Headline:
"Mathematician solves algebra’s oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences.""
🤔
In the article:
"So, when we assume ∛7 'exists' in a formula, we’re assuming that this infinite, never-ending decimal is somehow a complete object. This is why, Prof. Wildberger says, he “doesn’t believe in irrational numbers.”
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Too bad this nonsense is getting publicity when there's so much real math to explain.
I need to be very clear, that the push towards "vibe coding" - that is, deliberately deskilling people - is because AI code assistants are an (increasingly expensive) subscription service.
If you know how to code, you can just write Python, C, Java, R, PHP, whatever for free and make things. You may not own the tools of production, but at least you're not renting them.
If you have been deskilled so you only know how to vibe code, you will be paying for that privilege forever.
This also goes, by the way, for researchers who are starting to be convinced they don't need to learn how to be scientists anymore, because "the AI" can just do the science for them. Nope.
Location data collected by over a hundred Dutch apps are for sale online.
It appears that the owner of popular weather app Buienalarm (Rain Alarm, in rough translation) does not know how the location data of its users ended up at this data broker. The app has 5 million users, a quarter of all people in The Netherlands. (Yes, it’s a rainy country.)
If you missed the State of the Open Home 2024, check out our blog to catch up on the big announcements.
🏠 Launching the @openhomefoundation
‼️ Home Assistant's road to 1m installs
🎙️ Teasing our upcoming hardware
🕶️ Our roadmap and upcoming features
🔖 Chapter breakdowns of the livestream
Read on 👇🏼
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/04/24/state-of-the-open-home-2024/
"we’ve transferred over 240 projects, standards, drivers, and libraries — #HomeAssistant, #ESPHome, Zigpy, Piper, Improv Wi-Fi, Wyoming ... to the Open Home Foundation"
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/announcing-the-open-home-foundation/
John Carlos Baez
ahistorical immaterialist
heyokyay
Frederik Borgesius
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Home Assistant
Lup Yuen Lee 李立源
Mark@RCR 🌀