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Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by carterschonwald » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

tshile wrote: post #10

carterschonwald wrote: post #8

Hehe, I'm on both sides and it shows in all three directions. I like all areas of math once I get to know them, and I'm currently rolling numerical computation tools in Haskell :p (as my job! its pretty great. shoot me an email if that sound fun and you'd like to learn more ) Great silly post to end the day with

I like the algebra side, love emacs, and am currently thoroughly enjoying learning lisp. I eat my corn in rows :) Was a fun read!

everybody wins!

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by carterschonwald » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:05 AM UTC

pirateking wrote: post #20

I eat in both spirals and in rows. Sometimes sticking with one method all the way through, sometimes alternating along the way. Additionally, sometimes I take great care to cleanly peck each and every kernel out of its socket. Other times I mow through it like a wild animal, bits of corn strewn around my mouth. I have always loved math, and I always want to dive in deeper, but can never quite figure out exactly what…

round robin all of them!

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by brooksbp » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:14 AM UTC

m0nastic wrote: post #5

Apparently I'm screwed; I cut it off the cob in sheets. So I guess that means I don't care about efficiency, but need things super neat and orderly. I have always liked Prolog though...

seems algebraic to me

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by MaysonL » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:18 AM UTC

m0nastic wrote: post #5

Apparently I'm screwed; I cut it off the cob in sheets. So I guess that means I don't care about efficiency, but need things super neat and orderly. I have always liked Prolog though...

Point set topology?

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by lani » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:24 AM UTC

I eat corn on pizza. I'm a manager

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by gauravsc » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:39 AM UTC

I eat my corn in spiral and I love analysis part of maths. I am doing my masters in data mining. I guess, it adds another data point to your findings.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by masterzora » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 5:46 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #13

gxs wrote: post #12

This is the kind of article that makes me love HN. While I'm not a mathematician, I was a math major. I always preferred algebra, and sure enough I eat my corn in rows - so one more data point!

For me, it's the opposite. Maybe I actually prefer analysis to algebra, or I'm eating my corn wrong :)

As an algebraist who would be classified under "spirals" here I just think the corn looks more interesting if I leave bands of kernels in the first pass and then pick them up in the second. Definitely sounds like a more algebraist-focused reason for it, too :)

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by cperciva » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 6:00 AM UTC

I don't like corn, but I checked with my parents and they both followed this rule.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by MaysonL » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 6:05 AM UTC

A much better split than Yegge's.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by tel » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 6:11 AM UTC

I eat my corn in rings, fix a z and then scrape through theta before choosing the next z. It's efficient and it sort-of follows the cornkernel grid.

I'm also more of a statistician who edits in vi and emacs every day and I'm challenging myself with some category theory and abstract algebra because I find it intoxicating.

So, I don't have a clue how to fit into this divide.