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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
> I interact very heavily with academics (though am thankfully no longer one myself) and one thing I can't stand is that all of them will complain endlessly about the horribly abusive and broken system that academia has become, then
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
> Spent a lot of time in academia, and I quite disagree. He's pointing out something that is very common in academia - common enough to be widely accepted. Saying he is unprofessional in criticizing his supervisors is like saying so
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
I'm someone who finished a PhD, here's my perspective. You don't believe your supervisor or your research group and so you quit, great. It's great that you have the critical thinking abilities and confidence in yourself
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
I don't quite know what you mean by "chess nowadays". It's always been the case that the players who make the best moves win more. And it's always been the case that memorization is a part of making good moves. Noth
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
I'm not "explaining your reasoning" because I don't agree with a single work you just said. > In math when there are semantics, the indices usually include 0 Complete nonsense. For example, in a Laurent expansion you
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
No... in those cases you're starting with 0 because that's the lowest exponent of a polynomial.
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
> Array indexing is such a core thing and I don't understand why anything mathematical or scientific would start with 1. Because that's how maths work? Literally everywhere in maths you count from 1, except in software engineer
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
The problem isn't that 1-base indexing can be "fixed" in Julia. The problem is that you see 1-based indexing as a flaw.
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
I'm in HFT and Chicago. How can I get in touch with you?
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You have it backwards. Not importing cheaper labor would make it less competitive.
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I agree with that. Do you agree that should be weighted by the need of the country to remain competitive, say in the hypothetically scenario where we came to the conclusion that the average american is lazy, and that that's the core re
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Why is that?
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The person you're responding to also said this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31338468 I'm afraid you're speaking to a committed ideologue. He made up his mind that everything Russia does is on purpose
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by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
> You've come to a conclusion that supports the propaganda you've been fed - but it could as easily be stated that Russias' move towards Kiev was a feint (not unheard of in Russian military doctrine) while it built up the