numpy-thagoras

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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
That's absolutely correct. That's why you have to have a business address, and get all your business admin ducks in a row, even if it's your first real monetized app. Your future self will always thank you!
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
It's part of a dependency relation, the function computes and produces an output that we call sqrt(2). On the other hand, using the axioms of ZFC, one can say any real number exists without having a function to compute it, or a proof t
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Heh that's about the only place and time when we'll know for sure, and until then, it's just high-grade banter :)
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Read Wildberger if you want to know what he thinks. I can tell you that it is the output of a function, not a distinct entity that exists on its own independently of the computation. The whole point is that as a theory for the foundations o
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
The point is not about restricting what notational conveniences you prefer. The point is to not confuse the notational convenience with the underlying concept that makes such numbers comprehensible in the first place.
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Yep, and if that really is the case, and if they really do intend on 'preserving knowledge' in their own inner circles and special getaways, then they will be setting themselves up for a dark age. A popular backlash against all el
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Imaginary numbers, quaternions, octonions, Clifford Algebras, etc. can still have finite expressions. After all, the Cayley-Dickson construction is not an infinite affair.
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Which is the same thing for all intents and purposes. An ultrafinitist is still allowed to call that 'i'.
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Ultrafinitism does not rule out higher algebraic structures
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Alright, I'll bite: To defend Wildberger a bit (because I am an ultrafinitist) I'd like to state first that Wildberger has poor personal PR ability. Now, as programmers here, you are all natural ultrafinitists as you work with fin
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
This is the first time in a long time on Hacker News that I've not seen universal disapproval to this measure. People are actually arguing for it, even as a devil's advocate? What the UK has been doing is wrong, it is disenfranchi
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
But that is astonishingly idealistic in the best case. What happens is generational shifts over longer periods of time mean that draconian law or feature has more and more chances to be used by someone with bad intentions. It's the law
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
My M4 Max under full load for audio transcode required manual fan curve changes to get the temperature down from 110º C (yes, it really got that hot) to 95º C (much better). It doesn't even get that hot with LLMs running with max fans,
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Well, I don't think that's memory dependent. I have an exceptional working and long term memory (and now I am not ashamed to admit it) and people around me cook up some really stupid solutions. Premature abstraction, overreach, fo
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Thank you!
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Would you be open to sharing this here?
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
I have a feeling (and it's just a feeling) that many SoC-style chips of the future will abandon Von Neumann Architecture entirely. It's not that much of a stretch to imagine ultra dense wafers that can have compute, storage, and m
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by numpy-thagoras 1y ago
Does anyone have an idea about which telecom this is? It can only be one of three, and I'd like to review equipment to see if this applies to my own company.
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Spotlight search seems to have gotten better, while Alfred search has had me rebuild my index more than just a few times and it doesn't cope well with nested directories. Something happened in 15.1 onwards for me where Spotlight has be
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
I call them Xeets now.
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
> As a mathematician, fetishisation of the golden ratio bugs me. I know, but hear me out: it's a decent hook for teaching people about Geometry, Recursion, and Dynamic Programming.
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
"Once I'm there..." captures it so well. That attitude and reasoning is the mechanism for this entire self-perpetuating pyramid scheme.
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
When you see a successful boss, look around for his successful reports. They're always the ones cleaning up the boss' messes. The truth is that we all need to be saved from ourselves at some point (sometimes as education, other ti
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Yeah, the labour involved in running non Nvidia equipment is the elephant in the room. Nvidia GPU: spin up OS, run your sims or load your LLM, gather results. AMD GPU: spin up OS, grok driver fixes, try and run your sims, grok more driver f
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
I don't think that's what I would say, but if that's what you are anticipating, then I don't think you have a very good take, either. I don't even think we'd resolve our problems with physics if everyone were a
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Voodoo worship of math? I am getting a bit tired of that sentiment, especially around string theory. Math is all you've got to work with, we wouldn't have modern day physics without math. The issue is that people think they can fi
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Yeah, the whole 'immutability' thing is just a front for the layperson, and that's honestly fine. However it does generate a weird set of expectations and culture shock when you cross that barrier into proper physics and you
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Hugo is also nice for this, and allows for markdown, embedding Mathjax or LaTeX, etc. Your minimal approach mirrors some of what I've seen in Hugo or Astro, and I'm all for it. I wish we had truly minimalist SSGs, I think the idea
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
Yes, any time you have to reduce something to a point for analysis in any geometric problem. You can also vary infinitesimals and utilize them not just in nonstandard analysis, but in fractional calculus, such as for inferring stock market
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by numpy-thagoras 2y ago
But a 42" 8K screen should have around ~100 ppd, which is really nice but not unnecessarily detailed. I know I'll be gunning for the 42" 8K's whenever they actually reach a decent market price. Sigh, still too many years

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