u/Mathemodel

I have an aunt I love so much. When we see her, she’ll say “it’s been so long since we’ve seen you!” It isn’t meant to be negative, but it does feel judgmental for how we’re distant and don’t make more effort to travel home. My mom says “I’m so happy to see you” and my cousins express how much easier it is to reconnect with my mom because they don’t need to start with an apology.

But then I just read a bunch of people complaining about a stupid political decision’s outcome. They all agree, but the comment replies that are all in the same direction start with “it’s not that, it’s this” or “worse …”. This makes the poster feel like they’re being argued with - but I’m sure that’s rarely if ever the goal. “And on top of that”, “also”, and “to make it even worse” or even “it’s not just that, it’s also this” is language of support and addition, not confrontation.

Support those going your way, we are better off making friends than putting allies off.

Note: we need a communication flair.

>[C]ompany representatives assured attendees [OpenAI] would not release the solutions all at once—an assurance OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay McCallum says the company is “not aware of”—and, worried by how the community might react, sought advice on how to publish the findings.

>"We are working to responsibly release the next math results from our model, drawing on advice and public recommendations from the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Study to inform how we release these results. We have not set a release time,” said McCallum.

Of course, just hours after this article was published, OpenAI dumped 377 "proofs" on github. But don't worry about the burden created by dumping 377 slop papers on weary mathematicians laps for them to make sense of. OpenAI has it covered:

>To promote scientific transparency and openness, we are also publishing additional details about how we obtained the results in the repository. These include 10 summaries of the model’s reasoning, estimations of compute spent in terms of Pro usage on ChatGPT, and statistics about the number of attempted problems.

Wow, that will be really helpful! And they didn't even mention that they also included 10 (excerpts) of the original prompts!

https://archive.ph/m51FF

Another take on the whole mess: https://gizmodo.com/openai-dumps-377-new-math-results-on-github-publishes-hand-wringing-blog-post-2000822613

it seems like it would be helpful to see if posts are popular as well

I’ve been a long time follower/listener of Lindsay metselaar and WMAA. I can’t help but notice she seems so different now. Like raising kids is miserable. She never says anything positive about being a mom aside from her MOMents on we met at baby. It’s like complaint , complaint, complaint, stress, in trenches, complaint, complain some more, act miserable. She pretends she’s the first person ever to be a mom of toddlers. It’s honestly sad. And her contemplating wether or not she wants a 3rd kid makes me think she’s not very content with her current sitch 🤔
I used to be a primary school teacher at a private school with families like hers and I know a RF when I see one. Her online behavior would be a huge concern with admin & other parents.

I saw this on my reddit feed and was wondering what is happening. I thought she was conservative influencer? is this like all the trad wives coming forward to say they were never actually staying at home?

post that inspired my question- https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsThread/comments/1wt1927/candace_owens_is_a_lesbian_influencer_drops/

I see a lot of posts about 1st and 3rd world countries on Reddit, mainly talking negatively about 3rd world. Why did we forget “2nd world” nations and why is this outdated system still referenced?

what is the best way to send some snacks in a package to my friends? anyone know how much it will cost?

thanks!

with all the new companies and types popping up, how can I tell if they are smart glasses? I live in a two party consent state for recording (USA), how do I protect my privacy?

any tips would be appreciated or apps to track, thanks!

edit: for two party consent I am talking about private spaces (ie. Bathrooms, inside private housing complexes). I have even seen cases of doctors wearing them in closed offices so how do I know where the data is being shared?

“TikToker “TaylorsDiary” recounted her experience at a doctor's office where she questioned the consultant about why he was wearing Meta glasses capable of filming video and recording audio while with a patient who was expected to undress.”

when will these pervert glasses be banned? (also I’m pretty sure this is illegal in the state of California)

imagine carrying NINE babies! insane

Almost everyone here knows of Jane Street due to their large scale marketing campaign through sponsorships of various maths and maths adjacent events and competitions. I doubt anyone is unhappy about this -- it is a good place to work and it pays well. Such marketing helps young people find out about their maths related career options besides academia.

What I'm posting about is one thing that I was surprized is nowhere in the public record, but is semi well known in the olympiads scene. I am involved with informatics competitions, so I will speak about those, but I'd guess similar events have happened in multiple places.

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, many/most international organizations sanctioned or banned Russia, including the IMO and IOI.

In the case of the IOI, the sanction was initially done by the IC (international committee) between IOIs, also sanctioning Belarus, due to their support of the invasion. Both were later reaffirmed at the IOI by the GA (general assembly -- representatives of each participating country) with the required 2/3s vote. Note that the sanction does not prevent contestants from the country to participate, they just do it under the IOI flag, as opposed to the Russian flag. They are also barred from flying the Russian flag at the opening and closing/awards ceremonies, etc.

Later, in 2024 due to the escalation of the situation/genocide in Gaza, the same issue was raised about Israel. There the IC was tied on it (unclear why) and Israel was not sanctioned by them. The issue was discussed and debated by the GA at the IOI in 2024 and finally Israel was sanctioned with a more than 2/3s vote. Immediately following this, Jane Street reached out the IC and told them they are pulling out of any sponsorships due to the sanction on Israel. Note, they've had no such concerns over the sanctions on Russia (or Belarus), so this is not a matter of principle.

Now let's look at the EGOI (European Girls Olympiad in Informatics), where Russia was actually fully banned from participating due to the invasion. In 2025, the issue of Israel was discussed. (Note that Israel also participated in the EGOI). Whether to also ban it, sanction it, etc. However then the host of EGOI 2026 (Italy) spoke up and said -- discuss it, if you want, but if Israel is banned/sanctioned, we're not going to host the competition next year, since Jane Street told us they won't sponsor it, if this happens, and we're relying on them as a sponsor (this is paraphrased, not a direct quote). This essentially killed the discussion.

One might say, well Jane Street is a private company, they are free to sponsor whatever they want. However, this sets a very dangerous precedent -- nothing like this, by any other sponsor or about any other topic, has happened (that I know of) in the ISO-adjacent sphere. A potential sponsor (especially one semi-committed to an event nearby in the future) using their money to pressure (or even extort) the GA in such a direct way is extremely questionable. Many people in the community (ones involved in the organizational side) now consider them a fairly problematic sponsor, due to this abuse of the process.

Note that such competitions have been happening since before Jane Street started their big marketing campaign and I'm sure that if they were never a sponsor, someone else would have been found (e.g. for EGOI 2026), so it's not like it's their own competition or anything like that. However, they've first integrated themselves in the scene and then leveraged their position to lobby for Israel. Luckily, the IOI has had no shortage of sponsors, but for other events (especially when Jane Street is posing such conditions before decisions are made, which was not the case for IOI 2024), this is quite troublesome.

I am posting this only so there is some record of this publicly, as it is known among various team leaders, organizers, etc., but it is not recorded anywhere. I also hope other people, more familiar with other ISOs can share their experiences. I know that the IMO received a lot requests to sanction Israel and in the end decided to lift all sanctions instead, but I wonder whether there is more information on the justifications of each decision, as well as who made it.

I am doing a self transfer with a flight that lands at 6 pm and my next flight leaves at 10 am in the morning (bag check in 7 am).

I was looking at the airport hotels and they are A) sold out or B) 400 dollars a night. I don’t have a large budget (200 usd).

so my questions:

1. is there an airport lounge before security in T1? what is the cost?

2. Is there a bag storage place to leave my checked bag secure?

3. What can I do overnight before my AM flight?

thank you!