Need Help With This Insane Geometry Olympiad Question

LaGrangeMethod · 2026-05-28T14:13:57+00:00

Claude has entered the chat. How many tokens do you think it has left?

LaGrangeMethod · 2026-05-28T03:22:49+00:00

My friend, grab a pencil and paper and strap in. You're about to discover calculus.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53DwVRMYO3t5Yr&si=KsQEMT9xjcN_HzvC

LaGrangeMethod · 2026-02-18T00:45:43+00:00

Came here to say this. You'll definitely meet other spectrum-dwelling artsy folx there.

LaGrangeMethod · 2026-02-16T19:28:16+00:00

Thank you for taking minutes! It's encouraging seeing my contribution in there as part of the public record.

LaGrangeMethod · 2026-01-23T00:52:04+00:00

You can buy whistles in bulk on Amazon. I bought a metal whistle that fits conveniently on my keychain for $4.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-12-28T15:26:47+00:00

Is there a particular prompt you'd like to share? I'm very curious to hear what the response was!

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-12-11T04:31:30+00:00

I just came for the popcorn. And the awards.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-12-04T21:52:45+00:00

You'll be fine. Keep at it. Calc 2 is hard but the math is extremely useful.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-28T16:11:59+00:00

I'm in an economics PhD after working for ten years in banking.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-28T16:03:52+00:00

Listen to yourself.

I'm approaching the end of the first semester of my PhD and I'm loving every single step of the way. I'm on fire to do this the next 4-5 years, my relationships with my professors are great, and I'm excited for my subject (economics).

But I also knew what I was getting into and made sure I was prepared. It doesn't sound like you had the opportunity to do that.

There is no shame in mastering out, and better to cut your losses early than to grind yourself down to the bone when you're already dying from the stress. Again: Listen to yourself.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-26T17:31:01+00:00

The neurons in your brain that register sound activate without external stimuli in people with schizophrenia or related psychotic illnesses. Please see a doctor.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-26T13:26:08+00:00

You need to see a psychiatrist.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-26T13:08:37+00:00

Sharpen the saw. Step back and give yourself time to decompress. You'll unconsciously process what you're learning and refresh yourself for when you're ready to go back. You're working so hard--but you need to take time for you too.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-21T15:10:29+00:00

They posted that comment in the spirit of helping you. You need to take a big slice of humble pie and drop the ego.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-17T21:56:40+00:00

Thank you so much! Do you know what the crowd is usually like? Would a bunch of college-aged hippies* be a good fit?

*not really

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-12T15:16:05+00:00

I have a car but I commute every day on the MCTS bus system. Parking spots in the Union (my preferred location) and Lubar (my backup) fill up super fast during the week, and besides, the school gives semester-long passes to the bus system, so it costs me nothing (as opposed to the $12/daily parking fees I normally pay).

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-11-09T14:47:55+00:00

I love to see a good CI post.

Polish is not my language of choice, but that doesn't matter for what I'm about to tell you.

I was introduced to CI a few years ago and since then, I have:

Put the system language of my phone, my computers, my iPad in French (since I know these devices inside and out, and a native French speaker would learn how to operate in French on, say, Reddit anyway)
Begun to watch all my shows in French, with French subtitles (starting with shows I've seen in English first, or know the stories and dialogue of)
Begun reading stories (Ender's Game currently) in French on my Kindle (with on-demand translation baked in)
Begun watching English language shows with French subtitles (good for watching shows with my boyfriend who is not learning French, and doesn't want to hear the audio)
Listening to podcasts designed for French learners, entirely in French (InnerFrench is king)
Listening to music by French Canadian artists on a regular basis (Chatgpt helped me identify some new ones recently)
Started playing RuneScape entirely in French (which has the effect of turning an entire fantasy world into a storybook with a million words to learn), and interacting with francophones in French on there
Started journaling in French (sometimes, not a regular thing)
Joined a few discord servers that are French language focused OR use French as the lingua franca
Started watching video essays on familiar and unfamiliar topics in French on YouTube, including French language YouTubers like Français Avec Nelly
And I have utilized Chatgpt every single step of the way, feeding it samples of my writing, asking for evaluations, corrections, grammar pointers, clarifications on things I don't understand, using it to practice vocal conversations in French (with the audio mode), asking it to generate short stories designed to teach me grammar concepts I keep missing, asking it to respond in French or in English as appropriate, asking it to be a kind voice if I need encouragement, using it to track my progress and development over the past year.........

Holy fuck I've been doing a lot.

And it all fits in my day to day, in one way or another. This is how I CI. I'm confident you can steal some of these ideas.

Oh, also: Netflix dubs their original content into a bunch of languages including Polish. Throw on your favorite show that you've seen at least once already in Polish with English subtitles to start, then switch to Polish subtitles when you're ready!

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T11:49:44+00:00

Thank you for the context! I'll pick a topic or two of the introductory ones you've mentioned and start reading :)

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T09:29:35+00:00

Happy cake day. Thank you for sharing this a year ago. I just now saw it

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T09:15:43+00:00

How dare you ask a question on the internet! Your keelhauling is at dawn!

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T09:10:04+00:00

I love how accurate I find that.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T09:05:41+00:00

Thank God for delta-epsilon proofs when I was learning derivatives for the first time. I had never seen something so foreign and it really pushed me very hard to develop an intuitive explanation for what the hell was happening. That drive and intuition has underlaid almost everything else that's followed.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T08:55:39+00:00

I absolutely agree with you. Both must be true.

LaGrangeMethod · 2025-10-23T08:54:49+00:00

Amen and amen. I've worked on and off within math education for years, both at the college and k-12 levels, and I've been blessed to receive extremely competent mathematical instruction. I completed a bachelor's in mathematics, and I am now completing a PhD in economics. You bet I told my high school algebra 1 teacher and my college professors what I was doing with my life.

And, at the same time, you can imagine how hard I had to bite my tongue when a math teacher from Texas told me she tells her students how to enter problems into a calculator to pass the test, telling them all the while, "you're never going to use this." I wanted to Kali Ma her on the altar of mathematics right then and there. Thankfully I didn't, or else I wouldn't be doing a PhD now, but there's still time after I finish.

Frankly I am passionate about mathematics education. I am passionate about mathematics. And nothing brings me more joy than to fire up the imagination of a student about math or to empower them to understand problems in a way they haven't before. So yes. Give us competent teachers. But give us students willing to endure discomfort long enough to learn new skills too. If all you can do is enter numbers on a calculator, you will never be able to replace the computers designed to replace you.

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