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New comment by optiot in "AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed"

optiot — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:19:25 +0000

AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed

optiot — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:19:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-proof-is-ais-toughest-math-test-yet-the-results-are-mixed/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015695

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by optiot in "Calculating the Bounding Rectangle of a Circular Sector"

optiot — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:39:47 +0000

Oh cool! I was working on something similar (but not the same) a couple years back when trying to figure out the bounding box of an arc along the circumference of a circular watch face: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/4e5c41c2ab

I don't remember exactly what I was doing but I think you might also be able to skip the for loop by directly calculating the point on the axis by using mod or floor/ceil.

New comment by optiot in "Friendship Begins at Home"

optiot — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 05:27:10 +0000

That 'doing it for a while' part is one reason I don't really like the "only as well as you love yourself" truism. One can absolutely care deeply for others without caring much for themself, at least to start. But to your point, unless you can develop [/an awareness of the] strengths that you bring to a relationship, fears of being a burden, failing, or taking too much will put a steady drain on it.

I think the biggest thing that the "self-love prerequisite" idea misses and that the article sort of indirectly gets at is that this feeling of social self-efficacy is something most (all?) people learn through successful relationships with others - sometimes in our upbringing, sometimes not. I don't think it's unnatural at all for others' love of us to outpace our own just a little.

New comment by optiot in "I used to know how to write in Japanese"

optiot — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:01:25 +0000

Is ワープロ馬鹿 really a term used by native Japanese speakers? As far as I can tell it only really shows up in Japanese->English dictionaries and English forums (see https://www.google.com/search?q="ワープロ馬鹿"+-a+-the).

edit: s/word/term

New comment by optiot in "New colors without shooting lasers into your eyes"

optiot — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:46:40 +0000

The color I saw reminded me a lot of the kind I see when I close my eyes after accidentally looking at something too bright. I wonder if they could be related?