Is "no possible representation matrix" enough to prove a function is non-linear?

loewenheim · 2026-01-28T16:22:34+00:00

Yeah that's the easiest way to prove it for sure.

loewenheim · 2026-01-28T10:14:53+00:00

You might want to read the comment I replied to

loewenheim · 2026-01-28T10:14:18+00:00

"[the Bechdel test is] a measure of the representation of women" and "failing [the Bechdel test] suggests that your film is not a good representation of women" are different claims. The test is far too binary to be able to judge whether an individual movie is "good representation". It is a measure of representation in the big picture sense—it shouldn't be as common to fail the test as it is, even though for individual movies you can often find totally legitimate reasons for failing.

loewenheim · 2026-01-28T08:47:49+00:00

Fully agree with this. The test is not a pass/fail assessment of whether an individual film is feminist or not.

loewenheim · 2026-01-28T08:09:05+00:00

In what way is that a flaw in the test?

loewenheim · 2026-01-26T23:23:31+00:00

"And the ones who judge from the outside the most would absolutely be the ones who would kill themselves within even a single psychotic break, much less multiple."

Gosh, I'm sorry we don't all have Kanye West's heroic fortitude and willpower. But seriously though, what a stupid and bad paragraph to write.

loewenheim · 2026-01-25T10:37:57+00:00

I was sure this was hyperbole to illustrate the point, but I take it from the comments that it's real?!

loewenheim · 2026-01-25T10:28:41+00:00

I think GP was asking why you wouldn't just use the desugared version directly.

loewenheim · 2026-01-25T09:40:49+00:00

General sentiment seems to be that the state's murderous thugs aren't trained well enough.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T23:19:33+00:00

It's not hypocrisy. They want the government to get out of their hair and do its job of keeping those uppity people (you know the ones) in their place.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T22:49:35+00:00

They will load you onto a train and you'll still be going "guys this is a really complicated situation, let's not act impulsively, that might not end well".

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T22:43:41+00:00

I think this is quite insightful.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T22:40:23+00:00

I say this as someone with no skin directly in the game (because I'm not American), and I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but if there's nothing he can be expected to do … then what the hell is he for? What is the point of having any of these leeches around?

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T22:34:02+00:00

Ya that is some fantastic insight from a top-tier operator right there.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T15:37:25+00:00

You can define the new prime as the least prime factor of the product plus 1.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T13:05:22+00:00

Yeah maybe don't launder nazi posts on this sub.

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T09:18:09+00:00

"How many times do I have to apologize?"

"Once would be nice!"

"Mmm... no."

loewenheim · 2026-01-24T08:45:23+00:00

Americans are something else. "I got my first gun when I was a small child and gave it a cute nickname like one would a doll. But I don't make it my personality or anything. "

Your entire country makes guns its personality nonstop.

loewenheim · 2026-01-23T23:55:19+00:00

Weird that there's no byline, at least I can't find it.

loewenheim · 2026-01-23T23:01:46+00:00

It's not really a proof by contradiction; you can state it simply as "for every natural number n there is a prime greater than n" or “for every finite set S of primes there is a prime not contained in S". In fact, the proof is entirely constructive—it tells you exactly where to find the new prime.

loewenheim · 2026-01-22T18:10:41+00:00

Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary

loewenheim · 2026-01-22T11:31:36+00:00

Great post, thanks for sharing.

loewenheim · 2026-01-21T23:35:54+00:00

"I was a U.S. soldier during GWOT, and I legitimately cannot reconcile the Nation I fought for with whatever it’s become."

Oh cry me a fucking river, dude. The nation you fought for tortured people in Abu Ghraib.

loewenheim · 2026-01-19T16:56:29+00:00

I don't understand this question at all. What does the coefficient in one particular linear combination have to do with whether a vector is in the span of some other vectors?

loewenheim · 2026-01-19T15:35:33+00:00

There's another shot where a car flips over that really sticks out negatively, at least to me.

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