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The Theoretical Minimum
A number of years ago I became aware of the large number of physics enthusiasts out there who have no venue to learn modern physics and cosmology. Fat advanced textbooks are not suitable to people who have no teacher to ask questions of, and the popular literature does not go deeply enough to satis...
Grad school four months out : umbrant
Here’s my account of leaving the PhD program at Berkeley to work at Cloudera. My experience might not be representative or generalize beyond my own situation, but I’m writing this because a number of people have asked me about the differences between grad school and industry. Choosing to leave Berke...
Hyperbole and a Half: Depression Part Two
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The Paradox of the Proof
On August 31, 2012, Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki posted four papers on the Internet. The titles were inscrutable. The volume was daunting: 512 pages in total. The claim was audacious: ...
Hasnain says:
The first paper, entitled “Inter-universal Teichmuller Theory I: Construction of Hodge Theaters,” starts out by stating that the goal is “to establish an arithmetic version of Teichmuller theory for number fields equipped with an elliptic curve…by applying the theory of semi-graphs of anabelioids, Frobenioids, the etale theta function, and log-shells.”
Posted on 2013-05-10T11:05:23+0000
Predicting Google closures
Analyzing predictors of Google abandoning products; predicting future shutdowns
Hasnain says:
A thorough analysis, but not for those who are mathematically challenged.
Posted on 2013-05-04T13:04:06+0000
HERE IS TODAY
A look at time...
Help! I am not Robin van Persie
Fans seeking hat-trick hero Robin van Persie bombarded an IT consultant in India on Twitter. It's a classic case of mistaken identity.
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Note to self: Never use any online handle even remotely similar to that of a celebrity.
Posted on 2013-04-24T13:26:26+0000
Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life
Elsa Walsh on success beyond work.
Hasnain says:
This is a really good read. And it applies equally to men as well.
Posted on 2013-04-23T18:04:22+0000
Bill Watterson's Speech - Kenyon College, 1990
I have a recurring dream about Kenyon. In it, I'm walking to the post office on the way to my first class at the start of the school year. Suddenly it occurs to me that I don't have my schedule memorized, and I'm not sure which classes I'm taking, or where exactly I'm supposed to be going.
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"We're not really taught how to recreate constructively. We need to do more than find diversions; we need to restore and expand ourselves. Our idea of relaxing is all too often to plop down in front of the television set and let its pandering idiocy liquefy our brains. Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running."
This is really good advice for graduating seniors. Bill Watterson is the guy who writes Calvin and Hobbes.
Posted on 2013-04-22T08:15:47+0000