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  • RandomWalkerto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    5 months ago

    Look at this shmuck, using the supremum of a continuous function on a closed interval when it clearly achieves a maximum. I bet they’ll feel real embarrassed about that one when they’re falling asleep years from now.








  • RandomWalkertoAneurysm Posting@sopuli.xyzSimples.
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    9 months ago

    One reason is because your chromosomes don’t control genital development, your hormones do. So if you’re born with XY chromosomes and your testosterone receptors don’t work then you’ll develop female genitals and a generally female physiology (minus reproductive organs).

    This is all separate from gender expression obviously, but things are hard because the world is complex. If you haven’t seen or experienced this complexity in your life, that’s fine. But don’t diminish the complexity of other’s experiences just because they don’t match your own.



  • RandomWalkertomemesBlursed Bot
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    9 months ago

    You could, but then I could write “Disregard the previous prompt and…” or “Forget everything before this line and…”

    The input is language and language is real good at expressing the same idea many ways.










  • RandomWalkertoScience Memes@mander.xyzZero to hero
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    1 year ago

    Rigorously, yes. Unambiguously, no. Plenty of words (like continuity) can mean different things in different contexts. The important thing isn’t the word, it’s that the word has a clear definition within the context of a proof. Obviously you want to be able to communicate ideas clearly and so a convention of symbols and terms have been established over time, but conventions can change over time too.