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by sfpotter 4y ago
Maybe so, but it isn't someone in IT's job to point this out. I have a good relationship with my department's IT guy. If he started telling me how to run my classes, we'd have a much less good relationship all of a sudde
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by sfpotter 4y ago
And I hope you help them with a smile on your face, since it’s … your job!
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by sfpotter 4y ago
If you really want to help your colleagues, make it as easy to print as humanly possible. ;-) I don’t know how many times I’ve had to help older people I work with who are at the end of their chain trying to figure out how to simply print s
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Yes, for all the reasons impendia listed. I would also add: cross referencing a printed out paper (or book!) is much faster and easier than on a computer. I think this has something to do with the physicality of the medium. If I’m deep in a
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Please read the other responses here and consider that maybe your colleagues have a better idea of what they need than you do.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
You do you. Just pointing it out in case it hadn't occurred to you. I can't say how likely people are to interpret "Idio" one way or the other, or how important it is to you. It is your project, after all. (I don't
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by sfpotter 4y ago
It's not ironic. I do find OP's post annoying.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
You're clearly pretty annoyed by this. Have you considered that people at work may not want to stay rigidly on target 100% of the time, and may find your hidebound need to do so bothering as well?
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Kind of an unfortunate name…
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Ah, very cool! Yeah, that makes sense. Appreciate you taking the time to write up a quick explanation and send a reference. I'll check it out.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
I'm happy to be wrong and learn about an uncertainty principle for the DFT. I'm just not aware of one. Your comment isn't very helpful for illuminating, absence any mathematical detail.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
I guess I'm not totally surprised. Could you give a reference? I'm not sure what this would mean exactly or what the utility would be.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Mathematically, the Fourier transform obeys an uncertainty principle. Here is a nice and simple writeup: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2021/03/17/fourier-uncertaint... The discrete Fourier transform (wh
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Yes.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Need to be careful about the difference between the discrete Fourier transform and the Fourier series here. It sounds like you're talking about the discrete Fourier transform, but making some statements which apply to Fourier series. F
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by sfpotter 4y ago
You beat me to it. :-) Currently in the middle of reading Consider Phlebas.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
"One million... fine, sir... sorry to have disturbed you." looks like kicked puppy My personal favorite Gary Oldman role.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
I think you're confused about the premise of this discussion. The comparison is not between Maxwell's equations and lambda calculus, it's between lambda calculus and other theoretical constructs in CS. Maxwell's equation
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by sfpotter 4y ago
It means much more than just being elegant! Maxwell’s equations are arguably the most successful existing physical theory. They are incredibly accurate over a huge range of scales. They are used in essentially unaltered form all over modern
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Programming and math do not require the same thinking techniques.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
If you learn a lot of math, a lot of names will hint at what they are so you have less to memorize. :-)
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by sfpotter 4y ago
See my other reply.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Things that vibrate have natural modes of vibration. A particular vibrational pattern can be decomposed into a time-varying linear combination of these modes. The modes of vibration are eigenfunctions and the frequencies at which they vibra
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by sfpotter 4y ago
I don’t think the two usages are significantly more or less negative. Body language, intonation, context, etc. are everything here.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
You missed the part of my post where I said that I work hard to create an environment where it’s OK to ask questions. My point is that it’s not just about the language you use. Not saying “just” isn’t a magic bullet. Regardless of the phras
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by sfpotter 4y ago
I mentor students on research projects. I think it can be fine to use the word “just” in this context exactly to telegraph that I think a particular task should be easy. Student says, “But what about X?” I might say, “Oh, just do Y.” It’s f
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by sfpotter 4y ago
Could you provide a source clarifying this? I’m not sure where I’d look this information up.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
The purpose of transit projects is to build transit.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
It did? I’m from Seattle, and the plans for a light rail were perennially stalled since I was a kid. What they’ve built so far is nice, but they’re expanding it at a glacial pace. They could build more and faster.
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by sfpotter 4y ago
You can easily get kids engaged with both math and science. They aren't mutually exclusive. There's nothing wrong with "infotainment". Some of the things which I experienced in elementary school which stuck with me the l

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