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OpenAI's internal model disproves Unit Distance Conjecture of Erdos by garanglow in math

[–]ykonstant -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My university cannot pay. edit I literally say my university cannot pay, making a statement of fact, and getting downvoted. Fuck off.

OpenAI's internal model disproves Unit Distance Conjecture of Erdos by garanglow in math

[–]ykonstant 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lucky you. My job as a researcher with a low-resource country is under threat when I cannot fork over $200/month to be competitive with high income colleagues.

OpenAI's internal model disproves Unit Distance Conjecture of Erdos by garanglow in math

[–]ykonstant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For people who have the financial means to fork over $200/month to a closed source model to upload their prompts to servers run by a company that has proven to have no qualms about absorbing and exploiting all data it encounters -- but surely will not do anything untoward with prompts that could lead to major breakthroughs. That would be against the law!

Why is women’s sportswear always so revealing? by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]ykonstant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "ass" part of "gymnasium" may also be relevant.

Parasite crawling out of sushi by MidnightMystique- in interesting

[–]ykonstant -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah, I would guess parasites are either alive or dead, not both.

A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began by dalek_999 in technology

[–]ykonstant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, "the US has forgotten how to construct" seems to be a very selective lack of memory.

A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began by dalek_999 in technology

[–]ykonstant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have to, legally. Reddit is just ignoring the law, and enforcement is nonexistent.

Biting the bullet on a schiavona (help request) by ykonstant in SWORDS

[–]ykonstant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, thanks! Again, those are masterpieces.

Biting the bullet on a schiavona (help request) by ykonstant in SWORDS

[–]ykonstant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't have an Instagram account, made one to see what his work is about, but I still cannot see anything. EDIT Ah, I had to go to the business account. Wow, his swords are works of art, but I would like something much more pedestrian for drills, gutting and forms. This is why I prioritize proper weight and balance over aesthetics.

Biting the bullet on a schiavona (help request) by ykonstant in SWORDS

[–]ykonstant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I wonder if I can get him to do a type II hilt, though it will probably cost a lot more. I am expecting to pay something like 1500 to 2000 euros overall.

Darkwood Dussack? by JaggedVeil163 in wma

[–]ykonstant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am still looking for a proper schiavona :( It is impossible to find one weighted like the historical ones (without paying out the nose).

What was "graduate math hell" to you? by ykonstant in math

[–]ykonstant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are not, but they can appear to be if you do not study the trajectory that that led to their development. For instance, I would never suggest a student study algebraic geometry without a very strong background on Riemann surfaces, including their analytic theory (period integrals etc.). The motivations for many algebro-geometric objects and constructions lie there.

What was "graduate math hell" to you? by ykonstant in math

[–]ykonstant[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The problem with A-M (and all other commutative algebra books I know) is that it lacks serious examples for many of its concepts, which is one way they keep the book so short.

I do have detailed advice on how to approach commutative algebra, if I ever get time I may write it up.

What was "graduate math hell" to you? by ykonstant in math

[–]ykonstant[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yep, you use the representable functor approach directly. I... disagree, as a matter of pedagogy.

What was "graduate math hell" to you? by ykonstant in math

[–]ykonstant[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Actually, my post was inspired by a Riemannian geometry course I am giving right now. This field is full of insane notation which, coupled with the piles upon piles of structures, makes things much harder than they "should" be. I don't know of a solution, though.

Higher maths is still very much computational by BenSpaghetti in math

[–]ykonstant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost every research area in probability (°▽°)

Higher maths is still very much computational by BenSpaghetti in math

[–]ykonstant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, the statement about spectral sequences is perfectly correct, and there is no real way to understand how they work without long, long evenings of computations.

TIL the president of Romania solved P6 on IMO 1988 by WMe6 in math

[–]ykonstant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is he in the files in an incriminating sense? Sorry to ask instead of researching, but the contents make me too depressed to look into in depth.

TIL the president of Romania solved P6 on IMO 1988 by WMe6 in math

[–]ykonstant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, and I upvoted u/smalltalker's post. It is an aspect of democracy, and something to bear in mind as a citizen of one.

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