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Accidental math major turned data plumber. Linguistics hot takes that are only true for Germanic languages. I speedran my LessWrong phase.
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There's an ejection seat manufacturer that will send you a tie if you've successfully used their ejection seat to eject from a fighter jet, but it specifically has to be their brand. martin-baker.com/tie-club/

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."

submitted 115 days ago • 467 comments

I've recently been talking a bit about how difficult it is to carefully check even well-written mathematics. I want to try to explain something about this by telling the story of some errors in the literature that (in part) led to the two papers below. 1/n

submitted 127 days ago • 7 comments

there are four teams (bills, ravens, lions, vikings) who are really good, really entertaining, have very compelling narratives, and would be exceptionally satisfying to see as super bowl champs. if the chiefs threepeat it will be more annoying and loathsome than anything the patriots ever did

submitted 130 days ago • 861 comments

The solar manufacturing boom in the US is a huge, under-covered story. As of Q3, the US has the capacity to produce enough panels to satisfy its own demand -- a fundamental, epochal change from even a few years ago. seia.org/blog/america...

submitted 136 days ago • 31 comments

Instead of having playoffs, the college football championship should be between the best college team and the worst NFL team. If the college team wins, they get to become an NFL franchise, and the NFL team has to become a university.

submitted 137 days ago • 45 comments

There's been a bunch of claims (mostly on X) that ChatGPT did great on this year's Putnam math competition. Let's do a thread to talk about it! 🧵 #MathSky

submitted 140 days ago • 2 comments

I can't tell if I'm actually a YIMBY or if I just have a strong personal preference for living in a 2-10 unit 3 story building in a neighborhood of 2-10 unit 3 story buildings and think the world would be better if it catered to my preferences.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment