Replying to @tim_hutton

Importantly, this means support for OpenMP 4.5!

Mon Feb 03 22:43:18 +0000 2020


Phantom graphs should be more widely known. For example, the phantom of a hyperbola is a circle in the gap, at right angles! http://chalkdustmagazine.com/features/the-phantom-parabola/ Article by @ZoeLGriffiths

Mon Feb 10 23:21:53 +0000 2020


Replying to @ZoeLGriffiths

Here’s the Geogebra implementation, allowing exploration of that example in 3D: https://www.geogebra.org/classic/k4zdwcf6 Many other examples can be found in Doug Kuhlmann’s Geogebra book: https://www.geogebra.org/m/pdpszkmq

Mon Feb 10 23:34:35 +0000 2020


Photos from a friend in Hangzhou yesterday, five days into the lockdown. One member of each family is allowed to leave the house every two days.

Tue Feb 11 11:23:41 +0000 2020


Replying to @PetersenGraph

I don’t think so. It’s a precaution. There are very few cases in Hangzhou.

Tue Feb 11 12:56:14 +0000 2020


Replying to @ArrowType

I wasn’t allowed to have ‘yes’ as the subject title of a Jekyll blog entry: https://timhutton.github.io/2019/02/02/yes_is_not_allowed.html

Tue Feb 11 15:00:28 +0000 2020


The ‘T’ is silent, I guess.

On the Guardian right now. They do have a reputation for typos.

Wed Feb 12 21:08:07 +0000 2020


Replying to @gro_tsen

It does make sense. There always seems to be more of suburbia than makes sense for a given size of city center.

Thu Feb 13 19:12:57 +0000 2020


Replying to @dojo2007

That thing, where you don’t quite fit with your surroundings and you don’t understand why? Kazuo Ishiguro.

Tue Feb 18 21:25:47 +0000 2020


Image-based lighting, now used on film sets: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/02/the-mandalorian-was-shot-on-a-holodeck-esque-set-with-unreal-engine-video-shows/ https://ascmag.com/articles/the-mandalorian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk

Sun Feb 23 13:11:56 +0000 2020


Replying to @jgrahamc

They are more interesting as a meta-puzzle about humans: What is the most efficient and elegant way for a human to solve sudokus with just a pen?

Mon Feb 24 13:51:31 +0000 2020


Replying to @rickyreusser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWGjI_Mdl4

Mon Feb 24 18:36:49 +0000 2020


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Fri Feb 28 22:01:31 +0000 2020