Theoretical Computer Science 2014 Election

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vzn

02:30

thinking it all over....

wonder how many negative meta votes have gotten since announced candidacy....

the reward for volunteering around here

for a job that possibly is timeconsuming and has low reward....

seems like many in the group have an attitude problem

looks like around ~-10 so far...

or maybe they need a drill seargeant to kick em all into shape haha :p

little r-e-s-p-e-c-t

vzn

03:23

my points are not as good as their points

hahaha

w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r

vzn

03:56

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hmmm... lets see whats top priority for the group based on meta user votes (aka group mind) right now...?

inquiry of the melodrama of why k. is stepping down. 14v

election announcement still at 4v

gotta luv that passion!

invitation to sr researchers for involvement -6v

the urgent pressing matter of me finally submitting to the group consensus aka "brainwashing" re using uppercase ... 13v

A: to some of the elite members of the site

Just a small remark on your writing (I don't have enough reputation for comments). I think that one very strong reason that some people dislike your writing is that you use a very careless way of writing which is very weird. E.g., instead of writing "I don't ..." you write "don't ...". And you re...

dontcha just luv cyberspace endless entertainment HAHAHA

Artem Kaznatcheev

Hey @vzn, I just noticed your comment here:

hi, a fan of your blog & have commented there in past. question. wonder if you think Wolfram should be given any credit for promoting the algorithmic lens & what your opinion is on his contributions(?) to TCS. he seems not to be cited on your blog site (except in comments here) — vzn Jan 24 at 21:48

for some reason it didn't notify me when you posted it

I'd be happy to discuss some of my views on Wolfram, but I don't think that the comments below the moderation questionnaire are the right venue

you are welcome to start a discussion about this in the comments of the blog post you linked (or some other blog post you might find relevant) and I will participate there

just to keep to topics coherent and together in one place.

vzn

04:12

@artem how about just state your opinion right here =)

Artem Kaznatcheev

This might be the most relevant post for algorithmic lens discussion.

vzn

there is some brief refs to wolfram on tcs.se, some by me.

Artem Kaznatcheev

@vzn this thread is to discuss the election. I already feel bad for sidetracking it, but I didn't know how else to contact you. Don't want to sidetrack it more.

vzn

am aware of JeFFe's opinion in a significantly upvoted comment.

artem nobody is discussing the election here except for me :p

its a freeform chat jam ok?!?

Artem Kaznatcheev

@vzn I'd prefer to keep it on topic. I only stop by here to check if there is some election relevant notifications

vzn

04:16

gasp you just missed capitalizing a sentence dude, 50 lashes with a mortarboard tassel for you

lighten up dude, probably the only next announcement will be the winner

you might have it in the bag based on meta votes on the questionnaire...

your opinion on wolfram is on topic if you ask me. the de facto mod of this all-other-absentee chat room =)

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vzn

05:06

how about this !!!

a rare gem

It's not "problems with grammar", it's a different style. It's like saying that a native speaker makes "mistakes" speaking their own language, while in fact either language is changing, or there is regional variance. In this case, it's vzn's idiomatic style. — Yuval Filmus Oct 25 '13 at 17:53

holy cow!

could it be? no... understanding? tolerance? ... maybe even ... empathy?

alas, yuval seems to have much better things to do than screw around with meta melodrama... wonder if he participates in meta anywhere ... maybe that is a real zen master ... embracing the emptiness HAHAHA

hence my nominating him...

its a freakin miracle r. hasnt deleted that comment, eeeks, now still hope it doesnt go poof

used the word "brainwashing" above in quotes.... does sound kinda harsh maybe...?

reminds me of something... hmmm... deja vu all over again?

in Computer Science, 2 days ago, by Raphael

@Juho I think that's mainly an issue with newcomers that are not TCS researchers. Those that are have been "brainwashed" (for lack of a better word), that is have an intuitive understanding of what's appropriate to ask and what not. (Soft questions are maybe an exception.)

oh yeah! thats the guy who criticized my introduction to the group on meta. dang!

the 1st question for candidate mods....

flunked! at least it was quick and relatively painless... hahaha

huh, just doesnt seem really passionate about tcs.se anymore.... answered my recent question, what a nice guy....

cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/40/yuval-filmus?tab=activity

postdoc at IAS. impressive

holy freakin cow 29k on cs.se

Yuval Filmus, Princeton, NJ

29.2k 2 21 60

see if I was a mod, that might bother me a little... he seems incredibly helpful but a little overqualified over there on that site overrun with undergraduate homework "dumps"... kinda a teeny )( waste of talent...?

but @#%& if anyone bothers me again in this chat room about my style am gonna have to paste in the same picture from over on cs.se.... =|

so r. is quite the HardNose himself on meta/chat.... yikes... but...

Raphael ♦, Kaiserslautern, Germany

19.5k 6 41 122

algorithms formal-languages complexity-theory terminology computability formal-grammars proof-techniques

19.5k, great stuff.... just said over in chat he manages ~10TAs or something

youd think someone who left tcs.se quite awhile back might not still be so emotional about it... oh yeah saw some of those reasons stated in chat...

anyway, it seems there could be some small evidence that tcs.se aint all that great even for the phds....! like dilworth is pointing out on meta.... "out of the mouths of babes"....

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r. writes in response to a cohort of mine who said

in Computer Science, Jan 23 at 15:26, by Realz Slaw

I am just saying the general attitude that cs.SE topic stuff is off-topic there, even if it is an advanced question, there are always people just looking to match it to the pattern of "It isn't theoretical!! got one!"

in Computer Science, Jan 23 at 15:27, by Realz Slaw

@Raphael and considering that cstheory started when there was no cs.SE, that is really snobbish

not that tcs.se members seem to care a whole lot about their group reputation...

r. replies,

in Computer Science, Jan 23 at 15:27, by Raphael

@RealzSlaw I have only two users in mind who I have had problems with. One has very strong opinions (which is fair) that oppose mine more often than not, and the other has an acute self-inflation problem.

???

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looking at the questionnaire.

AK 6

LR 4

SN 4

so maybe it will be close for 2nd place.

but, probably low votes...? it will be very interesting to see election votes vs meta votes.... maybe some will vote without paying much attn or voting on meta...?

15 hours later…

Shog9

20:52

Congratulations to Lev Reyzin and Artem Kaznatcheev, winners of the 2014 moderator election!

Q: 2014 Community Moderator Election Results

Theoretical Computer Science's second moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the two new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes...