Carl

@mathowitz.bsky.social

Former HS Math teacher looking for my next role. I write about math, education, music, food, parenting, travel, tinkering... all with a side of snarkiness, sarcasm and self-deprecation.

In the course of 38 hours Denver set a daily record high and tied a daily record low. 2:30p Monday: 102° (new record high) 4:30a Wednesday: 48° (ties daily record low)

Just got an email from a "recruiter" *I'm working with a company in Denver that's looking for someone who can bridge the gap between curriculum development & data science Sure, let's talk It's with (my last company) hybrid in Denver With all due respect [company] doesn't have a Denver office

Today in the life of FB Marketplace... I'm selling my wife's 20 year old french press, a knock off chemex carafe I got for free and two mugs, none of which have been used in years for $25... which i will promptly flip for a 14" stainless all-clad frying pan...

While I like the idea behind "I'm doing your job for you, so i shouldn't be paying for those services" By now we all understand how corporate America works and know they're just going to raise their prices to combat the discount, right?

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Has anybody, ever, had a positive experience with AI voice-recognition customer service over the phone? Or is the whole plan to get people so frustrated with the experience that they just hang-up and don't get their issues resolved...

I've always had mixed feelings about land acknowledgments. I appreciate what they're trying to do, but they always come across as a feel-good (for the giver) performative act without any meaningful follow-up. This feels similar. I also recognize I'm a white man. Thoughts? What am i missing?

Twitter post from the Denver Post - 
"The Denver City Council is weighing the addition of a "slavery acknowledgment" at the beginning of its meetings to recognize the forced labor of enslaved Africans and the legacy of that practice.

Denver City Council weighs new 'slavery acknowledgement' that would be read at start of meetings"

Wife got some clothes in the mail *What do you think of this? -It looks like a mumu with a belt (internet search "mumu" show her the first thing that comes up) *But this one has <adjusts belt> -That's why i said "with a belt"" *So you think i should return it? -I never said anything of the sort

Exploring the math of an hybrid vs plug-in hybrid with a random RAV4 trim. A plug-in can go ~50miles on a charge then switches to gas & gets basically ~ same MPG once on gas. Given traveling 50 miles costs ~$7 for gas or ~$3 (home charge) & a Hybrid is ~$6k less, what's the break even point?

Parenting is alternating thinking your kid is a genius & an idiot. We were playing farkel (a dice/probability game), he was beating me. Eminem Mockingbird comes on, he goes to his keyboard & figures out the main riff. Freaking great, you go kid. 10min later i pour myself a whiskey, "is that vodka?"

Today I learned that trisodium citrate is a food-grade salt that makes cheese melt into a smooth, creamy sauce without separating or turning greasy It has the chemical formula Na₃C₆H₅O Completely independent from the creations of nachos which is attributed to Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya melting cheddar

I forgot the song "Old Man Trump" was a thing. Written, but never recorded, by singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in 1954. The song describes the racist housing practices & discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump, father of... yup. Unknown until the 2010s youtu.be/TmZnlGBhwKg?...

Old Man Trump
Words by Woody Guthrie Adapted by Ryan Harvey, Music by Ryan Harvey
Contact Publisher - Woody Guthrie Publications/BMG Chrysalis
I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate
He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed that color line
Here at his Beach Haven family project

Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both
Welcoming you here to Beach Haven
To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place
To have your kids raised up in.
   
Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

My wife got us a free soda stream from our local buy nothing group... any tips? I asked my buddy and he responded "Sit it on the counter, buy the crap for it, use it for a week, stare at it for 2 months, sell it on marketplace." Which feels pretty spot on...

That was 100% a team win... Not sure how you give any individual player of the match. Feel like Martinez had the best individual performance and was the only reason it was remotely close. That or Animal.

Alright... so half time recap. Argentina thought that England's 2nd half approach against them worked so well they decided to implement it. 70 old Madonna with a the OG Ronaldo driving a dune buggy. Justin tried to put us to sleep. The real Shakira. The Muppets.