Basically in-depth computer science knowledge; graph theory, automata, aspects of system programming.

I technically have a physics background coupled with a bit of self-study of pure mathematics. But those 3 categories I feel hold me back in application (in physics primarily, I don't do real software development).

This blog covers a lot of topics, but very superficially.

This blog covers a lot of topics, but very superficially.

Splitting individual atoms isn't that difficult, you just need a neutron supply and some material (paraffin wax works) to slow them down and it will eventually happen at least with uranium. Doing it reliably and efficiently is a much harder problem.

You could write bindings to machine-prime . Hardly anything challenging for an actual programmer, but I'll take the free labor if it is available.

Wrote a basic primality checker library, it's not by far my most interesting or complex project but I like that I accomplished all my initial goals in a timely fashion.

If you've spent any time on the "dark web" this is super-obvious. They all love encryption, and most software developers are completely incompetent when it comes to encryption so backdooring an app is trivial. Hell, even well-known crypto libraries have implementations that rely on clearly false assumptions.

Pretty standard in manufacturing sector. There are so few people with the skillset and reliability to operate a factory, that they perpetually pay out overtime because they really have no other option.

This is actually something that people are intended to understand by design.

Reading Goldwasser's paper on elliptic curves, got me into math and then automating math calculations.

Well it was a disappointing post. This is the sort of thing you keep as a novelty program that you run once a year.

I did seriously expect some modeling that wasn't just rotating points.

Is it really a quasar when you use no actual physics calculations?

If we have insufficient information, how do we know that innocent people are actually being harmed, or if we do take action (the minimum action you seem to be advocating for is ostracism) against the accused how do we know that they are not the innocent ones?

Are we really supposed to resort to broad statistics when making intimate decisions?

"You mean the fact that they have had a larger population than anyone else"

Having a large population doesn't mean anything if you don't have the infrastructure to propagate knowledge. This is why countries like India and Nigeria are also very rapidly climbing in the ranks.

Also China didn't exist as a continuous state for that long so claiming that it's the "most populous country for 10,000 years" or even 1,000 years is severely misleading. Many empires were larger and more populous congruent with China's existence as a contiguous territory.

"I'm getting a Global Environmental Science major and I'm still going to probably end up homeless."

If I take a pottery class, does the teacher have a responsibility to ensure that I make a profit in pottery? Or are they just to teach me pottery because that's what I wanted to learn? The fact that a degree exists does not guarantee that people will hire you for it. It's for people that want to learn, not only for people who want a career out of it.

Additionally, if you actually care about the environment a foundational degree like physics, chemistry or engineering (or chemical engineering), is going to be both more profitable for you and grant you far greater control over the environmental impact of industrial processes. Actual environmental improvements come from developing technologies, protesting only helps implementing technologies already developed. (And you can influence industries to adopt better procedures more effectively if you already work in those industries). Just my two cents as a STEM lord who has yet to meet a more insane tree-hugger than myself.

"Do you live in a suburb"

Yes, because people who live in suburbs must be out of touch, clearly the person who is out of touch can't be an undergrad who makes numerous false statements in a casual conversation.

If we are having a poverty competition, pretty sure I'm winning. I've actually been homeless/unsheltered, it's easily survivable as long as you aren't spending all your time strung out on heroin. (And despite what you or the other lefty fear mongers claim, filing for bankruptcy doesn't cause you to lose shelter).

"That's the thing he (?) was making fun of"

A perfectly accurate statement? One can poke fun at anything this doesn't make the statement any weaker unless it is actually a valid criticism.

"It's very obvious that you are also from a country that doesn't prioritize education"

And you logically deducted this how?

Who am I kidding, an ML use logic? This reminds me of when I debated noted moron and hack programmer Dessalines (aka parentis_shotgun).

"Oh, no someone politely pointed out that I asserted unfounded conjectures as true on a public forum, what a dick!"

Nope, I pretty clearly said population size and then provided a description of why poor or nouveau-riche countries tend to highly prioritize education unlike the US.

China may not have religious nonsense in textbooks post-genocide Cultural Revolution, but it does have superstitious nonsense so your distinction isn't really valuable.

The real reason is that China has a huge population 4x that of the US, and like you already mentioned has a strong culture of valuing education because like in most recently (or currently) impoverished nations education is often the best way to improve your conditions. The US doesn't really have this problem, college graduates make more money but the alternative isn't living in abject poverty or even starving; most highschool graduates do just fine.

"It's just an acknowledgement of one aspect of the two nations education systems"

How does one acknowledge a distinction that doesn't exist in reality?