New blog post: fredrikj.net/blog/2022/02/l… I discuss the current state and long-term development plans (features, maintenance, funding) of some free software projects that I help maintain or depend on (mpmath, FLINT, Arb, Calcium, Fungrim, MPFR, GMP).

It's bewildering that there is so little public funding available to develop and maintain infrastructure that is useful to many researchers compared to the funding that is available to individual researchers to do their own research.

It was a fascinating challenge explaining Mirzakhani's math in this sensitive and touching documentary about her extraordinary life. If you haven't seen it yet, check your tv listings!

Surprisingly engrossing video about Maine’s Waste to Energy (garbage incinerator) facility: youtu.be/pGM4qCe751I

Fredrik Johansson I’ve always wished I had the courage to use this, from Lev Landau, “Excuse the delay, due to my extreme antipathy to the epistolary art.” books.google.com/books?id=baRGB…

I'd like to share a lil project that beth johnson and I have cooked up! It's up and running at pattern-machine.com 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

If you were in any doubt about the idea that girls avoid physics because they “don’t like hard maths” you should read this exceptional response.

Accessibility is not just about the end result, but about the experience. If I can get it done, but it’s 10X more frustrating and takes 10X longer for me as a blind user, it’s not truly accessible. Ultimately, #a11y is about equity of opportunity as well as experience.

Haha this math joke is hilarious 😂

From 152,000 lines to 29,000: Ron Avitzur spent the last 18 months porting the famous Pacific Tech Graphing Calculator from C++ to Swift and wrote about the journey: swift.org/blog/graphing-…

We launched Cuttle Pro! 🚀 Be one of the first and help us make the best design tool for makers! Early adopter promo price expires in 7 days... cuttle.xyz/pricing

Holy hell, it actually happened: California just eliminated minimum parking requirements for new housing projects within a half mile of public transit stops *statewide*! A truly incredible day for housing and climate policy in the world's 5th largest economy!

In case I have any followers that work on Webkit: there's a bug that shipped w/ Safari 16 that affects some very basic uses of canvas. I don't see a great way to work around this systematically. bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…

We learned today that WebKit/Safari has special behavior for desmos.com hard coded in. Guess we’re in the big leagues! github.com/WebKit/WebKit/…

Desmos Studio is hiring! 🎉🎉🎉 We are looking for people to join us in our mission to help everyone learn math, love math, and grow with math. Learn more about our openings for a UI / Visual Designer and a Community Manager here: desmos.rippling-ats.com

⚡2D to Simulate 3D: Made that legendary Rubik's Cube even easier to Understand ⚡ The legendary Rubik's Cube made even easier to understand

I make some version of this in Desmos every year and it is never fails to amaze me. There's a mathematical satisfaction in rebuilding it every time too! #math #mathchat #APCalc #calculus