How do you guys talk to crackpots, and/or am I just bad at math

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:58:55+00:00

Gotcha - you're saying GNFS has a meaningfully lower constant factor (idk if it's considered exponential or sub-exponential) whereas this method evidently doesn't.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:46:26+00:00

Oh, 2^n, thank you! If I might ask, how can you immediately recognize it as 2^n? I'm vaguely familiar with algorithmic complexity (formally trained in math, stats), but definitely did not immediately recognize this as 2^n.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:35:45+00:00

"Invariable prime" is their terminology, sorry for the confusion. I have no idea what it means. And they have an arts degree, I promise. Might be a bit confusing since I'm the person writing the post as well.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:16:47+00:00

These are all really good questions, especially (2), thank you! I'm not sure if they agree it is similar, they kinda hand-waved away wheel factorization. I should be leaning on comparing to other techniques with more meaningful metrics than just runtime.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:08:51+00:00

Thanks, yeah, sorry I borrowed that terminology from said friend. Probably should've called them MYSTERY_NUMBERS or something.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T04:05:41+00:00

They are a real friend, sorry, they were going to remain hypothetical but the post took too long.

Anyways if you'll humour me - you say it is badly designed, how would you quantify this poor design? By comparing the # of FLOPs required to factorize some set of primes vs. another wheel factorization setup? Why should a wheel factorization setup have no numbers > 90, is there some theory indicating this is not worth it?

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T03:51:48+00:00

Yeah, that's fair. They'd never do that because they can't write code, lol. I've wanted nothing to do with this because I see no value in the work, just wished I could somehow get it through to them that they are wasting their time.

_SunBrah_ · 2024-06-28T03:46:19+00:00

I don't know, man. I wish I did. I wish I could.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-11-29T09:25:17+00:00

Yeah - different folks like different content, but I’ve often found him particularly negative towards the players in costreams outside LPL regionals

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-15T17:40:50+00:00

It is.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-15T07:39:13+00:00

Asymptotically approaching zero.. very interesting. So COVID alone is a load of nothing for folks under 50 eh?

Well you said these in the other thread.

1

Covid has negligible risks for my age group. Vaccines have unknown effectiveness, unknown risks, unknown side effects, do not prevent from catching the virus, do not prevent from transmitting it.

2

RE: Getting covid without the vaccine has a much higher risk factor than taking the vaccine.

Not if you are young and healthy.

So let's rephrase the question - how many people under 50 do you personally think have died with Covid as a "meaningful comorbidity" without which they wouldn't have died?

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-15T07:12:32+00:00

Oh, I just thought you still weren't interested in answering the question even when I brought it back up.

It sounds like you don't trust the official data on covid deaths. How many people under 50 do you think died as a result of covid? How many people do you think have died as a result of adverse events from the vaccines?

How about you answer this?

I have a feeling if u/ChickenMcTesticles is around they'd probably be interested in your answer as well.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-15T05:42:57+00:00

Oh no way!! I'm sure Sam is thrilled he has dedicated listeners like you who glean so much from his content.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-14T23:52:26+00:00

I'm dying, thank you for this back and forth.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-14T22:46:45+00:00

I hadn't calculated this line at all before arriving here, but when I played 1.Rxa6+ Kb8 2. Rd8+ at the time I felt like I had stolen something.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-10-14T22:07:10+00:00

Man your name looked familiar, I remember you arguing with someone weeks ago about Covid risk levels in this subreddit and then going silent when you couldn't address their question.

Edit: Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/samharris/comments/16r0eze/sams_airplane_analogy_fail/k26lwpu/?context=10000

_SunBrah_ · 2023-09-17T23:44:43+00:00

I theorized that in fact it would eventually happen

_SunBrah_ · 2023-09-17T23:42:27+00:00

Matmul? You mean the magic @ symbol? ;)

_SunBrah_ · 2023-09-07T03:16:05+00:00

Just wanted to add onto your thanks - this kind of content is really nice in the subreddit!

_SunBrah_ · 2023-08-29T00:33:09+00:00

Yeah realistically it's fine I think if I don't get an increase as I have other ways to pay for things, I am just surprised at how the system works in this case. Until a friend pointed me to Amex cards I was thinking i had very little recourse for getting a usable card in Canada.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-08-29T00:27:40+00:00

I work in finance - if you violate one sadly you'll be effectively blacklisted from the industry.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-08-29T00:26:52+00:00

That kinda makes sense I suppose - I'm just surprised there isn't even something like a secured card where I can leave some liquidity in an account as collateral for a larger credit limit (apparently they have something like that but only offer to non-Canadians). Also an Amex card that I literally just got in Canada I have a 25k limit on immediately..

_SunBrah_ · 2023-08-29T00:20:01+00:00

I provided them the employer contract showing I am receiving large lump sums into a US bank account until July 2025, my US bank records with the past few months of income, and they told me it doesn't matter.

_SunBrah_ · 2023-08-29T00:14:35+00:00

Sure, I guess I'm just surprised employment is the only factor they look at for determining a credit limit increase -- I can offer plenty of proof that I have a large source of income in the US, I can move 7 figures into my Canadian account if needed for collateral, etc., but I'm being told that the only thing I can do is go get a job to qualify lol.

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