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ox_n

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About ox_n

Just some guy.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #21545001

    I have yet to have it become it's own problem.

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    Comment #19949095

    Yes, I've tried consulting and decided a FT gig was more worth it.

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    Comment #19592126

    For over ten years I ran a consulting business that specialized in replacing key people immediately. If you were funded by someone who knew of me, or were insured by a company that…

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    Comment #19381056

    I just love how SCIENTISTS are presented with abnormal behavior closely associated with the group they are studying and completely dismiss it as a variable worthy of research. Mayb…

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    Comment #19232794

    Blank on mobile. Cool?

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    Comment #19166614

    I see it more like walking away knowing that I have checkmate whether the other person can see it or not. If you pay attention to the conditions that must necessarily exist, like t…

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    Comment #19162955

    I got to call them like I see them. Thanks for announcing that you stepped on that land mine.

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    Comment #19162918

    Copy this into wolfram alpha: p=2, n=5, x=1/2(p+1)p^((n-1)/2), y=1/2(p-1)p^((n-1)/2) Try changing the values and playing with it until you understand that there will always be x^2 …

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    Comment #19134559

    Consecutive base numbers will necessarily alternate between even and odd. So even the closest base numbers still have a gap between their resulting odd number series, which only in…

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    Comment #19134547

    Yes. x and y will be a multiple of the base number.

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    Comment #19134546

    What other mindset do you see working better?

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    Comment #19134533

    It's completely arrogant to assume that because it hasn't been solved by "better" people that I couldn't solve it.

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    Comment #19134291

    _DON'T DOWN VOTE JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO MATH_ The proof Fermat hinted to was about the difference between squares. All whole numbers taken to a power greater than two (n^3) can …

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    Comment #19067064

    It doesn't work in my browser. Shame. I really felt like wasting some time just now.

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    Comment #19006733

    I saw a copyright on every version of that image I could find.

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    Comment #19005851

    I'm real curious how he got the rights to the image on the cover.