jxding

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by jxding 2y ago
It does seem like [n,n+1] is always unsolvable!
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by jxding 3y ago
Link to full pdf of the Report issued by Stanford's "special committee:" https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/site... Some extracts: "There were repeated instances of manipul
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by jxding 4y ago
This is so fun! Thank you for sharing it.
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Where all boys end up nowadays (2009)(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)
1 points by jxding 5y ago|0 comments
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An Investigation of the Facts Behind Columbia's U.S. News Ranking(math.columbia.edu)
266 points by jxding 5y ago|46 comments
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by jxding 5y ago
@pwnallthethings on Twitter makes exactly this point and I find it quite convincing. Link below. If (and this seems increasingly likely) this war drags on, we should try to attract and welcome as many Russian mathematicians, scientists, and
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by jxding 5y ago
The choice is not dark magenta or bright yellow or bust though. A large spectrum of colors exist, and if we really wanted to not offend anyone, we could have chosen blue or green or pink or orange or any other color that couldn't possi
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by jxding 5y ago
Me too! I haven't even heard of Basecamp before, but now it has made it's way onto my whitelist of "sane companies worth working for." I really hope they survive this debacle and keep making good products.
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by jxding 5y ago
This sounds hilarious. What are jug handles, and what are lefts?
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by jxding 5y ago
To be a little pedantic, I'm not sure "under exaggerate" is a valid phrase. What you're looking for may be "under-report"?
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by jxding 6y ago
Agreed, I got into reading Greenwald because of his generally sane viewpoints and his good work with the Snowden leaks in the past. Yet he now seems to be going down a rabbit hole I can't follow. I wonder what happened to him?