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by yequalsx 10y ago
For me the question is why don't all workers have pensions? As I understand it most 401(k) plans have high expense ratios, rely on people actively participating and generally leave workers with an underfunded retirement. I prefer a s
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by yequalsx 10y ago
If p_n assigned a positive exponent to any prime c while p_m assigned c a zero exponent, then the product of p_n would be congruent to 0 (mod c), but the product of p_m would not, and therefore the two products would not equal the same num
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Observe that there is no prime number which is assigned a nonzero exponent by p_n but not p_m, and there is no prime number which is assigned a nonzero exponent by p_m but not p_n. Herein is the problem. This observation of yours needs t
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I don't believe my comment is missing anything. I was writing about some nostalgia and how I'm impressed with the efforts of Panama. I never implied or suggested that Panama has no problems. Just that they've done much bet
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I grew up in the Canal Zone, Panama. I'm in the last generation of true Zonians. When the Panama Canal Treaty started to take effect on October 1, 1979 we all thought it was the beginning of the end of the Panama Canal. When Panama
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The only controversial thing in your post is the last paragraph. This part will be the least talked about and thus demonstrate your overall point.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I have programmed professionally but that was a long time ago. In my limited experience I believe one advantage programming has over mathematics in terms of self learning is that in programming one is more likely to know that a program wor
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The person I responded to seems to think that mathematics is not difficult to engage with outside of academia. You seem to be under the impression that even making a lateral move post professional training is amazingly hard. It appears th
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I did not know that about MacDonald. Thanks for pointing it out. Do you agree, though, that such examples are rare? The original premise is that in math it appears self taught is not really a viable route for all but a very small few.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Going from combinatorics to algebraic geometry with formal training in the former but not the latter doesn't count in my opinion. Having formal training in pure math makes one more able to self learn other branches. I have a hard tim
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Not knowing your level of mathematical insight and knowledge makes it hard to know if your belief about your mathematical talent is a self deception. I've never encountered anyone who understood typical second year graduate level math
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Assuming the question is serious I'll attempt an answer. It shows an example of how using graph theory one can solve a problem that seemingly at first has nothing to do with graphs. The proof relies on graph theoretic concepts and un
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by yequalsx 10y ago
My belief is that a society as rich as the U.S. ought to ensure that every person has access to basic healthcare, has enough food to live on, and a safe place to sleep at night. In such a system I'd say tough shit to a person who clai
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The U.S. Constitution consists of lots of statements that grant the federal government powers. These statements have logical implications. Logically valid implications of the enumerated powers ought to be constitutional, right? It would
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Your response is inappropriate and this type of response is not wanted on this site.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think smaller governmental entities sounds good but if not met with a corresponding limit on corporate power the unintended consequences will be bad. What I would like to see is to not have power concentrated in too few hands. It seems
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by yequalsx 10y ago
In the form of political participation and activism one can make such demands. There have been a number of famous instances where such have led to improvements and changes.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I looked at a summary of his work. I've never heard of him or of the BACON program so my knowledge is essentially zero in this. Looking at summary of his work it doesn't seem to me to qualify either. I'm not sure how to co
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I don't consider this an example of discovering multiplication. The set theory rules were given to the computer. Can a computer be built to start only with sensory input and then discover the rules of set theory? Would it ever be ab
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by yequalsx 11y ago
You are ignoring the fact that banks are at least as culpable for the bad loans to Greece as the Greeks are. Yet only one party is truly suffering the consequences. There is no gift to Greece. The so called bailout comes with onerous ter
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Nice how you ignore the fact that in the two party interaction of giving/getting a loan one party is bailed out and the other made to pay for the foolish loan. Flood a market with cheap credit and people, corporations, governments tak
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by yequalsx 11y ago
For years German and French banks gave massive amounts of cheap credit to Greeks and the Greek government. The so called bailout is nothing more than the German government giving money to Greece with strings attached so that Greece can the
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I understand your sentiment and sympathize with it. I would agree with it if tourists did actually interact with average citizens. They don't though. So I see no benefit to visiting the country. It does nothing other than bring mon
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I've clearly demonstrated some knowledge on the subject so it is incorrect to characterize me as knowing nothing on it. The crimes of the U.S.government are many and some are morally reprehensible. My question was to icanhackit and i
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by yequalsx 11y ago
He did not interact with ordinary citizens. As far as I can tell he did not talk to any of the dwarfs he referenced early in the album. Nor did he talk with any of the concentration camp prisoners or with anyone else regarding that topic
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Would you have vacationed in Nazi occupied Poland given the chance? Khmer Rouge controlled Phnom Pen? Is there a regime so deplorable that doing business with it is morally reprehensible? To me the answer is yes and North Korea qualifi4s
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Visiting a country with concentration camps is morally reprehensible. His visit helps to finance and prop up the deplorable North Korean regime.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Sure, but he point I made still stands. You can't pull shenanigans with the data when other experts look at it as well.
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by yequalsx 11y ago
I disagree with your use of "prove" when you wrote Using "elaborate statistical techniques" one can prove pretty much whatever one wants to prove. One may be able to massage data and create a nice looking chart to give
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by yequalsx 11y ago
Welfare is more than just payment while unemployed. Access to cheap higher education, strong programs promoting raising of children (family leave is an example), access to healthcare without fear of bankruptcy and things like this are part

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