@stylewarning Gemini told me I was both "Grothendieckian" and "von-Neumann-esque." I'm impressed with myself. Even they were never both of those at once
me in 2015: I'm concerned my aunt might have been me in a past life, giving her memories of my future
me in 2023: My aunt, in one of her past lives, might have been me, allowing her to remember my future, and this is something that concerns me
@sigfpe A few more lucid and well-specified diagram languages, like @johncarlosbaez’s example, would be great. If they proliferated out of hand and started showing up in every publication, though – each one with its own rules – I don’t know. I think that would be a small catastrophe.
@sigfpe Pictorial communication doesn’t have that advantage: any visual detail *could* be meaningful, but only some will be, and you can’t tell which without a verbal specification.
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“As the air to a bird, or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.”
—Blake
“Who makes himself cringe less, makes himself cringeless.”
—@grassbelongbird
You can get into the calculator app on a locked iPhone, but it doesn't let you rotate it to reveal the scientific calculator buttons. That's a relief. If someone is depraved enough to steal a phone, then God help us if they get their hands on advanced knowledge...
If I ever need furniture moved, and two men apply to do it, I’ll pick the one who’s strong enough to throw a boulder onto the roof. Some would pick the weaker one: “What if the strong man throws my furniture onto the roof?” This is cowardice.