Is it just me, or are the winners not listed anywhere on this site? It says "The Prize Committees for ICM 2014 have begun their work." And "last updated: 2014-07-30" at the bottom. Was the page reverted to an older version for some reason?
2014 Fields Medals announced
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should see one of my all-time favorite Hacker news threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
I'm finally beginning to appreciate how my embarrassing behavior ends up trotted out regularly.
But aren't you glad to be in a place where that incident could even happen?
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#43Notably, Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win a Fields medal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani
Also notably, 1. Mirzakhani is the first Iranian 2. Bhargava is the first Canadian 3. Hairer is the first Austrian 4. Avila is the first Brazilian
Mirzakhani is the first woman to ever win, which is even more notable than being the first Iranian.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should see one of my all-time favorite Hacker news threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Man, this guy is impressive as well.
He went on to found Tarsnap about a year after that exchange.
The whole thread is really incredible. Just a bit further down[1] you see someone criticize him and his startup (Tarsnap) for having a "phenomenal misunderstanding of what it takes to create a successful software startup."
And then Drew Houston of Dropbox chimes in to say that he's building a similar backup solution.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
The more I read HN, the more I am impressed by the diversity of its readers. Now we have the cousin of a field medalist, nothing less!
You should see one of my all-time favorite Hacker news threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
The more I read HN, the more I am impressed by the diversity of its readers. Now we have the cousin of a field medalist, nothing less!
You should see one of my all-time favorite Hacker news threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Even more impressive is Drew houston chiming in. cperciva would've been a billionaire (not that he cares :))!
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Man, this guy is impressive as well.
He went on to found Tarsnap about a year after that exchange. The whole thread is really incredible. Just a bit further down[1] you see someone criticize him and his startup (Tarsnap) for having a "phenomenal misunderstanding of what it takes to create a successful software startup." And then Drew Houston of Dropbox chimes in to say that he's building a similar backup solution.
I just saw that. That's like history being made. Incredible.
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#49A pity only very few people in the world can fully understand the beauty of the mathematical proofs these geniuses created