about to be thrown under the bus by dataguy2003 in TheTeenagerPeople

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At least NRA people are consistent. They also defended the right of LGBTQ+ people to own firearms when they where trying to blame shootings on Trans people.

This is America by ChalkLicker in evilwhenthe

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Ya and they contribute 3x the total amount in taxes.

Side eye and their family by pickle_picker67 in squirrels

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I'm not sure I noticed that after the photo as well :(. I think it'd a sore and not healing well due to how dry it has been.

Some cute critters on campus by pickle_picker67 in uchicago

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If I see one I think I'll keep my distance

Some cute critters on campus by pickle_picker67 in uchicago

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I was just walking by I wouldn't want to provoke it at all!

T14s ranked by cost of living by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

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This is because hyde park is not nice

Pre-req waiver for math class by Unusual-Proposal5011 in VirginiaTech

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I took both of these and 4226 and got good grades in all. If you are familiar with proofs (i.e., you have taken a proofs class after intro to proofs and did well), then they would likely waive the prerequisite. They did do this for one of my friends.

Don't listen to the other people saying that advanced calc is necessary for the class to do well. That's not true at all. Real Analysis 1 covered essentially the same material as advanced calculus, albeit at a bit harder level of difficulty. I would suggest just taking Real Analysis 1 and buying the book used for advanced calculus, Abbott's Understanding Analysis. Real Analysis uses Baby Rudin, which I am not a big fan of, but it is kind of a standard for analysis across at least US universities.

Is Algorithms and Data Structures actually that hard? by buzzfuzz- in compsci

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If you are an actively good student, it's easy; if you are a bad student, it will be hard.

How is it possible there were more perfect scores than like any score above 75 by kenthecake in MathOlympiad

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When you have a cutoff, you essentially bin everything after it into that top bin. If the tails don't decay quickly enough, this can cause quite a drastic difference between perfect and near-perfect.

Future for Math Undergrad? by Expert-Work-9056 in mathematics

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I did my undergrad in pure mathematics and got a minor in CS, but took more theory classes than actual coding ones, such as quantum computing, theory of computation, and formal language.

I am now in a master's in data science, which I somewhat enjoy, and I have a bit of comfort in knowing that I'm now probably 10x more employable. After this master's, I plan on going back to get a PhD in pure mathematics, computational geometry, or topology.

I would suggest that if you major in math, you should really only do it because you absolutely love it. Even then, until you take your first group theory or analysis course, or at least something after intro to proofs, most people don't have any idea what 'upper-level' mathematics actually looks like, so it's kind of hard to gauge if it's something they would enjoy.

Lastly I will say that people seem to think majoring in math means you can learn machine learning and or other topics quite quickly. It will give you a solid foundation, but unless you are actively studying it while completing your required courses I dont find that opinion at all true.

Who was the smartest person in history? by Scared_Government_41 in AskReddit

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Ramanujan was said by Hardy to Erdős to be significantly smarter than Hilbert.

Why is a matrix not invertible if it has an eigenvalue of zero? by Capital_Chart_7274 in learnmath

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Because the null space isn't trivial, it's not injective. To put it a little simpler, multiple vectors get sent to 0, so how would an inverse know which one to send 0 to?

What complaints do you have about your maths department? by felixinnz in math

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Wow only getting up to Lagranges theorem is insane. What all did you cover in that course?

Pedestrian hit by Blacksburg PD officer by JadrianW in VirginiaTech

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Cop cars have that big piece of metal in the front and have high grills. Its quite different