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Sorry, this was incorrect. In this integral we're just calculating the geometrical question, what is is the 5d volume of the collection of 3 points whose circumcenter is on {(x, 0)…

You pointed out one error in your own answer, here's another. I haven't figured out the adjustments, but presumably they cancel. You've done ∫₀¹ ∫₀¹⁻ᶜ (2π r)³ dr dc However, - the …

A blog post for it from a prominent c++er https://herbsutter.com/2013/04/05/complex-initialization-for...

You've made the choice of (Locked Door, Open Window) ~ (Good SQL usage, XSS Vulnerability) which seems to be an incorrect rebuttal. Your example doesn't contradict "only as strong …

I think this is in response to > Why should my Dog be able to check out the internal StomachContents of another Dog This seems to be interpreting the purpose of visibility as contr…

To add on to the defense in another comment, I don't think the point of the article is a rust-v-python comparison. Sure, unoptimized-python2rust2optimized rust was a part of the cl…

> I thought the axiom of choice says that it is possible to obtain an [infinite] set of votes from an [infinite] set of voters each with a non-empty set of choices The axiom of cho…

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Undefined behavior is considered worse than crashing, which is typically the alternative when reaching "unreachable" codepaths. Compare these two blocks similar to the article swit…

https://aphyr.com/posts/353-rewriting-the-technical-intervie...

Let me rebuke just one part of the post: the example with Newton's laws. Of course everyone knows that Navier-Stokes is just a very nice approximation. That doesn't mean that mathe…

I'm pretty ignorant of browser stuff, but couldn't the attack be even worse than mentioned in the article? If the newly opened website has full control over the Facebook tab, can't…

It seems like the article is missing a possible situation (which I believe is likely). Suppose -The ticket price is the market price and a raise would drive away a lot of buyers -A…

You can even make it polygonal. Even more interesting, you can make it non symmetrical, contradicting the article's claim that dice must be symmetrical to be fair. You make an (n-2…

In case anyone else is looking, here's the story source for the last picture: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28212223

Can't we just appreciate that both points of views are helpful? Instead of thinking that one is better, and saying that therefore, the other sucks.

Can't we just appreciate that both points of views are helpful? Instead of thinking that one is better, and saying that therefore, the other sucks. Both of them explain different t…

Ok, I can agree that we shouldn't design notation around their limitations. And I do like what they do in SICM. But, I'm just trying to root for the point up-thread: >It seems temp…

The great thing is we're not constraining our notation. As reikonomusha said, the standard notation is easier to read. Other notation is better for programming or certain things, a…

There are two situations which black/white boards are awesome for. -Giving lectures in subjects which desperately need drawing and writing. Look at what happens at 1:16:27 here htt…

Isn't the conclusion, "all particles have free will"? So, the arguments conclusion is pretty far from its premise. "All numbers are larger than 5" is very far from "some number is …

It depends on what you mean by a math problem. It seems a common idea is: A math problem is a question asking for the set of solutions to some mathematical equation, and only the a…

I've used save several times when I wanted some information on the web page to be accessible offline. Commonly: ticket information. Or, all the information on some table on Wikiped…

Your edit is correct. Non-transcendentals are algebraic by definition, and the algebraic numbers are countable.

Yeah, I guess those are the only ones I can think of that are more famous than the golden ratio :)