> ... we heard rumors that two Millennium Prize problems had been resolved. Inspired by these rumors ... I've observed this exact effect last week. I made a discovery regarding a stepwise performance improvement in a codebase. I shared the benchmark results with a peer and within 12 hours they replicated the same. We had both been looking for this for years. I think giving someone hope that an answer exists might as…
I have a similar story, but perhaps even stranger. I work for a startup. We often bring a wooden arcade with us to conferences as a marketing gimmick. The arcade runs a single side-scrolling video game. You're running from a monster and dodging obstacles. The goal is to survive as long as possible, and your result is measured in meters. There are always a few competitive guys who spend the entire conference taking tu…
Re: The Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
#241Climbers know this phenomenon as the "send train". A group of climbers has been working on a problem for a while. When the first person sends it, it often happens that multiple people are successful in the immediate attempts that follow. Part of it is watching the successful beta, but it happens even when everyone knows the moves. Once you've seen it's possible, you stop climbing tentatively and commit to the hard move instead of hedging for a fall.