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by robpal 5y ago
I agree -- abstract algebra is elementary and some aspects of it can (and should), be taught in high-school. AA is a domain of maths which people won't even encounter if not studying a STEM field and such crash course could serve as a
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by robpal 5y ago
During my maths phd time in France I really enjoyed so-called "colles". It was a 1h long 1 on 1 conversation with the student where (s)he was given a complex problem (way too difficult to simply solve in an hour) and a sequence of
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by robpal 6y ago
I attended a conference talk of a FB AI-engineer talking about her paper with backprop equations so obviously wrong my eyes hurt, and incorrect definitions of objects. It did not stop her from participating (btw. this is always unclear --
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by robpal 6y ago
How many of them are conservative and how many of them come from cultures with long traditions of free speech?
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by robpal 6y ago
I meant the title of the article on the original website.
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by robpal 6y ago
Finished a PhD in mathematics and wanted to 1) leave academia 2) move back to my country of origin. Picking up some programming was pretty straightforward, writing code is half (or even less) as frustrating as doing abstract research and pa
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by robpal 6y ago
Help your bank account by NOT buying a new iPhone.
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by robpal 6y ago
True and well-known in the community. Wolfram is (was?) a brilliant mind and a very successful enterpreneur. He also "crossed the line" way too many times to be taken seriously.
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by robpal 6y ago
Apart from a clickbait title this article offers zero evidence (or even plausible arguments) why the presented responses were "the best". 3k deaths in Germany is already a lot and, as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong),
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by robpal 6y ago
Nvidia GPU drivers and CUDA installations on Linux. Got better recently but I've spent many nights fixing these installs, wrestling with nouveau etc. Compilation of deep learning libraries from source on Windows -- don't do it. Ti
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by robpal 7y ago
Actually, Tether moved most of their tokens from Omni to the Ethereum blockchain. $2.7B of usdt are in circulation as erc20 tokens.
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by robpal 7y ago
Linear algebra IS about linear transformations and vector spaces. The thing is that the field over which the space is defined can be quite arbitrary (finite, infinite, not algebraically closed etc.) which has immense consequences on the beh
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by robpal 7y ago
My experience from a decade of doing professional maths is that there are no shortcuts. You only learn maths by doing hundreds (thousands) of exercises, both mundane and more exctiting. Also, the concepts "mature" in the brain. I
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by robpal 7y ago
A similar, though less sophisticated, scam has been around in France for over a decade. They put ads with professional photos on websites with rental offers (the price is good, almost too good to be true but you're desperate for a plac
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by robpal 7y ago
Pretty funny to see Simpson's name showing up here. I have kept two souvenirs from my academic life: the original manuscript of my thesis and Simpson's very eloquent and overwhelmingly positive review of it. Regarding the topic, I