StevenXC

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   by StevenXC 13y ago

   When I tell many people that I do my research in infinite combinatorial games, they immediately assume that my research is more impressive[0] than my officemate's research dealing with finite combinatorics. I always move quickly to cor
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   by StevenXC 13y ago

   Ahh, the freshman probability theorem. AKA the Lotto player's defense.
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   Whether you consider the properties of arithmetic to be axioms or some other word which describes a fact assumed without proof is a matter of semantics. The point was that without a precise foundation for mathematics we cannot proceed - any
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   My (intended) implication was that answering the question > What is 6÷2(1+2)? without establishing the axioms of arithmetic is as impossible as answering > Does CH hold in ZF? without establishing some axioms of set theory. Put anot
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   The question is taken from a Facebook post making the rounds. The parentheses are important however, as they introduce a new ambiguity: does the implied multiplication from the open parenthesis trump the division symbol on the left? Put ano
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   Yeah, tale as old as time, right? It's making the rounds on social media currently, so I thought it was relevant. I agree with your interpretation FTA: > DON'T DO THIS! > It's ambiguous, and should not be written like this because
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   Thanks for the catch!
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   6÷2(1+2)=?(stevenclontz.com)

   21 points by StevenXC 14y ago|55 comments
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   by StevenXC 14y ago

   Thanks for the link! (And thanks to the others below for their links as well!)
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    My wife purchased this book to use in her elementary school computer lab; tragically it likely won't be used as IT won't install Python in her lab. (More accurately, she has requests put in from October that still haven't been fulfilled, so
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    I'm interested in the White House's response, but anticipate the issue basically being blown off.
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    But how many of us thought it would become proliferous as a global community? At the time it was locked down to each college (you had to have an @college.edu address to even register), and it wasn't until 2005 or 06 until high school kids
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    > Well, maybe not. The NFL manages to spread 60 minutes of clock time across three hours in a typical game. What with time running off the clock between plays and the typical play lasting about four seconds, an average game ends up with
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    College math instructor here; I've taught Calculus III for the past three years. I always feel bad for my freshman students, particularly those in the fall semester. Some of them are prepared, and some aren't, but almost none of them have a
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    I just spent some time going though this blog - very interesting stuff, ranging from probability to code to topology to poker puzzles. Nice link.
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    http://www.reddit.com/help/licensing
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    Font Awesome 3.0 Released(twitter.com)

    5 points by StevenXC 14y ago|0 comments
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    I prefer 2.53999999... centimeters, but to each their own.
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    Agreed.. > Therefore, all basic claims are more or less false. We just do not know why they are false. The entire body of science and mathematics therefore does not rest on a set of true statements but on a set of difficult-to-prove-fal
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    Slick, thanks.
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    Ah, thanks. If that's where the development going, would you recommend moving existing projects there? I could do it by hand, but is there a way to use Git or some other automated process to transfer projects?
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    Thanks for the link!
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    ScribTeX is going down? What happened?
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    No sign-in is nice as an option, but the fact that you can't sign in is a negative for me - I'd like to be able to manage multiple documents and projects within an account like on ScribTeX. Oh, and ShareLaTeX looks really good; thanks for
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    Interesting. http://labor.vermont.gov was shortened with the bit.ly domain - perhaps they caught on to the redirect.
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    by StevenXC 14y ago

    I couldn't get bit.ly to replicate the behavior that the article claimed: shortening .gov URLs using 1.usa.gov. Anyone else have any luck?