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by alentist 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26351550
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by alentist 6y ago
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient." Censorship can be conducted by governments,
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by alentist 6y ago
> There is not one Dedekind-complete ordered field Yes there is. > For example the nxn diagonal matrices with real entries That's a model, not the theory. > I don't know why you are conflating the words "compute&quot
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by alentist 6y ago
> Na, I'm not Yes, you are. Cauchy sequences are a model of the real numbers (which are the Dedekind-complete ordered field). > I'm explaining how to "compute: \pi*\pi using repeated addition" How will you defi
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by alentist 6y ago
You are confusing a theory [0] with a model [1] of that theory. These are two different things. > there is always a subset for which multiplication works like repeated addition A subset , yes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org
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by alentist 6y ago
> This is splitting hairs. Nope. The question addressed by the article is precisely whether multiplication is repeated addition . > adding the elements of the Cauchy sequences. (And similarly for multiplication.) This is the definiti
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It's not cheating. It's precisely the point. There are contexts where multiplication is not simply repeated addition.
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The question is not whether you can define it in terms of addition in some abstract way, but whether you can define it in terms of repeated addition , i.e. something of the form x + x + … + x.
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by alentist 6y ago
You are making a mistake that many students unfamiliar with abstract algebra make, which is to confuse a particular " encoding " or " implementation " with the algebraic structure . The concept of a real closed field [0
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by alentist 6y ago
Nope. I'll reply there.
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by alentist 6y ago
> You can definitely see multiplication as repeated addition. Doesn't work in every context where multiplication is defined. > It's even a useful thing to do, how else would you define multiplication? Perhaps something along
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by alentist 6y ago
Define π times e in terms of repeated addition. I wouldn't say multiplication is literally repeated addition. I'd say it reduces to repeated addition when the multiplier is a natural number.
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by alentist 6y ago
" focus on who the president is " is the opposite of what they said. " denying the possibility of change " is the opposite of what they did.
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Their comment: Things were bad during Obama's reign, as they were under Trump. Biden won't bring change, unless systemic change will be implemented. Your response: I think your knee-jerk focus on who the president is (and denyi
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by alentist 6y ago
Did you reply to the wrong comment? Your (knee-jerk?) characterization is the opposite of what that comment is saying.
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by alentist 6y ago
Thanks for clarifying.
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That is hardly unique to a "capitalistic system", as history has repeatedly shown.
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by alentist 6y ago
Jean-Yves Girard is another one.
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by alentist 6y ago
The relevant passages are far too long to quote here. I suggest reading chapter 2 (starting at "Abolition of the family!") for the first, and chapter 2.3 and 2.4 for the second.
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by alentist 6y ago
It is accurate, based on both The Communist Manifesto (1848) and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884).
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by alentist 6y ago
Reminds me of a concept called dominant assurance contracts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assurance_contract#Dominant_as... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A100495710953... > Ma
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by alentist 6y ago
> I’m simply giving Taylor Lorenz the benefit of the doubt. I suggest you read how she reacted to being exposed. > I would extend that courtesy to Glenn Greenwald too, had he not exhausted it writing shit like this. Again, what "
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by alentist 6y ago
Your description of this (now failed) attempt at character assassination as simply "a mistaken allegation" is very disingenuous. Why are you so angry that it was foiled? An NYT reporter trying to ruin people's lives and reput
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by alentist 6y ago
Stasi-like citizen-surveillance. And there's nothing ironic about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26070324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26069728 https://news.ycombinator.com
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by alentist 6y ago
What does your comment have to do with the GP?
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> The consent of the governed and all that. Can you explain what you mean by this?
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Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient." Censorship can be conducted by governments,
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by alentist 6y ago
> Hackers usually are not in favor of censorship or information restriction. So who do you mean, with "you"? There are many comments on previous HN threads defending censorship and information restriction, precisely as the GP h
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by alentist 6y ago
Yes, it's always someone else's fault when Communist policies inevitably fail and murder millions.
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To our fellow readers: Notice how Layke1123 has dodged my original question no fewer than 4 times (!), all while continuing to launch barrages of new questions in an effort to derail the conversation and avoid having to answer it. This tact

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