@mistersql presence of the Easter egg on that page suggests that some human thought went into compiling that index, tho.

@edavies no

@rk see also: https://mathstodon.xyz/@anna/116080411694715008

@rk it's in the picture that I shared

@rk but: they only put a single number in the index!

@cavyherd especially sad that very, very few people will ever look up "a(n)" in a dictionary, and even fewer read the entire definition of it, yet it takes months to write those entries...

@cavyherd I think it was this recent episode of No Such Thing As A Fish in which they briefly discussed Emily Brewster discovering a new meaning of "a(n)": https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/no-such-thing-as-gutter-ice/id840986946?i=1000747203795

Couldn't quickly find an original source for that claim, tho.

#Podcast #NoSuchThingAsAFish #nstaaf #Dictionaries #Language

@0rkk0 ooooh yeah

@emily_s They don't really include comments in the pseudocode, but in this case, "//" apparently signifies elements of a list that have already been processed in a merge operation. This is the diagram on page 49. The other one is similar.

To those who are interested in the 1984 entries:

On page 633 they discuss the development of interior point methods, following the work of Narendra Karmarkar in 1984, page 810 contains the associated bibliography entry, and page 811 contains the bibliography entry for the English translation of Levin's paper on Universal Search Problems.

I don't know why 1984 is the only year with an index entry. I can only assume it's an Easter egg.

#Search #ComputationalComplexity #1984 #Algorithms #ProfessorLife #EasterEgg #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter

Incredible dedication to indexing in Kleinberg & Tardos.

#Algorithms #Algorithmics #ComputerScience #Books #ProfessorLife #Textbook #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter

Also, last week after dance class;

Person: am I correct in assuming that you mask to protect others?
Me: I’m masking to protect myself.
Them: given that it’s more effective if you mask to protect others than if you mask to protect yourself, isn’t that kinda pointless?
Me: given that all of you are constantly panting in each other’s faces anyway, wouldn’t masking to protect you all be even more pointless?

#CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp

@shom oh yes I’m getting a lot of milage out of that skirt. It’s compact enough that it is easy to transport to wherever I’m going dancing, and it pairs well with my favourite dancing Tees. Under it, I wear safety short with pockets for my phone and ID, so it’s very convenient for public events like the one I went to on Saturday.

@shom thanks! I got a lot of compliments on the skirt today. Not bad for a 5 euro skirt I picked up at a thrift store

This is an all-gender bathroom, so I guess they care a lot about the stalls being private

@EF I can only suppose it’s projection. Says something about our society, tho

@gnomon Singapore

@herschelc that’s simultaneously excellent and devastating news ‍️

Went to a Valentine’s Day themed lindy hop social today. Had tried to match my face mask with my outfit, and above by the theme.

Some person: it must be so uncomfortable to wear a mask like that.
Me: I prefer this over getting sick.
Person : of course! You do you! Don’t worry, you don’t need to be ashamed of that!

C’mon. Do I look like I’m ashamed of masking?

Forgive the very sweaty bathroom selfie. It was a nice party and the band was excellent!

#ValentinesDay #LindyHop #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp