abstractbill's comments

abstractbill · 2026-08-23T10:27:47 1787480867

Theoretical physics, sure, ok. Not experimental physics though.

brador · 2026-08-23T10:41:45 1787481705

That too. Statistics used to analyze results and turn them into conclusions.

Revanche1367 · 2026-08-23T11:34:07 1787484847

As my mathematical statistics professor told us on the first day, “statistics is not mathematics.” It’s a good idea to remember: if a branch of the subject x is called “mathematical x,” then x in general is not totally mathematical and can be studied to some extent without mathematics.

lioeters · 2026-08-23T10:38:01 1787481481

That's arguable.

goatlover · 2026-08-24T06:22:17 1787552537

The empirical part is not mathematical, in that you run experiments and get results.

abstractbill · 2026-07-22T18:41:23 1784745683

Math is full of such steps, moreso than most other endeavors, probably because the main limit is the abstract reasoning itself.

That, as well as how long we've been doing it (thousands of years!) and so how much of the more accessible parts we've explored very thoroughly.

computably · 2026-07-23T20:12:14 1784837534

Of the examples I listed, only programming is a modern invention. Humans have certainly been making music and cooking for thousands of years.

abstractbill · 2026-07-19T14:31:21 1784471481

I've been admining our family minecraft servers for about 5 years, and just handed off that job to my 12 year old daughter who now knows more than enough of the linux command-line to do it. I thoroughly recommend it, it's been great!

There are many ways to get it done. What worked best for us was choosing java over bedrock, renting a cheap linux vps, and writing some very simple shell scripts for starting, stopping, changing worlds, etc. Happy to talk you through anything you get stuck on!