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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
He started his career as a functional analyst, actually, but yes he was an algebraist by inclination.
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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
But it is already. Lots of otherwise heinous activities are tolerated just fine by the West. When was the last time the name Khashoggi found its way into Western mainstream media?
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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
>the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 was 27 times higher among the vaccinated, and the risk of hospitalization eight times higher This sounds convincing, but then in the next graf: >For instance, the higher hospitalization rat
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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
Not sure what this statement is supposed to mean. Every polynomial can be solved tautologically by adding a zero for it into the picture. For instance, every complex polynomial admits a complex zero (this is the Fundamental theorem of algeb
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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
I find this behavior pretty hostile. Every other online order I can track right from my email except for Amazon's. Facebook also does something similar with its 'so-and-so made a post's emails.
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by tacomonstrous 5y ago
You're good with getting rid of the filibuster then?
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
>The Angkor Wat by itself was built by Suryavarman who was apparently a descendant of the Cholas of Tamilnadu, India. I don't think there is any evidence to suggest that the Khmer dynasty was ethnically South Asian. Do you have a re
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
Not sure where these numbers come from but they're entirely incongruous with my lived experience and that of my friends. Edit: to be more concrete, you can today buy a spacious 2 bedroom condo in the South Loop right by the El for abou
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
Well my experience is colored by having moved here from Chicago, which is a city with a lot more going on, while at the same time having at least 40% lower housing cost. Prices are quite comparable to those in parts of say Brooklyn, but the
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
Boston is not affordable in any reasonable sense, speaking as a professional in the Boston area.
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
>There are some real concerns with vote by mail. Any others apart from the voter roll problem? In my state (RI), I have to affirmatively send in a mailed request for a ballot, so the voter roll thing doesn't really enter into the pi
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
That's explicitly not an IRS product, though the IRS does a lot to obscure this fact.
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
If I'm not mistaken this comment misses the main point the parent is making: if the goal of society is to ensure that everyone gets to live a good, fulfilling life, then this is precisely the kind of thing taxpayers should subsidize.
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by tacomonstrous 6y ago
It appears that GA is also engaging in some reporting shenanigans to make things look better than they are: https://twitter.com/GAFollowers/status/1261688916375212037?s...
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
Duo supports group calls on mobile devices and browsers FYI.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
You should look up Nepal if you want to be really ticked off.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
How is that going to help anything? This is an issue with human circadian rhythms, not with conventions of keeping time.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
Yes, sorry, what I meant was that the lockdown was likely going into effect already, but not for completely apocalyptic reasons.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
>My sense is that the UK will probably fold and institute a lockdown once their ICU capacity gets overwhelmed and healthy young people start dying in the streets. Either that or they'll face a revolution and then have a lot more pro
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
Ah, but it does have an equivalent in English: it's schadenfreude.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
I'm a working mathematician and would need a non-trivial amount of thought to get any of these problems. I was also pretty poor at this kind of thing in high school and college, but fortunately the skills involved are almost but not qu
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
I'm a little surprised by your story. I was in a similar situation myself, except that I chose to go to an Ivy League school, and there were sufficiently many work-study options available to help pay for all my expenses.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
There is a ridiculous amount of free parking in Manhattan (and most of NYC) if you've got the time to look for it. It's a little obscene, because the city is leaving a massive amount of money on the table to appease its driving po
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
As a working mathematician who has rarely managed to solve an IMO problem, I have to say this isn't the best advice for everyone, though I agree that focusing on linear algebra and combinatorics is probably a better use of one's t
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
They didn't even remove it fully; they just made it harder to find. Only if you ever enter your credit card number do they remove the Play option.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
>ah an Android OS dev She is in the wide sense of the term: she has made some contributions to AOSP. But only Google has actual knowledge of the future of their OS, and she doesn't work for them.
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by tacomonstrous 7y ago
Yes of course. My critique of the system as one meant for the fostering of elites carries the corollary that it's not a great one for underprivileged students. The actual solution is not messing around with admission criteria, but rath
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
There is a simple explanation: Academics is not the primary focus at most top schools outside of perhaps MIT, Caltech and Chicago. When it comes down to it, their goal is to develop the next generation of 'elites', and the basic M
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
No I was referring to the robocalling feature. It's an actual product now.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
It's already working on Pixel devices in the US. Source: I used it.

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