Tom Conlan

@tomconlan

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I’ve just returned from my first 10-day silent meditation retreat, and it absolutely blew my mind to experience sensations that would normally require 2 grams of dried mushrooms. All from observing the breath!

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Trig identities are beautiful once you learn to derive them. cos(a - b) = cos(a)cos(b) + sin(a)sin(b) cos(a + b) = cos(a)cos(b) - sin(a)sin(b) sin(a + b) = sin(a)cos(b) + cos(a)sin(b) sin(a - b) = sin(a)cos(b) - cos(a)sin(b) It is more helpful to copy out the derivations than to copy out the identities themselves.

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A line that is perpendicular to a circles’ tangent line passes through its center. From Oliver Byrne’s 1847 “Elements of Euclid”.

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Are there any special properties of a finite field if it is of a prime order that is also a twin prime (p = 13, p-2 =11), compared to a prime order that is not a twin prime (p = 17, p - 2 = 15) ? Which is to say, does F(13) have different generalisable properties to F(17)?

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In the epistemic hierarchy built-things sit above expert opinion.

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I’m Volunteering @EthGlobal Sydney, a weekend hackathon from May 2-5. Apply to participate here: http://www.ethglobal.com/events/sydney See you all there

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are there any supgraph developers from @graphprotocol working on a subgraph for @farcaster ?

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It’s a beautiful afternoon in Canberra for lsd 🌅

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Acting nonchalant with one’s wealth was not created in crypto, wealthy people have always traded money for reputation and friends. I’m unclear what’s magical about it.

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The Kyle Davies episode on Unchained is a perfect example of the types of personalities to avoid.

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Maybe before the crossover the feeling is that we have learnt most of what there is to learn about the game, and that the World Champ is approaching the asymptote of theoretically perfect play. After the crossover this vanishes, we see our mountain is a local maximum, curiosity is reborn. Probably Queens Gambit tho.

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🕯️🕯️🕯️summoning math/comp-sci/technical-crypto related content onto my feed 🕯️🕯️🕯️ Suggested follows appreciated.

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