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I used to live in a set of townhouses that did exactly your "drop box" idea. It worked really well, and I thought that it was quite common.

Yes, it's much easier for humans to prove complex theorems than computers. Just as it is much easier for humans to build complex programs than computers. Often times, a proof is (m…

I'm very sorry to hear about your experience, thank you so much for sharing it.

Thanks, you don't see any concrete experience because there isn't anything worth showing. I'm working on some stuff right now to do just that. It's actually a webapp to allow teach…

Awesome! I went to check out your blog post, only to discover that I've already read it (and it contains a lot of helpful advice, thanks!).

Yeah, I've heard about the Wall Street programming options for mathematicians, but it is not a field that I'm interested in. Actually, the CS dept at my uni has a big computer visi…

Thanks for the warning. I'm working on a project right now that I should be releasing soon to help with the "real project" problem. This is another thing I'm afraid of - being over…

Thanks, that's really good to hear (I love big problems!) My research is in abstract algebra (specifically Lie theory and algebraic geometry), which is pretty far removed from stat…

I'll be graduating with my PhD in Mathematics in a couple of years, and I'm really interested in moving to the software engineering/programming field (for those interested, it's no…

I can try: 1. Matrix multiplication is indeed defined oddly. To understand why, it can help to think of matrices as "linear transformations". For example, the matrix | 0 -1 | | 1 0…

I have mixed feelings about this explanation. On the one hand, the mathematician inside of me is raging "this is neither specific, nor rigorous!" In my opinion, this definition is …

While it depends on what you mean by "incredibly difficult", I would say that if you are doing any work with 3d modelling, it would be necessary to understand basic linear algebra.…

In addition to the other comments, it should be noted that this happens after the fact. You don't really know what your bugs will do until they turn up, which you can only know aft…

I think that you are right, in that this would probably prepare students for jobs very well. However, I think that a Bachelor's degree is supposed to be about something other than …

Immediately afterward, though, the parent does step in and help out - a small amount. It sounds to me like the parent here is trying to subtly remind the employee that this is a le…

Speaking from personal experience, I think the positives of this outweigh the negatives. I've had many customer-interactive part-time jobs in my life, and I think that it can be gr…

In fact, it says that 6174 is more than just a fixed point, it is also the only fixed point, and an attracting fixed point. That is, every four digit number with transform to 6174 …

I think that I'm one of those elitist attitude people. I apologize for this, I don't mean to sound elitist (I certainly don't think of myself as elite). I agree with you that we ar…

Thanks for pointing this out. I agree with you that having managerial skills would be important to someone who manages people, and that many faculty in academia do need to manage p…

From the article: "Imagine bright young things entering a new kind of science PhD, in which both they and their supervisors embrace from the start the idea that graduates will go o…

I think the mentality that most of the research done is useless crap is a common mindset that can hurt the entire field of science if too many people believe it. There is already a…

I agree completely. I don't think that recreational mathematics should replace calculus. I think that there are some definite changes that should be made to mathematics education, …

While I would agree that a basic programming course might be helpful as a required course for all schools, I don't understand why it should replace Calculus? There is room for both…