shou4577

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by shou4577 13y ago
I used to live in a set of townhouses that did exactly your "drop box" idea. It worked really well, and I thought that it was quite common.
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Designing a Vector Module in JS Using Functional Techniques(brianshourd.com)
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by shou4577 14y ago
Yes, it's much easier for humans to prove complex theorems than computers. Just as it is much easier for humans to build complex programs than computers. Often times, a proof is (much) more complicated than just mixing theorems A, B, and C
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by shou4577 14y ago
I'm very sorry to hear about your experience, thank you so much for sharing it.
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by shou4577 14y ago
Thanks, you don't see any concrete experience because there isn't anything worth showing. I'm working on some stuff right now to do just that. It's actually a webapp to allow teachers and students to communicate math effectively without hav
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by shou4577 14y ago
Awesome! I went to check out your blog post, only to discover that I've already read it (and it contains a lot of helpful advice, thanks!).
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by shou4577 14y ago
Yeah, I've heard about the Wall Street programming options for mathematicians, but it is not a field that I'm interested in. Actually, the CS dept at my uni has a big computer vision research program. I should go talk to them. Thanks
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by shou4577 14y ago
Thanks for the warning. I'm working on a project right now that I should be releasing soon to help with the "real project" problem. This is another thing I'm afraid of - being overqualified/people thinking that they are actually my backup j
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by shou4577 14y ago
Thanks, that's really good to hear (I love big problems!) My research is in abstract algebra (specifically Lie theory and algebraic geometry), which is pretty far removed from statistics or applied math in general.
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Ask HN: Are there programming jobs for Math PhDs?
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by shou4577 14y ago
I can try: 1. Matrix multiplication is indeed defined oddly. To understand why, it can help to think of matrices as "linear transformations". For example, the matrix | 0 -1 | | 1 0 | corresponds to counterclockwise rotation of vectors by 9
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by shou4577 14y ago
I have mixed feelings about this explanation. On the one hand, the mathematician inside of me is raging "this is neither specific, nor rigorous!" In my opinion, this definition is as close to useless as a mathematical definition can be, sin
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by shou4577 15y ago
While it depends on what you mean by "incredibly difficult", I would say that if you are doing any work with 3d modelling, it would be necessary to understand basic linear algebra. These concepts will transfer directly - if you are represen
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by shou4577 15y ago
In addition to the other comments, it should be noted that this happens after the fact. You don't really know what your bugs will do until they turn up, which you can only know after you run the program. Similarly, they didn't know what the
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by shou4577 15y ago
I think that you are right, in that this would probably prepare students for jobs very well. However, I think that a Bachelor's degree is supposed to be about something other than job training. Sure, there is some overlapping material betwe
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by shou4577 15y ago
Immediately afterward, though, the parent does step in and help out - a small amount. It sounds to me like the parent here is trying to subtly remind the employee that this is a learning experience for Guy. The entire exchange seems, in m
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by shou4577 15y ago
Speaking from personal experience, I think the positives of this outweigh the negatives. I've had many customer-interactive part-time jobs in my life, and I think that it can be great fun when adults have their children do the interacting.
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by shou4577 15y ago
In fact, it says that 6174 is more than just a fixed point, it is also the only fixed point, and an attracting fixed point. That is, every four digit number with transform to 6174 in finite (indeed, less than 7) steps under Kaprekar's opera
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by shou4577 15y ago
I think that I'm one of those elitist attitude people. I apologize for this, I don't mean to sound elitist (I certainly don't think of myself as elite). I agree with you that we are just skilled laborers. What I mean to say is that graduate
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by shou4577 15y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. I agree with you that having managerial skills would be important to someone who manages people, and that many faculty in academia do need to manage people. My point is not so much that nobody needs management
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by shou4577 15y ago
From the article: "Imagine bright young things entering a new kind of science PhD, in which both they and their supervisors embrace from the start the idea that graduates will go on to an array of demanding careers — government, business, n
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by shou4577 15y ago
I think the mentality that most of the research done is useless crap is a common mindset that can hurt the entire field of science if too many people believe it. There is already a feeling among the general populace that most research is us
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by shou4577 15y ago
I agree completely. I don't think that recreational mathematics should replace calculus. I think that there are some definite changes that should be made to mathematics education, but that the majority of these should take place at a much y
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by shou4577 15y ago
While I would agree that a basic programming course might be helpful as a required course for all schools, I don't understand why it should replace Calculus? There is room for both, and they have different goals and advantages/disadvantages
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by shou4577 15y ago
In mathematics? Primary sources are way above the level of most college mathematics students, much less high school or younger students. Almost anything written in the last 50 years requires very advanced mathematical ideas, while anything
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by shou4577 16y ago
I think a lot of people have problems with teachers unions because they think of teaching like any other job. It's not - here are the important differences: Pay raises. It's a fantastic idea for a company to increase the pay of individuals
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by shou4577 16y ago
Maybe a bit off-topic, but this scam has always intrigued me. You can, in fact, do better than just "Money back guarantee!" You can do as much as, say, "We'll give you your money back, plus an extra 50% of the fee!" So your "customers" pay
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by shou4577 16y ago
I've got one problem, but I haven't really figured out how it fits in exactly. Assuming a lot of things in how this plays out, I don't find it terribly unlikely that some subscription services will have to raise their rates to maintain a pr
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by shou4577 16y ago
I own this book, and I use it occasionally, but it really requires the right audience. Firstly, it has several parts. Some of these are historical, philosophical, or otherwise interesting to a general audience, but some of them are technica
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by shou4577 16y ago
I've wanted one for a while. As a student, I take notes all day long. Digitizing them by hand is a pain, but if they were immediately put into digital format, that would be great. I could carry around years of notes on a flash drive, conven

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