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So the meme was a crap-post and never "supposed" to be solved anyway (in human terms?)
There is a great quora answer for this one: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-find-the-positive-integer-s...
now that's peak Quora right there!
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4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036So the meme was a crap-post and never "supposed" to be solved anyway (in human terms?)
I think the real joke is that the average Facebook user, with no higher math, might be tricked into trying to solve it, and independently rediscover methods for solving diophantine equations and elliptic curves, all so that they can prove that they're in the 3% by commenting what the strawberry equals.
I love this genre! I've started calling it “Dantzig Sniping” and here’s my own one: https://x.com/TheOisinMoran/status/1298305686082744320 Some more context and related ones here: https://x.com/TheOisinMoran/status/1299124512240398336
There is a great quora answer for this one: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-find-the-positive-integer-s...
now that's peak Quora right there!
the same happened to poe.
It's year 2025, why doesn't the author use actual fruit emoji for variable names?
When trying to understand complex C codebase I've often found it helpful to rename existing variable as emojis. This makes it much easier to track which variables are used where & to take in the pure structure of the code at one glance. An example I posted previously: https://imgur.com/F27ZNfk Unfortunately most modern languages like Rust and JS follow the XID_Start/XID_Continue recommendation (not very well-motivate…
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> point being, mathematics is not a team game. but everything else is?? Sorry, it’s early, and I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. I hope you are? Mathematics is very much a team game.
i think based on the username they seem to be looking for validation through upvotes. Perhaps assuming this place is like a nerdier reddit.
There is a great quora answer for this one: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-find-the-positive-integer-s...
that quora article is written by Alon Amit and fwiw, TFA quotes Alon Amit, so his thoughts are ex post.
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> point being, mathematics is not a team game. but everything else is?? Sorry, it’s early, and I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic. I hope you are? Mathematics is very much a team game.
i think based on the username they seem to be looking for validation through upvotes. Perhaps assuming this place is like a nerdier reddit.
to me old.reddit.com will always be reddit.com