A hopeful silver lining is that the mathematics community will make the long overdue move to more highly rewarding communication and exposition
08.02.2026 14:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@totalutility.bsky.social
Philosopher, likes ethics, epistemology, uncertainty, welfare economics, category theory, climbing πΊπ¦
A hopeful silver lining is that the mathematics community will make the long overdue move to more highly rewarding communication and exposition
08.02.2026 14:34 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cometh the moment cometh the moron
08.02.2026 10:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The dreamteam is Polgar and Leko together, both so much respect for the game, Polgar's wild tactical imagination and Leko's feeling for positional nuance
07.02.2026 16:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Watching Judit commentate lately is such a treat. She has such total board tactical vision, reminds me of Kasparov
07.02.2026 00:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0wow, what a great post! a reminder that social media needn't be a race to extend the bottom
06.02.2026 16:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0von Neumann in response to Oppenheimer expressing guilt: sometimes people confess the sin to take credit for it
03.02.2026 19:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No, but it would be surprising for people at major universities to need cosy up to someone like Epstein to get the money they needed for their research
01.02.2026 23:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβve seen a list of about a dozen fairly prominent academics who seemed to have quite a bit of contact with Epstein
01.02.2026 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Don't think Dershowitz and co are in the Epstein files because they weren't making enough money
01.02.2026 16:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0done
31.01.2026 11:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do you discuss notions of representation found in mathematics? E.g. group representation, representable functor
31.01.2026 00:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iconic mug shot photo of David Bowie after his arrest by the Rochester Police Department
well the shame-them-with-mugshots strategy certainly ruined this guy's career
29.01.2026 23:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0they can and they must
29.01.2026 20:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Omfg, all my adult life I've believed that the discovery of what went wrong was solely due to one showy physicist. And that's what showy physicist dot com would still have you believe
27.01.2026 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He's saying that Europe and the US need each other. If you're saying that only one half of that will be heard by Trump and be damaging, then maybe. Perhaps "We are stronger together" would have been better. Agreed that it is bizarre to say that Europe cannot defend itself; against whom, aliens?
27.01.2026 14:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Having gone through the comments to the question, wasn't the original question meant to be along the lines of: "What does it mean for a proof to pick a basis?" ?
27.01.2026 13:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Implicit quantifier restriction to the adults in the room
27.01.2026 13:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0At 9 seconds he says "we need each other", and the rest is an elaboration on that, specifically with reference to Arctic security, where everyone knows that US capabilities are dismal
27.01.2026 13:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I don't follow. His main assertion is that Europe and the US need each other, as evidenced by the US's dismal arctic abilities. Sounds like his principal target is go-it-alone types on both sides of the Atlantic?
27.01.2026 13:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0But who's the audience? Rutte is one of the chief designated Trump whisperers, so interpreting his comments always has to take that into account. Couldn't he just be in the business of buying more time?
27.01.2026 12:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Advice to hew to
26.01.2026 08:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0DPRK btw stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
25.01.2026 23:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Such a lot of medals!
25.01.2026 16:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In the spirit of the elephants and tigers, a nice version of the problem is to consider transfinitely many prisoners and issues involved with conveying their well ordering
25.01.2026 11:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Donβt know you but your posts make my day, hope you get recover soon
25.01.2026 11:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Numbering is to handle simultaneous escapes
25.01.2026 00:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0your mum vs all formal linear combinations of your mum
24.01.2026 15:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Exactly
22.01.2026 14:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rich coming from Cadet Bone Spurs
22.01.2026 14:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Guy has a point, it's seldom noted that Mamdani's mayoralty does not extend 10,000 miles
21.01.2026 00:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0