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by abnry 6y ago
This makes sense when you realize Scrabble isn't a word game, it is a board control game.
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by abnry 6y ago
The thrust of the original article's point is that more descriptive names for theorems and definitions is better. "Steiner curvature centroid" is more descriptive than "Steiner Point", and by the metric of being abl
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by abnry 6y ago
To me, learning the mathematics is more important than learning the history, although the history is very interesting. As for long-dead mathematicians... theorems are still being named to this day for living people. I think the glory we att
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by abnry 6y ago
This is not a fair criticism. The author attributes herself as the author to her piece because that is relevant information. But nowhere does she try to name the idea she raises after herself.
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by abnry 6y ago
This is exactly how I feel. What I do think you can criticize, however, is the lack of imagination mathematicians have in naming theorems. If only there were more Ham Sandwich Theorems [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by abnry 6y ago
> Let's not get rid of our ability to honor people in a failed attempt to make the communication more effective. I think we should honor mathematicians less with eponymous theorems (prestige culture is toxic), but I agree it shouldn
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by abnry 6y ago
I don't see how your example proves your point. It is not plausible to think about curvature when discussing triangles (you may discuss curvature of constructed circles, but that's tautological to the size of the circles...) so se
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Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other(nautil.us)
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by abnry 6y ago
If you invent the modern short story, I sure as heck expect you to use it.
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by abnry 6y ago
Hide is important to me too. I don't want to be worked up by the threads that I know will br charged that I'm tempted to click on.
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by abnry 6y ago
This is fantastic! The best use case I can think of is to verify your python formulas are correct. It is much easier to read math notation than code.
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by abnry 6y ago
It is quite admirable. I respect someone able to communicate effectively in a high stakes situation.
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by abnry 6y ago
I get that it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, but is there some market principle that can be used to explain why so many companies act as they do, and that it is in fact rational? Must it be a black swan fallacy?
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by abnry 6y ago
Matplotlib is amazing EXCEPT for the speed and the 3D plotting. This looks quite intriguing to me.
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by abnry 6y ago
Woah, seriously? If this is true, that is truly anti-competitive. Apple would be basically trying to pass off the competitive disadvantage a 30% cut costs by passing it onto the developers.
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by abnry 6y ago
I'm guessing the crux of the argument will be that the ToS are illegal in this respect?
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by abnry 6y ago
If the sale of debt is targeted towards someone vulnerable, as your dying of thirst in the desert example is, then that is immoral. However, the entire system that allows anyone to go into debt is not immoral, and it is generally not target
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by abnry 6y ago
The right sort of textbook is just as good as a good lecture. In math, books like Rudin's Principles of Analysis are extremely thorough, rigorous, and a great source of problems, but not a good book to start learning from. On the othe
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by abnry 6y ago
I mean, do you ever doubt that Search, Gmail, or YouTube will ever get shelved? Seems like only the niche things get binned.
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by abnry 6y ago
People don't experiment with household cleaners like they do with pyschoactive drugs.
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by abnry 6y ago
Taking drugs and potentially becoming addicted has societal externalities. We currently have a opioid overdose epidemic in the US which taxes the emergency response system, not to mention the pain it causes to friends and family. There&#x27
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by abnry 6y ago
If they are worried about being labeled doom-sayers by deniers then they aren't very good scientists.
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by abnry 6y ago
I think the lab-heavy (i.e. non-digital) programs have this problem more. When I was in grad school, I knew plenty of chemistry students who were expected to work 6 days a week.
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by abnry 6y ago
I like this. The analogy I always use is trying to be a major league baseball player, because I think the farm system captures the dynamics of the grad student component of academia.
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by abnry 6y ago
I'm surprised anyone would default to trusting arXiv papers, or even browse new additions, without first checking up on the credentials and experience of the authors. If the problem is finding new papers, then you really should be usin
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by abnry 6y ago
It's interesting the author argues dropping the term to reduce stigma because many people argue for using the term in order to reduce stigma. That is, if you can explain what is going on with you with some biological case, it seems so
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by abnry 6y ago
Your point is often missed and I wish it was stated more often. However, I think the current sticking point for many is that, while their wage may allow them to buy more consumer goods, it is a lot harder than it used to be to pay for housi
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by abnry 6y ago
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed reading your comment.
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by abnry 6y ago
Just get a DVD/Blueray player. The content is there for you to legally get and pay for. Heck, you can buy pretty much any movie from Amazon digitally. There is really no excuse not to pay.
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by abnry 6y ago
And if you read the comments here, you'd think the subjective quality of life in the US is lower than in Europe.

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