Eratosthenes
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I thought everything in physics was going great, all of our theories are extremely well-tested and there are absolutely no anomalies, inconsistencies, paradoxes, singularities, or unexplained parameters. A crisis? My word!
>predictably dense math answer
They gave you the damn formula....
It doesn't cost that much to file a patent. It costs a ton of money to hire lawyers though.
You can DIY-it for a lot less. I patented an invention for about $2k. I wrote the claims, specification, and produced the technical drawings myself. Then I had everything reviewed by a patent attorney. If you have a lot of spare money or you're hoping that your patent is going to be the next big thing you may want to shell out for patent lawyers though.
On the other hand, there are cases where even the pros make serious mistakes in drafting patents despite all of the money they charge, because no one really understands an invention like the inventor. So there's a lot to be said for understanding how the patent process works, especially if you might become a prolific inventor at some point, which it sounds like this teenager is well on his way toward. Then it's likely worth the time investment to understand the basics of IP law and patents.
Brilliant! This is fantastic. I'm in love with it already :)
>how can you tell the difference between someone who's good but stressed vs someone who's just not very good?
This is a solved problem already. Do we use whiteboard interviews for standardized tests or certifications? No.
>Seems like we don't even know how big a this problem is.
Seems like you don't know.
>Is it 1% of the candidates? 10%? 50%? I have no idea. And it sounds like nobody here has any real idea either.
How much time did you spend trying to find out before giving up?
Here's Michael Bay having a panic attack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeClZfVwOk4Note that aside from some minor body language cues, there aren't a lot of outward signs of panic. How it looks and how it feels are very different.
I had a job interview once where I was so anxious that I wasn't able to remember my own address when asked. Usually I'm smart enough to remember my own address. After the interview (no offer) I was able to remember my address and navigate back to my apartment without much trouble, so I think that lends credence to your theory that stress can cause memory lapse.
> do you want slow programmers, slow compilers and bloated binaries, or slow execution times?
Why choose? With generics we can have all three!
Fundamentally, orbital mechanics still relies on the same old action-at-a-distance that plagued Newton. You can look under the hood of any software that simulates orbits and see that this is the case. No time delay is assumed for gravitational interaction. Celestial bodies effect each other's orbits instantaneously (the Poynting-Robertson effect also makes this obvious).
IF you assume that photons have mass and interact gravitationally (there are good reasons for making this assumption), then you can explain the double slit experiment classically via gravitational interaction.
> Why didn’t God just make the universe classical and be done with it?
He did. Physicists just never managed to properly grapple with the concept that classical mechanics involves action-at-a-distance.
The H1-B program prevents the tech industry from developing its own domestic supply of skilled engineers by shutting out domestic applicants for entry level positions. Remove H1-B's from the equation and the labor market will move back to equilibrium.
Good point. Why hire an American at all, for anything, ever, if you can just hire someone for less money in China or India? According to economics, America can't even exist! Impressive.
Good point. You know what would be great for corporations? If we could just bring back slavery. Then we wouldn't have to worry about churn at all! Except when we work them to death. But life is all about tradeoffs.
Really, the only two viable options are either H1-B's or slavery. You can't honestly expect corporations to promote people in accordance with their skill, or increase people's wages in accordance with their skill, right? Next you're going to tell me they should compete with other employers for their employees! Hahaha just imagine that.
All I'm hearing are good reasons to support unions.
Exactly this. I would have loved to go for a physics PhD but everything I read about academia in the US strongly discouraged me from pursuing it. I went into tech instead.
The academic system in the US is incredibly sick. The best and brightest students are certainly not lining up to squander their youth being treated like slaves when they can make top dollar in another field.
I'm planning to use this to validate parts of a new cryptocurrency I'm working on.
Adopt an aggressive posture. Maintain eye contact and repeatedly say "amortized complexity".