Btw, this is the only mathematician who has solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems.
he rejected both the Fields Medal and the $1M prize:
> be Grigori Perelman
> Russian mathematician
> 16 years old
> go to International Math Olympiad
> score 42/42
> years later…
> there’s a geometry problem called the Poincaré conjecture
> been unsolved since 1904
> generations of mathematicians fail to solve it
> Clay Institute puts a $1M prize on it
> wrestle with the problem for years
> 2002
> casually upload the solution to arXiv
> don’t even care about submitting it to a journal
> mathematicians spend years checking the solution
“fuck
he actually solved it”
> 2006
> offered the Fields Medal
> most prestigious prize in math
> refuse it
> 2010
> offered the $1,000,000 Millennium Prize
> refuse that too
“EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THE PROOF IS CORRECT THEN NO OTHER RECOGNITION IS NEEDED”
ما هنوز زنده ایم.
اینترنت کلا قطع هست. من بعد از 5 روز تونستم با یه کانفیگ از طریق یکی از دوستام وصل بشم. معلوم نیست چند ساعت دیگه قطع بشه یا نه.
خلاصه ریدم توی این مملکت. همه بگا رفتیم.
8 years ago, Iran tried the same strategy — and failed. It banned Telegram on made-up pretexts, trying to force people onto a state-run alternative. Despite the ban, most Iranians still use Telegram (bypassing censorship) and prefer it to surveilled apps. Freedom prevails.
Today marks 25 years since the first commit to FFmpeg by Fabrice Bellard
FFmpeg was made to play DVDs, DivX and other video files for free, and continues to be developed by enthusiasts
FFmpeg changed the world, powering all online video
Happy 25th Birthday FFmpeg! 🎉🎁🎂