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Also last week: Table Mountain.
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In addition to penguins, we also saw the closest relative to an elephant (which looks nothing like an elephant).
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Went to Boulder Bay and saw penguins yesterday! January in Cape Town is a bit warmer than in Ithaca.
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Tablecloth of cloud over Table Mountain.
📊 Post engagement
3
Avg engagement / post
0.9%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Thinking about my fall teaching, an upper-division undergrad sys · 5 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.09 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.2×
Follows 292 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Libe Slope woodchuck!
There is a groundhog that I pass on my way down the hill each day. He usually runs away across the path. It's one of my favorite parts of the walk home!
This is primarily supposed to be a course about systems programming where Rust happens to be the implementation language, not primarily a course about Rust where systems programming happens to be the domain.
The Graduate School at Cornell has a series on "faculty who failed" -- my contribution just appeared. Yes, I really did look that young once!
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/faculty-who-failed-series-david-bindel/
Tablecloth of cloud over Table Mountain.
Also last week: Table Mountain.
In addition to penguins, we also saw the closest relative to an elephant (which looks nothing like an elephant).
Went to Boulder Bay and saw penguins yesterday! January in Cape Town is a bit warmer than in Ithaca.
Professional life updates:
- I am on sabbatical in Cape Town! Officially, I think it starts on New Year's, but as Cornell is on holiday this week (and I am already in Cape Town), I think it's not premature to call it.
- I am visiting the s…
New profile picture from an outing to Tidbinbilla last weekend. One of the better recent pictures of me (though not as good as the pictures of the koalas). Both the profile picture and the koala picture are courtesy Alan Glasser.
In Sydney airport, about an hour from boarding to head back to the US. It has been a productive couple weeks of talking about fusion plasmas at the retreat for our collaboration:
https://maths.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/simons-hidden-s…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mathstodon.xyz
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Verified link
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
75/100
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Credibility score
92%
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Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.9% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Applied math, engineering computation, general hackery. Prof at Cornell CS, director Cornell Center for Applied Math. On sabbatical in Cape Town for Spring 2024.
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