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Mistral CEO:China lagging in AI is a 'fairy tale'

ekm2 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:53:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/china-lagging-in-ai-is-a-fairy-tale-mistral-ceo-says/ar-AA1UJHuB

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46724984

Points: 3

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New comment by ekm2 in "Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says"

ekm2 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:59:21 +0000

How many people on here can truly say that they were considering between two different countries. That doesn’t happen at scale.

Mmmh...How about four countries?US,UK,Canada &South Africa.

As a student,though

New comment by ekm2 in "The Algebra Gatekeepers"

ekm2 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:34:10 +0000

It is easy to understand the equations if you have physical intuition of what is going on.Then derive from first principles.Memorizing formulas is the key to failing advance math.

New comment by ekm2 in "The Algebra Gatekeepers"

ekm2 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:32:47 +0000

Are you saying that because they end with "Algebra"?You can get an A+ in basic Algebra and have no clue about Abstract Algebra.It is the chain of reasoning rather than the mindless manipulation present in baby Algebra.

New comment by ekm2 in "The Algebra Gatekeepers"

ekm2 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:22:39 +0000

Geometry is fundamental to physics and chemistry,not Algebra.Look at the thinking style,not the content.

New comment by ekm2 in "The Algebra Gatekeepers"

ekm2 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:26:22 +0000

Analytical geometry underlies calculus,not Algebra.And combinatorics is a completely different arm of the two cultures of mathematics.Also Geometry was fine before Rene Descartes messed it up with Algebra and then we christened it Analytical Geometry.The method of exhaustion,amply developed by Archimedes with zero Algebra is the basis of intergration.It is because we start out with differentiation that we think Algebra is super important.Tom Apostol comes close in his calculus textbook when he actually starts with intergration.

A compromise would be to have two streams:The left-brained folks should follow the Algebra ->Geometry->Calculus track;the right-brained folks should have a Combinatorics ->Geometry ->Calculus track.

New comment by ekm2 in "The Algebra Gatekeepers"

ekm2 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:36:18 +0000

Yes.

Substitute Algebra with Combinatorics and you will be fine.I do not understand this Algebra worship.Speaking as someone who graduated magna cum laude in in College Math.

Are Startup Founders Different?

ekm2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:43:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2025/06/30/are-startup-founders-different

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44430092

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by ekm2 in "Are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?"

ekm2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:03:14 +0000

How does that relate to AI?

New comment by ekm2 in "Are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?"

ekm2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:39:03 +0000

Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this, the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became our civilization, which is, of course, what this is all about: Evolution, Morpheus, evolution. Like the dinosaur. Look out that window. You had your time. The future is our world, Morpheus. The future is our time.

Agent Smith,The Matrix(1999)

New comment by ekm2 in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"

ekm2 — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:44:34 +0000

Banning art?

Ask HN: What would be the practical implications of US leaving the WHO?

ekm2 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:36:39 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42782068

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

New comment by ekm2 in "Quantum mechanics is the operating system other physical theories run on (2007)"

ekm2 — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:38:25 +0000

I would say Physics is the subset of Mathematics that describes Physical reality.The rest does not care if it is practical, just logically intact.

New comment by ekm2 in "Ask HN: Classic Math Books?"

ekm2 — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:00:47 +0000

There is a very slick proof for the irrationality of the number 2 that is found in Baby Rudin.I thought it was his invention.Turns out it appears verbatim in Hardy's A course of Pure Mathematics.

Ask HN: Classic Math Books?

ekm2 — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:17:01 +0000

What math textbooks used in the late 19th or early 20th century are still great right now?Something like G.H Hardy's A Course of Pure Mathematics

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39074056

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by ekm2 in "Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition"

ekm2 — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:37:58 +0000

There is no royal road bro

New comment by ekm2 in "Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition"

ekm2 — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:21:42 +0000

This is good as a second course on Linear Algebra.For a first course,use (I am not kidding) Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Sergei Treil

https://www.math.brown.edu/streil/papers/LADW/LADW.html

New comment by ekm2 in "California’s math misadventure is about to go national"

ekm2 — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:58:37 +0000

Actually,combinatorial thinking is more useful for understanding Algebra and not the other way around.Key word is understanding.No need for a beautiful formula you cannot understand.

New comment by ekm2 in "California’s math misadventure is about to go national"

ekm2 — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:41:24 +0000

Combinatorics can do that even better,minus the memorization.

Abstract Nonsense

ekm2 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:14:20 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_nonsense

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37276453

Points: 19

# Comments: 4