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aquamongoose··on NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
Maybe because PhD programs in those fields already are free at every university (in fact, they pay you a stipend).
aquamongoose··on A Taste of Linear Logic (1993) [pdf]
> Axiom of choice assumes that you can always pick the best possible option, however you need to be able to account for your worst possible options as well. All mathematical optimization falls outside of classical logic.

Not sure what you mean here. The axiom of choice just says that the Cartesian product of a set of nonempty sets is nonempty. Can you explain what you mean by "best possible option" and "worst possible options"?

aquamongoose··on The Exterior Algebra and Central Notions in Mathematics (2015) [pdf]
No: (ii) only holds when e1, e2 come from the original vector space (not the product).
aquamongoose··on Master Emacs in one year
His would be: Still much more productive with vi keys!

Yours would be: Still much productive with vi keys!

aquamongoose··on The Worst Programming Interview Question
With regards to (2), this is one way of solving the problem. However, your solution uses O(n) memory (where n is the size of the linked list), and the tortoise-and-hare algorithm uses only O(1) memory. Here's how it works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection#Tortoise_and_ha...
aquamongoose··on Bogo-bogosort
True, but that's still O(n!), so the overall complexity doesn't change.
aquamongoose··on The Joke’s on Louis C.K.
I think it's because a lot of his humor is self-deprecating, so many of his jokes are "on" him.