@xzczd @bmf @JimB @user21 It turns out that the profile picture is the number 11 ball from billiard. He wanted to keep it and I told him that I don't oppose it as long as it doesn't become a regular thing that it gets reactions.
Did anyone recognize this as a billiard ball? I think we should be very careful here, because this is a methodology used by fascists (I am not saying the persons is): They use symbols that are similar enough to be recolonized as Nazi symbols and when you ask they claim it's something else. I don't like it.
I'd still suggest the avatar be changed such that the billiard ball is recognized as such, for example by changing the font of the 11.
@C.E. thanks for taking care of this delicate matter.
@user21 Yes, I thought of a pool ball. Or a flag. Or a sports jersey. It's been a while since I played pool, and I couldn't remember if the #11 ball was red. The font is strange. I've never seen Fraktur or Fraktur-like numerals on a pool ball. Usually the numerals are fairly plain. So the font choice seems intentional to me.
@user21 @MichaelE2 This is a fair point. I don't think it's too much to ask for a profile picture that doesn't draw scrutiny in this way. I will change it for him and ask him to pick a new.
I did not recognise it as a pool ball, mainly because of the font. This is the same point that Michael raised. I have never seen any billiard balls with that particular font.
Does anyone else find the behaviour of Histogram confusing and inconsistent when using logarithmic binning? I wrote a self-answered question for this: mathematica.stackexchange.com/q/310931/12
Let me know if you have anything to add, or just go ahead and edit the community wiki answer.
@Szabolcs Nowadays it would probably be publishable in the function repository, although it's a bit comical to publish an effective oneliner. Function repository would abstract away the implementation details...
There are much more frivolous accepted submissions there in my opinion. Frankly I should write a couple functions which are not particularly complicated (maybe 10, at mos 20 lines of code in their core) but still have a widely applicable use cases...
SetMatrixDiagonal looks imperative (is it?), though and core Wolfram language has a strong tendency to treat imperative functions as problematic (and I understand reasons for that).
I do at the same time understand that being imperative can actually increase performance quite a bit...
