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by majos 9y ago
Presumably for the "auto" homophone?
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by majos 9y ago
As someone who's worked a bit in theoretical CS, I think this is attributable to theory's different culture. In theory the focus tends to be more on intrinsic qualities of the problem in question -- does there exist a polynomial t
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by majos 9y ago
What? If this is true then there are a whole lot of misguided mathematicians out there working on "solved" problems. If they could just add whatever axiom seemed useful math research would be meaningless. If you're saying tha
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by majos 9y ago
I don't know what the relevant statistics actually are, but if the death rate for sherpas rescuing solo climbers is higher than that for sherpas supporting guided climbs -- even if the total number of deaths is lower -- this still sugg
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by majos 9y ago
Please do. They're similar to me as adept mixers of high (both are plenty virtuosic/"pretty" when they want to be) and low (both are great at slapstick) style and write with a kind of scientific eye for details. Saunders
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by majos 9y ago
Not the parent, but I like String Theory [1], which is about non-superstar pro tennis, and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again [2], which is about a vacation on a cruise ship. The second one looks a lot like snarky "I'
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by majos 9y ago
This appears to be an issue for farmers worldwide. In India the same logic is used with "access to pesticide" substituted for "access to guns" [1]. [1] http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd
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by majos 9y ago
I think, like many things, this varies a lot by field. In computer science, which is still comparatively "new", it is not that uncommon (at top 5 schools, it may even be common) for grad students to publish real research in good v
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by majos 9y ago
Can you expand on this?
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by majos 9y ago
Here's a list for NYC: http://www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/city-of-new-york I do wonder how many of these are one-offs -- the cop making 650k (Adrian Schoolcraft) is on a closer look way less egregious than it so
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by majos 9y ago
There's surely an obvious answer to this, but assuming the goof doesn't cripple the submarine's ability to move, and ignoring issues of secrecy, is there a reason it can't just head for the surface and be there in a few
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by majos 9y ago
I'll disagree slightly with posters who say that your arms should be straight 180 degrees at the bottom of the movement, since you want to keep your shoulders engaged throughout; a slight bend through the elbow is best, I think. But by
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by majos 9y ago
I'm looking to learn ASL. Any recommended resources?
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by majos 9y ago
What I found especially interesting in the Medium post that (it seems) spurred this is the suggestion that algorithmically-generated content seems very easily to become nightmarish without any malicious intent. It makes sense to me that sys
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by majos 9y ago
Heh. Overflow? Funny (maybe not to "winners").
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by majos 9y ago
Thanks, this is pretty thorough. Do you by chance know how these verification systems arose -- goverment intervention or, somehow, from within the industry? It's remarkable to me that good software verification practices (well, trustin
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by majos 9y ago
> From a USA point of view: it's highly regulated at the state level. State gaming commissions hire third-party labs to audit the mathematics and software to make sure everything matches what the manufacturer says it does. Can you p
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by majos 9y ago
Over at Scott Aaronson's blog his father has mentioned that, according to the coroner, he may have had undiagnosed type-I diabetes [1]. His father also mentions that Michael supported the charity givedirectly.org if anyone prefers to o
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by majos 9y ago
My pet theory is that the rise in the "Japanese" style of fine dining -- which to me is characterized by pristine ingredients and a sort of atomized style, where most dishes appear as a combination of elements -- is in part explai
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by majos 9y ago
On a related note, what does "internal memo" mean here? Did he forward this to a few coworkers who spread it or cc the whole company or what?
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by majos 10y ago
Re: #1, both of my senators' numbers terminate in a recording that asks me to leave a message with my contact information. I have a hard time believing anybody listens to these. Am I wrong? More broadly, I talked to one person at the o
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by majos 10y ago
I think one non-obvious benefit of a good mathematics education is that you have little choice but to develop a tolerance for and understanding of being wrong. See Jeremy Kun's blog post [1] for more, but my own experience has been tha