Mathematics - 2021-07-23 (page 2 of 3)

Ted Shifrin

05:00

You should have worn a ski suit.

copper.hat

i think when kids see me do math then realise "omg, if he can do it..."

Twink

leslie townes

i was banned from the olympics because they said we needed to wear clothing and i didn't want to.

this is why i am not an olympian.

copper.hat

i met a few girls in tahoe once who were naked except for boots & a small pack

(on their back, i mean)

i mean while skiing

otherwise the remark is less remarkable

Ted Shifrin

One of my colleagues at UGA who was a terrific teacher could convince college algebra students he knew nothing and have them explain it to him.

copper.hat

05:02

i have a very humdrum approach

Ted Shifrin

In that case, Twink, there is no answer.

copper.hat

i mean, they were wearing a back on their back. whew

leslie townes

i just show up naked and whatever happens happens.

copper.hat

i used to go to the clothing optional area at the RSF

quieter, plus no tan lines

plus i am sortof european

Ted Shifrin

@copper What do you say to that red line?

copper.hat

05:04

muir beach was another hangou

@TedShifrin i am hoping it is a mistake otherwise it ruins my reasoning

Ted Shifrin

Mine too.

My original “not enough info” is reinstated.

leslie townes

i visited the RSF exactly once while an undergraduate. i don't remember a clothing optional area.

you may have been at the bear's lair

copper.hat

i am withdrawing, back to the wine

yes, many years ago

i went there the day i met my research advisor for the first time

Ted Shifrin

What is RSF?

copper.hat

not with him

leslie townes

05:06

recreational sports facility.

copper.hat

recreational sports facility

bingo

leslie townes

between the field and the administrative buildings.

Ted Shifrin

Oh. I used tennis and volleyball courts, no more.

leslie townes

there was no clothing optional area, copper just might have done that.

copper.hat

i met my advisor, we had some awkward words, another student said lets meet at the bear's lair.

there was behind the pool

leslie townes

05:07

one time i met one of my students outside sproul hall. they were doing some kind of protest because of sweathouse labor for university merchandise. she was nude. she really wanted to talk to me about her issue and i was like, i can't do this.

copper.hat

i got hit on a few times at the rsf. unfortunately for me only once by a girl.

Ted Shifrin

Aww …

copper.hat

i was so oblivious.

i was hey, lets grab a drink. i didn't realise

don't ask that when you are naked in the rsf locker rooms

Ted Shifrin

Um …

copper.hat

different world

leslie townes

05:11

middle aged women used to pick up on me in ben and nicks (when i was not middle aged). great bar.

copper.hat

growing up when we did stuff, judo, orienteering, etc, we (f+m) just stripped off & changed. no biggie

leslie townes

after 40, nobody is shy about anything and it is kind of a relief.

copper.hat

i linke b&ns

i was never terribly inhibited after about 10 yo.

leslie townes

one guy picked up on me there too. i ended up introducing him to someone and i think a good time was had by all.

copper.hat

usually the progression was, cute accent, have a drink, they realise what the hell...

leslie townes

05:12

i think it's all on apps now.

copper.hat

i did dance at the white horse with some friends

leslie townes

i loved the white horse. that is/was a really good place.

copper.hat

i like(d) dancing. i don't care with whom i dance

Ted Shifrin

I was way too shy in those days, probably saved my life cuz AIDS was starting ….

copper.hat

best was usually a wife whose husband doesn't like to dance

leslie townes

05:14

one of my friends, that was like the only place he would go. so i'd join him and try to introduce him to people.

copper.hat

terrible time

the naked guy used to be a bouncer at a fairly nearby bar

leslie townes

i can't imagine the 80s/90s. my mom was a nurse and would come home with stories because she was unfiltered.

families always fussing around with who got to see a person while they were dying.

very appropriate for a 10-year-old i would think.

Ted Shifrin

70s was more closeted and not quite so scary … who knew …

copper.hat

yeah. must have been tough.

leslie townes

it radicalized me in some way. it traumatized my mother because nurses didn't have control over who got to visit the rooms.

it really hurt her.

anyway, f--- em

copper.hat

05:18

thankfully none of my friends were impacted directly.

Ted Shifrin

And here we are with COVID and the same death phenomenon … just different targets.

Plenty of mine died.

copper.hat

there isn't the same societal judgement thing

sad time.

leslie townes

ted i am very sorry to hear that.

copper.hat

yep, sorry about that.

Ted Shifrin

Now it’s stupidity of vax-refusers …

leslie townes

05:19

there was an enormous loss and a lot of it was avoidable if only anyone could care about it.

somewhat like now but not quite.

Ted Shifrin

Thank Reagan!

leslie townes

that bastard.

pardon my french

Ted Shifrin

One reason he’s so beloved by the right.

copper.hat

hey, come on, he gave the troops a chance to visit ucb

Ted Shifrin

As governor.

copper.hat

05:20

leopard's spots

Twink

thank you guys

leslie townes

my third grade teacher lost her son to AIDS. one of my earliest memories of that epidemic was visiting his patch on the aids quilt.

copper.hat

@Twink you never answered

leslie townes

reagan as governor gassed my advisor once.

piece of s---. although i did like bedtime for bonzo.

copper.hat

i did vote for arnie :-)

leslie townes

05:23

that was quite a ballot.

i voted for my dad's friend who was later imprisoned for bank fraud because of stuff that his father did.

copper.hat

he has some personal characteristics that i abhor, but he seemed fairly moderate

it was somehow reassuring to find out he had a kid with the house keeper

the kennedy's dropped him the moment that pr came out

leslie townes

one time the gallup people polled me and asked if i was less or more likely to vote for arnie because of the allegations about his housekeeper, and i said more likely, and the pollster actually laughed out loud.

his signature is on my phd diploma.

copper.hat

he's human

i must have Deukmejian

leslie townes

he was pretty good. better than a few of the followers.

copper.hat

i didn't become a citizen until 2001

leslie townes

05:27

if i can make a pollster laugh out loud i think i missed my calling as a comedian.

we need to shut you out and keep you from robbing us of our taxes.

copper.hat

i never seem to fit the stereotype

shintuku

what's the mathjax way™ to subscript a bmatrix (to show what basis it belongs to)?

copper.hat

:-) i believe i have paid many times over the average lifetime tax burden

plus created lots of jobs, some of which are still in place :-)

leslie townes

coming over, purporting to create jobs. telling jokes that go nowhere.

copper.hat

i want to get a refund of my non resident tuition, however :-)

leslie townes

05:29

you actually do deserve that. that's nonsense.

copper.hat

i can see the justification, but in my case they were getting four years of pure engineering undiluted by breath requirements

plus my attainment was far from a drain on the tax payer

leslie townes

breath requirements? meaning the breathalyzer?

would have been worth it to regularly test an irishman

copper.hat

i have actually never been breathalsed

leslie townes

how does that go? i haven't had that happen

i've been pepper sprayed but not breathalyzed

copper.hat

i have been slapped by the top consular authority in sf

i have never been invited back to her parties

i used to be in the 'know'

i met mary robinson

i introduced my wife to her

shintuku

05:33

wow i underscored a bmatrix and it subscripted the bmatrix

copper.hat

at the irish cultural center which, appropriately, is across the street from the zooo

shintuku

who wouldve thought

leslie townes

it's actually a part of the zoo

copper.hat

we used to go there to watch matches at 6am

and have an irish breakfast. the pinnacle of irish cuisine

potatoes, bacon, tomatoes, eggs, what more could you ask for

ohh, sausages. not the healthy variety

leslie townes

irish cultural center. that's funny. where you go, set off a flare, and beat somebody with a potato shovel.

copper.hat

05:34

black & white pud

i miss those simpler days

leslie townes

i don't mean to be offensive, this is just how i am and there is no way of turning it off.

copper.hat

its the scorpion & the frog

leslie townes

exactly.

this just is what it is.

copper.hat

did you ever watch the crying game?

leslie townes

yes.

you cannot spoil the ending because i know it.

copper.hat

05:38

i really enjoyed the movie. totally caught me off guard, though i remember thinking is that a 6 o'clock shadow

that was the first time i heard the scorpion & the frog fable

leslie townes

the director has done other interesting stuff although maybe not as good.

copper.hat

stephen rea is a pretty good actor

leslie townes

he's amazing. i love him.

copper.hat

slighlty reminded me of some unsavoury characters growing up

small, wirey, deadly

leslie townes

i had an eccentric aunt who gave me weird books of children's stories that may have been appropriate.

she recognized i was the scorpion, i think.

copper.hat

05:42

a lot of old irish stories are not the bay area sort of kiddie stories.

leslie townes

apparently both my sun and moon signs are scorpio so this explains that. i know exacrly why the scorpion did that.

copper.hat

scorpions fascinate me

i found one in aboot once

justified checking for the rest of my life

albeit it probably would just of hurt for a while, nothing too serious

but its a good story

really, i am checking for earwigs.

leslie townes

i just opt not to travel. i don't think fellow scorpions would respect a scorpio.

i hate earwigs. we didn't have a clothes dryer growing up and they would get in anything we hung outside.

copper.hat

yeah. it a weakness for me. i can deal with snakes, etc,. but an earwig. uugh.

leslie townes

jerusalem crickets would also wander into our laundry.

those are creepy animals.

copper.hat

05:45

potato bugs

they are but the move slowly. i just move them outside

they are pretty huge

leslie townes

i remember once one was rustling around under my dresser and i could hear it. it was no fun at all. you're not supposed to hear an insect rustling.

copper.hat

time to hit the sack! gn!

leslie townes

goodnight.

epsilon-emperor

06:04

@robjohn I might be wrong about this, but I remember discussing this problem with you before: http://mathb.in/61239

The part where I write $\frac{1}{2\pi |\lambda_n|}\int_{-\pi}^\pi f(t) D_n(-t)\, dt \ge \frac{m\|D_n\|_1}{|\lambda_n|}$ isn't correct, since $\|D_n\|_1$ would require $|D_n(-t)|$ in the integral, and we have the same thing without the modulus. Could you please take a look and see how to fix it?

Might've discussed it with Oliver or copper instead, not sure.

In any case, I'd appreciate any help!

Omni man

09:49

pp

AMDG

12:55

Mornin'.

@leslietownes That is what is known as a Yeet nopicus, roots yeet and nope. It's purpose is to be gawked in horror at and make you say "nope" before you yeet it a thousand miles away with the power of a pro baseball athlete that arises from the power of adrenaline.

Xander Henderson

13:20

@copper.hat What is in this sack, and why are you hitting it?

AMDG

How to make this even more ominous: It's a nightly event.

satan 29

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Q: Probability of at least 3 people sharing a common birthday

What is the probability that 3 or more people share a common birthday, in a group of 160 people? Approach: Let $X$ denote the no. of people sharing a common birthday. Then, we have $P(X\geq 3)= 1-[P(X=0)+P(X=2)]$. The cases for $X=0$ and $X=2$ can be dealt together by using the following argument...

any ideas with whats possibly going wrong?

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