For any mathematician alive today, mathematics is a subject that studies formally-defined concepts, with a focus on the establishment of truth (based on accepted axioms)
Absolutely, however teaching "formally define concepts, axioms, proofs, etc" are taught in PLANE GEOMETRY, not so much in calculation/algebra type classes.
Re: changing systems of roman-alphabet spellings in japanese: it would be good to get Hartmut's input, since (IIRC) there was a systematic change in "official" German spelling ten? twenty? years ago.
Re: English taking over the world. There's a saying that "English is the Lingua Franca of Science".
Which I find amusing because "Lingua Franca" literally means "French", but (IIRC) is in Latin.
So there's three of the contenders for 'language to take over everything' right there in one sentence.
Why, yes, I *am* easily amused, why do you ask?
Acosta, fed prosecutor that let Epstein off with a wrist slap on Federal charges, then got a Trump Sec. Labor job.
FL state charges could have happened, except "guess who? Pam Bondi" was FL atty general.
Epstein "suicided" during Trump's first term, Bondi now saying "nothing to see here" with fiddled video.
It's as if someone had deliberately did a lot of work to make it really, Really, REALLY look like a high-level conspiracy.
Well, clearly the Epstein files show that the suicide was faked: Epstein SURVIVED, Trump gave him a pardon and put him in the Witness Protection Program.
Epstein is now working in a truck-stop diner in Nebraska, along with Elvis.
Too bad there isn't a Weekly World News to report on this. Oh well.
I really do appreciate the "somewhat right-wing" contingent here: (wj, Marty, CharlesWT). In fact, I often find Donald's comments more annoying than wj's. Go figure.
When was it that McTx was banned? I don't remember that? But I do recall the most annoying features of McTx's style of argumentation: claiming authoritative knowledge of everything, and imputing opinions to others, mostly in the context of strawmanning.
If there is ONE thing that drives me to an incandescent rage, it's someone trying to tell me what my opinions/desires/thoughts/experiences are. That's all stuff that one owns more profoundly than any property, being the stuff inside your own brain.
American industry has been inflicted with a plague of MBAs. Dim, fad-prone, and given far too much responsibility.
NASA is *far* too slow getting the B-Ark ready.
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On “Motes and logs”
Condolences, not sure what else to say.
On “The law of the letter”
For any mathematician alive today, mathematics is a subject that studies formally-defined concepts, with a focus on the establishment of truth (based on accepted axioms)
Absolutely, however teaching "formally define concepts, axioms, proofs, etc" are taught in PLANE GEOMETRY, not so much in calculation/algebra type classes.
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"A very rare exception is suovetaurilia"
Thanks, Harmut for introducing us to the ancient Roman form of Turducken.
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Re: changing systems of roman-alphabet spellings in japanese: it would be good to get Hartmut's input, since (IIRC) there was a systematic change in "official" German spelling ten? twenty? years ago.
Re: English taking over the world. There's a saying that "English is the Lingua Franca of Science".
Which I find amusing because "Lingua Franca" literally means "French", but (IIRC) is in Latin.
So there's three of the contenders for 'language to take over everything' right there in one sentence.
Why, yes, I *am* easily amused, why do you ask?
On “Your Schadenfreude monitoring open thread”
Acosta, fed prosecutor that let Epstein off with a wrist slap on Federal charges, then got a Trump Sec. Labor job.
FL state charges could have happened, except "guess who? Pam Bondi" was FL atty general.
Epstein "suicided" during Trump's first term, Bondi now saying "nothing to see here" with fiddled video.
It's as if someone had deliberately did a lot of work to make it really, Really, REALLY look like a high-level conspiracy.
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"But he seems to be intent on attacking his critics, even those within the MAGA-sphere."
Consciousness of guilt, I hear it's called.
On “Plus ça change…”
Well, clearly the Epstein files show that the suicide was faked: Epstein SURVIVED, Trump gave him a pardon and put him in the Witness Protection Program.
Epstein is now working in a truck-stop diner in Nebraska, along with Elvis.
Too bad there isn't a Weekly World News to report on this. Oh well.
On “Like encountering stone age tribes in the Amazon”
I ordered a Stone-Age Tribe on the Amazon, but they said I couldn't get next-day delivery. Zero stars!
On “An open thread on July 4th”
Texas Instruments calculators?
HP or GTFO.
From back when HP made quality stuff, not just crappy printers.
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Please expand on any memories of what the alien space bats commenter was up to.
WE CAN'T STOP HERE
THIS IS BAT COUNTRY
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I really do appreciate the "somewhat right-wing" contingent here: (wj, Marty, CharlesWT). In fact, I often find Donald's comments more annoying than wj's. Go figure.
When was it that McTx was banned? I don't remember that? But I do recall the most annoying features of McTx's style of argumentation: claiming authoritative knowledge of everything, and imputing opinions to others, mostly in the context of strawmanning.
If there is ONE thing that drives me to an incandescent rage, it's someone trying to tell me what my opinions/desires/thoughts/experiences are. That's all stuff that one owns more profoundly than any property, being the stuff inside your own brain.
"
Wait, I thought we were an anarcho-syndicalist collective...
On “From the Chinatalk substack”
American industry has been inflicted with a plague of MBAs. Dim, fad-prone, and given far too much responsibility.
NASA is *far* too slow getting the B-Ark ready.
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