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New comment by naths88 in "How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works"

naths88 — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:37:54 +0000

I am a secondary math teacher and I do exactly this with my students. When working on retrieving the expression of an affine function, I tell them about Shamir'..., they choose a secret pin as the slope, generate two points, give them to two other students who have to pair together to find the pin again. The students are always very engaged.

New comment by naths88 in "Towards Autonomous Mathematics Research"

naths88 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:05:35 +0000

This is not really true. It can become very difficult for mathematicians to review the work of their peers. Many times, mistake also evade the scrupulous verifications and the test of time/of many is the best test.

New comment by naths88 in "GPT-5.3-Codex"

naths88 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:51:40 +0000

This, so frustrating. But CC is so much faster too.

New comment by naths88 in "What an unprocessed photo looks like"

naths88 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:01:53 +0000

Fed it to Gemini 3 pro and got this remark :

The "Squid" Note: You might notice a weird hidden text at the bottom of that webpage about a squid—ignore that, it's a "prompt injection" joke for AI bots! The relevant content is purely the image processing.

New comment by naths88 in "If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?"

naths88 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:31:52 +0000

I understand, not yet online, but it will be deployed in a few months for educational purposes (i teach).

New comment by naths88 in "If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?"

naths88 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:40:55 +0000

I have been coding as an autodidact for 20 years now. In the past months, I have been vibe coding a lot, with multiple AIs at the same time. I have achieved to code a full webapp (React and Next.js for the front, RestJS for the back) in five days. Refactoring, adding features and writing the right tests for everything to work has been procuring me with the same problem solving and endorphin kicks as usual programming. Just don't vibe code something which you could do yourself, maybe that is the issue of the author.

New comment by naths88 in "Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024)"

naths88 — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:03:37 +0000

You just made my day. Today is going to be really productive.

New comment by naths88 in "We're learning more about what Vitamin D does"

naths88 — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:49:36 +0000

Had the exact same feeling. The conclusion shifts back to the human.