David Gedye

I like to climb the 2nd highest mountain. The view is more interesting from there.

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@nytopinion Glad to hear Chomsky on this topic, but his argument of the impossibility of real intelligence emerging via generative AI is somewhat undercut by Bing’s answer to his key test question.

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

What is the biggest set of natural numbers from 1..100 that have unique pairwise sums and differences. There are many sets of 9 such numbers eg {2, 3, 5, 14, 27, 41, 61, 76, 94}, but perhaps there are larger sets?

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@EricaKlarreich I have a little math problem and don't know what to search for to find out more about it. Please name the appropriate area within (presumably) number theory. 1/2

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@GiladEdelman Wish we had been there!

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@jamestanton Your definition of a mathematician as someone who works hard to avoid hard work actually describes every good engineer. Or put another way: the art of solving problems so they stay solved. So… I think your def is not perfect for a mathematician, but I don’t have a better one.

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

Great family time at my backyard ultra. #DBultra

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

And the winner of #DBultra 2022 is Herve Jamrozik, either 10 laps, or 41.7 miles, and still ready to joke around at the end.

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

After 8 laps and 33 miles, 2 runners started lap #9. Go Herve and Monica!

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

#DBulta is up to 4 laps and 16+ miles. Weather is horrific, but spirits are high. Onwards!

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

Only the finest Welsh slate medals for those brave souls in tomorrow’s #DBultra

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

All great human endeavors start with a humble beginning. David’s Backyard Ultra begins in 26 hours. #DBultra

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@jamestanton So beautiful James. Love the way you cranked up the drama in setting the problem, and the fact that you chose one irrational coord and one rational one, and then took care with the /0 problem. Measure theory kicker at the end was great too. Congrats!

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@mathyawp Well done! I am considering an pinwheel tiling with a little color randomness thrown in, but don’t know the first thing about making or laying tile :-)

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@GiladEdelman Completely agree. Nice bit of work, but unlikely to have had any real suppression of attendance effect.

[Paul @glastris.bsky.social Glastris @glastris]

Since 1990, the # of Dem women in Congress has grown from 17 to 105, but the # of Repub women has barely budged, from 14 to 22. The GOP wants to change that in 2020. Can they? (Spoiler alert: probably not)
https://t.co/0c6X8DbEGL

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@DMOberhaus Thanks Daniel!

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

@DMOberhaus Hi there Daniel. I appreciate my part of SETI@home bring the lede of your story, but you omitted to mention the person who *really* made it happen originally, and for the last 20 years: Founding director David Anderson.

[Catriona Agg @Cshearer41]

The three angles are equal. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?

[David Gedye @davidgedye]

Look at all the great writers in this issue... Can’t wait to get it in the mail!

[Grace Gedye @GraceGedye]

we got copies of the 50th anniversary issue and it looks so good and I’m so dang proud!

[Grace Gedye @GraceGedye]

Want to know why @ewarren's new proposal to bring back Congress's tech and science team is such a big deal? I went v long on this earlier this year for the @monthly.

https://t.co/G5SZBhJzQv