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by concreteblock 6y ago
Yes, that's a good point. I can see that it would be worthwile to do privately, for that purpose.
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by concreteblock 6y ago
Exactly, for any good thing that happens to anyone it's always easy to find some 'privilege' that enabled it. The fact that it's so easy to do so means it's not a very interesting exercise at all.
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by concreteblock 6y ago
> I’d propose, if you actually understand the program well enough to critique, to contribute something to convince the rest of us that it is a worthwhile intellectual endeavor. What if the commenter doesn't have time or expertise to
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by concreteblock 6y ago
Well at least it serves as a quick and timely warning for less knowledgeable readers. Such readers can do their own research now. Someone else can point out the mistakes if/when they have time ( this takes much more effort ).
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by concreteblock 6y ago
You are not describing the Langlands program here. You seem to have confused the concept of a group representation with the concept of a group presentation. These are completely different things. As a result of this confusion, instead of de
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by concreteblock 6y ago
> getting a good job at Google is just as competitive as getting a tenure-track position. From my experience this is not true. I personally know about 10 classmates who either dropped out of the (pure math) PhD or left academia immediate
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by concreteblock 6y ago
> bullying ... is increasingly more common than people release. How can you make this statement if it’s unsaid and unreported?
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by concreteblock 6y ago
I have a PhD in math but I often dream about how nice it would be to get paid to write simulations for big shot mathematicians. Usually this work goes to undergrad/grad students. Maybe it’s just not worth paying for professional code.
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by concreteblock 6y ago
Sure. But the vast majority of hn commenters are still as the Op described.
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by concreteblock 6y ago
There are significant incentives for anyone critical of Gebru to remain (publicly) silent. 1. If someone is to sign a petition for Gebru, what could they lose? 2. If someone were to speak out, under their name, against Gebru, what could the