Gabriel54

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by Gabriel54 2y ago
Not the OP but as a mathematician I can say this, if you study analysis and start to ask questions about why or how certain things work, you will quickly fall deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole until you reach the basic axioms. In analys
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US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio(theguardian.com)
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by Gabriel54 2y ago
> Another side-note: both TeX and METAFONT still see releases, at a slow pace. TeX is currently at version 3.14159265, METAFONT at 2.7182818. Yep, TeX is slowly converging towards pi, while METAFONT towards e. Take that, semantic version
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Trying my best to assume this comment in good faith... Low compared to what ? For reference, in the recent war in Ukraine (post 2022), there have been approximately 11,000 Ukrainian civilians killed and approximately 70,000 Ukrainian sol
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
I'm sympathetic to this argument, but as an example someone from NJ could easily drive up to Secaucus Junction and hop on the NJ transit into Penn Station in about the same time as it would take to make it through tunnel + Manhattan tr
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
If I'm not mistaken this is pretty universal outside of the US (and maybe the UK).
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
So you are suggesting that international law vis a vis war does not apply during war?
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Suppose I am a country at war with the United States. Do I have the right to kill every American journalist? Also, it is not clear what "working in Hamas" means since they formed the government of the Gaza strip, so people &quot
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
It is incredible to me how as humans we are capable of harnessing rationality and abstraction in science to the point that such technology has become possible (think from the perspective of someone 200 years ago, the development of physics
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
It was an anecdotal example. Other examples I saw include drug paraphernalia (e.g. needles) littered all over the sidewalks, vast encampments of homeless people, and no police presence. Maybe a bad day? I've been to Houston many times
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
First time driving through San Francisco I saw someone shooting up heroin on the sidewalk. Seen lots of stuff in NYC, Trenton, Camden, etc., but never such obvious issues with drug addiction and homelessness.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Amazing how much of the NYC waterfront is still recognizable over 100 years later. One structure I didn't recognize looks like some kind of dock for ships?
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
In the great state of Texas, as I understand the process: -walk into a licensed firearm dealer -show government ID (e.g. drivers license) -fill out ATF form 4473 (approx. two pages) -wait for background check (called NICS, Near Instance Cri
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
I know I'm going to get a lot of pushback for raising this point, but I'm somewhat incredulous to see people bring up safety as the reason for these restrictions, when this country simultaneously (in many places) allows young adul
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Of a civilization.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted. Anecdotally this seems to be the case. In my personal experience, HR is only accountable to the executive level.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
In my experience, most mathematicians are too shy to speak their mind about this topic for fear of rocking the boat. But I am sure many talented folks are getting turned away at the gates of academia by this DEI game.
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To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (1989)(berkshirehathaway.com)
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
The Palestinian Authority administers the West Bank. No country in the world considers them a terrorist organization.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
I had a cat that would fetch only one particular kind of Christmas tree decoration (like a little stuffed animal). Anything else wouldn't interest her, even if it had a similar shape and size.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
What makes your example particularly interesting is that this US law will almost certainly be enforced by the other country. I.e., if they want to avoid invoking the wrath of US sanctions.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Or, if you are from New York / New Jersey, the correct pronunciation is 'budder'. :)
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
I'm not going to dispute that there are hidden agendas behind news organizations. The point is that in any case, the work they do is important, and the people working for these organizations should not be targeted and killed.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
The arrogance of sending weapons to a country that is killing journalists and their families, and then telling those same journalists to stop talking about it, is astounding. [0] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022&#x2F
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Very touching story. > PS Please excuse my not mailing this — but I don’t know your new address. Not out of character for how I always imagined his personality.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
I find it incredible that when a British "freelance" journalist goes to Syria (!) and upon return gets questioned about their work there, the default reaction is to... blame Turkey?
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Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy by Moving to Village [video](youtube.com)
1 points by Gabriel54 3y ago|0 comments
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
- While the K-3 visa technically still exists, in practice it is rarely granted (i.e. on the order of 1 or 2 every year globally) [0]. You can apply for it in addition to the CR-1 visa but in practice, once they approve your I-130 petition
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Then it sounds like you don't enjoy your job, in which case it is normal to feel bad when receiving negative feedback, and it also sounds like there are bigger issues.
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by Gabriel54 3y ago
Two points: is your goal to be perfect (i.e., make no mistakes), or is your goal to improve the product? In the later case, constructive criticism is only moving you closer to that end goal, and can be welcomed happily. Second point, do yo

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