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Much that you say is okay in general although nearly irrelevant to what I have written on this blog or done in my own work. You seem to be hinting that research that is new has to …

My first comment on this thread was down voted to -4 quickly. That post did nothing seriously wrong on the HN rules. Since only a few users are able to down vote, that down voting …

I was attacked strongly for no good reason. Basically this UID was ruined because I am now an enemy of the HN mods. In the future, they wouldn't let me comment in positive terms ab…

"Nothing concrete"? SURE there is. Just read what I wrote. I said to pick an important, unsolved problem and then to do some research to find a powerful solution. For what is 'rese…

My point is clear, simple, rock solid, quite explicit, and very well supported: Again, yet again, this time just for you, my point from DoD research is that DoD research shows that…

You responded to my post about the law of large numbers and utility functions? That is actually a good and appropriate observation. Of course, some mods came along and down voted i…

You are not reading and are just angry for no good reason. And what you are saying is total nonsense. For the venture capital asset class, average returns over the past 10 years ha…

You talked yourself into nonsense. On waste in DoD, sure, but not the parts I was talking about. Some of the big waste was, say, getting AC working in Iraq and now getting Diesel f…

If my project is successful, I will be a billionaire, many times over. I have no desire to do that, and really don't want the down side of being that wealthy, and didn't try to pic…

No, I never claimed that academic research and Ph.D.s have high average value. The "value" of these two in nearly all cases is low. But, the value in particular cases is astounding…

> The solutions you are offering are so general that by following this high-level point of view we can solve world peace, world energy and world poverty and still make the evening …

You deliberately misread or need a remedial reading course: I was clear, totally clear, crystal clear: My point was that the DoD research shows that research can be powerful for fi…

Come on bird brains, cough up what passes for thinking in your flock of losers. "Losers"? Sure: As the limited partners know all too well, the returns over the past 10 years from t…

More attacks. No thoughts. WHAT a flock of bird brains.

Okay, you dirty, filthy, rotten chicken bastards, ANSWER with THOUGHTS or STOP the voting attacks, you dirt bags.

Ah, how to use the law of large numbers and utility functions to make money!!!

PG, In part you are correct, but you are making some huge mistakes and, in a saying from my past, are "straining over gnats and forgetting elephants". > That's made harder by the f…

> You don't have to convince me that mathematics is important--my background is in pure mathematics. I just don't think CS people are hapless fools who need applied math people lik…

You make several points. It appears that you don't like my main point but have no good argument against it or replacement for it; I will respond and try to explain my main point ag…

Hmm, let's see: One of the algorithms is the fast Fourier transform (FFT). It is sometimes described as a form of matrix factorization and multiplication. Another algorithm is Dant…

I hope most of this post is wildly wrong. To decide is for now heavily a judgment call. However, it may be crucial that we decide quite soon. In case of doubt, for something like d…

But, but, but, just think of the progress! How much progress we've made! I mean, in Germany in the 1930s, when one newspaper wanted another newspaper shutdown, the solution was Bro…

Yes, and that's the way I learned in high school. At the time it appeared that we factored to achieve some 'artistic' goals of making the algebraic expressions 'look nice'. When la…

No, my reasoning and wording are fine: Instead, "Things should be as simple as possible and not simpler"!

The answer is simple, dirt simple: If you have to ask the question, then DON'T! That is, we factor algebraic expressions if and only if (iff) we have a good reason to do so. If we …