Notices by Colin the Mathmo (colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz)

Quoting Ken Ono:

"I came up with a problem which experts in my field would recognize as an open question in number theory—a good Ph.D.-level problem,"

He asked o4-mini to solve the question. Over the next 10 minutes, he watched in stunned silence as the bot unfurled a solution in real time, showing its reasoning process along the way.

-- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-secret-meeting-where-mathematicians-struggled-to-outsmart-ai/

And yet they don't tell us what that problem was.

*So* frustrating.

The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at age 95. The reply came: 'Because I think I'm making progress.'

Friend of a friend reports that another friend got a job in tech straight out of university, zero experience, because they had learned three medieval languages for their degree, and could read a #knitting pattern.

The interviewer allegedly said:

"Well, you won't have any problems learning to code, will you !!"

#FibreArt #FiberArt #FibreArts #FiberArts #Languages #Coding

Seen elsewhere ...

News about a new, open-access journal covering original work in the intersection of mathematics and fibre/fiber arts.

Details are on the website :

https://interlace-journal.org

Looks intriguing!

This *definitely* needs to get outside my bubble, so boosts are especially welcome, and if people can suggest more hashtags, that would be great.

#FibreArt #FiberArt #Mathematics #Math #Maths #Journal #Knitting #Crochet #Weaving

More hashtags suggested ... adding here as an edit ... not all are applicable, but ... who knows!

#Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts #NeedleArts #Maker #Creator #Crafts #HandMade #SurfFeeds
#PrintMaking #Woodcut #Art #HandMade #Analog #Arte #Xilografia #Grafica #ArtIsForEveryone

Thank you for your indulgence ...

Does anyone know what kind of bar code this is? What should I do a search for?

From @peterrowlett ...

"Matrix multiplication doesn’t work like that"

https://aperiodical.com/2024/08/matrix-multiplication-doesnt-work-like-that/

A super bright pass of the international space station will start in just over 10 minutes at one minute past ten.

#ISS

@adrianh I have a clear memory of my father going to his office one day to order his medical supplies for the next month.

"They've redesigned the web site!" ... he called to us.

"How does it look?" asked my mother.

"Really good" he replied.

She followed up ... "Can you find what you need?"

There was a long pause.

...

"No".

@cstanhope Absolutely.

Sometimes I look at how convinced some of them are that they must be right, based on their extensive experience of programming, and their clearly impeccable reasoning, and wonder if I am similarly afflicted with an excessive confidence in my abilities.

It serves as a warning ... I hope I heed it well enough and often enough.

That said, some of the people there are stunningly good. I hope *that* judgement isn't based purely on whether they agree with me.

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." -- Lin Yutang

Quoting:

"I learned this week that you can put
our troops’ lives in danger,
compromise our national security,
and violate the Espionage Act. And
the government will do nothing.
But if you write an editorial for your
school newspaper that Trump
doesn't like, you will be abducted on
the street and disappeared."

Seen here:

https://mathstodon.xyz/@joewo@mastodon.social/114241772592878340

"You can't have everything ... where would you put it?" -- Steven Wright

"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." -- Mark Twain.

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

-- President Theodore Roosevelt

Is there a non-USA based alternative to DropBox?

Or indeed, any alternative at all?

Thx

(If you feel comfortable doing so, please boost for reach)

@cstross I would recommend it.

There is a saying: There is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.

But as my friend @pozorvlak says:

"Sometimes the appropriate clothing is *building*".

"Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken in "Prejudices: Second Series"

"We are all time travelers, journeying together into the future. Let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit." -- Stephen Hawking

OK, here's a nice variant:

"You are playing the Monty Hall problem. However, you secretly know one of the goats is the former pet of an eccentric billionaire who lost it and is willing to pay an enormous amount for its return, way more than the car is worth. You really want that goat.

"The host is unaware of this. After you pick your door, as is traditional, the host opens one door, which he knows doesn't have the car. He reveals a goat, which you can tell is the ordinary goat and not the secretly valuable one. The host offers to let you switch doors.

"Should you?"

-- https://mathstodon.xyz/@shachaf@y.la/113777521149001723