September 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Life is better than an abelian grape.
Yes, most LLMs are matrices wearing trench coats. Some don't use matrices, though. IDK which is worse.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs
Running AI models without floating point matrix math could mean far less power consumption.
arstechnica.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yes, most LLMs are matrices wearing trench coats. Some don't use matrices, though. IDK which is worse.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...