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Steven Pigeon

@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca
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He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

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Joined November 16, 2022
Personal home page:
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Aug 04, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 29, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
The cure for AI slop is a 1986 aircraft manual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJblcC4lKYw
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 25, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Mode estivale, 1740–1760 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlinljuzJCo
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 24, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
A History of FLAC - The Free Lossless Audio Codec - Josh Coalson - ADC 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBb1STRW56s
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 16, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 16, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @MichelPatrice@jasette.facil.services
@MichelPatrice@jasette.facil.services Quelle drôle de façon de demander de fermer la page et d'aller ailleurs...
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 15, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 13, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
why do imaginary bases make fractals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6agN416onM
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 11, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
How to hear light! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tthvO8ecPks
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 11, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
(maybe src: https://asmuchasidliketo.tumblr.com/post/802748136695136256 )
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 05, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Starjunk 95 - electric cleaners intergalactic mix | dance & electro | EC092 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boTjmV-ONtI
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 03, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ira28fgSF7M
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jul 01, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
The "Cable Melt" mystery // What is it and can it be stopped? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CONn2snfbpk
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jun 30, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
That amused me more than I care to admit
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jun 28, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @kenshirriff@oldbytes.space
@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space I like how some chips numbers look like they're handwritten with a silver sharpie.
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Jun 28, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
RE: https://oldbytes.space/@flexion/116826835523990055 Apparently the cat knows how do draw... blood
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · May 17, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · May 07, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @bent0_b0x@norden.social
@bent0_b0x @catsalad It exists. I have one (but only the cats, not the text)
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 25, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @whophd@ioc.exchange
@whophd@ioc.exchange @BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io @rk@mastodon.well.com I do not use AI because you spend more time verifying the output (or being annoyed at it) than actually using it. But just for the sake of argument, I tried. The answer I got: [starts by repeating the question, but getting it from the wrong end] The statistical distribution of floating-point magnitude in computation is influenced by the precision and range of the floating-point representation used. [Follows:] The IEEE 754 Standard, [then 10 more irrelevant lines, and 5 more about how floats work] [ends with] Understanding the statistical distribution of floating-point magnitude is crucial for developers to design code that is less susceptible to the pitfalls of floating-point computation and to implement techniques for statistical analysis to ensure numerical stability in scientific software. [True, but that given the question is the converse...] Then gives me a link to an unpublished, unreviewed paper that looks at how many projects use floats on github.
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 25, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io
@BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io @rk@mastodon.well.com Clearly not all inputs are Zipf- or Benford-like. Weights in NN seem to be vaguely gaussian. I'm trying to figure out what the literature on the topic is. (and, no, Google doesn't help, it's being as stupid as usual, giving me links on how floats work instead of something actually useful)
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 25, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @rk@mastodon.well.com
@rk@mastodon.well.com The distribution of float values a computer might process in a day. Not sure why it would be Zipf- or Benford-like.
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 25, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca

Does anyone know of paper(s) that discuss the distribution of numerical values in (scientific) computing? (Not the spacing of IEEE floats, the values themselves!)

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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 18, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social So, Mac and Cheese?
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Apr 07, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @tubetime@mastodon.social
@tubetime
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Mar 18, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @ylegall@genart.social
@ylegall@genart.social Les premières étapes du papier marbré!
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Steven Pigeon @steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca · Feb 23, 2026
Steven Pigeon
@steven_pigeon@mstdn.ca

He/him. Ph. D in computer science, professor at UQAR. Data structures, data compression, algorithms, mathematics. Personnal account, opinions are my own.

mstdn.ca
Replying to @pinakographos@mapstodon.space
@pinakographos If it lasts more than 4D, consult a physician
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