Hacker News: throwaway18bvahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwaway18bvaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:27:24 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway18bva in "Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]"]]>Lots of problems in mathematics didn’t have solutions just a month ago.

]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:56:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046577throwaway18bvahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046577https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046577<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway18bva in "Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]"]]>Serious question asking for a serious answer: would you say any of this so confidently if “drug discovery” is the next “mathematics”?

]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:55:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046560throwaway18bvahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046560https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046560<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway18bva in "Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]"]]>The irony of what you said and how you said it is glaring.

]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:52:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046516throwaway18bvahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046516https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046516<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway18bva in "Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]"]]>The complete lack of empathy in this kind of “we hear you” pseudorationalist reasoning is pretty toxic.

> This is what the late stages of scarcity feels like.

Late stage of scarcity of what and for whom is the question.

]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:50:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046496throwaway18bvahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046496https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046496